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Choose to be a Player

by Stephen Mills October 20, 2009

Players bring joy, energy, and passion to the game of life. Players derive meaning and joy from their contributions. Players have a voice. They speak up and influence the cultures in which they live and work. Players take a stand, join the dialogue, and shape the debate.

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An Optimal Balance to Your Life

by Stephen Mills October 2, 2009

One of the biggest mistakes people make in trying to balance everything they do in their lives is trying to do it all perfectly. You feel that no matter how much time you devote to your job, your kids, or yourself that it still isn’t enough. Sorry, but you can’t be the perfect partner, perfect parent, perfect friend, perfect employee, and perfect self all at the same time. If you try it, you will fail.

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The Circumstances of Happiness

by Stephen Mills September 21, 2009

Science has pretty much established that your circumstances are not very relevant to your happiness. The impact is not zero, but decades of research have shown that only about 10% of your happiness level is determined by external circumstances.

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Trying Harder Isn’t Always The Answer

by Stephen Mills September 17, 2009

Why doesn’t the fly try another approach, something dramatically different? How did it get so locked in on the idea that this particular route, and determined effort, offer the most promise for success? What logic is there in continuing, until death, to seek a breakthrough with ‘more of the same’?

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You Cannot Choose the Wrong Path

by Stephen Mills September 14, 2009

In a broad range of adult choices under the right conditions, when you come to a point where you make a decision to take one path vs. another, I’m suggesting that there is no wrong choice. When you are deciding whether or not to change careers, whether to continue a relationship or start a new one, whether to start a business, retire, take up a new hobby, become a world-traveler, or a million other choices; whatever you choose is not wrong, even in hindsight.

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How To Be Free, Happy, and Successful – Part I

by Stephen Mills September 9, 2009

This article contains a collection of bits of wisdom on freedom, happiness, success, and a few other topics. Be Extraordinary Being extraordinary is something that anyone can do no matter what it is you do. You don’t have to be in any particular job or circumstance to be extraordinary and make a difference in your [...]

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Are You Planting Seeds or Harvesting?

by Stephen Mills September 6, 2009

You can write something timeless or you can watch the latest celebrity gossip. You can invest in a quality relationship or you can play endless hours of video games. You can brighten someone’s day with a small act of kindness or you can bitch and complain your way into your grave. You can create or you can waste.

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When Wonder Replaces Hope

by Stephen Mills August 31, 2009

The wonder of your unfolding life has replaced your life of hope, wish, and expectation. You have embraced uncertainty and you have let go of the need to control outcomes which can’t be controlled anyway. You have slain the monster of disappointment.

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The Dash

by Stephen Mills August 29, 2009

On your tombstone there will be two dates. On mine I hope it will be something like this 1961 – 2061. It might look like this 1961 – 2009. The first date and the last date are two things you have no control over and really don’t matter. All that really matters is the dash in the middle.

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Your Personal Reality and Groundhog Day

by Stephen Mills August 25, 2009

Is all this just a bunch of irrelevant doublespeak? No, on the contrary it is an insight that, if you accept and internalize, can make all the difference in the world. Instead of having to suffer in the present to create an ideal reality in a future that may never arrive, you can alter your perspective by changing your personal reality now. Then you may discover that you are already living in an ideal reality right here and right now. Instead of hopelessly trying to create perfection, you are discovering the perfection that you already have.

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