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    Why divergent thinkers can’t help but do something

    Why divergent thinkers can’t help but do something

    Life is hardly ever wasted. It can be under-appreciated; you can miss the joy and beauty and wonder of it all, and some might call that a waste. But if you pay attention, if you…

    • by cupppa_joe
    • Posted on June 29, 2022June 29, 2022
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    You are perfect as you are, and only getting better

    You are perfect as you are, and only getting better

    The good thing about Monday mornings is reading an email from Mark Manson. Today, he made mention about how life will always have a tension between being perfect as you are right now, and the…

    • by cupppa_joe
    • Posted on June 13, 2022June 29, 2022
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    Don’t Think…Just Do

    Don’t Think…Just Do

    Like the rest of ‘murca over Memorial Day weekend, I watched Top Gun: Maverick. There’s a critical scene where the rally cry is don’t think just do. You’d think this would be a post where…

    • by cupppa_joe
    • Posted on June 1, 2022June 1, 2022
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    Emotion = Body + Mind

    Emotion = Body + Mind

    i was reading about ego development theory, and i came across this part about doing, being and thinking and it reminded me of my own Levers of Living: Body, Mind, Behavior and Environment. you can…

    • by cupppa_joe
    • Posted on April 20, 2022
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    impact is not the same as contribution

    impact is not the same as contribution

    the ocean has impact; a starfish has contribution. we need your contribution regardless of the scale of impact. …

    • by cupppa_joe
    • Posted on March 7, 2022April 20, 2022
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    The Pareto Principle: it’s only 20% helpful

    The Pareto Principle: it’s only 20% helpful

    and it is the key to mastery people will often talk about how you only need to master 20% of a thing and you can get 80% of the results. they’ll use examples like, how…

    • by cupppa_joe
    • Posted on August 11, 2021April 19, 2022
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    connection is the key

    connection is the key

    there is one theme that that seems to cross all forms of literature. the poets wax poetical about it; the novelists novelize it; the self-help gurus promote it, the psychologists prescribe it. except, they don’t…

    • by cupppa_joe
    • Posted on March 8, 2021March 7, 2022
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    what you’ve been waiting for…

    what you’ve been waiting for…

    i do hereby give you permission to have fun today. to do the brave thing. to try and fail and to try again. i give you permission to put effort toward something that may not…

    • by cupppa_joe
    • Posted on February 9, 2021
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    treat your body like you treat your lover

    treat your body like you treat your lover

    happy new year i wanted to write a new year’s post about goal setting, and that got me onto the subject of living a deliberate life, and that made the think about the support systems…

    • by cupppa_joe
    • Posted on January 31, 2021February 2, 2021
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    perhaps a practice is about balance and being

    perhaps a practice is about balance and being

    when i lived alone, i would spend the first hour of my day drinking coffee, journaling, and singing Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen while playing my guitar or my piano. i just needed something to prove…

    • by cupppa_joe
    • Posted on January 18, 2021January 24, 2021
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