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5 Lessons I’ve Learned On Dealing With Critics

August 17, 2015 By Uncoveries

5 Lessons I’ve Learned On Dealing With Critics

I’ve tried to avoid them, but there’s no way around it.

No matter how hard you try or how good you are, you’ll face criticism at some point.

Critics, naysayers and judgers will always be around. And they aren’t just other people; our inner critic is often the most relentless and vicious one of them all.

Criticism isn’t always bad. It’s a natural part of the process.

It comes along when you take a stand for something, do something new or start doing something of significance. If you don’t have any criticism in your life, perhaps you’re playing too small.

Yet it’s tough to deal with any type of criticism. I’ve battled with my internal critic and dealt with a good number of external critics since taking the steps I’ve made in the last year.Continue Reading

4 Reasons To Be A Little Foolish

August 11, 2015 By Uncoveries

4 Reasons To Be A Little Foolish

Thinking back, I can’t help but shake my head. Wow, was I naïve.

Just 6 months ago, I had idealistic expectations of how being a freelancer and entrepreneur was going to go. I planned out big goals, action steps and milestones. I thought things were going to work out a certain way by this time and that.Continue Reading

The 7 Myths of Happiness, Part 7

July 26, 2015 By Uncoveries

The 7 Myths of Happiness, Part 7

It happens to the best of us.

It’s why Sunday evenings and Monday mornings are mixed with remorse and the first day after a vacation seems to drag on in a funk.

We’re suckers for happy endings that stay that way. After all, the stories we prefer usually end with happily ever after.Continue Reading

The 7 Myths of Happiness, Part 6

July 20, 2015 By Uncoveries

The 7 Myths of Happiness, Part 6

Many of us have spent time stuck in the trickiest of the myths of happiness, focused internally but unable to gain a sense of meaningful progress.

Following my initial realization while I was in Prague, I realized something that led me down the less-traveled path I’m on today.Continue Reading

The 7 Myths of Happiness, Part 5

July 14, 2015 By Uncoveries

The 7 Myths of Happiness, Part 5

We live in a culture that is conditioned to look outside of ourselves.

It starts when we transition from children into adolescence, when we stop placing the emphasis on what’s true to us—what’s natural to us as children—and turn to external influences and opinions.

We learn that there is a certain look, feel and sound to what’s considered desirable and worthy. We see others looking up to these sources. We begin to tie our values and priorities to external influences.

Sometimes, we look everywhere else but internally for validation, confidence, happiness and the like—things that can only truly come from within. Hence, we have #5 of the myths of happiness:Continue Reading

The 7 Myths of Happiness, Part 4

July 5, 2015 By Uncoveries

The 7 Myths of Happiness, Part 4

At a young age, we’re taught to focus on the goal. Keep your eye on the prize, they say.

So when we want to achieve something, we focus our full attention, put in our best effort and keep track with measures along the way.

For the practical items—from simple tasks to longer-term projects—that’s a proven way to get things done. There’s a checklist, a formula to it.

It’s common sense when it comes to goal setting, but not when it comes to happiness.Continue Reading

The 7 Myths of Happiness, Part 3

June 29, 2015 By Uncoveries

The 7 Myths of Happiness, Part 3

Warm sunshine. Bountiful smiles. Open laughter.

The popularized idea of happiness is free-spirited and effortless; it is less often associated with concentration, hard work or sacrifice. In addition to believing the myth of happiness is a must, we also have this idea that happiness is easy.Continue Reading

The 7 Myths of Happiness, Part 2

June 22, 2015 By Uncoveries

The 7 Myths of Happiness, Part 2

Blame it on advertisements, TV shows or social media, but ultimately the responsibility is yours to detach yourself from the fairest of the myths of happiness.

Perhaps it’s the carefully airbrushed and crafted images of attractive, stylishly dressed celebrities in extravagant settings, giving off an impression of happiness and success, among other desirable aspects. Maybe it’s Instagram, Facebook and other social updates—the manicured snapshots of a second of someone’s life artificially representing a whole.

With these ideals of perfection flashing on multiple screens in your life, it’s reinforced repeatedly, “This is what happiness looks like.”

This leads us to the second of the myths of happiness series.Continue Reading

3 Surprising Benefits of Following Your Passion

June 3, 2015 By Uncoveries

3 Surprising Benefits of Following Your Passion

No one said it was easy.

On the contrary, following your passion—whatever is meaningful to you—is likely to be more work than any job. In bringing a meaningful project to life, whether it is building a company, honing a masterpiece or writing a book, there will be many hours, days, weeks, or months, even years that pass before milestones are reached.

During the periods of nose-grinding persistence, there will be a general sense of never enough time, weariness from lack of sleep, wavering moments of doubt, fear from numerous unknown variables, multiple failures and tough lessons.

Yet, there are perks you can look forward to when you’re going through the ditches of meaningful hard work—perks that will keep you going when you would otherwise burn out and quit.Continue Reading

3 Steps to Bring Your Inspiration to Life

May 19, 2015 By Uncoveries

3 Steps to Bring Your Inspiration to Life

It’s not enough to start with the inspiration, although it’s farther than most people get.

It may be the first step to living the life you love, but nothing else happens if you stop there. If you’re not making progress towards doing what you love, here are the 3 steps to bring your inspiration to life.Continue Reading

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