Category: Blog
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But definitely for somebody. Even if it is just one, someone out there is grateful that you showed up (and hopefully made their life better). Because what you do shouldn’t just be self-serving but instead others-centered. However, you must also know who you are and why you do what you are doing. Because you cannot…
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Insecurity fabricates stories that are not necessarily true but are thoroughly convinced about them. Because it makes sense to be the center of it all when you feel under threat. The one who tells the story is already convinced of what she gets to say. Is there anybody who has the heart to share something they personally…
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Transitions aren’t easy, but they are essential to becoming the person you ought to become. But because it is usually uncomfortable, some of us (if not most of us) do not have the guts to push through it to go to the other side. Often, this phase of transition distinguishes fearful people from those who…
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… and thrived. I was weeding out some of our suffocated potted plants one afternoon. I was amazed by how the weeds intertwined with the plant itself. It was as if they built their own network atop the cultivated plants that were supposed to be in the spotlight. It was quite tricky to pull them…
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“Eating ice cream is easy. Making something that matters is hard.” — from the book Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? Most of the time, you never even think about it. Ice cream is ice cream, and if you don’t like ice cream, you are probably lying. And yes, there’s the least resistance when it comes to…
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Who are you behind closed doors? Are you the same person whenever you are outside and in the sight of everybody? Or are you just putting up a show in front of everyone else? Maybe it’s time to ask this question as you turn off the lights tonight. And hopefully, when you wake up the…
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It’s tricky to be confident about something you are not confident with. The world might say, “Fake it until you make it.” However, you can only fake it up to a point before you begin to fear people knowing the truth. And when they do, because they surely will (as the famous passage says that…
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