From the category archives:

Confidence

I have something important to tell you. Come close to your computer screen, tell the kids to be quiet for a second, and pay close attention.
Are you ready? Here it is:
If you realized how little time other people spent judging you – even thinking about you – you’d be shocked.
We all walk around feeling so [...]

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Would you consider yourself organized?
I don’t consider myself organized – well, at least not inherently. I have to work hard to find a place for everything and keep everything in its place. But what I find is that when I *do* focus on organization, other elements in my life – from my daily routine to [...]

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Do you ever catch yourself trying to keep up appearances?
You know, when you actively want people to see you in a certain light that isn’t 100% accurate?
It can happen to the best of us – appearing put together, successful, in control, and like we have it all figured out is important because if other people [...]

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Last week’s article about how to optimize LinkedIn (from people who do) got me thinking a lot about connections, not only in the literal LinkedIn sense (your “friends” on the site are called connections), but in the more general sense.
The Life Uncommon started 2 years ago (its 2nd birthday is coming up in just a [...]

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Are you special? I’m not going to lie, I think I am.  I think I deserve happiness, satisfaction, and work I love. And I don’t see anything wrong with that…
In my internet comings and goings this afternoon, I came across an article at PsychologyToday by Jen Kim entitled Mr. Rogers Lied to Us.  As a [...]

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