Posts in Perspective
Butterflies Get It

I think butterflies intuitively understand this basic principle many of us have heard before. “No Risk, No Reward” or something like “No Risk, No Shot at Bliss” Your life is beautiful even with struggle and can be even more beautiful if you create space for it to be. Let’s see what we can learn from butterflies.

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What’s Hard About Doing Hard Stuff?

How many times have you gotten better at something “hard” and as you progressed your perspective about it changed? I think we often choose to make things more difficult or complex than necessary. If we can temper our ego and alter our perspective, we can experience far less tension when accepting the things that are “hard”.

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Are You Comparing or Contrasting?

Comparing is when we look at two things and see how they are alike. Contrasting is when we look at two things and see how they are different. Consider the following, comparing can draw us in, contrasting can help sift things apart. There is a time and place for both, and no reason to be bitter about either.

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It’s All Up To You

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” - Marcus Aurelius What can be true for one person may not be so true for another. Everyone’s lived a unique life, a life that brings with it a whole new set of experiences and perspectives. Is that not rich information that can be cherished?

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The Basics of Emotional Intelligence

Why does emotional intelligence even matter? Our emotions, the acting on or expression of our feelings, plays a major role in our life. It makes sense to me, that if we get good at that essential component of our life, life will be, simply put, better!

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