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Healthy habits harbor happiness.

September 25, 2015 by Zero Dean

Healthy habits harbor happiness.

Unhealthy habits hinder happiness.

Choose your habits wisely.

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Stress is caused by trying to have power over things that are beyond your control.

September 24, 2015 by Zero Dean

Excerpt from: What stress is caused by and why you should give a damn

Stress is caused by trying to have power over things that are beyond your control.

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Don’t give power to those who don’t have your best interest in mind

September 23, 2015 by Zero Dean

Excerpt from: The freedom to be

Don’t give power to those who don’t have your best interest in mind. Reclaim the freedom to be your true self by defining your own identity and wrestle back control of your thoughts, feelings, and sense of self-worth from those you have inadvertently given power over you.

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Stop encouraging mediocrity

February 4, 2021September 22, 2015 by Zero Dean

Seen in a meme:

You’re amazing!
You’re beautiful.
You’re perfect!
You’re awesome.

The mere fact that a person exists does not make them awesome, amazing, or beautiful.

Contributing something positive to people’s lives and adding value to the world does.

Act and encourage accordingly.

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You have it within you to be the master of your destiny…

September 21, 2015 by Zero Dean

Excerpt from: The master of your destiny

By resolving to bravely face the challenges necessary to get the positive results you want in life, you have it within you to be the master of your destiny.

But you must stop trying to cheat your way through life by looking — or waiting indefinitely — for the magic pill or shortcut that never comes.

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The world is a dog park

November 29, 2019September 19, 2015 by Zero Dean

People who don’t mingle with other people outside of their social, ethnic, religious, economic, political, or peer groups are like dogs that grow up without ever having been socialized with other dogs (they tend to be skittish around the unfamiliar and react to other dogs with hesitation, suspicion, and barking).

Socializing dogs is recommended for good reasons. Not least of which is that they exist more harmoniously with other dogs.

This doesn’t just apply to dogs. The world is a dog park.

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Sincere appreciation and authentic encouragement

September 18, 2015 by Zero Dean

The world appears to be increasingly populated by people who only look out for their own needs — and often at the expense of others.

“I don’t have time.”, “I forgot.”, “It’s not my thing.”, “I had no idea you wanted help.”, “I didn’t think there was anything I could do.”

All entirely reasonable. And yet, the people who want to support others somehow find a way.

You may have very little to give, but the power of a kind word and encouragement shouldn’t be underestimated.

The time it takes to provide sincere appreciation and authentic encouragement is far eclipsed by the amount of time it lingers in the mind of the recipient.

Being a supportive person means more than simply offering help because it’s convenient or with the hope of receiving something in return. It means helping others even when it isn’t always easy — although it often is.

If you’re lucky enough to be surrounded by genuinely supportive people who would do anything to help you, cherish them.

They’re a rarity.

And if you want to be that kind of person for someone, don’t hesitate.

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When you truly know who you are…

September 16, 2015 by Zero Dean

When you truly know who you are — and who you are in the process of becoming — you will no longer live in fear of what people say or think about you.

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Learn to let go.

September 14, 2015 by Zero Dean

When one learns to let go of the non-essentials that contribute very little value to their life, they create more space for things of higher value.

And sometimes what one values most from the removal of something from their life is the time & space that’s created by its absence.

Many people surround themselves with things that may, at one time, have been useful, but no longer serve the purpose for which they were acquired. They hold onto this “stuff” with the hope that it may one day once again be useful, but for most things, that day rarely comes. Think of fitness equipment gathering dust. Bottles. Old clothes.

Others remain habitually obligated to ongoing activities or functions that they’d no longer commit their time, energy, or resources to if they were to start over.

In both cases, people’s lives are adversely affected by a commitment to things they no longer value.

As one only has one life to live, it’s important to not waste it caught up in things that no longer matter — or in the acquisition and subsequent storage of items that add little to no value to their life.

Isn’t it time you take inventory of the things you value in your life and to let go of those things that are simply taking up your time or space and no longer serve you?

Use it or lose it.

Dramatic life changes can occur when one makes a conscious & deliberate effort to surround themselves with only those things that they truly value in life instead of being weighed down and exhausted by things that they don’t.

It’s not about how much the things that one has are worth, it’s about how much one values the things that they have.

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Fueling one’s fire from within

September 12, 2015 by Zero Dean

Excerpt from: Motivation & achievement

When one’s motivation is dependent on external sources, the moment those sources are absent is the moment one’s motivation begins to fade. This is because motivation is a state of mind.

And if a particular state of one’s mind is dependent on the availability of things it doesn’t always have control over, it can be difficult to attain the state of mind associated with those things when they’re unavailable.

This is why it’s important to learn how to develop the mental discipline necessary to be one’s own source of motivation.

When one is able to motivate themselves, they light a kind of fire that can burn indefinitely.

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