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Live Passionately

Why You Might NOT Want To Be Like Gary Vee

by Jason 03.14.2010 Life Balance
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[This article was originally published over at Dumb Little Man. There is a great discussion to be found in the comments, including one from Gary himself!]
I am a huge fan of Gary Vaynerchuk. If you’ve never heard of him, he became famous for his online TV show, Wine Library TV, in which he brings [...]

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20 Signs That You’re Living Life to the Fullest

by Kim 03.12.2010 Live Passionately
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Are you living life to the fullest? If you had to name one person in your life who lives their life to the fullest, who would it be? Did anyone immediately pop into your mind?
Now, be honest… did you name yourself?
I hope so. But if not, why not?
It’s never too late to [...]

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What’s Your Gold Medal?

by Kim 02.25.2010 Dream Big
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We’ve had several speaking gigs since the Olympics has started and I’m finding it’s a great conversation piece for people. There seems to be a common denominator of interest: the individual stories and montages. The most inspiring ones are the ones where the Olympian overcame a major adversity to get to where they are today [...]

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Your Life’s Sexy and Exciting Grande Finale

by Jason 02.20.2010 Life Balance
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The end of a fireworks display is always the most exciting. It’s loud, colorful, and frenzied with big, bold activity. That’s how we imagine our lives to look like when we answer the question: What would you do if you only had six months to live?
We’d go down swinging in a spectacular grand finale, of [...]

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You Have 13 Years Left To Live. Go!

by Kim 02.11.2010 Live Passionately
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This week, Jason, Lucy and I attended the wake of a friend of ours who lived just 13 years. Just by hearing that you may say, “How tragic,” but I would say back to you that actually, Jesse lived more in his 13 years than most people live in 85. Being diagnosed with Type 1 [...]

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What Is Your Word for 2010?

by Jason 12.31.2009 Live Passionately
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ShareWhen our world officially admits it’s another year older, lots of people come up with resolutions.
“I resolve to lose 90 pounds.”
“I resolve to quit smoking once and for all.”
“I resolve to win the lottery.”
Considering how many resolutions are upended by the consumption of an entire bag of Doritos in one sitting or how many gyms [...]

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Memories Are Made Outside the Box

by Jason 11.15.2009 Live Passionately
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What are your favorite memories? You know, the mental Polaroids that will stay with you forever; the treasured times spent with friends or family that always seem to get brought up and relived when you’re together.
For me, just off the top of my head, I think of my wedding day, the day Lucy was [...]

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The Right Way to Tackle Life, Brought To You By a Nine-Month-Old

by Jason 09.13.2009 Get Curious

Lucy is mobile. She rolls, scoots, crawls, and pulls herself up on things. I’m considering taping my eyelids open because I know that if I blink, she’ll suddenly be walking, running, and asking for the car keys.
I’m certain the little jet setter has cried more times in the last four weeks than she did in [...]

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