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Self-Reliance

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Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Psychology of Self-Reliance

In this video, drawing from Ralph Waldo Emerson's classic essay, we examine what it means to be self-reliant.

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Who's Never Going to Let You Down?

It's not that I'm blind to life's fragility or the dangers around me. It's just that I possess a gift offered by many mistake-filled years: At my age, I have a pretty good idea what and whom to trust.

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What Does It Mean to Be Self-Reliant?

Many people misunderstand the word self- reliance. They understand it as a poor, difficult or isolated life. In this video I share my understanding of self-reliance and what it means to live a self-reliant lifestyle.

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FindCenterExcessive use of external motivation can slow and even stop your journey to mastery.

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What Is Self-Reliance and How to Develop It?

A look at what being self-reliant really refers to, and how we can develop it within ourselves.

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The Art of Trusting One's Self - the Philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Emerson's combination of eastern and western philosophies provided a uniquely eclectic perspective for his time. Today, his ideas may seem to permeate the common place, which is only a testament to the influence his work had on the world at large.

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Overcoming Helplessness: Advice from William James

More than a century ago, William James explained how to combat passivity.

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FindCenterWhat we call ‘mastery’ can be defined as that mysterious process through which what is at first difficult or even impossible becomes easy and pleasurable through diligent, patient, long-term practice.

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Trust Yourself: Emerson on Self-Reliance as the Essence of Genius and What It Means to Be a Nonconformist

No one has made more beautiful nor more convincing a case for trusting our inner voice than Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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Becoming Emotionally Self-Reliant

I’m the first to admit that for many years, I was a bit emotionally needy. Not in a crazy, desperate way, but in the way that many of us are. I wanted someone else to make me happy, blamed others for my unhappiness, sought to fulfill my emotional needs through others.

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