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Author: BEN.BALDEN

  • 013 – What is Happiness

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     What is happiness to you? I feel like Happiness is this thing that everyone wants or is working toward, and yet it remains elusive to some. Why? I recently came upon a quote that seems to encapsulate the definition and the solution.  After all, happiness can be both simple and elusive.  I was reading in… Read more

  • 012 – Take a moment to be present and mindful

    Take a moment to be present and mindful There are always so many things going on in life.  And it’s a natural for us humans to want to progress and achieve.  The coming situation arises where we get so focused and caught up in pushing forward and being constantly mentally looking forward.  What happens is… Read more

  • 011 – The work that hurts you less than it hurts others is the work you’re meant to do

    “The work that hurts you less than it hurts others is the work you’re meant to do.” I came across this quote while listening to Atomic Habits by James Clear When thinking about work, jobs, career, contributions, or your life’s purpose, the biggest question is often, “What should I do?” This bit of wisdom, echoed… Read more

  • 010 – Some of what you earn is yours to keep

    “Some of what you earn is yours to keep” I heard this quote from a personal development book I read many years ago. I believe the book was called The Richest Man in Babylon. It was just one of the principles of wealth presented by the book.  Financial management is one of the factors that… Read more

  • 009 – Use food in supportive ways

      I’ve read this Using food for the wrong reasons may be why you’re experiencing health problems.  Foods should only be mainly used for one purpose: nourishing your body.  Eating food for that purpose is supportive of the typical goals that most people have. Here are some destructive ways many people use food that lead… Read more

  • 008 – Wake Up And Take Control of Your Life

    There must be a point in every individuals life where he or she needs to wake up and take control of his out her life.  If you don’t take the reins of your life, life will just happen to you.   You are the creator of your life and of who you are.  You are… Read more

  • 007-Shuffle your values

    007-Shuffle your values
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    Shuffle your values At or near the very center of who you are you’ll find your values.  Values determine what’s important to you and what you fundamentally want.  They provide a driving force to propel you forward or the breaks to hold you back.  Almost nothing in life is permanent.  Your values are not an… Read more

  • 006-Relax: Keep Calm and Carry On

    006-Relax: Keep Calm and Carry On

    In 1939, the government of the United Kingdom published a motivational poster intending to boost the morale of the public going into World War II.  The poster simply read, “Keep Calm and Carry On.”  This admonition feels potent and poetic. This single line of text encapsulates inspirational and motivational advice along the same lines of… Read more

  • 005 – Identify, harvest, and harness your demons into drive

    005 – Identify, harvest, and harness your demons into drive
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    Harness your demons.   Problems and trials can be blessings in disguise.  Not that you will want to seek more obstacles in life; in fact, you are likely engaged in endeavoring to avoid and remove problems and trials from your life. Out of unwanted negative problems come unexpected positive gifts.  That is if you manage the… Read more

  • 004 – Manage your wants

    004 – Manage your wants

    Wants.  Maintaining wants can be a two-edged sword.  Most wants are desires or cravings for pleasure, property, prominence, or power.  Ancient eastern religions, such as Buddhism assert that “desire” is the root of all suffering.  The other side of the two-edged sword equates at least some wants with passion and drive, without which you may… Read more