Tag: Personal Development
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Stand in your own spotlight
Today is the day that I realize how much I sing the praises of others. I surmise that I sing like a bird (or like Natalie Furtado) about twenty times over per day – every single time celebrating others. Is it really that uncomfortable to celebrate ourselves? And if so, why? Why do we never…
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You have to be the one to make the change
If you know someone or something is a good actor, or that the devil’s inside of them, don’t wait for them to change. You have to be the one to make the change.
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Only just the beginning
After the most challenging summer of my life, battling severe stress and burnout at the culmination of my job, I left the city lights for the remote lands of La Malbaie, Quebec. This is the story of how what felt like the end of my year at the time has only served as the beginning.
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Back to the ocean
Sometimes the life you had envisioned for yourself doesn’t pan out the way you thought. Sometimes you’re forced to change everything. In fact, sometimes, that’s exactly what’s needed.
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Remember me by
I’ve read a countless number of self-development books this year, and each of them discuss a common thread about being abundantly clear on what you want your 80-year-old to 100-year-old self look like. The idea is that if you know what you want to be like in the far far, almost unimaginable future, you will…
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The art of saying “yes”
Saying “no” is great and all. But there’s a missing piece to the NO puzzle. The most profound “no’s” in life often only arrive as a result of previously saying “yes”.
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Letting the body heal
When you’re in the thrust of the season, injuries quickly become a stressful part of the training process. This can lead to not only more stress, but trying to push the body past the point of pain either through continued running or cross-training. This is what I did for months in order to try and…
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Being the best is overrated
Let me tell you a secret. I’ve worked with professional athletes across a few different sports now. There’s something that they all share in common. They all think they’re not good enough. Guess what? Being the best is overrated.
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Hidden Gem #4 – Be where you are
I’ve done a bit of a 180 lately (famously my favourite move to do off the diving board). I’ve lived life in the slow lane, and by proxy of doing so in a foreign language, it’s been very much not in the comfort of normalcy. For the past two weeks, I’ve just really embodied this…
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The past is in the past
I’ve often struggled to accept life’s grandest of changes. It hits me hard. Sometimes for weeks. Sometimes for months. Battling all of that the past few months has taught me the harsh lesson that I should have already known from years of listening to CHVRCHES. The past is in the past, it isn’t meant to…
Rhys Desmond 