Tag Archives: optimism

Scott’s Thoughts: The Child’s Mind

What does it mean to have the child’s mind? How can you apply it to your personal and professional relationships?

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Wisdom of the Ages: 30 Lessons for Living

This book provides a unique insight into the wisdom of our elders.

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Scott’s Thoughts: Watch the Traffic

Do you trust the signals so much that you’d cross the street without looking? Probably not. Some thoughts on common sense and market data.

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Scott’s Thoughts: Picking Battles

Which battles do you choose to fight? Here’s a short piece on why you don’t have to compromise your ideals, even when the challenges seem to large.

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Scott’s Thoughts: Nice Guys Don’t Finish Last

Is it really true that nice guys finish last? I don’t think so, and there’s good reason to reconsider the “language of battle” when it comes to competing in real estate.

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Scott’s Thoughts: Turning the Corner

There’s great temptation to give up when you are afraid or the way seems virtually impossible. When I reflect on my successes and failures, the common element is whether or not I stuck it out past the point I thought there was no reason to carry on.

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Make it a Habit with Chains.cc

Chains.cc is a new app for iPhone which allows you to practice building good habits through a simple daily check-in.

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Growth Mindset Habit: “Getting Better At” vs. “Being Good At”

Embrace a growth mindset: Instead of evaluating ourselves as being “good” or “bad” at something, we should track how we’re improving at a given skill.

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Discover Your Positivity Ratio

A useful online tool to evaluate your emotional state.

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Scott’s Thoughts: The Price of Perfection

On one hand, the drive for perfection sounds like a noble pursuit, that we are engaged in the search for excellence at every turn. But it could be that our urge for perfection is actually a convenient self-sabotaging strategy.

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