The Pivot: Replacing Forcing With Presence A Simple Shift (That Changes Everything) It’s actually really simple… in theory, at least. Start focusing on being present in whatever it is you’re doing, wherever you are. By accepting reality for what it is now, rather than ruminating on what it was, or could be. You can learn […]
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We are pressured by people all around us into forcing your life into success and happiness, often at the cost of everything else. But forcing isn’t effort. It’s self-violence disguised as ambition. It’s the habit of turning your life into a performance, and then punishing yourself until you get it “perfectly right.” Well, what if
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1872: A sickly 13-year-old travels alone to Maine In 1872, a young Teddy Roosevelt was travelling to Moosehead Lake in Maine. The reason for this short trip wasn’t leisure; it was a necessary venture. His father sent him there to help him recover from one of his latest bouts of asthma attacks. And worse? Young
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