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Rohn: You Don’t Have to Love What You Do

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You can be inspired just by having found something, even though you are making mistakes in the beginning and even though it is not ideal to take on a new discipline that you haven’t learned yet. This article was published in September 2015 and has been updated. Photo by filmstudio/IStock.

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Should People with Grit Ever Give Up?

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We have mid-level goals that are broader, but still discrete, like learning a new skill or starting a new hobby or business venture. So, instead, we might replace it with an easier question: “How confident do I feel?” How to avoid it: When it comes to confidence, we want to have enough, but more isn’t always better.

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StretchLabs Is Taking Stretching from a Pre-Workout Activity to Part of a Holistic Wellness Regimen

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We humans mostly stretch as a quick pre- or post-workout activity, though we have something to learn from our four-legged friends. One fast-growing company, StretchLab, is helping athletes and non-athletes alike learn how to incorporate stretching into their routines so they can move their bodies better.

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Get Your Mind Right: 5 Tips for Untangling Your Can’t-Do Mindset

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In my research about “Wave Makers” for my book Make Waves , I discovered that those who started big changes were extraordinary because of their thoughts that drove optimism, resilience, belief in themselves and others, and the confidence to keep learning. This article was published in December 2015 and has been updated.

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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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They met on Tinder in 2015 while living in Sweden as expats: Ellison, an aviation sales director from Des Moines, Iowa, and Darsy, a human resources systems specialist from Paris. They spent two admittedly short Swedish sailing seasons preparing for the inevitable roadblocks and learning how to co-captain on their own.

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7 Qualities of the Most Charming People

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He’s confident. Learning to improve your charisma is more important than ever—especially for leaders. Those with personal magnetism, or charisma, are usually self-confident optimists. This article was published in April 2015 and has been updated. You know the guy. He’s poised. His words are well-chosen.

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How to Speak Well… and Listen Better

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If you don’t concentrate on listening, you won’t learn much, and you won’t remember much of what you do learn. A sign on the wall of Lyndon Johnson’s Senate office put it in a down-to-earth way: “When you’re talking, you ain’t learning.”. The face is an eloquent communication medium—learn to read its messages.