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Self Improvement

Authenticity is for Losers, Only Liars Succeed

By John Bardos on February 18th 2010 in Self Improvement 33 comments

Perhaps I am not alone in my disdain of websites and people promoting easy and quick solutions to life’s problems. Get rich quick, lose weight without dieting, easy passive income, speed learning, blah, blah, blah. Enough already. Where are the real stories of real people with real struggles?

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Take the First Step Towards Your Dream Life

By Kyle Crum on February 15th 2010 in Philosophy 20 comments

Quite often what happens is that people realize that any of the barriers that they have put up as reasons not to do long-term travel can be easily traversed. They figure out on their own that kids and dogs can be brought along. They think of a way to sell or rent their house while they are gone. They realize that money is only an object if they let it be.

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The Great Big Doom Loop and How it’s Affecting Your Fitness

By Adam Gilbert on February 11th 2010 in Health 6 comments

The business researcher extraordinaire Jim Collins writes about the Doom Loop in his famous book Good to Great. It’s when you: 1. Find a new direction 2. Enter a new program 3. Start a new event 4. React to a new fad 5. Get a new leader Without having any plan of action, no accumulated [...]

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Eliminating Weaknesses

By Robert on February 10th 2010 in Philosophy 11 comments

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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How To Be Extremely Productive: Total Immersion

By Arsene Hodali on February 3rd 2010 in Productivity 25 comments

How do you unlock that secret door to becoming extremely productive? Easy, through total immersion. This year I made it so that my one goal in everything that I do is going to be total immersion. It’s the obvious-yet-overlooked key to success and extreme productivity in life. See, I got the idea from language learning [...]

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You Are Not Supposed To Know

By Carlos Miceli on February 2nd 2010 in Philosophy 31 comments

Here’s my first conclusion after going through the many, many comments on Untemplater: Everyone wants to know. They want to know how to do everything so that they can make the transition without turbulence. Well, I got news: you are not supposed to know.

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Enjoy Every Minute and Seize Every Day

By Ronnie on February 1st 2010 in Productivity 11 comments

Sometimes we have a tendency of falling into a routine that we cruise through. When this happens, we usually get slapped in the face with boredom and lack of ambition. Such could happen when we become stenciled into a routine or template lifestyle. “Same thing, different day” and “Can it be Friday yet?”, or worse, [...]

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Improve Yourself by Creating Team Goals

By Elle on February 1st 2010 in Self Improvement 8 comments

So many people start the new year with their resolutions and goals with optimism, but then fail to reach them or quit. Why? There are many reasons, but something I noticed is that many people set themselves up for failure when they set their goals. Ironically, I believe you can improve yourself as an individual by [...]

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Why should you veer off the paved path?

By Andre Charoo on January 29th 2010 in Self Improvement 32 comments

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson When I graduated college, I was on a path that was pretty much set for me. As an analyst in investment banking, I was going to climb up the food chain (described [...]

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