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Just Focus
{This post comes from this week's Monday Morning #GOALdiggers newsletter. To get a weekly dose of inspiration in your inbox, sign up!} Over the weekend, something AH-MAY-ZING happened. I learned to ride a motorcycle! While I’ve always admired bikers, I never had a...
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Fantasia On Pursing Your Passion & Overcoming Obstacles: ‘As Long As You’re Happy, Everything Will Be Ok’
Life for Fantasia ain’t been no crystal stair. Although she catapulted to stardom on 'American Idol' with her husky voice and magnetic stage presence, Fantasia's had to defy some pretty steep odds. She was sexually assaulted as a teen, she dropped out of high school,...
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Want to Break Into Freelance Writing? Here Are 4 Tips for New Writers
Every day I get questions from new writers hoping to break into freelancing about how to get started. With so many writers and bloggers in the game, it can seem daunting to a newbie who’s looking to break into writing (especially for the web), but fret not, you can do...
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13 Reasons You Should Totally Pursue Your Dreams
Giving up is sometimes the easiest thing to do in the world. Despite our best intentions, at times, defeat kicks our butt and makes us think we will never get over the hump. I’ve been there. For years I resigned myself to thinking that being stuck in a job I knew...
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Be Real, Maybe It’s You
I don’t make it a habit of comparing my success (or lack there of) to someone else’s, but sometimes you just can’t help it. You see a friend or associate’s awesomely happy Facebook status update and all you can think to yourself is, “Ugh…that should be me.” While I...
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Trying to Be the Beyonce of Multitasking? Stop It, It's a Myth
I’ve noticed something scary about myself over the past few years: I have a really difficult time paying attention. I’m not exactly sure when it happened, but I can’t make it through the day without juggling multiple things at once. If I’m writing an article I’m also...
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Trying to Be the Beyonce of Multitasking? Stop It, It’s a Myth
I’ve noticed something scary about myself over the past few years: I have a really difficult time paying attention. I’m not exactly sure when it happened, but I can’t make it through the day without juggling multiple things at once. If I’m writing an article I’m also...
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I must have lost my mind, or had a serious lapse in judgement, because I recently signed up for a Facebook group challenging its participants to make 30 Videos in 30 Days. Although I love the video medium and would really, really like to make a documentary film one...
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The Real Reason You Haven’t Achieved Your Goals
I have a confession to make. I’m not good at overcome my own challenges. While I’ve been successful at facing things that have happened in my life head on and dealing with them, when it comes to certain challenges that I’ve set for myself, I’ve failed, miserably....
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Improve Your Blog: 5 Tips to Engage Your Audience
These days you can’t throw a rock without hitting a self-proclaimed writer or blogger, but far too often many folks just aren’t doing it right. Despite all of their talent, killer content ideas, and their willingness to write page after page (or blog post after blog...
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Why You Should Tell Your Story (video)
This is a special Monday post in honor of NO SHAME DAY, a movement started by friend and poet/mental health advocate Bassey Ikpi. A year ago, after the 15-year-old daughter of her friend committed suicide, Bassey started the Siwe Project, a non-profit organization...
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4 Ways to Overcome Regret & Get Closer to Your Dreams
Like fear, regret has the ability to stifle our dreams and derail our goals. Although there’s nothing wrong with reflecting on our past and learning from it, getting stuck on the mistakes we’ve made and constantly harping on how we wish we could go back and change...
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