Personal growth

Investing in our inner selves

Posted by on Feb 4, 2009 | 2 comments

I remember once hearing the idea that we should invest as much time, energy, and money in our inner selves as we do our outer selves. Think about that for a moment. How much time and money do you spend monthly on new clothes, haircuts and coloring, manicures, pedicures, waxes, makeup, perfumes, etc.? Maybe less [...]

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Live the life you’ve imagined

Posted by on Jan 22, 2009 | 2 comments

Several weeks ago, I read this simple but incredibly thought-provoking idea in Mike Dooley’s book, Notes From the Universe:* The secret to living the life of your dreams is to start living the life of your dreams, right now, to whatever degree possible. That quote has really stayed with me. It is so simple, yet [...]

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Cultivate your enthusiasm

Posted by on Nov 25, 2008 | 0 comments

One of my all-time favorite quotes is by Charles Kingsley, who said, “We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.” I first discovered this quote while living in Africa, where it couldn’t have been more [...]

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The nature of success

Posted by on Nov 12, 2008 | 2 comments

I realize that my blog has been neglected since its inception. It’s not that I don’t have things to write about; I have been researching and contemplating many interesting topics lately that are definitely deserving of a post. But I also have ridiculously high self-imposed standards that dictate that every post must be thoroughly researched [...]

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