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Zen habits. Ben Mathis. Put your money where your mouth is -Ben Mathis I've always liked the saying, “You can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk?”.

Ben Mathis

I see so many people talking about this or that, but when it comes to putting actions behind their words, they can't be bothered. The amount of action you take to bring something about, is directly proportional to your desire for it to exist. If you take no action, you don't really desire the thing, but instead like the idea of it. I see this situation running rampant in the entertainment industry, specifically in games.

Advice for people trying to land their first job in the game industry. 6 Harsh Truths That Will Make You a Better Person. Nevver: Bukowski’s Air and light and time and... A Quick Guide to Gaining Confidence When You Socialize. By Leo Babauta I’m a shy person by nature, not a natural extrovert and definitely not comfortable in large groups of people.

A Quick Guide to Gaining Confidence When You Socialize

Find The Thing You're Most Passionate About, Then Do It On Nights And Weekends For The Rest Of Your Life. I have always been a big proponent of following your heart and doing exactly what you want to do.

Find The Thing You're Most Passionate About, Then Do It On Nights And Weekends For The Rest Of Your Life

It sounds so simple, right? But there are people who spend years—decades, even—trying to find a true sense of purpose for themselves. 10 Inspirational TED Talks for People Having a Bad Day. You know those days when your boss blames you for something that wasn’t your fault, or your co-workers are passive-aggressive, or you get some horrible news, or you weren’t picked for the job?

10 Inspirational TED Talks for People Having a Bad Day

Yeah, those days suck. And to be honest, there’s not much you can do besides ride the suckiness out. I usually curl up in bed and watch four-plus episodes of The Office , but sometimes even Jim and Pam’s adorable romance isn’t enough to get me out of a funk. 31 Quotes That Will Give You Chills. I think quotes have a powerful way of conveying an attitude to you which sometimes resonates so much that you feel ‘chills’ inside.

31 Quotes That Will Give You Chills

Here’s a list of the quotes which have given me the most of these “chills”. Enjoy! Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75. 10 Signs You’ve Found Your Calling. By: Lissa Rankin MD, Wakeup World How can you tell if you’ve found your calling?

10 Signs You’ve Found Your Calling

As a doctor who was called to medicine at a young age but then wound up disillusioned by the system, questioning my calling, I’ve asked myself this question a lot. It’s been a long strange trip- first leaving medicine, then feeling called back, then leaving again only to find my role in healing our broken healthcare system as a writer, speaker, revolutionary, and teacher of physicians. Along the way, I’ve learned a few things about how to know whether you’re on the right track. 1. Even the gritty things, the disappointments, the regrets, and the screw ups, they were all prepping you for what you’re now being called to do. 2. Deep Habits: Three Tips for Taming Undecidable Tasks. December 24th, 2014 · 18 comments Deciding the Undecidable In a recent blog post I introduced the notion of undecidable tasks — a particularly important type of work that’s not well covered by standard productivity advice.

Deep Habits: Three Tips for Taming Undecidable Tasks

Artist Leaves Motivational Sticky Notes on the Train. Artist October Jones draws these cute motivational notes from Peppy the Inspirational Cat and leaves them for unsuspecting fellow commuters.

Artist Leaves Motivational Sticky Notes on the Train

Utah Valley Writers. Posted on November 1, 2014 by Michael Gordon Leave a Comment Aaaaaand . . .

Utah Valley Writers

Commence NaNoWriMo! Good luck to everyone doing it. 25 Psychological Life Hacks that Will Help You Gain the Advantage in Social Situations. Social situations are among the most important in our lives.

25 Psychological Life Hacks that Will Help You Gain the Advantage in Social Situations

Yet, there is a huge chance that you are oblivious to the plethora of unwritten social rules that structure everybody’s behaviour. Failing to comply to these cultural imprints can cause irreversible damage. Just following them blindly will not get you ahead. The Fallback Question. For many people, the interesting career path that they feel most passionate about is one fraught with risk. Entrepreneurship. The creative arts. Professional sports. All of those career tracks – and many more – are ones where success is relatively hard to come by.

20 Things I Should Have Known at 20. Man's Search for Meaning Quotes by Viktor E. Frankl. “The pessimist resembles a man who observes with fear and sadness that his wall calendar, from which he daily tears a sheet, grows thinner with each passing day. On the other hand, the person who attacks the problems of life actively is like a man who removes each successive leaf from his calendar and files it neatly and carefully away with its predecessors, after first having jotted down a few diary notes on the back. He can reflect with pride and joy on all the richness set down in these notes, on all the life he has already lived to the fullest. What will it matter to him if he notices that he is growing old? Has he any reason to envy the young people whom he sees, or wax nostalgic over his own lost youth? What reasons has he to envy a young person? 10 Sentences That Can Change Your Life for The Better.

The power of a single sentence is tremendous.A single sentence can either make your day or in the same time ruin somebody’s day. It can change your mood. Just a few words put together, yet they make such big impact. But there are few sentences that can inspire us to change our life for the better. #1 “People aren’t against you; they are for themselves.” How to Stay Competitive and Relevant While Unemployed  There are few things in life as demotivating as being unemployed. Discarded, valueless, a waste to society and to the people around you. These may be accurate descriptions of how you feel, but they do not have to be how you are perceived. How To Accomplish More By Doing Less. Two people of equal skill work in the same office. For the sake of comparison, let’s say both arrive at work at 9am each day, and leave at 7 p.m.

In truth, a 10-hour workday is too long, but in most companies long hours are the norm at the management level. What's the wisest thing anyone has ever told you? : AskReddit. What are promise cards? Promise cards help you remember the importance of your commitments and goals. They were handed out for the first time at my dad’s funeral. He was good with his promises.

Since then, promise cards have been offered through this website at no cost. We have sent over 250,000 promise cards to over 82 different countries, by request only. Click the buttons below to get 10 cards by mail at no cost or print them locally! The Science of Procrastination - And How To Manage It. Life and Death Planning: Low effort, high reward. Alex K. Inspire - Focused on design, art, philosophy and architecture (boranikolic.com) 15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy. Here is a list of 15 things which, if you give up on them, will make your life a lot easier and much, much happier. We hold on to so many things that cause us a great deal of pain, stress and suffering – and instead of letting them all go, instead of allowing ourselves to be stress free and happy – we cling on to them.

22 Killer Personal Development Resources You're Missing Out On. You’ve got the personal development itch once again. 77 Creative Ways to Lighten Up In Tough Times. 51 Email Share We’re living in a time where nearly everyone is feeling overwhelmed with the changes and problems in the world. Some of us feel stuck, uninspired and fearful. Others have suffered major losses and feel hopeless and helpless. 5 Steps for Taking on Something New. 7 Secrets of the Super Organized. The Fastest Way to Change Something About Yourself. Fake it Till You Make it: 10 Ways to Feel Confident (Even When You Aren’t)

“Original Fake” Photo Credit: courtesy of MashKulture Is your self-confidence natural, or a daily struggle? Best Procrastination Tip Ever. Post written by Leo Babauta. Need Some Motivation Right Now? Read This IMMEDIATELY. Success Coach - Business Coach - Life Success. 12 Tough Truths that Help You Grow. InfinityList – The Cinematic Action Sports Experience. The What-The-Hell Effect.

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