Self-Actualization
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Michael Schreiner | September 16, 2015
Slackers
From the perspective of many authority figures slackers are lazy good for nothings, aimless, talentless, unmotivated losers who...
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Michael Schreiner | September 8, 2015
Internal Feeling Of Emptiness
All of the external indicators of success in the world, indicators like wealth, power, popularity, and prestige, can’t...
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Michael Schreiner | September 3, 2015
Causing Suffering
It’s easy to get down on the human race when we stop to think about how much suffering...
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Michael Schreiner | August 24, 2015
Staring At A Blank Page
A lot of burgeoning writers feel menaced by the blank page, they sit there paralyzed, unsure of how...
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Michael Schreiner | August 13, 2015
Attaining Mastery
Even if you focus all your energy on one pursuit, consistently giving everything you have to it, the...
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Michael Schreiner | August 4, 2015
Scaffolding
When following some new pursuit most people start out with high hopes, confident that with enough time and...
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Michael Schreiner | July 24, 2015
Find What Is Meaningful To You
From our existential point of view there is such a thing as objective meaning. But where everyone has...
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Michael Schreiner | July 17, 2015
Every Journey Starts With The Decision
The most important aspect of any undertaking, ironically, changes nothing about the concrete situation. But from the psychological...
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Michael Schreiner | June 23, 2015
The Need For Validation
The need for validation is one of the most powerful motivating forces in human life. It’s not always...
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Michael Schreiner | June 18, 2015
Symbolic Death
“To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable.” –...