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How To Make Your Regrets A Source Of Strength

March 1, 2021 by Nate Rifkin

Ever wish you could go back in time and slap yourself? I can. In between my first and second year of college, I languished at my mom’s house like a lump of Jell-O that refused to even wiggle. Three days per week, I lifted weights at a nearby gym. Every evening, I boiled some spaghetti, …

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Category: Daoism, Mindset

Do You Make These Mistakes With Your Self-Talk?

February 20, 2021 by Nate Rifkin

My wife and I cruised down 70 East to meet some of her relatives for brunch at a place called Bacon. I don’t eat pork but I respect a funny name. I also figured the joint would still have plenty of bacon-free options for brunch, an assumption which turned out to be more wishful thinking …

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Category: Daoism, Health, Mindset

When You Should Quit

February 15, 2021 by Nate Rifkin

Forty of us ran counterclockwise in a giant circle on the field. My helmet squeezed against my cheekbones. “Sprint!” the coach yelled. The circle sped up like a carnival ride. I tried to sprint but my legs dragged, exhausted. It was late summer and I was about to enter my sophomore year of high school. As …

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Category: Mindset

How Mental Toughness Can Ruin Your Life

February 5, 2021 by Nate Rifkin

I yanked open my refrigerator door, anticipating a much-needed wave of cool air to give me relief. It was deep in the summer of 2009 in Boulder, Colorado and I lived in a condo with no air conditioning. What it did have was a weird quirk: when I opened my patio door for a breeze, …

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Category: Uncategorized

Stop Being Reasonable In Your Spiritual Practice

December 4, 2020 by Nate Rifkin

The barbell pressed into my shoulders and spine, choking my trap muscles, waiting for them to quiver and die and for my spine to shred and disintegrate. Like a simple-minded ancestor of the Terminator, it felt no pity or remorse. Gravity pulled it toward the center of the earth, but my body stood in the …

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Category: Daoism, Mindset

The Switchback Secret To Doing What Scares You

November 30, 2020 by Nate Rifkin

I stared at the phone. My torso felt like an ice box. Maybe I could weasel my way out of this? It was a stupid idea. Nobody wanted to talk to me. I reached for my phone and pressed on the digit buttons. The phone emitted tone after tone like a dying robot. More than …

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Category: Marketing, Mindset, Origin Story

Spiritual Insights From Hiding My Illegal Car At A Supermarket Parking Lot

November 28, 2020 by Nate Rifkin

In the early winter of 2012, I stood in front of my condo building and stared at my parked car. Someone had scrawled on my driver’s side window in burgundy gunk. Vandalism? I lived in Aurora, Colorado, which has a crime problem, but the area felt safe. A neighbor was a meth addict, but the …

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Category: Daoism, Mindset, Origin Story

How To Deal With Flakes (And Keep Your Sanity)

November 23, 2020 by Nate Rifkin

I gasped, my throat emitting a sound like when you press your ear to a wall and hear water rushing through pipes. Haauuuh! It was 1:18PM. I was in my bed and my alarm clock had to be wrong. Had to be. Maybe the AM and PM were mixed up? No, the sun shone through …

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Category: Marketing, Mindset

Tree Nearly Kills Us At Dinner – Here’s Why We’re Glad

November 21, 2020 by Nate Rifkin

It only took a few moments before the rumbling began. It was Saturday, the 3rd of October. Since Wednesday, my wife and I had been in California, visiting a client. That night, we ate at a restaurant in downtown Pleasanton. Like many other small towns, they closed traffic to their main street in the evenings …

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Category: Health, Mindset
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