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Networking: The importance of being well-connected
1. Why it is important to be well-connected Is it really true that successful people can only get to where they are because of their connections? You may disagree, but there's a benefit to networking because of the importance of being well-connected. Maybe there are...
Strong in body, strong in mind: how exercise builds resilience
Introduction Since joining a running club recently, I've learned that exercise builds resilience. Strong in body, strong in mind means that when you build muscle and endurance through exercise, this mindset transfers itself to other areas of your life. Exercise not...
My 5 tips on writing: How I wrote 1,000 words everyday for 30 days
For the past thirty days, I wrote a thousand words each day to finish a writing project of mine. Basically, I trained myself to be more disciplined and churn out those thousand words even if I didn't feel like it. How did I do this? Well, it was really a practice in...
Don’t choose to be unhappy
Introduction If I have any advice or words of wisdom to give about happiness, it's this: don't choose to be unhappy. If you had a choice between being happy and unhappy, what would you choose? The answer may seem obvious. Hopefully you'd choose to be happy. But...
I’m not apathetic. I’m just busy.
Introduction Societal, environmental, and political issues are calling for your undivided attention everyday. If it's not eye-grabbing, it's instantaneously background noise. Easily tuned out. Filtered out of our consciousness. Are you apathetic, or just busy?...
How to control what people think
It's useful to control what people think. It can solve a lot of problems. Exercising the power to control what people think is the end goal of a lot of individuals, companies, and entities. They do it to convince you to make a purchase, change the way you think, or...
What’s your point? How to craft clear and impactful messages
Messages are everywhere. Some can get to the point in just a few words, like a slogan. Others take more time, whether it's an email memo, resume, or job posting. So how do you make the most of the types of words that you use? How do you immediately answer the...
Is fear irrational?
As someone who has a lot of irrational fears, I worry about things that will never happen, and situations that will never materialize in real life. Why do I do this? The main reason is that fear, and imagining and cataloging all of the bad things can happen, prepares...
It’s the end of the world. What should you do?
During the start of the pandemic, and right at its peak when the most deaths occurred, it felt like the world as we knew it was ending. The situation was dire and it was escalating too quickly for people to get a handle on it. It led people to re-examine whether what...
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