The days melt in my hands like ice in the sun

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“Balzac drove himself relentlessly as a writer, motivated by enormous literary ambition as well as a never-ending string of creditors and endless cups of coffee; as Herbert J. Hunt has written, he engaged in “orgies of work punctuated by orgies of relaxation and pleasure.” When Balzac was working, his writing schedule was brutal: He ate a light dinner at 6:00 p.m., then went to bed. At 1:00 a.m. he rose and sat down at his writing table for a seven-hour stretch of work. At 8:00 a.m. he allowed himself a ninety-minute nap; then, from 9:30 to 4:00, he resumed work, drinking cup after cup of black coffee. (According to one estimate, he drank as many as fifty cups a day.) At 4:00 p.m. Balzac took a walk, had a bath, and received visitors until 6:00, when the cycle started all over again. “The days melt in my hands like ice…

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You’re Worth More!

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A Happiness Tip

Good stuff, Kristin. This sounds goofy but it actually works — changing your physiology can kick off chemical changes that change your perspective!

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Is This What Pure Love Looks Like?

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In this 1-minute video, actor Jim Carrey reveals a deeper, more spiritual side to his nature and emanates his pure love in a silent message meant to warm the hearts of anyone viewing it.

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The True Measure of a Man

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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

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6 Ways to Speak Well to Your Loved Ones

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Practical Tips for Productive Living

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Why Does the Internet Love Cats So Much?

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Felines have a long-standing history as companions to the human race, but why exactly have we all grown to love cats so much? An even better question would be, why have they completely taken over the internet in the past few years?

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Fear. The Video Blog.

I hope you continue to vlog, Jen…

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Some People…

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Some people are brought into your life to be mirrors, to show you behaviors and habits that need to change. -Mandy Hale

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Don’t Be Afraid…

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Don’t be afraid of losing someone who doesn’t feel lucky to have you.

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The freedom of yes…

How do we accept ourselves or others when our actions are causing harm? Does acceptance mean passivity? Does it undermine our efforts towards change? This talk responds to these questions with a simple, illuminating and challenging principle about genuine transformation: Acceptance is the prerequisite of true healing and awakening. Only when we’ve paused to recognize and allow this moment’s experience to be fully as it is, can we respond from our intelligence and compassion to prevent future suffering…

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Dreamsicle

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The lighthouse and pier at Kewaunee, Wisconsin with the rising sun positioned directly behind the navigational marker on the other side of the channel.

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Why Stay in the Same Place?

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I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth. Then I ask myself the same question.

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Yes, I can help you with a website…

…but a website is only a small part of the transformational thought leadership process — I can also help you determine what you should blog about and how! Here are a couple of examples of websites I’ve done for clients recently. Click image to enlarge…

Entrepreneurs that Utilize their Online Reputation to Get Customers (personalbrandingblog.com)
Don’t Tell Me You’re a Thought-Leader: Just Be One (socialmediatoday.com)
Thought Leadership – Marketing with direction (marketingdirectorblog.com)
5 Ways to Show Your Thought Leadership (theengagingbrand.com)
5 Ideas about creating thought leadership (theengagingbrand.com)
Revealing the man behind the curtain – blogging for better business (emergingmediastrategy.wordpress.com)
Is “Thought Leadership” Just Business Jargon? (socialmediatoday.com)
How I apply David Allen’s ‘Getting Things Done’ to social media and ‘thought leadership’ marketing… (living-business.co)

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Leave the Multitasking to Your Computer: Relax and Un-Mind

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Consciously finishing just one thing then moving to the next will likely have you, over the course of the day, doing about the same amount of stuff but without the stress, fatigue, and headache that goes along with pretending you’re a walking…

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You Don’t Have to React

Jason Moskovitz writes:

You don’t have to react.

What do you do when confronted? When someone calls whom you’d rather not hear from? When you disagree with someone? When your financial picture changes abruptly? When your car breaks down? What do you do? How do you feel? Do you react? Do you lose control somewhere inside to the point of not feeling well? Have you noticed you get triggered by certain things or people and not by others? Have you considered that you’re choosing to react this way? And at such a pace that one bad thing swells into several and everything seems hopeless? And that all of this swells up in a split second?

You don’t have to react.

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Forget Self-Esteem: You Need Self-Compassion to Succeed

Heidi Grant Halvorson writes:

If you look under the Self-Help heading on Amazon, you’ll find roughly 5,000 books listed under the sub-head Self-Esteem. The vast majority of these books aim to not only tell you why your self-esteem might be low, but to show you how to get your hands on some more of it. It’s a thriving business because self-esteem is, at least in Western cultures, considered the bedrock of individual success.

You can’t possibly get ahead in life, the logic goes, unless you believe you are perfectly awesome. Continue reading “Forget Self-Esteem: You Need Self-Compassion to Succeed” →