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If Only…
2 Aug 2011Personal finance is undoubtedly one of the most important areas for building and living an extraordinary life. Today I’m proud to introduce this guest post by Travis Pizel, a man with an interesting story and deep insight into the world of personal finance. So without any further delay, I’ll let Travis take it away.
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You Create Your Own Reality: Here’s How
27 Jun 2011Ancient philosophy, new-age spirituality, psychology, modern lifestyle design, social anthropology, and more are intimately tied to personal development. Even though each of these areas impart life-changing wisdom, I’ve always felt unsure as to which set of ideas to adopt as my core beliefs. For example, is the “Law of Attraction” a tried and true phenomenon [...]
Two Powerful Life Lessons from John Adams
4 Apr 2011My latest obsession is the HBO series John Adams. In it, Adams, upon asked if he studies the arts during his visit to France, replies with the following quote (which I later verified to be historically accurate): “I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. [...]
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Many months ago I wrote a post that dealt with the question: does college have to be the best years of your life? I argue that it’s possible to continue “the best years of your life” into your 20s, 30s, and beyond by choosing a career that you truly enjoy and gives you your ideal [...]
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Should Your Focus on Your Strengths or Weaknesses?
You Create Your Own Reality: Here's How
The Top 5 Lessons I Wish I Knew as a Freshman in College
Shaping Your Life After Graduation: A Guide for College Students
On Optimizing Your Results From Personal Growth and Development Resources
On Maintaining Peak Performance During Times of High Stress
Why You Need to Fail to Succeed
- Success and failure: It’s all about goal structure
- You have to be crazy to be highly successful.
- The Sharp Pain of Rejection and the Dull Pain of Regret
- Keeping accountable for your goals is as easy as $10
- How to Gamify Your Life: An Experiment – Part 4
- How to Gamify Your Life: An Experiment – Part 3
- How to Gamify Your Life: An Experiment – Part 2
- How to Gamify Your Life: An Experiment – Part 1
- Using Expectations to Find Happiness: The Eight-Year Rule
- Networking Made Easy? How to Be the Student Everyone Wants to Hire
