Tag: personal development
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When I recognize that I’ve been having variations on the same conversation with multiple people, it’s usually a good indicator that the subject matter might be something worth writing about. This week, it’s been the emotional aspect of growing up. I discussed the material nature last week and the disconnect a lot of Gen Yers…
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I noticed the above poster the last time I was in Boston. I took a picture of it because it seemed so anachronistic. Ethnic intermarriage and therapy jokes? Didn’t that type of neurosis-driven humor die out after Woody Allen’s career peaked? Therapy and multicultural families have gone mainstream. Actually, in the case of therapy, it…
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Someone recently jogged my memory that I hadn’t updated y’all on Project Dance lately. I’d hate for anyone to think that I don’t practice what I preach and had abandoned the effort. Nope, I’m still toughing it out on a weekly basis to comical results. I ended up going with the lyrical hip hop class…
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List Served is a semi-regular feature wherein I present you with an ordered grouping of (at least tangentially) related points. I love lists and the internet loves ephemeral minutiae. It’s all good. I’m quite sure my approach to personal development and motivation would have much more in common with Tyler Durden than Anthony Robbins, but…
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Dear JMH, I’ve been reading GenMeh for a while and I get the idea that you might be a good one to ask about this. I feel like everyone in the world is on a mission to annoy me all the time. Coworkers, friends, family, even random strangers. I know that everyone has their quirks,…
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Hate To Break It To You is a recurring feature wherein we dispense succinct home truths that everyone could benefit from facing up to, unpleasant as they may be. You can tell a lot about a person by how they act at the end. I’m not talking about death (although, I’m sure that’s illuminating as…
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Today’s subject has been on my radar for a while, but I was reminded of it the other day while burdening JW with my coffee-fueled theories about the myopia of those who believe that social media technologies such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. are completely commonplace, when, in fact, the average 22 year-old on the…
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Photo by cheerfulmonk According to my parents, I spend a significant chunk of my toddlerhood refusing to utter the word yes under any circumstance. Okay and maybe were apparently cool, but yes was off the table. Evidently, the stubbornness kicked in right out of the womb. Maybe this early experiment in opting out is why…
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Hate To Break It To You is a recurring feature wherein we dispense succinct home truths that everyone could benefit from facing up to, unpleasant as they may be. Photo by Pikaluk We are most profoundly intimidated (whether that takes the form of fear, hostility, envy or skepticism) by the people we aren’t and the…
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A scheduling conflict meant that I had to switch out hip hop for jazz this week. The following end-of-class convo sums up the experience nicely: Classmate # 1: So, are you going to come back next week? Me: Um… Classmate #1: You should. You’ll pick it up eventually. E is an awesome teacher. And the…
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