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Articles from October 2009
5 articles at addresses from October 2009. The topics are the originals; the writing is new.
- Decisions & GoalsThe First Step: How to Start When You Don't Feel ReadyWhy the first step matters more than the plan, how to make it small enough to take today, and what to do when the second step feels just as hard.
- Stress & ResilienceMaking Mistakes and Overcoming ThemA practical way to handle mistakes: own them quickly, repair what you can, learn one specific lesson and stop replaying the moment long after it's useful.
- Gratitude & HappinessThanksgiving: Simple Ways to Make Gratitude the Main CourseThanksgiving ideas that put gratitude back at the centre of the day, from a two-minute table ritual to thank-you notes, plus how to cope when the holiday is hard.
- Book NotesThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho: Book OverviewAn honest overview of Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist: what the fable is about, the ideas it explores, why readers love or dislike it, and who will enjoy it.
- Stress & Resilience"Our Deepest Fear": Where the Famous Passage Comes From and What It MeansThe real source of the 'our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate' passage, why it's often misattributed to Nelson Mandela, and how to use its idea.