December 2011
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Thought for the day
“Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.”
- Florence Scovel Shinn
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Set big goals
“Set a goal to achieve something that is so big, so exhilarating that it excites you and scares you at the same time. It must be a goal that is so appealing, so much in line with your spiritual core, that you can’t get it out of your mind. If you do not get chills when you set a goal, you’re not setting big enough goals.”
~Bob Proctor~
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Stress Management 101
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Thought for the day
“It’s easy to get lost in endless speculation. So today, release the need to know why things happen as they do. Instead, ask for the insight to recognize what you’re meant to learn.”
- Caroline Myss
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Step towards the solution
“Complaining continues to create the vibration of what you don’t want. Today, take your focus off of what is wrong and focus on what is right and how you desire things to be. Put all your love, energy, mental power and decision making towards what you want and do not entertain thoughts that are to the contrary. You are MORE responsible for the way you feel than your environment,...
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Stress Management 101
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Some days are like this ...
“We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and — in spite of True Romance...”
– Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 (via moldavia)
(via h2oetry)
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Thought for the day
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
~Danny Kaye~
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Fill up
“People talk about the reality of their life as if it is important. And we want you to understand, it’s only the temporary indicator. Do you go to the gas station-your gas gauge is on empty-do you go to the gas station and look at your gas gauge in horror? “How did this happen? Why, why, why did this happen to me?” Do you lay your head on the steering wheel and just sob?...
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Stress Management 101
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Thought for the day
“You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.”
- Robin Williams
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A cast of characters
In conversations with friends in other grad programs, I’m finding that most of our departments are composed of the same cast of characters - how many do you recognize?
Ms. Organized - this character (usually, but not always, female) is the overachiever of the cohort. She writes her papers early, gets accepted to every conference, and will probably graduate a year ahead of schedule. Fond...
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Stress Management 101
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Thought for the day
“Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.”
~Earl Nightingale~
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Laugh at yourself
“Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease your pain, cure your depression, and help you to put in perspective that seemingly terrible defeat and worry with laughter at your predicaments, thus freeing your mind to think clearly toward the solution that is certain to come. Never take yourself too...
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Stress Management 101
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“It’s no good trying to get rid of your own aloneness. You’ve got to stick to it...”
– This is something my mom has always told me - part of being human is a certain existential loneliness, even in a relationship, even in a crowd. And that’s okay. - Flynn
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Thought for the day
“Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.”
~Longfellow~
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The four C's
“Somehow I can’t believe that there are any heights that can’t be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C s. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and...
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Stress Management 101
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I don’t shop on “Black Friday,” but if you do, be careful out there!
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Thought for the day
“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.”
- George Bernard Shaw
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When we shouldn't try
Think about your gut reaction when somebody says:
“I’ll try to make it to your party.” ”I’ll try to remember to return that book I borrowed.” ”I’ll try to call you next week.”
How confident do you feel that they’ll show up to the party, return the book, call you? Or how about this kind of self-talk:
“I’ll try to lose ten...
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Stress Management 101
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Thought for the day
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
- Maya Angelou
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Crossroads
“You are now at a crossroads. This is your opportunity to make the most important decision you will ever make. Forget your past. Who are you now? Who have you decided you really are now? Don’t think about who you have been. Who are you now? Who have you decided to become? Make this decision consciously. Make it carefully. Make it powerfully.”
- Tony Robbins
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Stress Management 101
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Thought for the day
“Where focus goes, energy flows. And if you don’t take the time to focus on what matters, then you’re living a life of someone else’s design.”
- Tony Robbins
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The possibility of bliss
“What I think is that a good life is one hero journey after another. Over and over again, you are called to the realm of adventure, you are called to new horizons. Each time, there is the same problem: do I dare? And then if you do dare, the dangers are there, and the help also, and the fulfillment or the fiasco. There’s always the possibility of a fiasco. But there’s also the...
