You’re no doubt familiar with the dictum to “do one thing every day that scares you.” The quotation isoften misattributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, who said something far more meaningful (if less meme-able): You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really st...
Indeed, these are dark times. And self-deprecating humor might be the only thing to brighten your day when you're in a melancholy funk. So why not treat yourself, then? Enjoy some memes that capture the essence of dark humor. 1
Thank you for everything you have done for me. Thank you for everything you've done for me. Thank you for watching my presentation. Thank you for your cooperation and support. Thank you for your help. Thank you very much for the greetings. Thank you very much for your kind words. It...
But everything is scary to most of us at one time or another. Even basic link building was once thought of as something complicated and abstract. It’s those who are willing to put in the work to learn how to use what scares them that get a leg up on everyone else. You can wait ...
but it actually spans an entire lifetime. A father regretfully doesn't spend much time with his young son, only to find that decades later the roles have been reversed and the son has moved on with a busy life of his own. "Frankly, this song scares me to death," Chapin, a father...
We cannot control everything, trust me, I’ve tried. We can’t. We can’t control how Aunt Ida keeps giving you a hand knit sweater 3 sizes too big and demands you model it even though she’s reminded every year of your size and that you are allergic to wool. We can’t control...
Before there were viral posts, there were chain emails. One of the most popular forwards of the era contained a graduation speech that encouraged the Class Of ’97 to “do one thing every day that scares you” and to “wear sunscreen.” Incorrectly attributed to Kurt Vonnegut, the speech ...
And that scares me just a bit. 5 Comments A Team of One April 14, 2008 Am I imagining it, or are my patients taking less and less responsibility for their healthcare, and leaving it all up to me? Here’s what happened this week, and you tell me – ...
I’m going to have a little fun with something here: last week, as the year was ending, everyone shared their lists of their favorite movies of 2021. I did it myself. But the thing that’s occurred to me is that these lists aren’t immutable, are they? It’s not like I’m neve...
This book is all kinds of gorgeous. The story is delightful – forming a friendship with the very thing that scares you most and learning a new way to see the world in the process. But the illustrations and artistic choices, simply fabulous. ...