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Grace

Life can be challenging at best. About the time you get one area of your life going smoothly, another one jumps off the rails. The

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Humor

A merry heart does good, like medicine What happens physiologically when you have a good laugh? There is a release of endorphin, a brain chemical

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Renew Your Mind

Thoughts are the most powerful vehicles in the world for producing change. Everything you see today began because somebody thought it. To renew your mind

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Dependability

There were two childhood friends who were buddies throughout high school and college before joining the army together. When war broke out, they ended up

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Accountability

It may be difficult at times to fully practice personal accountability but you’ll find it offers many advantages and rewards. It will heighten your own

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Release the Past

What’s done is done Nelson Mandela lived a remarkable life—from tending cattle as a boy to working as a fiery young lawyer in Johannesburg, then

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Show Up

How reliable are you? When you give your word to do something, can others count on you to show up, even if it is more

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Resilience

Life may not get easier, but we can become stronger What is it that makes some people remain calm when faced with tough times, while

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Niche Down

In his book, The Take Action Effect, successful entrepreneur Scott Voelker, describes what he calls “niching down,” as a process of narrowing down your choices

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Brain Plasticity

Brain plasticity describes your brain’s ability to form new connections and pathways as it continually rewires itself to perform more efficiently. What this means in

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Endurance

On September 2, 2013, at the age of sixty-four, Diana Nyad completed a heroic feat of both endurance and human willpower, when she emerged upon

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Music

Music is an age-old medium for soothing and healing the soul. Listening to music we enjoy resonates deeply within us―sparking a heightened sense of well-being,

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Journaling

The benefits of journaling are surprisingly powerful. It has been found to strengthen immune cells, lower the physical impact for people who have asthma and

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Endurance

Grit is the flame in which success grows Endurance is essential for anyone who sets their mind to be successful—whether it is to win a

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Brain Plasticity

Brain plasticity describes your brain’s ability to form new connections and pathways as it continually rewires itself to perform more efficiently. What this means in

Read More »

Dependability

There were two childhood friends who were buddies throughout high school and college before joining the army together. When war broke out, they ended up

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Momentum

Go for the small wins Imagine you have a massive metal flywheel, approximately thirty feet in diameter, two feet thick, weighing almost three tons, mounted

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Accountability

It may be difficult at times to fully practice personal accountability but you’ll find it offers many advantages and rewards. It will heighten your own

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Resilience

Life may not get easier, but we can become stronger What is it that makes some people remain calm when faced with tough times, while

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Enthusiasm

The dictionary describes enthusiasm as a “feeling of energetic interest in a particular subject or activity and an eagerness to be involved in it”—perfect characteristics

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