Category: Personal Development
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When you lose someone important to you
When you lose someone important to you, the fact that you can’t talk about it without freaking out everyone else is almost worse than the loss itself. I’ve been reading Amazon reviews for books on grief, trying to figure out why people buy them. My mom died a few years ago, and I never bought…
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How to Build Habits
(You might be interested in my podcast episode #25 – Something About Habits.) There’s Only One Way To Develop Consistent Habits We’ve all tried to develop habits that we know are good for us. And we’ve failed at most of them. At least I have. But, persistence pays off here. If you keep trying new…
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When deep practice makes you feel like a failure
I gotta get something off my chest. It’s about deep practice. Deep practice is the kind that involves real introspection. Paying close attention to your physical movements. Noticing your thoughts. Being aware of your habits. Deep practice is required if you want to change things. Exercises that involve reconditioning basic movement patterns. Adjusting what you eat to…
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Read this if you’re a perfectionist
If you’re a perfectionist, you must meditate. You won’t get rid of perfectionism otherwise. Perfectionism is an anxiety disorder. You’re afraid of making mistakes. The only cure for an anxiety disorder is exposure therapy. That’s when you deliberately expose yourself to the thing you’re afraid of. However, this is hard to do. When you expose…
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Is motivation necessary to do things?
I got a question the other day. Actually, it was last night. No, wait. It was this morning. The question was: “Is motivation necessary to do things?” Answer: Yes. You can’t do things without motivation. After all, what would motivate you to do the thing, if not for motivation? This is not a philosophical issue.…