Character Development

You’re Better Off Without Me: A Love Poem
Love, I promise… you’re better off without me
I’ll fuck up your life, unrecognizably
When you play below your potential… hide from the world… doubt your greatness…
I’ll suffocate your smallness, your ego will hate this
I’ll smother your self-rejections until they can no longer stand
Old friends...
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You Are Going To Die (So Here’s How To Actually Live)
I had my first heart attack at the age of 25.
I was walking down the street, my arms went numb, my head started spinning, and my heart was pounding faster than it ever had in my life.
I walked up to an off-duty ambulance paramedic and said, “I think I’m having a heart attack. I’m definitely...
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8 Ways To Be The Healthiest Person In The World
Want to be the healthiest person in the world?
Vibrant health comes down to a simple set of conscious choices. But in order to make those choices consistently you have to be able to take charge, stay awake, and push back against your own mind.
When it comes to being in the driver's seat of their lives,...
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5 Ways To Help Reduce The Male Suicide Rate
Men are dying by suicide at a rate of three to four times more than women.
In a 2014 UK study, the male suicide rate was 16.8 suicides per 100,000 people, versus 5.2 per 100,000 for female deaths.
Of the more than 44,000 people who die by suicide every year in the United States, the significant...
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My Top 5 Best Articles of 2017
2017 was a huge year of transformation for me.
Instead of being the always-working, uber-productive lone wolf that I often fell into being in my first few years of starting this blog, I chose instead to invest heavily in my social life and in cultivating a sense of community...
I also started...
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The 3 Biggest Things That Hold People Back From Actually Growing
Everyone wants to grow.
Everyone wants to improve.
Everyone wants to have a better life.
But desire alone only takes us so far along our path.
It's common in our growth trajectories to have common roadblocks come up that hold us back from obtaining the next layer of healing, or level of expansion.
In...
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This Is Your Life Purpose
To feel alive...
This is your life purpose.
Spend time with people who make you feel alive.
Eat food that makes you feel alive.
Do work that makes you feel alive.
Spend your money on experiences that make you feel more alive.
Do things that make you feel alive.
If the answer is...
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Your Body Is A Miracle
Right now, in this very moment, your body is breathing for you. Your body is delivering vital nutrients to different parts of itself that it needs to function. Your hair, nails, and skin are all regenerating without your conscious thought being involved.
Your body is an absolute miracle.
But you don’t...
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This Is Why You’re Unhappy
You are unhappy because you have been in a long-term romance with your misery for as long as you can remember.
From such a young age, you have been convinced that misery is what you should predominantly feel.
Your parents, siblings, culture, peer group, and religions have taught you that pain is the...
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The Surest Way To Become A Better Person
Want to become a bigger, better person in the world?
Take on more responsibility.
As human beings, we all crave a deep sense of meaning.
And our sense of meaning often comes down to the amount of responsibility we have taken on in our lives.
So if you want to grow as a person, find...
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