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

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But there are plenty of people who have more relatable goals, like improving flexibility for their fitness routine, bending down to tie their shoes with more ease or feeling less achy when playing with their grandkids. Helping people walk out of the studio feeling better than when they came in is the goal. “We

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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 Negative Side of Positive Thinking

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So what’s a wise approach for embracing the whole self while still moving toward goals with kindness, compassion and responsibility? The happiness that she and her positive psychology colleagues promote as a goal is not only about sunshine and cookies. This article appears in the January 2016 issue of SUCCESS magazine.

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18 Signs You Have High Emotional Intelligence

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Emotionally intelligent people are self-confident and open-minded, which creates a pretty thick skin. When perfection is your goal , you’re always left with a nagging sense of failure that makes you want to give up or reduce your effort. This article was published in March 2016 and has been updated. You are difficult to offend.

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10 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get Things Done

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By the Inch Life’s a Cinch, by the Yard It’s Hard People usually procrastinate because of fear and lack of self-confidence —and, ironically, become even more afraid when under the gun. Experience has shown that when people go after a big goal at once, they invariably fail. Using this method, the goal becomes manageable.

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The Anatomy of a Simple, Beautiful TEDx Talk

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It’s always been my goal to give a TED Talk , so when the opportunity arose at TEDx New Bedford , I took it and used what we did at Motivate Design (that is, user experience) to nail my speech. When you’re preparing for something that creates fear and doubt, it’s easy to lose sight of the excitement and confidence living inside you.

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