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There’s a Reason Your Free Time Is So Draining

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According to a 2021 study published in the International Journal of Research in Education and Science, when comparing university students who engage in active and passive activities, those engaged in passive activities had lower perceived health outcomes and levels of happiness. Participation can depend on other internal factors as well.

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12 Things Even the Best Leaders Can Forget

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They could be external in the form of a market win or internal in the form of a superstar performer. Leaders need to put the necessary resources into studying the market and external conditions, as well as the internal state of the company, to determine a need for evolution and a plan for how it will happen.

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10 Things the Gym Taught Me About Life

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The mantras I had become used to—especially those that came in the form of encouragement from others admiring my physical prowess—started to sound empty. If you endeavor to make a change in your physical form, you have that opportunity every day, no matter what happened the day before. I was having trouble believing them myself.

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Can Dopamine Dressing Make You Better At Your Job?

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This is an extreme form and thankfully, not the only way to do it. You’re starting from the internal to the external. Next, start incorporating that color into your wardrobe, which might be with jewelry, accessories or articles of clothing. Seek to wear what makes you look good externally and feel good internally.

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What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

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It wasn’t just any form of the disease, but a rare form of blood cancer known as anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. Already an internationally-ranked swimmer in her native South Africa by the age of 14, du Toit seemed to be a rising star in international athletics. This article was published in June 2009 and has been updated.

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

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More often than not, you quickly distract yourself from the discomfort with some form of momentary pleasure. But as Robert Greene explains in his book Mastery , you can learn to love this internal resistance. So, you want to develop what Greene calls a “perverse pleasure” in experiencing internal conflict, and sit with it.

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Why You’re Going to Break Your New Year’s Resolutions

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That might be the purest form of instant identity change there is, and anyone who has had a kid—or known someone who has had one—has witnessed firsthand how a change in identity (“I’m a PARENT!”) Change your internal narrative. This article was published in January 2017 and has been updated.

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