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How To Forgive
We’ve talked about why forgiveness is powerful last time, and why it isn’t about the other person, but now it’s time to learn how to forgive. Let it out and express yourself Write a letter to the person who hurt you. They’re never going to see this letter, so let it...
Why Forgiveness Is Powerful
Forgiveness is hard. You want to be angry, and the person you’re angry at deserves it. There’s no way to undo the damage they did, and you still feel the pain. So, why should you bother with forgiving them? The biggest reason is that until you forgive, you mentally...
How To Add More Meaning To Your Life
In my last blog post, we talked about how meaning has a much greater impact on your health than happiness and how having low levels of meaning causes a similar biology to enduring chronic adversity. Learning that doesn’t help much unless you also learn how to add more...
Happiness Without Meaning Is Still Unhealthy
According to a recent study, people who are happy but don’t have a solid sense of meaning in their lives and those who endure chronic adversity have similar gene expression. After so many studies claiming that happiness is good for everything from job performance to...
Your Guide to Greater Self-Confidence
A lack of self-confidence hurts. It can take the form of a nagging doubt that locks you in an endless loop of starting and stopping the pursuit of your dreams, a tiny voice saying, “You aren’t worthy,” or a paralyzing uncertainty that keeps you stuck in tough...
Why “Live and Learn” Isn’t Enough
Live and learn. When you hear someone say that phrase, it comes with the unspoken idea that learning certain lessons will make your life better. But what if that isn’t true? Some lessons happen quickly and are hard to forget. Fire hurts when you touch it. Orgasms feel...
Finding Meaning
“The Bushmen in the Kalahari Desert talk about the two "hungers". There is the Great Hunger and there is the Little Hunger. The Little Hunger wants food for the belly; but the Great Hunger, the greatest hunger of all, is the hunger for meaning...” - Laurens van der...
Dealing With Disappointment
The experience of stepping forward, suddenly realizing the floor is lower than you expected, and having to scramble to rebalance before you fall is a good analogy for what it’s emotionally like to feel a sharp sense of disappointment. We all know how uncomfortable it...
A Leader’s Most Important Skill
Say the word ‘leader,’ and most people picture an assertive individual giving instruction, taking charge, and providing direction. In other words, they picture someone talking. Other people will picture someone who listens, thinks deeply, and then offers guidance or...
Why Knowing What to Do Isn’t Enough
You know those goals and desires you want but never seem to bring to life? There’s a reason why, and it isn’t because you don’t know what to do. If there’s something you’re interested enough in to want, it’s highly likely that you know how to get it. And yet, you...