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Fear the Road, Not the Dreams
[Day 25 of 30]: I’m still writing. I almost can’t believe it. It’s a struggle to sit down, find a prompt, and fill a page with words. I usually hate the words, but appreciate the stolen moments with my MUSE. And I’ve learned something. Nobody sees the world the same way as me. Not really a huge epiphany at first blush. But what it means (at least to me) is that there is a point to all this scribbling and typing. There’s a point to suffering through broken thoughts and story ideas that I can barely get on paper. Every day I get better at describing the way I see…
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Learning To Fly
I was listening to Tom Petty the other day and got more than a little nostalgic when he crooned: I’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings Coming down is the hardest thing Yes, I am a child of the 80s & 90s, but more importantly (and less age related), I was thinking of how luscious it felt to fly around my pole for the first time (and every time thereafter). I remembered how much time I spent trying to force something that now feels effortless and filled with joy. Before, I would fight through my entire practice session, kicking and jumping into my flying tricks (a painful &…
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36 Small Ways to Build Big Courage
You are afraid of something. I know you are. I’m afraid of something too. It doesn’t matter what you fear, it matters what you do with it. Every change in your life requires that you do something new, something you've never done before, something that scares you. If you wish to grow, if you wish to live, you must act. Here are 36 ways to get started today!
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Find Your Courage to Lead… at the movies
Courage is a call to action — one that creative leaders never, ever ignore. Leadership directs change. Leadership drives growth. And Leadership generates success by overcoming the fear of failure. All because true Leaders build the courage to make decisions and accept the responsibility for their choices, alone. Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear. – Mark Twain – ADMIT ONE – Think about the last time you went to the movies. Everybody goes to the movies to have a good time, to be entertained for a few hours, to experience the thrills, chills, loss, and love of an adventurous life. But did you…
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How The Matrix Can Help You Discover Your Life Purpose
Do you ever get the feeling that you’re wasting your life? Running in circles, forever busy, but never getting anything of consequence done? You know that if you could just figure out what you SHOULD be doing with your life, you would finally feel the passion and motivation that’s been missing. “You’re here because you know something. What you know you can’t explain, but you feel it. You’ve felt it your entire life, that there’s something wrong with the world. You don’t know what it is, but it’s there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad.” -Morpheus from The Matrix What you’re looking for is your purpose. And…
