Tag Archives: fear

A Real Man

I was at a pub here in Budapest a few weeks ago and was highly amused to find myself being criticized by an otherwise attractive Hungarian girl for the simple fact that I don’t drink alcohol. She went so far as to buy me a beer and insist I drink it, and I went so [...]

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Hero Of Your Own Story

Think of your life as a story. One day this story will become a book and then a movie. Question: Who’s the lead character in this story? Who’s the hero? It should be you, right? It’s your life after all. You should have the starring role. Unfortunately, I get the impression that most people wouldn’t [...]

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Always. Be. Experimenting.

Can’t see the video? Click here. So I’m off to Spain next week. I’ll be living there for four months. I’ve lived abroad before, but never in a country that doesn’t speak English as its first language. I don’t know anyone in this city I’m moving to (Burgos), and I’ve just started learning Spanish (sin [...]

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Embracing a fluid self-concept

The article below is from the Course In Courage email series, one of a dozen sent to your inbox when you sign up for the course. … Your fear loves it when you say things like this: I could never do something like that I just don’t have it in me I’m not that kind [...]

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Leaning into the dip (and why Confucius was wrong)

Can’t see the video? Click here. I’ve ripped through a few quick reads this past week. One of them was The Dip by Seth Godin (affiliate link). I read it because I feel I’ve been in one of those dips for the past few weeks. I started hard into this self-employment thing in January and [...]

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