by Aliette Frank – “Shit, it happened.” Sometimes shit happens. As much as we don’t want it to, it does. When it does—and it will—we can make a choice: we can become the ‘victims’ of our shit, or we can use the shit for what it’s really meant for—as FERTILIZER. Fertilizer is any material that [...]
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What’s All the Bliss About Chocolate?
Whyfearing.com’ers, meet Emma Smith— College grad turned chocoholic, ethical entrepreneur, and helper of people, animals and the planet on the way. Owner of Zimt - raw, vegan, organic, fair trade chocolate WHYFEARING.COM: Emma, what’s your business and how did it get started? EMMA: I hardly know where to begin. After I spent some time on exchange, backpacking [...]
Why Peer Pressure is Good
I don’t know if they still do it or not but when I was growing up there was a campaign to STOP peer pressure? Now I realize that it was just people who had shitty peers. Peer pressure is actually amazing. It’s one on the best forces you can put into place. I realized [...]
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Lessons in Failure
Adam Ondra is arguably the best rock climber the world has ever seen. This video shows why. It shows that failing is part of the process. It shows that giving up isn’t. It shows you are going to get some scrapes and bruises along the way. It shows you must LOVE what you do. It shows [...]
Finding Your Passion – A How to Guide
This is an awesome article about finding your passion (if you don’t already know what it is). The first step in living what you love is discovering what exactly that is, and for more than a few of us, figuring that out can be a challenging task. Questions like: Is this really what I love? [...]
A Quick Guide to FInding your Life Purpose – Steve Pavlina
Steve Pavlina is one of my favorite bloggers alive today. His simple site is filled with an ABUNDANCE of great articles, podcasts, and stories, with topics ranging from time management, motivation, loving kindness, how to find your passion, and innumerable others. The article below is a quick guide on how to find your life purpose. [...]
Developing Happiness, Peace and Compassion – A Few Words from Matthieu Ricard
Ok, I’ll admit it–I’m partly obsessed with Matthieu Ricard. It’s more than the Tibetan Buddhist thing (I’m a raving Dharma-brat), and the French intellectual thing (the Roman spirit run deep in my heart), ond even the fact that he lives up in the Himalayas (did I mention I love the mountains?). To me, Matthieu Ricard [...]
Harvard Lectures on Happiness – Tal Ben-Shahar
Tal Ben-Shahar, a Positive Psychologist from Harvard University, is teaching the most popular class at Harvard today—and no joke, it’s on Happiness. Below is the first lecture class; it’s an hour long, so be wary if you are short of time. Nevertheless, the first 10 minutes gives a great introduction to the emerging field of Positive [...]
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How to make the world better by throwing parties and growing gardens
- Harvard Lectures on Happiness – Tal Ben-Shahar
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Why Would You Be Realistic?
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The Privilege of a Lifetime…
- “I love living. I think that’s infectious” – Will Smith
