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This Digital Nomad Couple Sold Everything to Travel the World in a Sailboat—Here’s What They’ve Learned About Life, Goal Setting and Relationships

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After several months of research, they attended a two-week sailing course in Gibraltar before selling Darsy’s apartment and buying Polar Seal in March 2016. “On Ellison and Darsy purchased Polar Seal in March 2016, but they didn’t hit the waters full time until June 2018. These are five of those lessons. Your speed is the right speed.

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4 Ways to Turn Obstacles into Opportunities

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Perceive obstacles as merely a detour to your final goal. Have the conviction that your goal is achievable. Actor Chris Burke once said, “I have a motto on my bedroom wall: ‘Obstacles are what you see when you take your eye off the goal.’ Once your eyes are set on the goal, don’t allow minor obstacles to distract you.

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The 10 Best Books I Read In 2016

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Full disclosure: The links to the books mentioned in this post are Amazon affiliate links. Should you use the link to purchase one of these books, then I’ll get a little bit of money to build my own library (as my Amazon earnings are used to buy more books). I’m going to read fewer books in 2017.

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If It Doesn’t Suck, It’s Not Worth Doing

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That’s why in his book, Ego Is the Enemy , Ryan Holiday explains that a primary obstacle to success is the idea of success. It’s easy to create vision boards and write down your goals. But as Robert Greene explains in his book Mastery , you can learn to love this internal resistance. Dreaming is easy. Itzler did eight.

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3 Ways to Discover Your True Passion

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In January 2016, the New York Times caught onto the work of Bernard Roth, professor of mechanical engineering and academic director of the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University, who figured out how design thinking could help the many millions of people who feel stuck —at work, in a relationship and so on—“get unstuck.”

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The Negative Side of Positive Thinking

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These are some of the questions he sought to answer when he wrote his best-selling book Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy. So what’s a wise approach for embracing the whole self while still moving toward goals with kindness, compassion and responsibility? This article appears in the January 2016 issue of SUCCESS magazine.

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At a Loss for Words? 25 Ways to Master the Art of Small Talk

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It can be online or in books and journals, but it can help drive a conversation with someone you don’t know much about. You might love your new grill or your favorite book or TV show, but don’t assume everyone else is interested. This article was published in August 2016 and has been updated. Read a lot. Angela Ruth, Truework 4.

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