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“Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they’re finished.” – Dan Gilbert We tend to believe that we have finally become the person we were always destined to be. But that’s an illusion. We are in fact very poor predictors of how we will end up being

“You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt “Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people.” – Andre Dubus We’re often too

“The circumstances of our lives may actually matter less to our happiness than the sense of control we feel over our lives.” – Rory Sutherland, Vice-Chairman of Ogilvy Group UK “We can’t change every little thing that happens to us in life, but we can change the way that we experience

This past weekend I finished moving for what is nearly the second dozen time of my adulthood. It’s an event that I’ve come to experience as a blend of excitement and uncertainty, as I leave what I know — the comfort zone — to (literally) leap into a new tangent. From the earliest

  “You can have anything you want in life, if you will just help other people get what they want.” – Michael Ellsberg, American Author and Motivational Speaker “Networking is not about just connecting people. It’s about connecting people with people, people with ideas, and people with opportunities.” – Michele Jennae,

  Waiting in the hope for something to happen or apprehending to act upon something, which undermines our own level of contentment and general actionability over the degree of control of the persons, places, or things that occur around us. In essence, we let the elements that comprise the

  Genuinely realize that today is not guaranteed, that nothing is deserved so to speak. One must work and fight for everything. Earn it. To think otherwise is illusory. If the world were strictly based on meritocracy, fairness, and magnitude of effort put forth then all of those in

  “We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.” – Chuck Palahniuk (prolific American writer) This phrase “creating value” or iterations of it (“value added,””valued service”) is a corporate platitude that is tossed around like many other ambiguities in the office setting

Not following through with commitments/promises permeates into all domains of one’s life. While it is very true that there is increasing pressure for an “always connected” availability brought forth by the 24/7 nature of our globalized, technologically-driven world that defines the 21st century that we live in (I am

I, like many, was (and to an extent still am) afraid of being rejected in an array of situations — dating, academia, applying for jobs, etc. I live in Seoul, South Korea and indeed view it as a personal and professional training ground. Professional because of how long and