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How to stop procrastinating for good
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B. Dave Walters
“Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter. Cold or warm. Tired or well-rested. Despised or honored. Dying…or busy with other assignments. Because dying, too, is one of our assignments in life. There as well: “To do what needs doing.” Look inward. Don’t let the true nature of anything elude you. Before…
Mastering the mystery of motivation
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B. Dave Walters
“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” -Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Motivation can often seem like a mystical force that some people just seem to possess in abundance. Or, something that can be gained by sitting through a weekend seminar, or…
“I am being shown images of ‘beautiful ‘women and none of them look like me….”
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B. Dave Walters
Question submitted via Formspring: “Hi, I’m a nineteen year old African American female and ever since I can remember, I’ve always wanted to be attractive. In this society, being “HOT” is valued. At least in the mainstream sort of way. But I look absolutely NOTHING like that, at all. I’m 5’1 110 pound African American…
How to stop procrastinating and do what you know you should do
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B. Dave Walters
“Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter. Cold or warm. Tired or well-rested. Despised or honored. Dying…or busy with other assignments. Because dying, too, is one of our assignments in life. There as well: “To do what needs doing.” Look inward. Don’t let the true nature of anything elude you. Before…
Are you growing, or just growing older?
By
B. Dave Walters
“I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. One fig was a husband and a happy home and children, and another fig was a famous poet and another fig was…
How to feel happy, and be at peace
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B. Dave Walters
“You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can’t control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations In my Coaching work, a question that comes up again…
How to motivate yourself…finally!
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B. Dave Walters
“It’s a New Year and with it comes a fresh opportunity to shape our world. So this is my wish, a wish for me as much as it is a wish for you: in the world to come, let us be brave – let us walk into the dark without fear, and step into the…
How to Avoid Disappointment and Feel at Peace
By
B. Dave Walters
“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but thought about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking. Separate them from the situation, which is always neutral. It is as it is.” -Eckhart Tolle On a recent episode of Rise UP with B. Dave Walters we talked about how to avoid being…
Three quick ways to find peace and happiness
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B. Dave Walters
“People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s B.S. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us…
How to be happy and powerful: Advice from the Emperor
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B. Dave Walters
This is the absolute best time in history to be alive. Let me say that again: This is the best time in history to be alive. No human beings anywhere, ever, have had the level of peace, security, information, education, and freedom that we have now. For whatever limitations you might be experiencing in your…
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