If you’re feeling stuck, and panicky, and helpless, trapped in your life/relationship/career…I feel ya, Kid. I’ve been there. Know all about it. But try and remain calm. Try not to sabotage your current choices, without taking the time to create some kind of a back-up plan. I’ve also been there and done that, by the…
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First and foremost, yes, despite all my nagging encouraging you to commit, I indeed did NOT post yesterday, but before you start cackling with glee…calm yourself. I’m having connectivity issues in my area, so irritating as it is, I’m going to remind you to do what I say, not (always) what I do, since otherwise, you’d…
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“If you do something you’re really pleased with, you’re in the crazy position of being exhilarated all by yourself.”-Robert Stone, novelist. Some people will talk, and some will do. The ones who do will make many mistakes, they’ll have regrets and heartbreak and shame, but also moments of larger-than-life joy, and victories and triumphs. And…
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“…and then…tell the story of how this young man, drop by drop, wrings the slave out of himself until, one fine morning, he awakes to feel that flowing in his veins is no longer the blood of a slave, but that of a complete human being…”-Letters of Anton Chekhov, 1889 I’ve loved Chekhov since I…
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The days on the calendar are starting to hit their familiar stride, and hopefully you are also, in the sense that you’re committing, more and more, to yourself and your goals. If that’s the case, even if you’ve had some rough days, some days when you fell off the horse, listen, you’re doing your best…
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Imagine if all that time you wasted doubting yourself and your abilities, you had invested instead in yourself and your dreams…how much would you have achieved? Doubt less, do more!
You know me, I’m obsessed with getting out of your own damn way, so you can have fun and achieve your goals. That’s a little hard to do, however, when you’re terrified of, oh I don’t know, life, New Jersey, men, women, yourself, your goal. It’s hard to achieve your highest potential when you’ve been…
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If you, like me, have ever knowingly hit “send,” on an resume you knew wasn’t ready to be seen…or talked yourself out of a job-offer…or generally chosen to half-ass to death a promising opportunity, and if, instead of taking responsibility for your poor choices, you said something along the lines of, “Well, so what? It…
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Again, another post that I almost feel silly writing, but it is crucially important. Without confidence, forget it, you’ll never accomplish all of your goals. In fact, without confidence, you won’t be able to articulate your goals because even as you’ll be yearning for something, another part of your brain will be thinking,”…how the f**k…
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This should be obvious, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t need to be said: as you go about the process of improving your life, it helps to not talk yourself out of opportunities that could change your life. Don’t be one of those tiresome people who bitch constantly about their life/weight/relationship/education/whatever, but whenever someone makes a…
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