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10 Things the Gym Taught Me About Life

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The mantras I had become used to—especially those that came in the form of encouragement from others admiring my physical prowess—started to sound empty. If you endeavor to make a change in your physical form, you have that opportunity every day, no matter what happened the day before. I was having trouble believing them myself.

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If It Doesn’t Suck, It’s Not Worth Doing

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More often than not, you quickly distract yourself from the discomfort with some form of momentary pleasure. But as Robert Greene explains in his book Mastery , you can learn to love this internal resistance. So, you want to develop what Greene calls a “perverse pleasure” in experiencing internal conflict, and sit with it.

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A 4-Question Guide to Unlock Your Creativity

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They are sensitive to the environment they’re in as well as their internal, emotional environment. Specifically, “recognition and social rewards” can have a positive effect on intrinsic motivation and creativity, allowing both forms of motivation to work in tandem. They don’t disregard things as irrelevant. Are you collaborative?

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

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A welcome break in the 24-hour news cycle came one morning in the form of an announcement from NASA. In September 2016, Hampton aimed to wipe out that painful experience by creating the Sit With Us app. Morales described their dynamic as being “even more extraordinary together.”. Karin Vandraiss. Inter) Stellar News. Jeff Vrabel.

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What I Learned From Wearing the Same Outfit for 2 Weeks

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In a July 2016 profile , The New York Times wrote that President Barack Obama—who wore only blue and gray suits—daydreamed about retiring to Hawaii to “open a T-shirt shack that sold only one size (medium) and one color (white)” with Rahm Emanuel, the U.S. The human mind is well set up to form habits and routines to conserve its energy.”.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

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An 18-year blogging veteran, Ajayi covers all things culture with a critical yet humorous lens on her website Awesomely Luvvie and wrote the instant best-sellers Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual (2021) and I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual (2016). million views. Amina AlTai. Kim Anthony. Cindy Castillo.

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Queer Eye’s Bobby Berk on Designing a Space—and Life—That Makes You Happy

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When the magazine asked Berk to design two show homes for the International Builder Show around the time he moved to LA with his husband, he agreed, having no clue how to draw up construction documents and electrical layouts. In 2016, Berk got a call to audition for Queer Eye and decided to take a chance on expanding his brand awareness.

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