Author: mayurgudka

  • 14 Sentences to Meditate on

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    Fear does not stop death. It stops life. If it costs you your peace, it’s too expensive. “No.” is a complete sentence. You don’t have to justify yourself. Never take criticism from someone you wouldn’t take advice from. Ships are safe at harbor but that’s not what they’re built for. Take risks. Focus is an…

  • The Fears We Don’t Face Become Our Limits

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    “The fears we don’t face become our limits.” It’s a quote by Robin Sharma. It’s one of my top 5 favorite quotes. It’s about self growth, pushing boundaries, discovering our hidden potential, allowing ourselves to become stronger, better, faster. It’s about courage. It’s about acknowledging our fears, and taking action despite having fear. It’s about…

  • Anger is a Politician’s most Prized Weapon to Keep their Base from Questioning them

    Anger is a Politician’s most Prized Weapon to Keep their Base from Questioning them

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    Politician’s know one thing, and they take full advantage of it. An angry person is unable to think rationally. You cannot be angry, and thoughtful at the same time. It’s one or the other. And if you are kept (kept – that’s the keyword), if you are kept constantly angry, then in time, you will…

  • Writing Advice from Ray Bradbury

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    Quantity Creates Quality The best hygiene for beginning writers or intermediate writers is to write a hell of a lot of stories. If you can write one short story a week – it doesn’t matter what the quality is to start, but at least you’re practicing, and at the end of the year you have…

  • 4 Free-Writing Strategies to Try

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    Free-writing is an open-ended, exploratory writing style where you go wherever your writing takes you. Here are 4 free-writing strategies to try: In my experience, the best writing comes when you’re having fun writing it. It’s pressure free writing. It doesn’t matter whether it’s good in the beginning. Just write. Let your brain warm-up. Because,…

  • 2 Ideas for Better Conversations!

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    The worst conversational crime to commit is a 1-word response. How are you? Good. How was your workout? Good. How was the movie? Okay. The 1-word responses are conversational killers. Avoid them at all cost. “Every question is an opportunity to tell a story.” Tweet this The fallacy many of us carry around is ……

  • The Importance of GPA in College

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    In April of 2024, I asked 3 questions to about 100+ people. The answers I received for the large part were No, Not Much, and Yes. If GPA isn’t so crucial in terms of employment, why do we as a society put so much importance on it? Why do we as parents continue to focus…

  • My First Poem – The Demise of Power

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    I wrote this poetry on March 10, 2018. It was the very first poem I wrote. That morning when I woke up, I did not know I was going to write a poetry. I did have a writing practice where I wrote everyday, but almost all my writing was non-fiction. So, it took me by…

  • 3 reasons why school districts get away without providing proper education to our children.

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    There are many reasons why school districts get away without providing proper education to our children. But these three reasons are parents focused. They stress on what we can do as parents to ensure our children are provided appropriate education. As parents we have tremendously busy lives. Managing kids, their activities, our jobs, our household,…