To quote Harvard professor Adam Grant: “Argue like you’re right and listen like you’re wrong.”


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Ask yourself "What kind of man do I want to be?"


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The more you want, the less you get.


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Test


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Instead of focusing on finding love, focus on DOING what you love. When you're thriving and in your element Love will find YOU. Besides, love isn't just about finding the right person it's about being the right person.


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“ A vocation is where our anger and our joy meet.” -Sarah Bessey


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If it makes you happy it doesn't have to make sense to anyone else.


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Jazz in the Garden free outdoor concerts at National Gallery of Art. Fridays during summer months.


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Check out School of Rock (Vienna) or Bach to Rock.


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Surround yourself with people, places and spaces that feed your spirit. At the very least, avoid those that drain your spirit.


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Sometimes it feels really good to say “no.” (Or “no thank you.” Or “$@!#% no!”)


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Just because someone is an a-hole it doesn’t mean they’re wrong.


17, 21



Get at least 2, preferably 3 estimates on any major expenses for home or car.


21



When backing up a trailer, put your hand at the bottom of the steering wheel and move the steering wheel in the direction you want the trailer to go.


19



Considering taking meds for your mental health but concerned about the side effects? Consider the side effects of *not* taking them! Meds don’t turn you into someone you’re not, they lift the murky fog around your brain so you can be more yourself. It’s the depression that changes you. Meds just help you get rid of the fog.


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Practice staying calm under pressure. The pop-up game “Perfection” is a fun way.


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Zero-cost method to reaching your goals (academic, career, fitness and health): Get up an hour earlier. You’ll be amazed how much you can get done and how “on top of it” you feel.


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Don't let the laundry pile up. This lessons extends to pretty much every chore: Stay ahead of it and you won't get crushed by it.


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Sometimes I think the best way to take care of them is to teach them to take care of others: Littler kids, sick or disabled, those who’ve been left out.


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Sometimes there’s nothing else to do with the pain except to use it to build a new life.


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Read A Mother’s Reckoning by Sue Klebold (mother of Columbine shooter.)


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Sometimes progress is slow - Keep working. Sometimes change is swift - hang on!


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I’m not a tattoo person but I don’t rule it out entirely. Here’s my opinion about tattoos: I’m cool with anything you would do if you were the only person on earth. Not to gain attention, acceptance or affection. Not for the approval of anyone else. No performative tattoos, okay?


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“Anger is the part of yourself that loves you the most. It knows when you are being mistreated, neglected, or disrespected. It signals that you have to take a step out of a place that doesn’t do you justice. It makes you aware that you need to leave a room, a job, a relationship, and old patterns that don’t work for you anymore. Learn to listen to your anger and make it your best friend. Then it’ll leave.” -author unknown


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Philippians 4: 11-13


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What does it mean to grow up? Sacrifice- When you put someone else’s needs before your own. Responsibility- When you can be counted on to do what’s right and also to do what has to be done. Trustworthiness- You keep your word.Sincerity - You are true to yourself and don’t pretend in order to fit in. It’s about choices and actions and deciding what you value and then building a life around those values.


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Everybody emits energy. What sort of energy do you want to put out into the universe? Your thoughts, actions, prayers, struggles, laughter, etc. that’s all you. Your energy is all your own. Spend some time thinking about what kind of aura to want to have.


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Teach them about shaken baby syndrome.


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People want to be heard. Listen to your clients, even when they're upset. Don't make excuses or anything, just let them talk. They mostly just want to be heard. Once they're calm, you can solve the problem.


21



So you want to be a writer- then write. Anything. Play around with it. Journal. Fiction, non-fiction, biography, obits, blogs, plays, tv pilots, whatever. You will probably suck at it. Keep writing. Write more and more. You will get better, you’ll find your flow. This w


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