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It’s Not Easy To Know What You Want

Monday, August 18th, 2008

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Have you ever asked yourself what you wanted out of life?  What was the answer you got?  Was there a clear image of what you wanted to do, be and have that you felt strongly about?  Or were there vague ideas that you weren’t sure how you felt about?
It seems that knowing [...]

Pursue Enjoyment To Make Everything You Do Worthwhile

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

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“I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.”  -  William Shakespeare
How many times have you done something only because you thought you were going to get something from it, and then didn’t get what you thought you would?  Did you feel that this was a waste of your time and energy?
Think about what you [...]

Self Awareness Leads To The Life You’ve Always Imagined

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

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“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”  - Joseph Campbell
“Be Yourself” is a popular piece of advice.  Everyone likes to hear it, yet what does it really mean?  The Ancient Greeks said to “Know Thyself,” but why is it so important to know who you are?  The concept of Self is not that clear, yet [...]

Finding Pleasure in Priorities

Friday, June 13th, 2008

There are lot of negative connotations around the word “pleasure.”  Even though our most necessary functions (eating, having sex, sleeping, socializing) are pleasurable in order to ensure that we do them, most people still distrust things that are pleasurable to them, fearing that they won’t be able to control themselves when it comes to the pleasurable activity.  Pleasure is [...]

How to Know What You Want

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

We all want a lot of things in life.  But wanting an ice cream cone is different than wanting to be, have or do something in life.  When you ask what you want from life, you are asking what you want to do or create.  And, it’s made up of two questions:  What do I desire the most [...]