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“It’s easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

I’ve started, what has now become, a series about life lessons and what I’ve learned as a young adult in this fast pace, ever changing world we live in. The first post titled Keep Your Head Held High set the precedent for this so called “series” that I now refer to these posts as. I also posted Words of Encouragement: A Journey That Never Ends, which I received a lot of positive feedback …

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Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.
Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
-Henry Ford

Disclaimer: I began writing this in August of 2011. Finally finished it up and decided to publish it!
This post is a follow up to Keep Your Head Held High where I share important lessons I’ve learned these past few years.
When I’m annoyed, angry, or stressed out sometimes I feel the need to write to get away from everything. …

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Time goes by fast. Real fast. It has been just about a year since moving out to Huntington Beach, California and boy have I learned a lot–personally and professionally. Overcoming adversity has been something I’ve been used to growing up. Challenges motivate me and push me to go the extra mile…when I set my mind to it. Failures disappoint me, but I’ve learned to pick myself back up. I absolutely hate failing and will not accept failure as an option.

“Why do we fall sir? So …

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There’s been a part of my sub-conscious lately that, for some odd reason, keeps letting doubt creep into my mind! I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. Let me repeat that just one more time. I hate it! Now that that’s out we’ll move on. Many of you have probably read some of my previous posts so I’m sure you’ve been able to make your own assessment of what kind of person I am (hopefully it’s good). For that reason I’ll save both …

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I’ve probably put this quote in previous posts, but doing some morning reflection on my drive to work made me think of it some more. One of my favorite quotes is by George Seaton, “Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to.” When most people look, read, or hear that quote they don’t know how to interpret it. Myself included. It seems pretty simple to understand, but actually applying it in your life is a whole other story.
My interpretation of the quote …

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“Become what you always dreamt of becoming.”

Inspired by an article featured on Dumb Little Man. Try answering these [7 questions] for yourself and be true to yourself while thinking about the questions and answering them with sincerity. It’s hard to sometimes be “real” with yourself, but honesty is the best policy. Since 2010 is coming to a close I thought that I’d do a little bit of self-reflection. Let me tell you…this year freakin’ flew by in a heartbeat.
On a scale of 1-9, how satisfied …

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“Do what you love, love what you do,and deliver more than you promise.”-Harvey Mackay

Growing up we always hear the phrase “do what you love, love what you do,” but don’t really think of it too much. That is, until we’re older and realize that if we stray away from doing what we love to do or have fun doing…well, life just isn’t all that it’s cracked up or hyped up to be!
A lot of you probably read my post Listen to Your Heart and thought I …

“Some famous guy once said, ‘To travel is better than to arrive‘. and I was like ‘What!?’ Well, because I used to think that there was only one path to take to where you wanna get to be in life. But if you choose that one path, that doesn’t mean you have to abandon all the others. I realized that it’s actually what happens along the way….that counts. The stumbles or the falls. The friendships. It’s the journey. Not the destination. You just gotta -I guess- trust the future will …

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I wanted to write something that portrays the feelings and emotions running through my head these past few days. Upon moving down to Huntington Beach, California I was graced with an opportunity to work for a company called The Southern California Group doing outsourced marketing and sales (a fancy name for door-to-door sales). This wasn’t exactly what I had in mind for life after college, but since I wasn’t having any luck finding anything else I said what the hell and went with it. Let me …

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You can’t play hard unless you work. Bottom line. The purpose of this post is to hopefully pass down some knowledge I have gained through the last 4 years of my life. Mainly, my college days and through my first 10 months as a college graduate in the oh-so-dreaded “real world”. First of all, I can tell why we, as a society, refer to life after college the real world. That’s because, in fact, everything you once knew and grew accustomed to will change. Whether …