Are you getting everything you can out of this life?
A self-less, feel-good blog about love, life, and work by career coach and existential adventurer, Cliff Flamer
My phone lets out a nice little charming beep, like a tap on the shoulder. It’s telling me I need to go to sleep by 10:15 pm to get a full 7 hours of rest.
But I’m on a phone call – a great phone call. I can tell it’s great because my voice is loud and I&#… Read more...
The older couple next to me does their ritual. One man unfolds the plastic wrap around a single sandwich and puts each half on separate plates. The other guy uncorks a bottle of wine and fills 2 plastic cups to exactly the same height. They sit in low-back chairs with their bare … Read more...
To give you an idea as to how much I think about helping people find their way…
As I was reading a self-help book written in the nineties, I found myself putting aside my own growth to counsel the previous owner of the book who had carefully underlined significant passages a… Read more...
Perhaps it’s the work I do which requires the baring of souls, but I get this feeling that the whole world is aching, as if we’re all burnt and bloodied fragments from the same faraway explosion, a flash of light against the black, casting off descendants in pieces.
We… Read more...
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I wonder.
How much of our mood and our self-efficacy is driven by the chemicals in our body? And how much does that powerful cocktail change during the day? And are we the ones changing it or does the weather have more power than we do, in terms of what we’re c… Read more...
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A clean room makes for a clean mind.
From this perspective, it’s a great idea to straighten up your office/studio/workspace to give yourself the greatest opportunity for success. Cleanliness and order denote pride and commitment. It’s good to see (and fee… Read more...
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As I go through my day, certain things – the same things – go through my head and they usually have to do with the stuff I’m not doing.
No matter how much I accomplish, there’s always more. It’s a feeling I can’t shake and so, on m… Read more...
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Talent is what you’re born with.
Skill is something you develop on your own.
And when you combine Talent with Skill, meaning when you take what you’re already good at naturally and make it better through hard work, practice, and perseverance, well then you… Read more...
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I talked to a recovered meth addict, 8 years clean, who said he went cold turkey after 3 months of non-stop use. I had to ask how he did it when so many others struggle to quit, step into the abyss with their eyes wide open.
His answer surprised me. He said: “I … Read more...
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Everyone knows the old adage about the definition of Insanity – it’s doing the same thing but expecting different results.
I’m offering up a new one: Burnout – it’s doing something you’re good at but have no interest in.
Be careful.… Read more...