The smallest truths of all: #8 TAKE BREAKS
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Being a hard worker — especially one who doesn't give him or herself occasional and genuine breaks from said work — doesn't always mean we're always doing right by ourselves.
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I’m obsessed with helping people. I’m not a doctor, therapist, convenience store clerk, park ranger, or general contractor, however – so I can’t help you with your foot fungus, daddy issues, lotto habit, insatiable botanical curiosity, or basement renovation. What I am is a writer, editor, and natural-born teacher with a tremendous work ethic and an innate desire to help the world be as lovely and humane a place as possible. So my blog is focused on sharing small lessons I’ve learned: small ways to be a better writer, a better worker, and a better human.
Change happens incrementally. Start small.
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The smallest truths of all: #7 LISTEN TO OTHER PEOPLE
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Don't just act like you're listening. Really listen — to the advice they give, the ideas they have, and the things they feel it's important to tell you.
Read MoreThe smallest truths of all: #6 PLAY
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We should all be playing more. Playing can be how we learn — how we help our brains grow.
Read MoreThe smallest truths of all: #5 GIVE GIFTS
/Sometimes the smallest, most unexpected gifts are the best ones. A hilarious novelty pen that made you think of them. A flower. A joke you thought they'd like. A photograph where they look amazing.
Read MoreThe smallest truths of all #4: ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR LIMITATIONS
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If I took a survey of the working population of the Western world — including, of course, all the incredibly hard-working stay-at-home parents out there — I'm fairly certain the majority would agree with the following statement: "I have more work than I can handle."
Read MoreThe smallest truths of all: #3 GIVE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT
/My whole life, I've been a champion for bright-siding. Accentuating the positive. Seeing the best in people wherever and whenever possible. I'm certain there have been occasions when it hasn't been deserved. But I know my life has been better, fuller, and happier because, generally speaking, I choose to trust that people are more good than bad.
Read MoreThe smallest truths of all: #2 LET YOURSELF SIT STILL.
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Why is it important to let yourself sit still? When we sit still, we enjoy a rare moment alone with ourselves. We have a chance to let our brains and our bodies be unchallenged and at rest, and to simply look around and be where we are now.
Read MoreThe smallest truths of all: #1 PUT YOUR PHONE AWAY
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Why do I want you to put the damn phone away? Because while you're looking down at your phone, you're missing out on some fairly big and important and good parts of your own life.
Read MoreOn the value of doing it right the first time
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“Be the labor great or small, do it right or not at all." It is to this aphorism — in particular, to the persistence, commitment, and insistence on quality that it has ingrained in me — that I owe a great deal of my success in life.
Read MoreThe rule of YOU
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To succeed in business relationships, “do unto others as you would have done unto you” needs to become “do unto others… as others would have done unto them.” I've started to think of this practice as “The Rule of You.”
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