Category: Self-improvement
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Three Signs That You Are Not Becoming the Person You Are Destined to Be
Find out if you are on the wrong track. People like to say that all roads lead to Rome (your destination), but… It’s not true! Two or three routes lead you to Rome; the rest of the roads are dead ends of this labyrinth called life. I know because I have spent decades wandering through them…
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The Unsettling Paradoxe That Will Blow Your Mind
And will change your view of your faults. Your faults are your virtues. Because when you’re a cactus, your thorns are your flowers. You may not be a damn tulip or even a sunflower, but you don’t need to be. Your weakness is your strength. Your ignorance is your wisdom. The scarcity of means, skills, and…
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Three Subtle Ways I Was Ruining My Life Without Realizing It
Learn from my mistakes before it’s too late. There are many ways to ruin your life, but not all are obvious. When I smoked three packs a day, drank a bottle of whiskey every night, and slept with any stranger who said something nice to me. I knew I would pay for all of that. But…
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Three Things You Should Stop Apologizing for if You Want to Get Out of Hell Fast
#3. Stop apologizing when you finally get something right. When you stop anesthetizing your emotions with junk food, tobacco, alcohol, video games, and compulsive shopping on Amazon [Insert your Achilles heel here], it’s easy to get into what I’ve coined as the great guilt-shame cycle. And it’s normal because you can’t see how dirty the…
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Three Signs You’re an Antifragile Person, and You Don’t Even Know It
#1. Anty-fragile people quit the “If only” Syndrome. My grandfather never cried. And one day, I asked him why. He replied that there were two reasons. After listening to him, I realized that my mom, who lives in bone pain 24/7, is just like her dad; she never cries, she always keeps moving forward, no…
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Three Subtle Signs You Have Survived the Flames of Hell and Now Heaven Awaits
Trust the universe’s perfect timing (Good things are coming). Invisible ties connect people who have been through hell. As if deep inside each one of us, there is a tunnel that takes us directly to a specific part of the collective unconscious, and there, we mingle with each other to share and understand our joint pain.…
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Your Inner Hero is Not Dead, But Sleeping
It’s time to wake up. I know you wonder why everything costs you twice as much as the rest. And that you understand that everyone has different processes and different times. But it sucks. And you’re sick of spending the day in hell. I hear you. I was there for more than 13 years. Nothing went right…
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The Most Disturbing Life Lesson You Only Discover After Spending a Long Time in Hell
Learn from my mistakes. When you are in hell, the trees prevent you from seeing the forest. Only if you manage to survive your addictions and self-destructive behaviors will you have a chance to reflect on what happened. But you will come to a different conclusion than you think. In my case, it’s been years…
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7 Subtle Signs That You’ve Been to Hell and Back
#7. You know that there are things much more important than money. Have you ever felt the ground disappear beneath your feet? I’ve spent 20 years with that feeling, permanently incarnating Nicolas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas. Twenty years of punishing myself through multiple addictions and bad decisions. The nightclub where I worked to afford that…
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5 Things You Have to Do When Life Puts You Up Against a Rock and a Hard Place
“Between the mountains, the waters will pass.” Today I had an anxiety attack the size of Godzilla. I guess because, And I want to take this opportunity (yes, you read that right: opportunity) to make the most of my pain and turn it into an article so you can save it and read it when life…