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Smart Fail
It's OK to fail, but never to quit.
Fail is a mistake you learn from. Quit is a fail you adopt and live with.
Read it →Smart Maturity
Growing is easy. It's the 'Up' part that's hard.
Age is about time. Maturity is about choices you make on purpose.
Read it →Smart Words
Say what you mean and mean what you say — without being mean.
Words are the primary way we communicate meaning. Here's how to use them to connect.
Read it →Smart Student
Study to learn, not to succeed in school.
Success in school is the definition of short term. Here's how to study for life instead.
Read it →Smart Stress
Is stress a friend or a foe? It depends on knowing the difference between Smart stress and Dumb stress.
We only stress over what we care about. Stress isn't all bad, but living stressed is.
Read it →Smart Dad
Being a dad is a high calling. High demands, high impact, high cost.
Whether you had a great example to follow or need some help, here's where to start.
Read it →Smart Friend
A real friendship is built on understanding. So understand first.
Being a good friend, and finding good friends, starts with learning to communicate well.
Read it →Smart Focus
If your world runs on a hyper-performance paradigm, you don't have focus.
Zooming in and out of a dozen things for ten minutes each isn't focus. Here's what is.
Read it →Smart Solitude
Solitude is vital. Loneliness is destructive. They are not the same thing.
Being alone doesn't build healthy mental habits. Solitude does. Here's the difference.
Read it →Smart Meaning
Maybe the point isn't to find meaning. Maybe it's to provide it.
Cutting through the pop psychology on meaning, and measuring what you give instead of what you get.
Read it →Smart Expectations
Good things come to those who wait. But what if you're waiting for the wrong thing?
What you expect shapes what you get. Here's how to expect on purpose instead of by accident.
Read it →Smart Change
Change is coming. The only question is whether you're ready.
Chosen or unexpected, change arrives. Here's how to steer through it instead of getting stuck.
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