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Career Development Skills

This 2000 Year Old Journal from a Roman Emperor Will Teach You The Most Important Lessons On Life, Business and Mental Health

“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”

It’s surprising how some things never change in this world, especially when it comes to human behaviour and the suffering we put ourselves through.

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Daily Thoughts

We do not have an inexhaustible well

If there’s one quote that has stood out for me over my lifetime so far and been somewhat of a guiding light, it is the one below that I heard from Brandon Lee in the early 90’s.

I believe it’s originally an extract from a book and was recited during the last interview that Brandon Lee ever gave, so it has some real poignance to it and a reminder for us all.

“Because we don’t know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. And yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number really.

How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, an afternoon that is so deeply a part of your being that you can’t even conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four, or five times more? Perhaps not even that. How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems limitless…”

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Skills

The benefits of microdosing my workouts

Burnout, overworked, sore — maybe your familiar with these words. Maybe you’ve used these words as part of the narrative that runs through your head on the way to your workout.

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Skills

The effect you have on others is your most valuable currency

A few days back I was scouring through YouTube, watching random videos to fill in 10 minutes of my life (an effective use of my time – I know!).

I came across a video called “The Meaning” featuring Jim Carrey, it’s one of those motivational videos that generally I steer clear from, but there was something different about this one, I was seduced by the title and quickly pressed play to find out more.

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Daily Thoughts

Define your Intent with social media

Do you frequently find yourself scrolling through the black hole of your social media feeds? yeah me too.