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The Truth About Impostor Syndrome and How to Overcome It

Stephanie LH Calahan

You believe you should be able to learn something on the first try. Accepting all of yourself, including your flaws, is a critical part of having healthy self-esteem and self-worth. Then, as you learn things, you can make modifications. Permit Yourself to Learn as You Go. Learn from Others.

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The 6 Stages Of A Failure

Brilliantly Better

Anyway, fact is that once they learn I’m running a personal development blog, they somehow treat me as some sort of a guru. Learning The Lesson Which means taking some sort of real action. You learn by doing. The long answer: because this is how we learn. Learning the lesson. Which I’m so totally not.

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What Is Happiness and Why Is It Important?

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The results leave little doubt that subjective well-being can predict longevity,” Diener wrote in his meta-analysis of dozens of health and happiness studies, published in Applied Psychology. One of Seligman’s signature strengths, for example, is a love of learning (a survey in Authentic Happiness helps you decipher which ones you possess).

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