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Optimism and Your Choices

“Unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.” — Noam ChomskyOptimism isn't optional, it's a requirement for living and for

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Personal Commitment to Excellence

I had a friend pass this along to me and it landed with me (actually, made the hairs on my arms stand up - that's saying something to me).I am the sum

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purpose

Learn to Work Hard

I was having a discussion the other day about a young man that's trying to figure out what to do after graduating high school; is it college? He may not be ready for

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Recognizing Frustrations

Recently I realized that frustration is rooted internally. We regularly blame externalities for this feeling but those are just the triggers for our inner challenges. Far too often though, we don’t recognize

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life

Gifted Kids are a Gift

Gifted is typically defined as 2 standard deviations above the mean (statistically). That's nerd-speak for "way out there" and often times that shows up when you talk to the kids. I'm

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life

So busy!

In reading this great post by Omid Safi, The Disease of Being Busy a lot resonated with me. Far too often I've answered the question, "How are you doing?" with "

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Stop Trying to be Happy

As I've continued my gratitude practice, I've come to realize that more and more of my challenges come from focusing on the wrong things. When we guess at what would make us happy,

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life

Deliberate Acts of Kindness

There always seem to be calls for people to exercise "random acts of kindness" and while I appreciate the heart that they're speaking to, I prefer more deliberate ones. Being kind

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Programmed to See the Lack

A math professor walks into class one morning and starts the day by writing a 2 column chart on the board. He numbers them 1 to 10 in the top row and then

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Life is a Mix

Life is a story. It’s not a set of facts or a compilation of data but a complicated interplay of the small and the large. Sure, those the facts and stuff are

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