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Choosing Reality Over the Phone
I don’t like being on my phone. It doesn’t feel healthy or fulfilling, and it pulls me away from the life I actually want to live. Lately I’ve been practicing a simple shift: less screen, more reality. What I value is pretty basic: And when those things aren’t available—when connection is limited or life feels…
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Leadership Is Trending. Is That Good?
Lately I keep hearing the word leadership everywhere. It feels like it’s having a moment—like everyone is being encouraged to become a leader. That makes me wonder what we even mean by leadership, and whether a world full of “leaders” is what we actually need. Semantic games are easy here, but I think the question…
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Dispositions For Choosing Well
In times of lack, hold steady. It is a precarious time when our Cycles of Suffering want to repeat themselves. Choose not from lack or anxious desire. That is a time to sit in the fire and let it pass. Embrace the discomfort with patience, not escape into old habits. Choose intentionally with directionality and…
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Fixing vertigo
To those suffering vertigo, teetering on the dizzying heights of high moral ground: Balance is not found by standing taller, but by leaning closer to the earth.
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Top Traits of Successful People (Revisited)
In my 20s, well before I knew anything about adulting or success, I wrote an article called Top 2 Traits of Successful People, in which I earnestly claimed: A successful person needs to be realistic and disciplined. I am here now as a 40 year old with different opinions. I still hold Reality as my…
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Why change?
Status quo exerts power. Why would you change today when yesterday turned out so well? Why not build your strategy for today and tomorrow on what worked yesterday? The problem you face is that good, or good enough, is the enemy of better. What guarantee do you possess that yesterday’s success is sustainable? And…