Without being a starving artist A photo of the author, created and edited by the author 🙂 This all feels a bit weird still. I never considered myself the type of person to leave the corporate world to do something as creative as writing. I thought only people having mid-career breakdowns did such things. It’s
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The lessons I learned the hard way Created by the author “Don’t listen to the Amardeep of the past, he was an idiot.” A friend of mine recently asked me for advice and broke down her plan in detail. I threw lots of objections her way and suggested things she could do instead. Then she
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Maybe they will inspire you too Created and edited by the author I have read hundreds of books and listened to many more summaries. Do you know what I realized? Overwhelmingly, most of these books were forgettable. You shouldn’t be impressed by how many books I’ve read because it’s irrelevant when most information comes through
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Aimed at humans, not gods Created by the author I’m sick of lists of habits that are unrealistic for the majority of people. Even worse is when someone says to wake up at 5 am or run 10 kilometers every day and calls it a micro-habit. This is not one of those lists. Each micro-habit
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It’s nothing to do with money Created by the author — original image from Reynardo Etenia Wongso on Unsplash Who wouldn’t want to live a life where they are rich, passionate, talented, and changing the world? It sounds perfect, doesn’t it? Yet it’s unrealistic and not the only way to live a life of meaning. The Japanese have
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Sometimes we just don’t have the words Created by the author, original by Sebastian Kurpiel on Unsplash Japan has a famed rich culture and philosophy, but I confess I did not appreciate this enough until my first trip. At 21, I was a Karate black belt and thought far too much of my own ability. The training
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