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Truth?!…We’ll Pass

By Robert on August 30th 2010 in Self Improvement 10 comments

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If you’ve been following me on twitter, then you’ve been hearing me rant on and off about health as of late. It’s been my main focus of study for the last few months. The main reason I’ve been on it so much is because, well, I think it’s fascinating to learn so much of what [...]

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Leadership and Greatness

By Robert on July 2nd 2010 in Philosophy 2 comments

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When I was a little guy……okay, when I was a preteen, all I wanted to do was be great. I wanted to be great and it didn’t matter at what, just to be great at whatever it was that I would do and once I died, I would be amongst the greats. What did it [...]

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Limiting Beliefs and the Power of Choice

By Robert on June 16th 2010 in Philosophy 2 comments

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Beliefs aren’t facts. They aren’t “the truth”. Whenever you have a belief that is holding you back, stop and ask yourself, “is this true?” After some reflection, oftentimes you’ll see that it’s not. We only “believe” something because we don’t “know” it for a fact. How everyone develops beliefs is kind of different. These events have no objective meaning. We assign meaning to events so that we may learn about it and so that we can predict certain outcomes in case our behavior produces the same event again.

Why Shoot Yourself in The Back?

By Robert on May 13th 2010 in Relationships 6 comments

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In reality though, it’s never the people. It’s your values. You place the value of their love, acceptance, approval, opinion or whatever it is that you want from them, higher than you do your own expression.

Doing this really boxes you in. Subscribing to a religion, tradition or any established train of thought can have the same effect. It’s not freeing at all.

Eliminating Weaknesses

By Robert on February 10th 2010 in Philosophy 11 comments

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Resolutions are to New Years what gifts are to Christmas and many people are enthralled of the changes they hope to see. For many it seems like the perfect time to set really big goals for the lifestyle improvements, changes and progress they would like to experience in life. Sometimes we set goals that are [...]

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