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the world’s largest list on why we forget to design

last week i wrote a post suggesting that we are all designers and advising that we should not forget to see ourselves as designers and to take a design approach to everything in our life. and while we will design a plethora of things during the years we have on this earth, i offer up the idea that the most…

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please don’t forget to design

the old school philosophy of design only being applicable to architects, engineers, and the likes is dying. design has taken on a much broader definition that is applicable to anyone who is seeking to create change. herbert simon once said: “everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones.” if this definition is true (and…

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the simplest way to change your life right now!

close your eyes and start dreaming. use your imagination and envision life not as you see it, but as you desire it to be. chase it. once you finish dreaming, whatever it is that you just imagined, go hard and pursue it without consideration of surrender or abandonment. grow your dreams repeat. that’s it.  easy as pie.  but if it’s…

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have you lost your muchness?

“you used to be much more…”muchier.” you’ve lost your muchness.” –quote from mad hatter to alice in alice in wonderland our muchness is always under attack. it’s a simple but unfortunate truth as much of what makes us muchier is also what makes us unique.  it’s what makes us special and different.   and unfortunately, what makes us special and…

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iHappen: when will you happen to life?

in the last week i have been met with death, pain, injury, frustration and a host of other bad things.  and it seemed like everywhere i went, the most common response to these things from the people around me, including myself, was “life happens.”  and it got me thinking, sure the majority of things i’ve faced in the past week…

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resistance doesn’t only grow muscles

resistance training is an idea that was thought of eons ago in order to make us stronger.  the basic objective: progressively overload the musculosketal system so it gets stronger.  and it works.  when “properly performed, (it) can provide significant functional benefits and improvement in overall health and well-being.” what’s interesting is that same concept is not just applicable to our…

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