Sometimes you need to go backward to go forward Created by the author — original image from Pexelbay Is it wrong to admit I’m jealous of my 7-month old nephew? Despite being so new to the world, he seems to have happiness all worked out. He’s living the dream and his joy is infectious. Just
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Don’t use these words to describe yourself Created by the author — original from Unsplash Organized icebreakers were once my version of hell. I’d sit in a large group waiting for my turn to answer whilst panicking about how to come up with an answer that would make people like me. One of the worst
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It’s not the key to happiness. Created by the author — original image from Pexels For so long, the world convinced me that social status and wealth will make me happy but I’m not sure I believe it anymore. Yes, you can define being successful in many ways but let’s not pretend it wouldn’t still
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It’s ok to be scared sometimes Created by the author — Original image from Pexels I purposely didn’t use the word “overcome” in the title. I’m not going to sell you slogans to magically rid yourself of the fear of failure. It’s far easier to tell someone else to “just do it” than to live
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What a Hollywood screenwriter taught Bruce Lee Image created by the author — original from Pixabay A Hollywood biographer was in his garden drinking fruit juice and discussing the great life questions with a big-time screenwriter and Bruce Lee. You’re probably thinking the martial arts legend was the one with all the answers but he
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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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And 13k followers as a complete beginner Created by the author. I’m sick of most advice about Medium. I started 2020 as a complete beginner and read a ton of bad advice that I was too inexperienced to ignore. Despite what people say, top writer tags claps, and read ratios are noise and don’t mean
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For humans who want easy ways to live better Created by the author — original image from Pexels It feels like everyone is taking on some kind of crazy challenge at the moment. This isn’t one of those 30-day challenges where you need to wake up at an ungodly hour or put your body through torture.
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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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The irony of notifications helping you to be present Created by the author Mindfulness is the art of living in the present moment. It’s also a rapidly growing billion-dollar industry. These two faces throw up some hilarious contradictions, especially when combined with technology. I’m not against the meditation app industry. They’re making the big bucks,
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