dreams
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Working backward
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We all know what we want. Our main challenge is in getting there. If we take our end-destination in mind and outline the steps to reach it by working backward, the goal suddenly becomes less intimidating. The only way to “control” the future is to steady our mentality and take immediate action. Making progress requires…
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How to mirror the beat of our heart
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It seems that in preparing to live up to our best selves, we often fail to follow the very advice we give others. Dizziness caused by the freedom of indecision goes at odds against reality. So we jump at the quickest cognitive register — whichever requires the least effort. Everyone seems to have a clear…
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The hunt for lost desires
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We humans hunt for desires, only to realize that chasing the same materials leaves us feeling empty. Consuming in a desultory fashion is not what the doctor ordered. People are meant to be unique machines, versatile with no fixed shape. Curiosity may have killed the cat, but without venturing into the unknown we fail to…
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Guilted into trying
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Things are never perfect the first time around, a bit better the second, and mind a few tweaks, they seem to be just about right in the third and fourth efforts. The fear of failure is good quality control. It ensures that in the process of disrupting ourselves, we appreciate the challenge of ascendancy. Riding…
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More than just a pipe dream
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Dreams come and go but leave the loftiest impressions. How is it that something can leave such a big imprint but rarely create a reality of the same intensity? Accruing likes are rarely a good barometer of progress. The only validation of advancement is the grade you give yourself behind closed doors. Imagination is one…
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Growing one block of reality at a time
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We take one step forward and two steps back. Effort never guarantees success but it always ensures learning. All great things happen because of discomfort. If we can persist through the pain and develop patience, there’s usually a rainbow waiting for us at the other end. But whatever we’re chasing needs to give us purpose.…
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Have an exaggerated sense of curiosity
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We’re all fake artists, winging it to chase our dreams while simultaneously masking our vulnerabilities. It isn’t a thorny question of attribution. We all steal ideas from each other and recast them as our own. But having an exaggerated sense of curiosity pays off. The cash value of policing thoughts means that we can better sew…
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On making life’s biggest decisions
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When it comes to decision-making, first you decide, then you deduce. Of course, life’s biggest decisions such as marriage or a career change are some of the hardest decisions to make because the fear is that they won’t work out. The bigger the risk, the greater the hesitation. ‘This might not work.’ People like to play…
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‘We are told stories as children to help us bridge the abyss between waking and sleeping’
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We are told stories as children to help us bridge the abyss between waking and sleeping. We tell stories to our own children for the same purpose. When I find myself in danger — caught on a stuck ski-lift in a blizzard — I immediately start telling myself stories. I tell myself stories when I…
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‘Dreaming is like a psychological thermostat’ 🛌
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Your brain works like a dishwasher when you sleep, cleaning out the dirty information and tidying up the important stuff. But the mind also creates a theater inside your head. Dreams emerge from unrestricted consciousness. They remind us that the rational imagination can be soo sober. Writes Emil Cioran in The Temptation to Exist: ‘Anyone can escape…