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The Answer Is No
If you cannot decide, the answer is no.
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Ep 65. Green Flags
Today we're talking about Green Flags and how it might be more effective and more fun to look for positive traits and indicators when you're making big decisions.
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Learning How To Be Still
Learning how to be still, to really be still, and let life happen, that stillness becomes a radiance. ~ Morgan Freeman
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Fun Facts
Salt Was Worth Its Weight In Gold
During Roman times, salt was worth its weight in gold and often used as currency. Soldiers were sometimes paid in salt, hence the word "salary".
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Whatever Your Heart Is Craving
Whatever your heart is craving, know that you can do it. You wouldn't have the impulse if you didn’t already have the goods to make it happen. ~…
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Your One Wild And Precious Life
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? ~ Mary Oliver
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There Are No Limits
If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There…
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Not Merely To Survive, But To Thrive
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. ~ Maya…
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Em's Gems
The Benjamin Franklin Effect
If you want someone to like you, ask them to do you a small favor. It might sound backward, but studies show that if you do something nice…
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Without Stain
God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you, to go through it, not without pain, but without stain. ~ C. S. Lewis
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Who We Spend It On
There’s only one thing more precious than our time and that’s who we spend it on. ~ Leo Christopher
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Educating The Heart
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. ~ Aristotle
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