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We need to teach people that collaboration earns approval instead of teaching them that conquering d...
So when you’re scared of the unknown? Connect with others by sharing your experiences. Don’t fall ba...
Gaining competence is good if you intend to go use it in response to lived experiences. But it can e...
Confidence doesn’t come from knowing where to go. It comes from knowing you can keep going, even wit...
I kept seeing other people trapped in the same invisible quicksand time and time again, but no one w...
When Dan Harris referenced The Red Wheelbarrow in a podcast conversation with Rich Roll, I was gifte...
The choice is yours: you can be interpreted or you can be understood.
Being prepared isn’t about being able to control what happens. Being prepared is about being able to...
Planting your feet firmly enough to be stable, but lightly enough to take another step. Because you ...
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