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The Great Books Quest – Update #9: April 2013

What is The Great Books Quest? Click Here to Find Out Book In Progress (as of March 17th, 2013): Plutarch's Lives of The Noble Greeks and Romans (Julius Caesar) The New Testament - Gospel of St. Matthew The New Testament - Acts of the Apostles Niccolo Machiavelli - The Prince Quest Progress: Things are still a little

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The Great Books Quest – Update #8: March 2013

What is The Great Books Quest? Click Here to Find Out Book In Progress (as of March 17th, 2013): Plutarch's Lives of The Noble Greeks and Romans (Julius Caesar) The New Testament - Gospel of St. Matthew The New Testament - Acts of the Apostles Niccolo Machiavelli - The Prince Quest Progress: This was another very difficult

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The Great Books Quest – Update #7: February 2013

What is The Great Books Quest? Click Here to Find Out Book In Progress (as of March 17th, 2013): Plutarch's Lives of The Noble Greeks and Romans (Julius Caesar) The New Testament - Gospel of St. Matthew The New Testament - Acts of the Apostles Quest Progress: By far, February has been my most challenging month

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How The Fear of Falling is Always Worse Than The Fall

A few years ago, I choreographed a little ballet dance piece for myself, to the song "Rockefeller Street" by Getter Jani. I had a lot of fun doing it, and I had a chance to perform it at a little talent show. During the routine, I swiftly kicked my foot in the

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Don’t Resist Rebuilding Your Life After Falling Down

Have you ever been in a place where you knew you had to take on a new habit/routine/project? But you kept putting it off, and putting it off, until something happened. An event happened in your life that made it impossible for you not to adapt this new habit. I bet you

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Udacity Physics Challenge: A Failure

I failed my Udacity Physics Challenge. Miserably. How did it happen? How am I going to move forward with it? I did pretty well in the beginning. 2 Units in, feeling confident. Then, I took a Sociology Intensive at School, and I put off Physics for 2 weeks. I found myself stalling and stalling.

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The Beauty of Short-Term Thinking, and How to Evolve Faster

Have you ever thought to yourself, "Wow. I'm on this healing path of Personal Development. I can't imagine how amazing my life will be in 5 years, or even 10 years down the road. OH MY GOD IT'S GONNA BE AMAZING!!!" As attractive as this thinking is to your mind, it's

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The Competency Gap, Procrastination, and Why You Don’t Really Fear Change

Our biggest fear is not change. It is being incompetent. Think about that big project that you have planned. Building the business. Renovating the house. Changing your dating life. Going on a massive vacation. Volunteering. Why haven't you done it yet? One typical answer would be, "fear of change." Or, if you're more

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Why We Need to Worry, and How to Worry Properly

Remember that song, "Don't Worry, Be Happy"? It's a lie. Worrying is a natural part of our psychology. It's always gonna be there, so we might as well learn how to use it for good. Just as I want to upgrade the quality of my problems, I seek to upgrade the quality

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