Category: Reflection
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Just say no was good advice. Let’s bring that back
I am constantly guilty of this: I don’t tell people, “No,” nearly as often as I should. I don’t say what I really want to for fear of what someone else will think. I don’t tell them what I actually want or feel. I agree to do things I don’t really want to do, because…
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The color of your thoughts
The above quote from Marcus Aurelius is something that I came across and saved years ago, and then I never interacted with it again. Coming across it again now, I have to consider what are my thoughts doing to my soul. How does the way that I think and view the world influence how I…
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Reaching a turning point in these reflections
With the string of reflections I’ve posted and those that are still unpublished, I have noticed a trend: Boy, do I need work on self-confidence. If I were to take these writings to a caricature artist, they’d probably sketch out someone who is hunched over with a rain cloud overhead. That is not how I…
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New mantra: Then let ’em
As I try to change my habits and stop thinking so much about what others think, I’ve taken on a new saying to myself: Then let ‘em This is not so much a blog post as it is my personal encouragement. I can all to easily dissect my plans and try to figure out how…
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I want to stop thinking “What would people think?”
I have been thinking a bit about image this week. More specifically my image about how others see me. Not so much, unfortunately, how I see my myself. Man, have you any idea how much energy it takes to do the recon on all the possible ways people might perceive you? And then try and…
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Last one on celebrity endorsers: What do/should I think?
Over the past couple days, I wrote about high profile celebrity endorsers and brand decisions when they fall into scandal. I did continue to do some digging about how brands choose their responses. (I found this article in the Harvard Business Review, When Scandal Engulfs a Celebrity Endorser, should you want to read more on…
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Don’t wait until things get dark to bring in the light
I sat down at the table and ordered a plate of Portabello mushroom ravioli. I came to the restaurant after having had a rough few days, frankly feeling sorry for myself. When I feel low, when my mind is in particularly dark spaces, I take the time to buy myself something. That day, that thing…
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Trying to look like I’m right
I sped walked from the station. It was after 9 PM. As it was getting later, I didn’t want to give off any signs of vulnerability. I briefly checked the maps before leaving the station but refused to let the light of my navigation app indicate I wasn’t familiar with the area. I had to…
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Revealing boundaries
Yesterday, I had a phone call with a friend. I asked, “Hey have you checked out my blog?” Crickets. Then as she started to scroll through, she asked if I would be willing to take requests. And then she asked if I could write about boundaries. So here goes I have none. Quick blog post,…
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Before calling yourself lazy…
In this culture of productivity and hustle, it can be easy to get in to the habit of comparing yourself to others and thinking about what they have accomplished that you haven’t. I had been feeling completely inadequate. I had been feeling like there was no hope that I could take my career to a…
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