Category Archives: Mindset

Learning is a Lifelong Journey

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What do you do for the weekend in April when the weather forecast expects below freezing temperatures, rain, snow, and a lot of wind while also being sick and having a busted knee? [...]

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You Don’t Need More Tips

Self help is starting to make me vomit.  I went in DEEP into the self help industry for about 5 years.  Like I’m talking crazy stuff like chakra cleansing, transcendence of ego, emotional freedom tapping and so forth.  Really hippy yoga shizz.  To an extent, I’m still into it and probably always will be because [...]

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Respect Awesomeness, Not Your Elders

Tell me something.  Why should you respect someone because they are old?  That’s silly. Age doesn’t equate to wisdom. Age doesn’t equate to intelligence.  Age doesn’t equate to ANYTHING.  It is simply a count, a number, not worthy of any type of respect.  I respect people who are respectful.  I respect intelligence.  I don’t care [...]

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Conventional Wisdom is Many Times Very Wrong

I am pretty sure conventional wisdom has been passed on for the sole purpose of keeping people in check.  You know, don’t walk into oncoming traffic, don’t shower with poison ivy, don’t poop where you eat, if a cheetah is going to eat you you probably shouldn’t let it, etc.  But conventional wisdom is often [...]

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Do you trust yourself? Ignore Everybody

I read this book a little while ago called “Ignore Everybody” by Hugh MacLeod and its stuck with me for a while.  Kind of a catchy title, but all he’s saying is when you are doing something new and original, people won’t understand so you really can’t listen to any advice someone might have to [...]

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A belief is a belief is a belief…

All my life I’ve had weird things happen to me.  I don’t know how to describe them any other way.  Some of it has been good, some of it has been bad, some neutral and just odd so I don’t know what to make of it.  I’ll just stick with weird.  Today has been one [...]

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We’ll see…

Life is like a sinusoid..no??? Box of chocolates??  Never mind. Nobody knows the future.  Nobody was given the handbook on how to live life. 
Here's a fable that I really enjoy.  I first heard Eckhart Tolle tell it.  I'm copying it from Derek Siver's blog.
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A farmer had only one horse.  One day, his horse ran [...]

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