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Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” ~ Khalil Gibran I was talking to a dear friend of mine recently and he was asking me who is the person I admire the most and why. The interesting thing I realized while giving him the answer was that the person I deeply admire is somebody who experienced a great deal of pain during his lifetime and what made me admire him so much was his attitude and how he always come out as a better not a bitter...

Some of the most influential people in history kept detailed journals of their lives. Those journals served two purposes: a permanent record for posterity, and cathartic release for the people writing them. Even if you don’t think you need either, keeping a journal has great benefits you can enjoy immediately. Here’s why you might want to sit down regularly to jot down your thoughts. Even if you don’t think there’ll ever be a documentary that uses your journal for flavor...

As I grow older, I’ve come to realize how important knowledge really is. It’s true that our brains are the most prime to absorb new knowledge when we are young, but the trouble is that young people have a much harder time realizing the long-term benefits of learning. As an adult it can be much harder to learn and retain new knowledge, but it is still possible! Here are some really useful things you can do every day to make sure you are always filling your head with new knowledge. 1. Read a Book This...

I’m sure at some point in your life, you’ve had to endure some form of hardship. We all have. It could be personal  Maybe you’re having trouble with a your spouse or partner, and you just can’t seem to get it together. Maybe it’s from being complacent for too long and a need for change begins to build inside you. After all, that’s what we do right? We’re human. We change. We can get comfortable in our environment, but sometimes we get too comfortable and the desire for change kicks...

When someone tells me, “I don’t care if people like me,” they are showing me the emotional wall they use to block the hurt of rejection. All of us care if people like us. Humans are social animals. According to the psychologist Abraham Maslow, feeling love, affection and belonging is necessary before we can reach the highest levels of consciousness and wisdom. We need each other to survive, from infants through schooling and throughout our professional careers. Many studies have shown that...

How often have you gotten a compliment on your creativity or your patience or your resilience, only to wave it off, assuming that these strengths must come easily to everyone? In my 30 years as a lifestyle/career coach and author, the mistake I see people make time and again is failing to recognize their talents. An honest inventory may be difficult — even impossible — for you to do yourself. So sit with a friend and try this exercise. It’s a new twist on something I call the Self-Correcting...

Legend has it that Nasrudin was walking alone at night when he saw a group of people approaching in the far distance. Instantly, his imagination began to toy with him: “They are surely robbers!” he thought. “No, why just robbers? Murderers, cutthroats! About to set upon me, a lonely traveller, leave me for dead and steal all my possessions! How are my wife and children going to cope without me?!” Nasrudin’s heart began to pound. His mouth became as dry as his palms became...

    In his book A First-Rate Madness, Nassir Ghaemi, M.D., a professor of psychiatry and director of the Mood Disorders Program at Tufts Medical Center, argues that there is a connection between mental illness and great leadership. “During times of crisis, some of our best leaders had mental illnesses like depression and bipolar disorder,” says Ghaemi. “Some of our worst leaders were healthy and normal.” After analyzing evidence of symptoms, family history, the course of the illness...

Relationships are important – to each other, to our families, to our friends, to the people we care about. There comes a point in romantic relationships when things become serious and it becomes an actual Relationship, one where the idea of spending your life with this person and crafting your life together is a valid and understandable continuation of this relationship. When that isn’t achieved, the question becomes, ‘why not?’ Ending a relationship is no easier with age and experience,...

Although there has been some debate about the attraction of chocolate, it is most unlikely that you will suffer from withdrawal symptoms if you reduce your intake. Most of us enjoy eating chocolate – it is a pleasant experience. You appear to have recognised that eating as much as you do is not healthy or sustainable, hence you are trying to understand why you do it. Ask yourself if you are you attempting to hide your guilt behind addiction. Convince yourself you can eat less. Learn to differentiate...