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The first of the Four Noble Truth‘s in Buddhism states that life is suffering. But if that is the case, why do Buddhist leaders such as the Dalai Lama seem to have so much joy everywhere they go? Wouldn’t they be sad if they knew that there whole life was going to be difficult? Not necessarily. (more…)

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One of the key points of AlittleBetter.net is that good habits, and personal development don’t happen all at once. These things need time that we are willing and able to invest in. Unfortunately this can be on short order sometimes. What if you are working two jobs, and just hoping that will be enough to make ends meat? Its tough and these types of things do happen even to the best of us, but what about that time we need? We have to move forward so that we can be in better solutions, but we have to have time to do this. What options are there? (more…)

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This is a guest post by the ever awesome and ever sweet Dani of PositivelyPresent.com

The other day I was sitting in a meeting taking notes when someone brought up the topic of hidden strengths. It wasn’t mentioned at all in the context of personal development, but it really got me to thinking: what hidden strengths do we all possess? I’ve noticed that, when put in unexpected situations, strengths I never knew I had rise to the surface and show themselves. There are many things within me that I am not always aware of, and I’m sure this is true for you as well. Just think about a difficult situation you were in. Did you find that you were stronger than you realized? Think about a time you were given an unexpected task. Did you perform better than you might have expected? More often than not we surprise ourselves with what we are capable of. (more…)

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The most important factors for accomplishing anything are perseverance, discipline and time. Sometimes though that last part seems just out of reach. We know we should work out, and we know there are a lot of things we should do, but finding the  time and energy can be such a pain. So here is a full body workout that a martial arts instructor taught me. The actual workout takes about 10 minutes, but it skips out on the benefits of 5 minutes of stretching a day. I’m going to break this down into separate parts, and even give tips to make this step to living a healthier lifestyle easier for you. (more…)

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This modern age is really amazing. We are able to learn more, teach faster, move faster, and do more in less time with less effort than ever before. Yet at the same time we are more stressed, less connected, and many of us are on information overload. I love this modern world, but at the same time all this technology, information, and colliding cultures does bring with it four great challenges: our beliefs, our boundaries, reflection, and action. We must as individuals and as a group learn to rise up to these challenges; not only must we rise up to these challenges for our own lives, but for the world we are making. (more…)

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Last night I received an email telling me that one of my favorite people in the world had passed on that morning. Now this isn’t my  first time dealing with death. I’ve lost a friend in high school, my grandpa Larry, my uncle Ben, and now Jean Airoldi. The best way I know how to handle death is to take your favorite parts of someone and add them to yourself, that way you make sure that the best parts of someone will always live on. Jean had no shortage of life lessons to choose from. She had lived intelligently, successfully and dynamically. There is not a person I can think of that did not love being around Jean. So how did she become dear to so many people, and what lessons can we all learn from her? (more…)