Why Friends Are Most Likely To Be Unsupportive of Your Health Goals

Reading Time: 9 minutes(Originally published on tonygentilcore.com) Imagine this common scenario: You’ve made the decision to start a fitness plan. You know it’s going to require changing your eating and exercise habits. You’ve stocked healthy food in the house, you’ve been keeping to a regular workout routine, and you’re seeing noticeable changes. Then your friends invite you out…

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People Live Up (or Down) To Your Expectations

Reading Time: < 1 minute“What we see in people is determined, in large part, by what we expect to find.” — Paul Smith If you expect people to be good, they’ll usually prove you right. If you expect them to disappoint you, you’ll find that too. Here’s the secret most people miss: When you expect bad and get bad, it’s…

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Hard Work Didn’t Earn Me Respect. This Did.

Reading Time: 3 minutesSenior Skip Day, May 2009. The Friday before finals. Everyone else skipped school to do something fun. Me? I was reporting for my first day at a landscaping job. I was the youngest on the crew by a decade. The outsider. Worse—my girlfriend’s dad was the boss. To the rest of the guys, I was…

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5 Skills Everyone Should Learn To Improve Their Social Life

Reading Time: 4 minutesHere are five basic skills you should learn in order to feel more confident in your social life.

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What Can Comedy Teach You About Leadership & Success?

Reading Time: 3 minutesHow can improv comedy help you succeed? Read more to find out.

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The Art of Telling A Good Story

Reading Time: 6 minutes[This article is a follow-up article to Theory of Mind: How To Understand Others Better. You can read that article by clicking here.] A couple weeks ago I was in bed ready to fall asleep, it was around 11:30pm. As I’m drifting off I hear a weird buzzing noise. My girlfriend hears it too. It…

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Theory of Mind: How To Understand Others’ Behavior

Reading Time: 5 minutesTheory of mind is the ability to understand that others have beliefs, thoughts, perspectives, and desires that are different than our own. It’s our ability to take the perspective of another person. This theory of mind develops in stages over the course of our childhood. (And continues to fine tune throughout most of our lives.)…

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