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Your work is your therapy.

We’re all social and creative beings who love freedom. Your work can make you feel independent, and it can give your life meaning. You feel like you have an identity and not just a name, and it can dramatize your…

A quick guide to decision-making

How to make tough decisions? ask for different perspectives, don’t get attached or get upset, remember your values and do the right thing, think long term – in years, not days, and stay away from “What if I did the…

Work on little things.

“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” – George Eliot. Skip enough little things, and you’ll never see the results. Just one small deed a day. Just one, but over ten…

Stop caring what others think.

You don’t have to please everyone, so stop caring what others think. No one truly knows you, so no one can be your judge. If you want someone else’s opinion about yourself, then be careful whom you ask. Know that…

Basic human joy

These stoics help us find our essence – to experience the joy of our human work, which consists of kindness. Try everything but make sure to do essential human work; first, learn how to love and be loved, second form…

Make your own luck

“I’ve found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.” – Brian Tracy. Be clear about your goals, be positive, believe in yourself, and believe that you’re lucky.…

Focus on today

Focus on the present. “In the end, it’s not the years in life that count; its life in the years.” – maybe Abraham Lincoln. Today, conquer your addictions and remove them from your life. Today, forgive and forget your past. Today,…

Today be the day you treat yourself

Let today be the day you enjoy the little things in life, exercise more, take care of yourself more, relax more and call your friends and family. Let today be the day you treat yourself, do things you wanted to…

Don’t quit

A quote by Sylvester Stallone in Rocky Balboa describes it the best “It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. It’s about how much you can take and keep moving…

Choose quality

Please slow down, think, take your time and do things right. Always choose quality over quantity. Don’t be overwhelmed by the volume of books you want to read; focus on the few quality books you can repeatedly read for a…

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