Tag: growth
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What 100 Coffee Chats Taught Me About How To Live My Life In My Early 20s
4 motivational takeaways Photo by Sam Lion: https://www.pexels.com/photo/positive-asian-women-chatting-and-enjoying-hot-drinks-on-street-5709253/ At 22 years old, I worked in Washington DC for the federal government under the Obama administration, and nothing made me feel more powerful. Surrounded by smart, dedicated people full of career-related purpose, I felt empowered to live out my dreams. Anything was possible. Sadly, I worked […]
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This Is How I Plan To Minimize Regret For the Rest of 2022
Minimize regret and maximize opportunity. Photo by “My Life Through A Lens” on Unsplash On the first day of every month, I wonder if it’s finally time for me to execute my 30 days of writing. The longer I’ve procrastinated on this idea, the more I’ve struggled internally. Well, I’m tired of that. It’s time to […]
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I Changed My Mind On These 3 Things After I Turned 30
Things I believed at 21 that I no longer do “Working a 9-to-5 is for losers.” If you come from a privileged background that set you up to do whatever you wanted in life and you still chose to spend your time in a drab windowless cubicle farm, I would have absolutely judged you. If you had […]
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How to Set Yourself Up for Success: 8 Key Principles to Get What You Want Out of Life
Photo by Nghia Le on Unsplash If there’s one thing winners have in common, it’s that they know how to follow instructions. At 18, I got hired on the spot when I followed instructions on the job application (by doing less work, mind you). I left a whole page blank, which impressed the manager since she […]
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Why I write
Everything we know about the world came from humans. Every piece of art, every discovery, every instrument, every song, every artifact, every book, every poem, every story came from people. We create society, we interpret meaning, we advance science, we unearth history, and we share knowledge. It is the impact of millions – no, billions […]
Melissa Chanthalangsy 