Jared A. BrockinFeedium·7 hours agoMember-onlyWant To Be Happy in 2023? Repeat This Four-Word PhraseThe key to happiness is ancient — “When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” — Samuel Johnson When I was eighteen years old, I got in my car with three friends and took a month-long road trip from coast to coast in celebration of our graduation from…Personal Development6 min readPersonal Development6 min read
Adam Woodward·1 day agoDiary of a SalesmanDon’t ever give up. In 2017 I found myself on the wrong side of the media. Years before, I was able to use the media for my benefit, through coverage of the good stuff I and others were doing with my Big Give Foundation. That would not last forever. The…Personal Development5 min readPersonal Development5 min read
David GerkeninILLUMINATION·12 hours agoMember-only5 Words To Keep Top Of Mind, Especially When You Get IrkedIt’ll save you tons of angst. — My last article (link) was about my belief that ‘relax’ is the most important word in all of spirituality. Why? Because if we aren’t relaxed it’s difficult to do most anything in the spiritual arena like meditating, practicing mindfulness and not exploding at our spouse when they infuriate us. I…Personal Development4 min readPersonal Development4 min read
Betty S Lunkuse·9 hours agoThree Things to do Before the Year EndsThe year is finally coming to a close, and whilst some are happy about all the good things that have happened to them in 2022, some are angry, and impatiently want to kick the year out. How has this year been for you? I am more of the prior, the…Personal Development4 min readPersonal Development4 min read
Andrea Mignoloinmethod & matter·15 hours agoAt the End of the YearGuided reflections across a transitional threshold. — We live our lives within the rhythms and cycles of the physical world. Our calendars commemorate this by marking each full rotation of the earth as a day, the total cycle of the moon around the earth as a month, and the complete trip of the earth around the sun…Personal Development7 min readPersonal Development7 min read
Jack Krier·9 hours agoMember-only7 Essential Traits of a Super Likable PersonHow to become attractive without trying — Likability isn’t an innate quality. You don’t need to have model looks, infinite wealth, or superstar status to become the coolest person in the room. Our behavior is what makes us likable or unlikable. In other words, your actions determine whether people are attracted to your personality. The traits that…Personal Development4 min readPersonal Development4 min read
varsha sawlani·11 hours ago22 Lessons I learnt In 2022Point of meditation is not to be good at meditation but to be good at life. If you think it is good then world is good. If you think it is bad then world is bad. It’s what you think. We suffer more in imagination than in reality. Everyone thinks…Personal Development2 min readPersonal Development2 min read
Alex Mathers·9 hours agoMember-onlyWhat would happen if you did these things every day for thirty days?🤔🤔🤔 Reached out to someone to ask for help. Wrote a thousand words of total crap. Painted a picture and shared it online. Read fifty pages of a book. Ate one meal a day (OMAD) Quit watching porn. Did something that scared you. Wrote down twenty new ideas. Did fifty press-ups. …Personal Development3 min readPersonal Development3 min read
Alex Mathers·1 day agoMember-onlyHow to quickly dissolve a bad moodHere it is again. I couldn’t hold Patience within the city walls any longer. These feelings remind me that life isn’t as smooth as I remembered. My bad mood has taken hold. I’m in even more of a mood because I know I’m in a bad mood. I’m in what…Personal Development3 min readPersonal Development3 min read
Alex Mathers·21 hours agoMember-onlyThe subtle difference between being miserable, and being aliveWhen I am miserable… I am concerned about those who do not matter to me. I put less into more. I am transformed by emotion. I create enough. I am a victim. I trust thought. I try to impress. I hedge. I judge. When I am alive… I improve the lives of those that matter to me. I…Personal Development1 min readPersonal Development1 min read
