Personal Growth

Ever wonder why some people are doing better than you? You should. It's usually because they know something you do not and are acting in a way in which you are not.

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Stop Being a Side Character in Your Own Story

Are you the side character in your own life?

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Hell is When You Meet The Person You Could Have Been.

At some point, you've probably had the idea of a multi-universe reality where there are multiple versions of yourself. Some doing very well, other versions... not so much. Where are you at? I just wrapped up a wonderful 1-month trip visiting my family and one painful realization set

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How VIPKID Changed My Life

I'm forever thankful to VIPKID and today I'm going to explain to you how it changed my life for the better. VIPKID is an online teaching platform that I worked with as an independent contractor from 2016-2019. They paid $22+ an hour at the time and

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If Freedom is Your Reward, You Are Living in Prison

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Real and Raw Dating Advice for Women (Must Read)

I'm writing this from Vietnam, here they have a culture that does not lie to women. Young Vietnamese women who are 27, 28 and still single are pressured to pick a guy, get married and get on with life. The reason is because attractive men who are 30+

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College or Trade School - What To Do?

My dad worked for a municipality as a laborer and then as a skilled laborer. He put in 28 years and retired with a $4K monthly pension plus social security for the rest of his life. He did not go to college and was pretty broke, raising four kids for

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Emotional Baggage, Stuff, Whatever

You know, I was thinking just a second ago as I laid in the dark trying to sleep for the fifth time in a row at 3:33 am and this thought occurred to me, a persistent thought, the kind of thought that just demands to be written down. The

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Dream Killer - Doing What You're Supposed to Do

I’ve wasted a lot of time in my life doing what I'm supposed to do. * I went to college because that’s what you're supposed to do. * I got a job to sit in a cubicle for 8 hours a day because that's

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Toxic Positivity - The Recluse of the Untalented

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Being an Entrepreneur is "Hard"

I constantly read posts about how tough it is and how much you have to sacrifice as an entrepreneur (aka Gary V - or 1DV as in one dimensional as I call him). This is so silly and it's often bastardized by 2o year old, wanna-be pretend entrepreneurs

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How to Turn Your Life Around (Zero to Hero)

Ever wonder why some people are doing better than you? They have better everything. Better lives, better relationships, more travel, more money, more sex, fun and happiness? Ever really wonder what they are doing differently? You should because success is predictable and you can create it it for yourself as

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The Homeless States of America

The following was not written by me. It's a comment by Alvan Karpas [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYMbUIf48lDyRrqFmqD95LQ/videos]on Nick Johnson's video: "The 10 States Where Homelessness is Out of Control and Beyond Repair." I found it insightful so I wanted to

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Don't Waste Your Life (A Warning)

I remember listening to this monologue on happiness by Ben Stein. Why are some happy and other not? Why are some living in a default state of joy and others wishing “if only”. The answer was brilliantly simple. The ones that are unhappy are people who let their parents or

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8 Ways You Can Focus on the Important

Identify four areas of your life that are important to you. For most of use the most important things can be compressed into family, friends, work, health and _____? I find that in your select priorities to have only one be of a professional aspect. For me right now, my work

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Friendship Purgatory - When It's Okay to Have No Friends

When you’re growing as a person, you’ll find yourself alone at some point. This aloneness I call friendship purgatory. A period of time where you’ll have no real friends. For the socially awkward, I’m sure they’re quite familiar with this. You can find yourself here

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Breaking Patterns: What Your Life Needs

Where are you? Do you even recognize yourself? Your life has patterns. It repeats and repeats. You feel the friction and the pain when you break a pattern. When you break away towards something unknown. It’s scary for sure, but that friction is a sign of personal growth. It’

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Understanding Men: What Drives Us

Trying to understanding men always boils down to understanding what drives us. If you want to understand the men in your life and why they do what they do, then keep these two points in your head: First, men are simple. Second, do not project how you think or feel

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26 Reasons Why You Should Never Have a JOB

I used to watch this show called The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch while at University (I’m dating myself now!). I loved the stories of people doing something creative to make more money than they ever did before. This show was a source of hope and inspiration for me

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11 Reasons Why You Should STOP Playing Video Games

We all have our vices and addictions. Video games are a pretty lame one if you ask me, but it’s a personal problem I’ve had to deal with and I know a lot of guys deal with. Checking my old Steam account I saw this: 299 hours playing

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Life Advice for Young Men - 19 Things You MUST Know

19 things no one tells 19 year olds.

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Modafinil: The Real Life NZT-48 (from Limitless)

Modafinil makes you super human. It makes you mighty. It makes you think faster and think more clearly. …or does it? NZT-48 There is a movie called Limitless. The movie is about a writer who is a bit of a lazy slob and has a nasty case of writers block.

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Intermittent Fasting – Loose Your Big Bloated Belly in 1 Week

I Skip Breakfast 6 Days a Week. Why? I started fasting way back in 2016 and it made a serious difference in terms of losing my big bloated belly and lowering my overall body fat. Fasting, cutting out sugar and milk resulted in a noticeable, visible difference in how I