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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. There is no progress in vague goals.

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

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It’s easy to create vision boards and write down your goals. More often than not, you quickly distract yourself from the discomfort with some form of momentary pleasure. Your goal is to learn how to accomplish hard things without continuously distracting yourself. This article was published in November 2016 and has been updated.

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

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It doesn’t have to be complicated, just something to get you started and form new acquaintances. You still accomplished your goal of going when it was easier not to, and you were there supporting a friend or coworker. This article was published in August 2016 and has been updated. or “What brought you to this area?”

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What It’s Like to Float in a Sensory-Deprivation Tank

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My goals were much less high-minded. The water’s high salinity means that no life form, including microbes and other pathogens, can survive. Before you can reserve your session, you have to agree to a release form. This article was published in May 2016 and has been updated. I was driven by curiosity.

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A 4-Question Guide to Unlock Your Creativity

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Being around like-minded people can give you the support and structure you need to attain creative goals. Specifically, “recognition and social rewards” can have a positive effect on intrinsic motivation and creativity, allowing both forms of motivation to work in tandem. Are you collaborative? You, too, contain multitudes.

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18 Signs You Have High Emotional Intelligence

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They look for change that is lurking just around the corner, and they form a plan of action should these changes occur. 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.

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10 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get Things Done

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Experience has shown that when people go after a big goal at once, they invariably fail. Proactive goal achievement means taking every project and cutting it up into bite-sized pieces. Each small task or requirement on the way to the ultimate goal becomes a mini-goal in itself. So it is with prioritizing.

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