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Find your feel good with yoga with Adriene. (And get ready to take on the world.)

Light as a feather and ready to take on the world – that’s how I feel after doing yoga. And yet, I used to think yoga was so woowoo and wayyyy out there. Little did I know that yoga would become my go-to favorite for exercising and giving my body (+ mind + soul)...

The Fosbury Flop, or how building on your strengths + accepting your weaknesses can change the world.

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Dick Fosbury won the 1968 Olympics high jump competition, not because he was the best. But because he accepted what he wasn’t good at, used his (seemingly unrelated engineering) strengths, dared to think outside of the box, and was willing to be seen as “weird and...

Susan Cain on being who you are, because that’s where your strength is.

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In her popular TED Talk, Susan Cain brilliantly talks about the power of introverts. But to me, underlying that, what she’s really advocating, is to be who you are – be it a quiet introvert, an outgoing extrovert or an… outgoing introvert. Be your unique...

Alain de Botton gives us a reason not to worry too much about what others might think about us.

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What can Bruegel teach us about worrying about what others think about us? Quite a lot, actually! If you sometimes find yourself worrying just a tad too much about what others might be thinking of you, then this short video from philosopher Alain de Botton for The...

Sara Blakely, founder of SPANX, on being willing to be judged for doing things differently.

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Interesting read from Sara Blakely, founder of SPANX on entrepreneurship/intrapreneurship, aka asking the hard questions, trusting the “crazy” answers and being willing to be judged for doing things differently. “One of the biggest killers of smarter...

Neuro-scientist Wendy Suzuki on the brain-changing benefits of exercise.

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I watched neuro-scientist and researcher Wendy Suzuki’s TED Talk on the importance of exercise for our health, brain, focus, productivity, creativity, confidence and feel good. If you need a reminder to get you into action (and I know I did!), definitely check out her...