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This Mentorship Manifesto is a powerful instrument for securing your new legacy- and relationship-building identity. Putting it in writing externalizes the shift from having to “prove” to the freedom and willingness to “share”; from ego to legacy. Essentially, the Mentorship Manifesto turns your “seismograph” into a compass: reading the tectonic shifts in your own identity…
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IntroductionEmotional ParentificationThe Path to RuinDon’t Call Me Unless…Ride or Flight?Generosity & RuinThe Slippery Slope RealizedThe Discipline to ClimbConclusion & Lessons LearnedAdditional Reading Introduction Is my life a cliff or a plain? Currently, I am not sure. I am certain it was once a cliff. I climbed intrepidly, relentlessly, until I finally reached the top—my destination.…
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IntroductionSteadfastness In Legacy-Building for a Gen Xer Intent On Value-MakingGo Beyond Outputs: Create SystemsEmbracing the “Unfinished” WorkPitfalls to AvoidConclusion & Key Takeaways Introduction Time is a predator that stalks us all our lives. What have I learned? This: Stay engaged with the possibility. Let’s face this fact: Sooner or later, we all begin to feel…
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Deep Work Problem/Solution A Problem/Solution Matrix for Deep Work (digital & analog). Each row shows a specific distraction, why it hurts deep work, and provides a concrete fix you can implement today. Click here to access a downloadable, printable PDF version of the Problem/Solution Matrix for deep work (digital & analog). Each row shows a…
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Introduction You’ve Been Thrown Into the World… Now What? Us vs. “They” Befindlichkeit Discloses the World Demythologizing Success & the Other Demythologizing Material Possessions Conclusion & Key Takeaways Introduction For the 45+ adult, the drive to appear “successful” becomes, a fortiori, more catalyzing than the underlying inner conflict of envying others. Why? The answer is…
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We have an obligation to ourselves to become all we can be; at a minimum. As such, we must clear up a common misconception: Willpower and self-discipline are dissimilar. The distinction is critical: Conflating willpower with self-discipline is the main reason most people fail to build lasting habits. At this point, you might be thinking,…
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IntroductionOn CultivationA Reframing of “Failure”On HarvestingA Crisis of PurposeOn Status AnxietyConclusion & Key Takeaways Introduction First, we need to shift the narrative from a deficit mindset that says, “I lack the resources,” to an abundance mindset that says, “I can leverage what I have.” In doing so, we directly confront status anxiety by decoupling self-worth…
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IntroductionThe Ugly Truth & an InvitationA Challenge, Should You Accept ItConclusion Introduction We spend most of our lives molding our identities, composing personal, private manifestos in our minds, desperate to define and convey our values. Many of us construct citadels of conviction that we proudly occupy. We claim to value courage, but falter at the…
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IntroductionThe Incarcerated SlaveOf Course, Childhood TraumaManifest Parentification as an AdultThe Incarcerated Slave RevisitedEmpathic Depletion & Compassion FatigueConclusion & Lessons Learned Introduction I was in, no. I stayed in a fifteen-year “relationship”; one that should have ended within months. But what can I say, die Eule der Minerva fliegt. The relationship officially came to an end…
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IntroductionOn Élan Vital, Aporia, & Feeling StuckPsychological EntropyOn Élan VitalHave the Discipline for TransformationInterest as Purpose ReinventedAdvantage, CapacityReinvention: It’s Not What You ThinkConclusion & Key Takeaways Introduction We hear it all the time: When we get to a certain age, the central insight is always the same: “stay active.” That advice is like a cup…