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Bridging the Gap between the Expected and Unexpected

By Matt Lew on November 10th 2010 in Career 1 comment

“The best things in life are unexpected – because there were no expectations.” -Eli Khamarov Fear I’ve always believed that the saddest thing in life is untapped, wasted potential. Consequently, my greatest fear is for someone to one day look at me and say, “he could have done so much more,” or “what a waste [...]

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Do you trust yourself to make it happen?

By Marcus Bird on October 28th 2010 in Philosophy 10 comments

In front of him, lays a vast gulf. The next building is over a thousand feet away, yet somehow he is being goaded on to cross this barrier… with a leap of faith, literally. Neo, not fully self-actualized as the savior of mankind, watches in amazement as Morpheus tells him to “free his mind” and [...]

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Finding Meaning in Limbo: Part 1

By Melissa Marks Garner on October 26th 2010 in Untemplate 4 comments

For many of us, we are planning, strategizing, and laying the framework for our next big move. To borrow a phrase from Abraham-Hicks, we are pre-paving our roads ahead. That is great. That is how things happen. We all know that the life of our dreams doesn’t just fall in our laps without any effort [...]

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Have a great idea, but need a tech co-founder?

By Andre Charoo on October 19th 2010 in Entrepreneurship 4 comments

It seems like everyone these days has a great idea, but don’t have the exact skills to implement it. Several people have recently asked me — “How do I find a tech co-founder? I’ve got a great idea, but I need someone to help me implement it.” Since I was in a similar position a [...]

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Stop Polishing and Start Publishing Already

By That Kind Of Girl on October 4th 2010 in Career 2 comments

Funny thing about telling semi-strangers that you’re a writer: apparently everyone else on the planet is too. Hair dressers, convenience store clerks, shy co-workers — half the people you meet from day to day, if you listen to them long enough, will divulge: “I’ve got a story in me. I just need to write it [...]

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Totally Untemplated

By Matt Gartland on September 24th 2010 in Untemplate 5 comments

Editor’s Note: the following is a guest post by Marlee Ward. Buying Into The Template I can’t say that giving into the template lifestyle was completely my fault. I think it’s just a byproduct of going through the “system.” Notions of creating a self-defined lifestyle are rarely discussed as you grow up. Rather, you are [...]

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Are You Free?

By Pounding the Pavement on September 20th 2010 in Career 4 comments

A Guest Post by Jasmine Stephenson of http://jasminewanders.com/ When I was 21, I got the word “freedom” tattooed on my back. At that time, it was a celebration of an addiction that I had kicked and a personal commitment to maintaining that liberty. Now, however, it has come to represent something else entirely. Let me [...]

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What Will Motivate You to Take That Next Step?

By Ted Thonus on September 16th 2010 in Untemplate 2 comments

In my 20′s I heard someone say that a job was a temporary inconvenience until you find out what type of business you want to own and run yourself. That sort of stayed with me into my 30′s. After bouncing around with a few companies I realized that I had a real passion for the [...]

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Better To Light A Candle

By Graham Phoenix on September 7th 2010 in Self Improvement 7 comments

‘Caveat Emptor’ means the buyer can not recover costs from the seller for defects that render a property unfit, unless the seller actively makes misrepresentations amounting to fraud. Applying this to advice given in these pages mean that you, the reader, are responsible for any advice you take, not the giver, unless he knowingly gives [...]

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