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J.P. Hansen
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Gold Medals Don't Buy Happiness
Gold Medals Don’t Buy Happiness
Mark Twain said, “The secret of success is to make your vocation your vacation.” With four out of five people “unhappy” in their current jobs, our society doesn’t have enough vacationers.
What is success? Many people define success simply as winning. During the London Olympics, so much pressure was placed on winning; not just winning, but winning a gold medal; not ju Read more of this blog post »
Mark Twain said, “The secret of success is to make your vocation your vacation.” With four out of five people “unhappy” in their current jobs, our society doesn’t have enough vacationers.
What is success? Many people define success simply as winning. During the London Olympics, so much pressure was placed on winning; not just winning, but winning a gold medal; not ju Read more of this blog post »
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“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.”
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“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”
― A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living
― A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living
“If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be.”
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“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
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“People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances with our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.”
― The Power of Myth
― The Power of Myth
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Hi J.P, thanks for the friend request, it's nice to meet you :)
Hiya~~!! Just stopping by to thank you for the FR :DHappy reading :)
Hi J.P.! Nice to meet you and thanks for the friend invite! I think I've found my dream job which is not having one so I can read! LOL.
Thanks for the friend invite. I was born in Nebraska and raised in Omaha so its always nice to read about fellow Nebraskan success stories.
Hi J.P. thanks for invite. Very nice to add a new friend. :)
Hi J.P. Thanks for the friendvite. Looking forward to chatting the reads with you and checking out your books! Happy Reading/Writing :)
I saw your review on Amazon....I will add a review for your book tomorrow morn on Amazon. Thanx for doing it.
Hi J.P thanks for the add!
Thank you for the friend request!