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When a life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?
Perhaps to be too practical is madness?
To surrender dreams - this may be madenss.
To seek treasure where there is only trash.
Too much sanity may be madness.
And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.
Dale Wasserman

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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate,
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It’s our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves: who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of the universe.
Your playing small doesn’t serve […]

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Here are some simple, but effective ways that you can start to move out of your comfort zone and everyday routine.  The more open we are to new experiences, the less anxious we will become about moving beyond our comfort zone and developing ourselves.

Change your hairstyle.  Ask the hairdresser for a new style.  If you […]

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When was the last time you did something new and a bit different from your usual routine?  Or when did you last really surprise yourself and do something a bit out of the ordinary?  When we were children we were continually learning, exploring and open to new experiences.  But as we get older our outlooks […]

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I am now writing for the highly aclaimed www.careershifters.org website, which has been featured in The Independent, The Times and The Guardian.  Careershifters is a fantastic website which helps and supports people who want to change career direction.  They offer expert advice and  guidance to people who are not happy in their current job and want to make the […]

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If I had my life over, I’ld try to make more mistakes next time.
I would relax.  I would limber up.  I would be sillier than I have been this trip.
I know of very few things I would take seriously.
I would be crazier.  I would be less hygienic.  I would take more chances.
I would take more […]

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Have you ever thought to yourself, “I’ll be happy when I get a promotion, earn more money, lose weight, have children, find a partner, move house?”  
………the list goes on
Do you tend to start your sentences with “When…..”? , or “If…..”?   If so you are living in the future.  People who do this are striving to project […]

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The founder of the Mind Gym www.themindgym.com , Octavius Black claims that striving for success is a recipe for disaster.  He argues, that as humans it is impossible for us to have it all, and instead in life we need to decide what our priorities are and what trade offs we are willing to make.
An […]

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Success means a variety of things to different people.  Dr Ilona Boniwell a psychologist at the University of East London states there are three key components  to achieving success and happiness;  pleasure, engagement and meaning.  If people score low in one or more of these three areas they feel they are leading unsuccessful lives.  He […]

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Listen to your inner voice, your gut feeling/instincts.  Is there a niggling voice inside your head that keeps trying to tell you something?  Or, perhaps it’s just an unsettling feeling that you can’t shake or that keeps popping up, even though you do your best to ignore it?  That voice or feeling is trying to tell you something , […]

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