Motivation, inspiration, productivity, minimalism, etc.
The best collection of many famous and some less-known blogs on motivation, inspiration, personal development, productivity, life coaching, positivity, simplicity, minimalism, frugality, entrepreneurship, healthy living, blogging, etc. Suggest new blogs to add by sending email to the.mishnish[at]gmail[dot]com
Let's start with "sorry"
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By the time the phone rings, there's already trouble. When that manager is called or this department is reached, it's because someone is disappointed, angry ...
Don’t Forget the Past. Learn from It.
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“Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” ― Edmund Burke
There is a popular adage in our society that goes something like this:
Forget the pa...
Overcoming the Fear of Taking a Risk: Just Do It
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*“Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to
paralyze me.” ~Isabelle Allende*
About eight months ago I hitched a ride to Buenos ...
Odds and ends: GRS news
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As you may know, Get Rich Slowly is part of the QuinStreet family of
personal finance websites, which include MoneyRates.com, Five Cent Nickel,
Consumerism...
an invitation
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Last year around this time, I conducted a wee experiment… and it became a
rather large surprise. It was the GREAT BIG SUMMERTIME BLOG HULLABALOO.
Knowing ...
The Man of Steel Myth Debunked
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The summer of 2013 is gearing up to be an action movie junkies’ dream come
true.
With releases set from Hollywood heavy hitters like DeNiro, Smith, Hanks ...
The Ideal Body Weight
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I found an interesting website that enables you to calculate your current
body mass index as well as enable you to determine your ideal body weight.
Accord...
Picking Up After Our Fellow Humans
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*Help support The Good Human by doing all of your Amazon shopping thru our affiliate
link. A very modest commission is generated (at no cost to you) which...
Should You Choose an Adjustable Rate Mortgage?
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When it comes to fixed rate and adjustable rate (ARM) mortgages the
standard personal finance advice is to always get a fixed rate mortgage.
Most people ...
Don’t Be That Guy
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Or girl. The person who keeps making excuses in life. The person who thinks
most things in life are just luck. The person who wishes for things rather
than...
How to Deal With Difficult Transitions
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Transitions: we all face them. Bigger ones and smaller ones, they’re always
there. Whether it’s the end of your time in kindergarten, starting a new
job,...
Why do I feel helpless
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Why do I feel helpless? Why do I feel helpless? I’m stuck in my life and
nothing seems to work for me, why is that? Feeling stuck in life is very
common...
Know-Nothing Security
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No One Is Safe in a Police State by Robert C. Koehler Let’s all work
together to stop terrorism! The Palm Beach County, Fla. Sheriff’s Office
has a new vid...
The standards by which you measure yourself
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There will always be someone in your line of work, doing the same sort of
thing that you’re doing, who will make more money than you. Way more. There
will ...
Death Cookies
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From a 2011 article in The New Yorker1, about Hollywood psychiatrists:
Stutz had no patients, and so he cold-called established therapists to ask
for refer...
Words from Jack Canfield
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Canfield is an American motivational speaker, author and the co-creator of
the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series that has nearly 200 titles and 112
millio...
Another Simple and Effective Method
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I’ve been fiddling around with some new ideas - and as usual some of them
have shown promise and others have been complete duds. I’ve found one
method to...
You Won’t Find Your Calling in Ego-Based Learning
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[image: Happy Girl Hopscotch in Strawberry Free Creative Commons]Photo
Credit: D. Sharon Pruitt via Compfight To get at the truth of your calling,
you have...
rise and shine
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Shawn Ledington Fink was one of my first readers and online friends. It’s
nice to watch her twin girls grow up and play. Since I’m in the thick of
writing ...
anticipation: how to make the most of expectation
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Source “An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality;
our desires often being but precursors of the things which we are capable
of pe...
The Secret to Finding a Fulfilling Career (or Three)
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This is a guest post by Joanna Moore. We’re taught to follow the specialist
life plan by picking one thing to be: a schoolteacher, a midwife, a
politician ...
A Simple Path – To Turning Pages
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“The beginning is always today.” ~ Mary Shelley
Like books, our lives can be measured in chapters. Several chapters have
already been written in my life: ...
Postcard from the Sabbatical 1
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Greetings from a sunny Sunday in Sydney. As most of you know, I’m
currently off the public stage, on a sabbatical. This postcard is an
experiment. I si...
Behind The Door
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Send to Kindle We walked up and down the street several times – Anna and I,
wondering if she was indeed staying in that house. “Shall we knock to check
if ...
Happy Links: From the Internet to Small Things
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{Every week, I publish a series of inspiring links. Enjoy!} What the
Internet is doing to our brains. Embrace your voice. Getting intentional
about inspira...
London Meet-up Details – May 19
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Now that I’m in the UK, the Brits tell me I won’t be allowed to leave
unless we have a social meet-up here. So let’s make it so! Here are the
details of ou...
Moments of Backyard Wonder
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Frail webs glistening in dewy morning grass Tiny leaf buds emerging on tree
branches Long gray beards of moss swinging from sturdy oak arms Jet streams
cri...
An Index of Our Crazy Ideas
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Hello Friends. I added a new tab at the top of the page as an index to all
the crazy ideas we have implemented over the past couple of years. It’s
been a...
A Gift Every Mother Deserves
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By Anastasiya Goers No, it’s not a coffee-maker. No, it’s not a bracelet
charm. No, it’s not a trip to a spa (ok, I personally wouldn’t turn that
one down....
There is Beauty in Not Knowing
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by Richard Feynman (May 10, 2013) I have a friend who is an artist, and has
sometimes taken a view which I don’t agree with very well. He’ll hold up a
flow...
The Peace Needed To Move Forward
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Whether it’s competitive athletics or business, being able to advance in
one’s field is a natural human trait. We are built to advance and that, it
seems, ...
Weaving in the Loose Ends
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It has been an odd time, this spring. Different threads of my life have
been variously worked, unraveled, reknitted, and sometimes even finished.
Others ar...
things I do have instead
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After I wrote my last post, things I don’t have that many do, someone
asked, “What do you have that most people don’t?” It was a good question. I
cut out a...
How to stop beating yourself up
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So it recently occurred to me that I’ve been indulging in rather a bit too
much negative self-talk lately. I’ve been cross with myself about all kinds
of t...
Spring Cleaning
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Hi there – sorry it’s been AGES since my last post! I’ve been working some
really crazy hours lately and neglecting everything else. Speaking of
which, I a...
How running taught me the value of persistence
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rss | t | g+ A few years ago, I wrote about the importance of perseverance.
The ability to see things until the end – it’s the difference between make
or b...
more than just a car wreck
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I’ve got some news. As you may know, I stopped blogging a few months back
to focus on my first novel, and focus I did. After several re-writes and
feedback...
Turn Down the Noise
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Life is noisy. Work, traffic, neighbors, children, pets, relationships,
politics, religion etc… Eliminate what you can. Quiet the rest. Listen to
the beaut...
Why Are You in a Hurry?
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Do you often find yourself rushing around, in a hurry to get somewhere?
Whether I’m driving, walking, at the grocery store or a networking event, I
always ...
Clutter Maintenance Mode: Do the 15 Minute Boogie
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Being in clutter maintenance mode is different than being in the midsts of
a giant clutter purge. One of the things I’ve discovered in the years since
I du...
8 weeks with Nozbe
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As much as I’d like to avoid posting about Nozbe my third post in a row, I
feel I had spent enough time with the solution to share more findings with
you. ...
10 Reasons Why Love Doesn’t Hurt
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10 Reasons Why Love Doesn’t Hurt After being in a negative, abusive or even
simply the ‘wrong’ relationship, it can be tough to have a positive outlook
on ...
Do Work You Love
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Round and round and back again. It’s been a long time coming, but I finally
feel that I’m in a place where I can choose work based on my interests
rather t...
Quote Analysis – Jessica Alba On Rejection
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I’m grateful and thankful that people said no for so long because it
encouraged me to push the boundaries and to be completely limitless. (from
video) This...
What is Holding You Hostage?
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In the middle of a cold winter afternoon, David made his way to the bank to
deposit his payroll check into his account. The bank was located in the
heart o...
Happy Blamesgiving Day!
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I can’t believe I am going to swallow something that used to look like
this. ~*~ Because I’m a cynical asshole — and because you love me for it —
don’t lie...
Three Simple Secrets to Increase Your Reading Speed
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It doesn’t matter if you are a student with an overflowing list of homework
and materials to read over the weekend or if you happen to be a capitalist
who ...
Why Online Classes Are Bad
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“Are you looking to get a degree in law enforcement? At Oklahoma Wesleyan
University, you can now enroll 100% online,” the radio blared. I blanched,
wishin...
One of us, one of them
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Alex Castellanos: Team Obama has turned the candidate of hope and change
into a ferociously political animal. They’ve discarded their most valuable
asset, ...
Sparrow Mac Mail App
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I have been using The Sparrow Mail App for quite a while now and it has
taken me away from the inbuilt Mail.app. I will be covering some cool
workflow and ...
I Quit
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Or I moved. http://karol.gajda.com You’ll have to subscribe there to get
updates. Thanks for 2+ years and 1.2 million views. You were awesome.
Ridiculously...
Fuck It Day 17: The Wrong Way To Say Fuck It
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Day 17 of Fuck It: A 30 Day Blogging Challenge I’m a big fan of John
Frusciante’s (formerly of the Red Hot Chili Peppers) guitar playing. The
above video i...
Healthy Linkage and Week 1 Recap
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Week One is almost over and I’m pretty happy with how it has been going.
I’ve stayed strictly on-plan and with only a few mistakes early in the
week it’s ...
Car-Free Day is upon us!
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Take the bus, take the train, take the subway, ride a bike, walk, crawl, or
call-in sick. But try not to drive a car.
If you MUST, at least think about ...
How to Make a Confident Return to the Workforce
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A huge fear around returning to work after you’ve been a stay at home
parent for a few (or several) years is the gap in the old resume. Companies
won’t eve...
Event: Dr. Jeffrey Dorfman Speaks to 100+ Students
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Last week I had the privilege of hosting an event in NYU Dental School.
Over 100 students attended. As an executive member of the school’s
Aesthetics club,...
A reboot to the seat of the pants
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I've become the digital equivalent of an industrial polluter. Time to clean
up my cybersprawl and put things in one place -- here.
Where Does Spirit Come From?
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One day, I felt a question come to mind: “Where does spirit come from?” My
initial reaction was to ask, “Where the heck did that question come from?”
But a...
And It's Goodbye From Me!
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The last few weeks have been kind of crazy. I quit my job, and freed up
over 40 hours a week for other activities, but I've never been busier. The
house se...
My Unanticipated Donations…
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I'll admit it, I love the Goodwill. Some decent items are yours to be had
for a freakin' amazing price. So much so you can walk into any Goodwill
with a co...
Medical Certainties Be Damned
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Put yourself in this man’s shoes: a doctor tells this anguished young man
that he needs to choose life for his wife or his about-to-be-born child,
because ...
The 3 Words That Will Solve 99% Of Your Problems
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Summary – BTB Problems as many of you may have realized, are always
complicated. There will usually be a lot of factors to solve it and this
can be very ov...
Blog Text Issue
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I am working on fixing the typeface and text issue. I was trying out a new
way to style Life Destiny but unfortunately have been running into a few
proble...
Your Life is a Movie- Keep it Simple
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A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. Mark Twain Sometimes
life is complex. There’s war over conflicting issues. There’s a million
things t...
9 Innings of Baseball’s Life Lessons
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[image: 9 Innings of Baseball]I couldn't help but think about America's
favorite past-time. I started to realize that there are quite a few life
lessons th...