Recently, I shared five ways to be more positive, based on the research of Shawn Achor, happiness expert and author of The Happiness Advantage and Before Happiness. One of those ways is practicing gratitude each day, and I got a lesson in gratitude this week. I was sitting in the passenger seat of the car while […]
“Speed is a source of stimulation and fleeting pleasure. Slowing down is a route to depth, more enduring satisfaction, and to excellence.” – Tony Schwartz Today’s message comes via Bronnie Ware, an Australian nurse who worked for many years in palliative care. Her patients were those who had gone home to die, and she spent
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Today’s word is STRIVING, as in: Striving to overcome. Striving for perfection. Striving to get ahead. Striving to achieve our goals. And I think it’s time we put an end to it. Uhhh… I think I can hear the cries of heresy. Isn’t striving a good thing? After all, to strive is — according to
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Agree or disagree: We live in a society that’s all about MORE and BIGGER, where smaller numbers — especially just one — are rarely worthy of discussion at all. (Unless you’re talking about the “#1” at the top of the list, or maybe to an Olympic athlete who missed the gold because of one millisecond.)
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As featured on MarketWatch.com, the somewhat contrarian advice of inspirational speaker, Shawn Ellis, is being called a “breath of fresh air” by attendees of his “This Moment Matters” seminar and keynote presentation. There’s no question that heavy workloads are getting people down: The accelerating pace and complexity of life and work today has 63 percent
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