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3 Ways To Be The Architect Of Your Own Life

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Erin Falconer

Architects are skilled in planning, design, and oversight. Architecture isn’t just limited to the construction of buildings. For example, often visionaries are architects of their generations. When you look at the leaders of yesterday and today, such as Henry Ford, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs, they are architects of sorts. They planned, designed, and oversaw huge transitions that, in many cases, redefined how we function and process reality on a daily basis. Similarly, we can be the architects of our own lives. Continue reading →

Excellence: What It Is and How to Achieve It

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Erin Falconer

We’re taught that ancient literature is great art, but that it doesn’t have anything to do with living our lives. The truth is that literature which has stood the test of time is great art exactly because it is about living our lives.

The best of these ancient works attempted to answer one question: How should you live your life? And that makes sense. After people move on from the question, how are we going to find food and shelter, they finally have the time to ask, how should we live our lives? Continue reading →

10 Quotes To Change Your Momentum

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Erin Falconer

We’ve all been there. We’re out of ideas and nothing new is coming to our tired and weary minds. When these moments strike, I’ve always been a fan of reading quotes to get me out of that funk, whether it’s writing a term paper or coming up with new business ventures. Continue reading →

5 Tips to Avoid Being a New Year Resolution Dropout

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Erin Falconer

Every New Year, it never fails: people get a new spark of enthusiasm for embarking on a healthy course for the year. Gym memberships soar, health oriented websites surge in traffic, diet programs and pills are gobbled up like no tomorrow, and personal trainers don’t have enough hours in the day to see the new clients who’ve signed up for sessions Continue reading →

How To Start Conversations And Make Friends

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Niz

If you’ve been reading a lot of articles on how to make friends that tell you to start conversations, be more outgoing, and be yourself, and you’re not getting the results you want, I’m writing this because I found myself in the same situation seven years ago, and I had no idea how to make friends, or how to build relationships and take things from the “acquaintances” stage, and I’d like to share with you what I learned in this article. Continue reading →

The Top 10 Benefits of Meditation

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Erin Falconer

Meditation has been used for hundreds of years by individuals seeking inner peace, enlightenment and a break from the everyday stressors of life. The practice is thought to benefit the mind, body and spirit in a multitude of ways. Below are the top 10 most significant positive effects of meditation: Continue reading →