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Be Intentional With Your Time
This is the last post in the series 17 Strategies for Becoming the Best Version of Yourself. We’ve covered a lot of ground and discussed a lot of different ideas, and, for this final installment of the series, I want to share with you one last piece of advice for how to reach your full potential. This final word is really not the last in a line, but it’s instead the throughline that’s been running through the whole series.
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Present Yourself With Distinction
This week we will be looking at the next to last strategy for becoming the best version of yourself. We’ve come a long way from discussing how to invest in your identity, but we have certainly circled back to that theme a lot throughout the series.
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Customize Your Space for You
Last week we talked about absorbing your surroundings as a method of becoming the best version of yourself, and today we’re diving deeper into that concept. But we’re also getting a little more specific.
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Absorb Your Surroundings
We’ve covered a lot of ground so far in the 17 Strategies series, with some strategies being more obvious and others a bit intuitive. The 14th strategy, which is what we’ll be covering this week, is on the less obvious side, but it is no less important than the others.
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Run the Race
Motivation. When it comes to becoming the best version of yourself, motivation is the name of the game. Keeping up the stamina and perseverance required for self-help and self-improvement can be incredibly difficult. In quite a few ways, however, keeping up with your emotional and mental self isn’t that much different from keeping up with your physical self.
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Create with Purpose
From the art on our walls to the spreadsheets on our desks and the buildings it all calls home, the human race has filled this world with the work of our hands, and most of it is pretty incredible. To go through life denying your own creativity is to deny something fundamentally human.
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Choose Your Family
In my last post, we discussed the importance of focusing on giving back to the community and we stressed that this was to be practiced with strangers as well as friends and family. Well, now I want to zero in on the family part of that equation.
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Give Back to Your Community
Last week I discussed our 9th strategy to become the best version of yourself which was to practice self-compassion and forgiveness. This week I want to bring up the importance of living as a part of a community as well as an individual with particularity; a point we have touched on but not entirely drawn out up until now.
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Practice Self-Compassion and Forgiveness
This week we will focus on how practicing self-compassion and forgiveness in order to quickly and effectively move past mistakes and setbacks and push ourselves toward greatness. This means learning as you go and preventing shame or self-hatred from holding you back.
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Nuture Emotional Intelligence
This week, we are looking at the importance of nurturing emotional intelligence in order to better yourself from the inside in addition to the outside. This, of course, will also translate
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Cultivate Resilience
Accomplishing your goals requires resilience. Resilience doesn’t happen overnight; it requires work and practice, a good deal of effort. It’ll also require
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Establish Your Marching Orders
The last month we’ve been looking at utilizing the tools you have in order to improve yourself, others, and your brand. Today, we look at establishing a marching order. To put it simply
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Develop Your Brand
Today, we are looking at how to build a strong network. Having a strong network is crucial to achieving success in the modern world. References and connections to higher-ups will land you that deal you’ve been working on or get you that job you’ve
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Build a Strong Network
Today, we are looking at how to build a strong network. Having a strong network is crucial to achieving success in the modern world. References and connections to higher-ups will land you that deal you’ve been working on or get you that job
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Optimize Your Environment
Often, your environment becomes something you do not see as a priority when trying to reach your goals. Or maybe you spend so much time trying to create the perfect environment
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Cultivate a Positive Mindset
This week, we will examine how cultivating a positive mindset can help you achieve your goals. Before we get into any specifics, I first want to define what I mean by "positive mindset." A positive mindset is