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3 Things NOT To Do to Transform Your Body and Your Business
If you’re in pursuit of a better body, a more successful business, or both – and you’re tired of the roller coaster of superficial change followed by being right back where you started – here’s what...
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Why I’m Abandoning the Pursuit of Happiness
Tor Constantino is no quitter, but he’s giving up on happiness. He’s pursuing something better … ___ I got to thinking about the concept of “happiness” the other day and decided that I will no longer...
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I Don’t Want My Children to Just Be Happy
In today’s world, it’s easy to get hung up on the pursuit of happiness. But Larry Bernstein doesn’t want his kids to be happy, he wants so much more for them. — “I just want my children to be happy.”...
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How Men Can Use Their Strengths to Improve Their Lives and the World Around Them
Embed from Getty Images How do you see yourself? It may be hard to get a realistic picture of yourself, but you do have a choice in how you see yourself. You can choose to focus on your weakness or...
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These 5 Lies Nearly Cost Me My Happiness
— Have you ever caught yourself thinking: “I’m not smart enough”, “I’m not a people person”, “I could never do that”, or my favorite “Work is supposed to make me miserable”? I have. I’ve convinced...
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Keeping Demons on a Leash for Survival’s Sake
I have a habit of always leaving, allowing the door to swing shut as I walked away. Even though I left, I always kept my demons on a leash. Because I knew I was heading to new territory, I always...
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I Couldn’t Think Myself Happy Either
Embed from Getty Images — I had finally done it. I had admitted a truth…I couldn’t hate myself happy. Admitting the truth is always the first step to change. So, I gathered myself, bravely faced the...
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How to TRULY be in a Relationship After Divorce Broke Your Heart
Embed from Getty Images — Living through the tumultuous end of your marriage is one of the most difficult things you’ll ever do. And the repercussions of it echo through your life in often surprising...
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The Generational Pursuit of Happiness
Embed from Getty Images My mother’s parents emigrated from Barbados in 1925. They came through Ellis island like millions of others, with nothing but the clothes on their back and relentless volition....
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Five (1,800-year-old) Classic Rules of Happiness
Embed from Getty Images — Around the year 100 AD, Epictetus—the famous Stoic philosopher—wrote a concise manual to his followers and named it, “The art of living.” Since then, that classic essay has...
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My Daily Life in the Slums of Mumbai (Life-Changing 5 Days)
Two and a half years ago, during my first visit in India, I spent 2 days walking all around the slums of Mumbai. Even though I got to learn quite a bit about the life in the slums, I didn’t have the...
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Dad, Husband, Writer: I Want It All
Carter Gaddis wants to be a dedicated father, a diligent worker, and a devoted husband. It’s a lot of work to get it all. I want it all. I want to be there – actually, physically, there – for my sons....
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The Pursuit of Happiness
— Like most GenX men, I was raised by Baby Boomer parents whose definition of success was to work hard, get a good paying job, accumulate lots of stuff, never complain and retire with a good pension....
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What’s the Point of It All?
— Strange isn’t it, how you can work your arse off for decades without really knowing why? Sure, there are the obvious reasons like buying a house, getting hitched, paying bills, advancing your career,...
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In the Shadows of our Ancestors
— The shadows were not originally cast in what we now know as America… We relish the presence of our elders in the “Garden of Eden” on a content that houses the “Red Sea.” Biblical history teaches us...
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In a Happiness-Obsessed Society, What Exactly Is Happiness?
We live in a happy-obsessed society, constantly bombarded with happy smiling faces on TV or billboard ads telling us their version of happiness. Even worse than this, we see our own friends on social...
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We Need a ‘Marshall Plan’ for US Education
— As our family recently gathered to celebrate our younger son’s graduation, I found myself reflecting on the college admissions scandal, wondering how on earth we got to a place where a group of...
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The Myth of Quality Time — Part 2
— Editor’s note: Part One is here. — When my older son was ten, he worried a lot about whether he would have enough time with me. One day, he started crying while he was listening to Harry Chapin’s...
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18 Quotes From Famous Americans About Finding Happiness In Life
— The pursuit of happiness in life is one of the goals the founding fathers had for each American. Things have really changed a lot since the 1770s, but one thing hasn’t. We each still search for...
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What is Greatness?
— This week, I want to speak a little about sharing your gift with the world, and what it means to be a master at your gift. *** In the summer of 1969, a young English guitar player was listening to...
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