Category: Fulfillment
These posts are designed to help you make each day more meaningful, be it through career advice, ways to find your passion, break out of a creative rut or find a hobby that inspires you.
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The Toxic Truth About Being Passive Aggressive
Deep down, I’m a peacemaker. I always want to smooth edges, help people understand the other person’s side, and deflate a tense situation as quickly as possible. That tactic has helped me as a manager, student advisor and coffee-date companion over the years, but there’s an ugly shadow side to that need to cool things…
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“Should” Is A Red Flag In Your Life
“Should” is a tyrant. It’s Amazing Amy from Gone Girl. It pushes you to be more self-disciplined, and at times, a better version of yourself; it can get you to finally floss, go to the gym and write thank-you cards. Sometimes all in the same day. But it can easily take over your life, too.
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Amy Poehler: The Painful (Yet Powerful) Truth About Apologizing
“Sorry” is today’s version of “like.” It’s practically a space-filler, joining together two sentences while simultaneously smoothing things over: when we’re running late (sorry), when our arm grazes someone’s in a crowd (sorry), when we accidentally hand someone two meeting agendas instead of one (sorry).
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The Key to Being a Boss, According to Sophia Amoruso
Though “girlboss” has become a dirty word these days—associated with I would recommend Sophia Amoruso’s #Girlboss to anyone — not because it’s a how-to guide for starting your own business, but because it’s a primer in living fearlessly, and that’s a lot harder to come by. Throughout the book — which is part memoir, part…
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How to Defeat the Sunday Blues
The top way to defeat the Sunday blues? Make over your weekend plans to include “active leisure” over “passive leisure.” Here’s what I mean.
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The Unexpected Way Your New Job (Or Promotion) Could Affect Your Leadership Style
If you’re new at your job and you feel like you’re screwing things up — big time — you’re not alone. Most of us feel that way; that’s why so many people cite some anonymous stat that says it takes three months to adjust to a new gig. However, your unfamiliar surroundings (and responsibilities) aren’t…
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What You Must Keep in Mind When You’re Pursuing Your Passion
Even if you love what you’re doing, there will be times when you absolutely hate following that passion. It’s going to be tough, it’s going to be monotonous, it’s going to feel utterly unrewarding. And as awful as it is to hear it, that’s something you must keep in mind when you’re starting (or slogging…
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How to Know Your Worth (and When to Raise Prices)
One of the most common problems I’ve heard entrepreneurs talk about is how achingly hard to put a price on what you do. You don’t want to set the prices too high, scaring people away (and thus giving yourself a not-good-enough complex that’s so, so untrue), and you don’t want to skew too low, making…
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The Danger of Making Rules
As someone who loves creating to-do lists and planning goals, today’s Takeaway Tuesday really hit home. All too often I fall into that trap of, ‘If I do X, Y and Z, then this will happen!” and I’m bummed when things don’t work out according to plan. -Candace Tuesday Takeaway: Packing Light by Allison Vesterfelt…
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Why Figuring Out Your Passion Doesn’t Have to Be Daunting
Passion ebbs and flows. What you feel red-hot about one afternoon can feel stale, boring and unoriginal a week later, and that’s not a sign that it’s not for you. That’s just the natural pendulum swing of feeling passionate about something; like being balled-fists angry or giggly-giddy, those extreme feelings can be fleeting, so maybe…
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What My Aunt Taught Me About Saying Goodbye
My Aunt Teresa and I have always struggled with goodbyes. Our eyes water, our voice gets shaky, we purse our lips to hold it all together — even if we’re just saying goodbye to someone for a few weeks. Or a few days. Even half a weekend can do it. But where I always look away,…
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5 Things You Need to Know About Your Goals
All this goal-setting and vision-boarding can be fun, but it can also be a serious letdown 11 months from now when you’re (a) trying to remember what the heck your goals were in the first place, (b) piecing together that workout checklist you tore up, oh, seven months and 13 double cheeseburgers ago, or (c) trying…
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