I’m My Favorite Charity

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Charity begins at home. Screw donating to some cause that doesn’t affect you at all. Donate to the charity of YOU and your community instead.

The best charity isn’t donating cash to some cause you got pressured or guilt-tripped into doing. It’s investing and bettering yourself, your family, your friends, your home, your community. Stuff that affects you.

A natural disaster somewhere or disease-stricken people, as unfortunate as it is, doesn’t affect you at all.

Unless you’re Bill Gates, your monetary donation doesn’t help the world as much as providing your unique and useful value. The more you donate to the charity of YOU, the more and better value you can keep providing to the world.

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Lifebeat Re-focus (and I Need Your Help)

I’m re-focusing Lifebeat to be about my music and your creativity.

Huh? I’ll be documenting my quest for an unconventional full-time music career. And helping others do the same with their creative passions.

Why the re-calibration in direction? The more I wrote life maximization articles, the more I noticed that, although I love writing, it’s a distant second to music-making (and building a business around it).

So I’ll keep writing, but the articles will be focused on music and creativity. And my music will start being released more and more.

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The Ridiculously Simple Way to Enjoy Life More

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“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” -Dale Carnegie

Wanna enjoy life more? Be like a kid – just have fun.

It’s that simple.

That doesn’t mean you need to drop what you’re doing and hit the playground (although if you haven’t been on a swing or slide lately, get your butt to one immediately.)

Just start having fun with what you’re already doing and living. You don’t need anything extra.

  • Have fun in whatever you do.
  • Turn tasks into games.
  • Smile, a lot.
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Warning: Setting Goals Is Hazardous to Your Life

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“As for goals, I don’t set myself those anymore. I’m not one of these ‘I must have achieved this and that by next year’ kind of writers. I take things as they come and find that patience and persistence tend to win out in the end.” -Paul Kane

Goals are rigid. Life is not. Your life is dynamic, constantly changing. Surprises happen. Don’t fight the fluid flow of your life by setting goals – set yourself themes instead.

Setting goals is hazardous to your life.

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5 Fun Ways to Clear Your Mind

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“Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts.” -Morihei Ueshiba

Clearing your mind is awesome. You gain clarity and direction. You stop worrying about the unimportant. You enjoy the moment. You’re not overwhelmed by tons of choices. And the best part? There are fun ways to clear your mind.

Sometimes it seems that it takes work to clear your mind. Work that’s not fun.

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    Oleg Mokhov

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