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What we say versus what we mean.
The craziest part of the ridiculous photos people put on Instagram is actually the captions they include. It’s in the captions where we tell our biggest lies. It’s where we cover our tracks and try to justify or ignore our real motives for posting a photo. Case in point, my friend Donald Miller had given …
The perfect way to respond when you don’t get nominated for an Oscar!
(This is a guest post from Casey Lewis. He is awesome and regularly contributes to this site!) Last week we found out that The Lego Movie did not get an Oscar nomination for best animated movie in 2014. Now I personally haven’t seen this movie yet. My 6 year old has, but I just didn’t …
3 signs your ego is making your decisions.
A few weeks ago, I told myself, “I am going to Internet so hard in 2015!” That wasn’t an official goal, but more of a statement you yell at your laptop in coffee shops full of suddenly terrified people who don’t want to sit near the guy who yells at laptops. I thought I was …
3 lies you’ll hear about successful people.
At least once a week, someone tells me the “successful people myth.” The names change, but the general story is always the same: “Did you hear about Jimmy? He launched an online course/sold a business/raised rabbits in his backyard and made a ton of money. He’d only been doing it for like three weeks. Why …
2 reasons you shouldn’t compare yourself to other people.
At what age do you stop having nightmares about college? Because I’m apparently not that age yet. The details are always the same. I’ve skipped class all semester but suddenly showed up for the day of the final. And it’s one of those classes where 100% of your grade is based on the final. I …