motivation
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Can You Run Out of Motivation?
What would be possible if you stayed here a little while longer and gave it more of your focus? Read more
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How to Be the Best at What You Do
If you were in the top 10% of what you do, whether it’s your day job, your life’s work, a hobby, or just showing up in your life, what would you do differently? Read more
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Look for the Proof of Your Progress
I was thrilled in November to see that my dormant orchid was growing a new stem. I hadn’t really expected it to rebloom, since I hadn’t taken any special care of it. I watered it when I thought about it and kept it in a sunny spot. The temperature outside dropped and boom – new… Read more
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How to create a healthy work-life balance
Finding the right balance between work, rest, and play can be difficult to master. While success at work is important, so is your mental and physical health. Here are some tips to help you maximize your personal time so you can be your best self in and out of the workplace. Read more
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How I Check My Email to Be a Better Writer
I aspire to be a person who goes to sleep with zero unread emails every day. It doesn’t always happen that way, because I’ll end up saving something as a to-do and then before you know it, that little red bubble on my phone says I’m slowly piling up emails again. But I need these.… Read more
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How Your Surrounding Space Can Help Improve Your Mental Health
Whenever there’s an opportunity to make yourself feel better, seize it! The world is a hectic place, but your life doesn’t have to be. Therapy isn’t the only way to improve mental health. There are some things you can do on your own to make yourself feel better – the space around you plays a… Read more
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Get out of your own way and do something
I’ve had a lot going on lately. You know. I left an abusive marriage, wrote a book, fell in love, moved in with him, broke up, settled back in Cleveland. The usual. My office is still packed up in boxes, waiting for a wellspring of motivation to encourage me to put things on shelves and… Read more
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13 Life Lessons from a Half Marathon
I recently did something way out of my comfort zone: I ran a half marathon. I spent weeks training, running miles and miles, preparing for this huge day. The day did not unfold ideally, but I learned a lot from the experience and hope any of you working on a fitness goal (whether or not… Read more
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Today is Day One
If you could not fail What would you do if you had the time, money, and energy to do it? If you knew you could not fail? Learn a new skill? Spend more time with your kids? Take a family vacation? Take a vacation by yourself or with your spouse? Write a book? Lose 50 pounds?… Read more