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Here’s a novel concept: treat the random people you meet day in and day out like, well, real people. Don’t objectify the girl behind the counter making your sandwich as just a sandwich maker. She has a life, relationships, hopes, hobbies and dreams. Treat her as such. She may be having a rough day. Say [...]
We can take this idea of finding your role from another angle. In our strengths, we are all different. Some jobs seem more glorious than others. The speaker in front of the crowd is necessary to bring about an awareness. The worker behind the scenes is necessary to make it happen. Knowing the job that [...]
We all have strengths and weaknesses. The first step is to realize what these are. The second step is to take on jobs that allow us to use our strengths. The third is to develop our weaknesses. When it comes to making an impact (on myself, friends, the world), I know that my strength is [...]
Originality and creativity are severely lacking in today’s society. How do I know? We’re all trying to slum by at the lowest common denominator, insisting we all go at the pace of the slowest person, and somehow we’re all okay with that. It’s usually in the name of “equal opportunity” and “fairness”. I think that [...]
I think people these days have the entire wrong attitude about life. We feel we are owed everything. We feel self-entitled to whatever we want. Get over yourself! The world owes you nothing. In fact, you probably owe the world something because you are here using it’s resources, and more than likely you’re stepping all [...]
It’s a backwards philosophy – serve yourself by serving others. You don’t have to be a hermit or give up all your possessions to do this. It’s nothing drastic. The idea is this: by being a better person, you will be happier. Makes sense, right? Maybe we feel useless and like our lives are pointless [...]
My point in keeping this blog isn’t to condemn the world and all the lazy people in it. The point is to inspire you to be all that you can be. So many people sit around doing nothing, leeching off society, and refusing to live a fulfilling, happy life because they are convinced that mediocre [...]
Sometimes change happens with a bang. Usually, though, change happens in small steps. Think about it. Do you have a half hour of time every day that you waste? Pick one thing to work on for a half hour every day. Maybe it’s getting in shape. Maybe it’s practicing an instrument. Maybe it’s simply taking [...]