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Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by By Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant

“Life is never perfect. We all live some form of Option B. Option A is not available, so let’s just kick the shit out of Option B.” Sheryl Sandberg

What to do when there is no option A? You make the most of option B. As Sheryl states in the opening chapter, “life is not perfect, we all live some form of option B. This book will help you kick the shit out of it.” (more…)

The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying

“Life doesn’t owe us anything. We only owe ourselves, to make the most of the life we are living, of the time we have left, and to live in gratitude.” Bronnie Ware

The top 5 common regrets of the dying.

• I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
• I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.
• I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
• I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
• I wish that I had let myself be happier.

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Why Was My Friend So Happy

“Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions; it is governed by our mental attitude.” Dale Carnegie

I was feeling dissatisfied with my life. I wasn’t really aware of this at the time. I felt normal. I held the belief that this is how life was. I kept telling myself that things will improve thinking that perhaps I was just in a rut. I started relying on this phrase, “If this…, then… that.”

I wasn’t experiencing any noticeable changes. Days, months and years passed. I felt quite the same – dissatisfied! I then realised that waiting on this or that to start really enjoying my life was a fucking ridiculous.

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Joshua Spodek, bestselling author of Leadership Step by Step, is an Adjunct Professor at NYU, leadership coach and workshop leader for Columbia Business School, columnist for Inc., and founder of SpodekAcademy.com. He lives in Greenwich Village and blogs daily at www.joshuaspodek.com.

This is a really inspiring conversation about how to become your best leader in life and in the process, as you align yourself with your values and create greater integrity, discover more purpose, meaning, and happiness. (more…)

Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era by James Barrat

“More than any other time in history mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, the other to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly. —Woody Allen”

We all think about the future, but perhaps we are too often narrow in our vision. The future excites me, and I think the reason why is because of a significant amount of uncertainty that exists. (more…)

432 A Life With No Regrets 

“If I were to look back on my life would I have regret for how I am living my life today?”

Not so long ago for me, life didn’t make much sense. I couldn’t make sense of what I was doing or where I was heading. I really started to wonder that if this is how my life would continue for the next 5, 10, 20 or even 30 what would be the point of it all.

And as I pondered this thought I knew I had to do something to change. The paths that I was on weren’t giving me a great deal to be excited about and I didn’t want to look back on my life regretting it. I may be absolutely wrong but I get the feeling that I am not alone. (more…)

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Scott Turner is Professor of Biology at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) in Syracuse, New York. His principal research focus is the emergence of superorganismal structure and function in the mound building termites of southern Africa, but this is motivated by a larger interest in the interface between physiology, evolution, and design. He is the author of two acclaimed books: The Extended Organism. The Physiology of Animal-Built Structures (2000) and The Tinkerer’s Accomplice. How Design Emerges from Life Itself (2007), both published by Harvard University Press. (more…)

5 Benefits That Come from Discovering Your Why & Living It

“Follow your intuition, listening to your dreams, your inner voice to guide you. Katori Hall

I believe life’s goal is to live with greater freedom, fulfilment, and happiness. To do this, we ultimately need to decide on what that looks like for us and then go about discovering and developing our ‘Why’ from there.

Today I want to touch on 5 reasons, not the only ones, that you will benefit from by connecting with your why and using it to navigate you on your journey in this beautiful existence. I hope it brings you some value.

Adapted from a blog I wrote – Read the full version here.

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