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The only way to learn

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on May 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

At one point or another in our lives, we’ve been told that it’s okay to make mistakes, okay to fail, to screw up. The catch is that we are meant to learn from the mistakes, pick ourselves up after failures, and find a new path — now that we know what to do differently. And [...]

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How to get what we really want

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on April 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

We are constantly being presented by choices, some clearer than others. Some will affect us for about five minutes, like which flavor of ice cream to get, or taking the stairs instead of the elevator. Others leave a lasting impact, like moving, getting married, having kids or getting a dog, or starting a new job. [...]

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How do we know what’s “best” for us?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on February 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

When it comes time to make life-altering decisions, sometimes, the facts are clear, the options are A or B, 1 or 2, this or that. The decision itself may not be easy, but at least all the data is there, and it’s just making that final choice. But what about when everything isn’t clear? What [...]

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What’s driving us?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Every day, in various situations, we ask questions like, what’s the reason for this? Why are we doing this? What’s the goal? Who is behind this? Who are we doing this for? We ask it at work when we begin a new project and there isn’t much direction yet. We ask it of our friends [...]

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What do you want to do?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on December 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »

As a kid, we were endlessly asked by parents, teachers, friends and grandma what we wanted to be when we grew up. Back then, it was easy: a firefighter! a ballerina! In my case, a writer. As we grew older, the question still lingered, but the answer wasn’t always so simple. The one or two-word [...]

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Open-ended

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

For someone who is very routine, very organized and very detailed down to a fault at times, I’ve had to think a lot more about being open-ended. I used to arrange my books and CDs not only by genre, but alphabetically by author or artist. I have to do lists on top of to do [...]

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The decision is mine

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on February 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »

To write what I want, where I want, how I want. To decide how I feel, and to react accordingly. To have certain people in my life, or not. To believe what I want to believe. To take charge of my life. …and no one can tell me otherwise.

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