I was on the ground floor of the UMASS Amherst library, shelves of dust-covered tomes looming over me. I flipped open a book as big as a bread loaf. As I sifted through the pages, a woman stared at the text with the crumb-size letters. “Looks like fascinating stuff.”Quick! Think of a clever …
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Does Your Partner Hold You Back? Do You Hold Your Partner Back?
The truck meep meep meeped a warning as it slid into the bay doors and thudded to a stop. Its odor seeped into the warehouse.When this happened, my first strategy was denial. Maybe I could just ignore the smell. Or maybe it’d be different this time.We’d unlatch the back door, grab the …
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Paris Hilton, Crop Yields, And Serial Divorcers – Embrace The Slop To Be A Better Writer
A couple years ago, I started using the Notepad app on my computer, to keep track of my daily to-do list.As of today, the notepad file contains 3185 words.I must be on my way to a nervous breakdown, right? Or at least adrenal burnout.Actually, the truth is closer to this: I couldn’t help …
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Bringing Your Meditative State Into The Real World
As I stood in the middle of a gurgling river in Woodstock, New York, I watched the light dance in the ripples and reflect the green of the leaves fluttering around me. I reflected on how beautiful this was. Then my thoughts slowed down until I wasn’t existing much at all…… and then it was time …
Your IQ, Distracting Emails, Marijuana, and Media Bullshit
A little after sunset, as I walked towards downtown Denver, I mulled over something I’d just read.Earlier, I had been rummaging through the internet on a fact-finding mission. During the clicks through article after article, I had stumbled upon some information about a study measuring …
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How I Start My Day With $1,000,000 Copy Already Written
A few days ago, Early To Rise published my article on how I start my day with million-dollar copy already written.Of course, I had to throw in a story about me scrambling through Manhattan to catch a train. But it all ties together.If you're thinking of starting a career as a writer... or if …
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Secrets Of The Highest-Rated Coffee Shop In Denver Area
As I type this, I’m sipping a cold brew coffee inside what used to be a charming house.Now, it’s a charming business. After starting just three years ago, QuinceEssential Coffee House is now one of the highest-rated coffee shops in the Denver area.With 304 reviews averaging a 4.9 rating, it …
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You’ve Got Healthy Habits? Good. Now Break Them.
1:00:14…1:00:13…For several years, I put one hour and fifteen seconds on a timer, pressed the Start button, and performed a daily meditation. I kept going until the timer rang.Pushing myself to this level transformed my body, mind, and spirit. In no small part, because of the discipline …
Don’t Feed The Monster – The Truth About Risk-Taking
Over seven years ago, I stared at my laptop screen, emitting a sound like “Aaauuughhh…”Then I slid off my rolling chair, eased onto my apartment’s tan carpet floor, and curled into the fetal position.It wasn’t because of a heart attack. Or receiving a disturbing email from a family …
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