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Spending Less – Looking Good

Clothing color and design started to break out of its traditional mold and  became more an expression of individualism than tradition in the 1970′s and that still persists today.  I’ve … Continue reading

May 16, 2012 · 21 Comments

Quiet and society’s extroversion bias

I just finished reading a powerful book, Quiet by Susan Cain.This book spoke to me because I am an introvert and I’ve always been under pressure to become someone I’m … Continue reading

March 5, 2012 · 45 Comments

Hope, courage and strength

Our hearts all yearn for a better tomorrow, but hope is not simply wishful thinking.  Hope is ‘confident expectation in a change in direction’. Sherwin Nuland, is a surgeon, author … Continue reading

July 12, 2011 · 39 Comments

Creativity in the Flow

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi describes flow as “being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the … Continue reading

July 19, 2010 · 48 Comments

Tim Ferris: Smash fear, Learn anything

Tim Ferris speaks in the TED Talks video on how simple decisions, made despite fears or hesitation, can make for a drastically more meaningful day-to-day experience at work, or in life.

March 20, 2010 · 4 Comments

Tony Robbins: Invisible Forces that Motivate

In this TED talk video Tony Robbins discusses the “invisible forces” that motivate everyone’s actions.

December 12, 2009 · 4 Comments
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