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Life’s Simple Equation: Number Lines, Arithmetic, and Five Life Lessons
When you were in math class during elementary/primary school, you probably weren’t thinking about how the lessons on addition and subtraction could be applied to…
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“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”
This quote comes from Zig Ziglar. A similar version of it (You don’t have to be great to get started, but you have to get…
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“A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour.”
Life has many detours. There are times things don’t “go our way.” So we have to go in a different direction with the hope of…
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“The fears we don’t face become our limits.”
You may have heard the saying, “The sky is the limit.” It implies that there’s, in fact, no limit to what you can achieve. While…
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“Let your fear of regret be stronger than your fear of failure.”
This quote comes from the book, Do It Scared: Finding the Courage to Face Your Fears, Overcome Adversity, and Create a Life You Love, by…
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“Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.”
We tend to assume a lot about a person’s happiness based on their achievements, milestones, and good fortune. But quite often, whatever they’ve accomplished by…
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“If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.”
Life is made up of time. And as this quote by Bruce Lee suggests, what we make of our time makes up our life. It’s…
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“It’s not happy people who are thankful. It’s thankful people who are happy.”
This quote, from Francis Bacon, reminds us of how much of a role gratitude plays in our happiness. In short, we can have all the things…
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“Courage is fear that has said its prayers.”
Fear all by itself can be very frightening. Without anything for fear to lean on, it can consume us and make our lives downright miserable.…
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“Use action to cure fear and gain confidence. Do what you fear, and fear disappears.”
As a kid, you may recall being afraid of the alleged “monster under the bed”. Moreover, you may recall never actually looking under the bed…
