Design a day full of small wins, and your perfect day is right around the corner. Here are eight exercises to help you do so.
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Unlock your perfect day with these 10 questions.
How can we enjoy life not only when everything goes our way, but also when things don’t?
Investing in money or friends is a false dichotomy – of course we should invest in both. But which gives more security?
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Outsight, then Insight
“Outsight, much more than reflection, lets you reshape your image of what you can do and what is worth doing.” – Herminia Ibarra
Did today matter? Why or why not?
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The Mathematics of Gift
Gifting has an exponential ripple effect.
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On Waking Up Late
When I’m not living my perfect day, I’ve learned to examine the context surrounding my behavior, and question the assumptions behind not only my perfect day but what conventional wisdom says is good, right and acceptable. Most of all I’ve learned to forgive myself.
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Let’s Crush “Crushing It”
Before using ready made phrases I’ll pause and think: do they expand or shrink the listener’s worldview? Do they invite or mute conversation? What worldview do they enforce? Better yet, I won’t use them at all.
How powerful are the narratives that we hold others in? And that others hold us in?
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Movie Theaters: Endgame
The age of distraction-free movie going is over
Consider the Shop of Hope or your local pagoda.
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Living Zero Waste in Saigon
Your guide to refusing, reducing, reusing, recycling and rotting in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Find zero waste communities and zero waste vendors here.
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Eating Mostly Plants
I eat mostly plants because it’s good for my health, animals and the planet.
“I feel in touch with everyone who matters the least and out of touch with many who matter the most to me.”