It's Just Semantics, Dude
I don’t hate a lot, but I do hate two things: One is the NY Yankees, and the other is when people say, “It’s just semantics.” Sometimes,...
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Aaron Hendon
Nov 198 min read
There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.
Here’s a fun and interesting practice my family stumbled across at Thanksgiving about ten years ago. You know how it’s common for people...
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Aaron Hendon
Nov 117 min read
The Cost of Kindness
I’ll never understand how this didn’t end the whole thing. It is wild to me that this was not only NOT disqualifying but not even close...
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Aaron Hendon
Nov 75 min read
Why Gratitude
I've been grappling with articulating why gratitude matters for a while, so let me see if I can pull it all together here. It seems to me...
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Aaron Hendon
Sep 175 min read
Do a Little Dance, Make a Litte Love, Get Down Tonight
Can you hear the metronome of life? It's like a heartbeat or our breath—in and out, constantly going back and forth. Nothing is more...
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Aaron Hendon
Sep 712 min read
What You Don't Understand About Acceptance is Killing You
Exploring the essential role of Acceptance in emotional healing and future freedom. It's difficult sometimes to understand Acceptance,...
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Aaron Hendon
Jul 255 min read
The Only Way Out is the Door You Came In
Understanding the Common Perspective There's an expression you've likely heard before: "The only way out is through." While commonly...
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Aaron Hendon
Jul 127 min read
Danger, Will Robinson!
I am confident these words date me... For the kids, let me tell you, before the turn of the century, there was a television show called...
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Aaron Hendon
Jun 263 min read
How Shit Works
A valued mentor and teacher recently asked me to write what I might say if asked to give a commencement address. What would I tell...
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Aaron Hendon
Jun 196 min read
Myth Busting Mindfulness: Enhancing Your Edge, Efficiency, and Performance
When I talk to virtually anyone about the power and potency of mindfulness in increasing their performance, I get back the same tired...
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Aaron Hendon
Jun 96 min read
You Don't Need to Be Grateful
Why You Shouldn’t Be Grateful The single biggest problem with the “gratitude industry” is the unexamined presupposition that you are...
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Aaron Hendon
Jun 25 min read
Burning Down the House
It’s Just Semantics, Dude I don’t hate a lot, but I do hate two things: One is the NY Yankees, and the other is when people say, “It’s...
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Aaron Hendon
Apr 95 min read
The Gratitude Paradox: How to Live a Grateful Life in a F*cked Up World.
Part Five: The Paradox of Choice Exiting a plane on the tarmac feels cool in a 1950s retro kinda way. Up high on this movable staircase, ...
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Aaron Hendon
Mar 284 min read
The Gratitude Paradox: How to Live a Grateful Life in a F*cked Up World.
Part Four: The Paradox of Humility There’s a Steven Wright joke that goes something like, “If 4 or 5 people all tell you about some flaw...
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Aaron Hendon
Feb 227 min read
The Gratitude Paradox: How to Live a Grateful Life in a F*cked Up World.
Part Three: The Paradox of Being Present It's not a bug, it's a feature. A joke got started in computer programming circles back in 1975,...
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Aaron Hendon
Feb 610 min read
The Gratitude Paradox: How to Live a Grateful Life in a F*cked Up World.
Part Two: The Paradox of Acceptance The great Buddhist teacher, Thich Nhat Than tells this story: Once, there was a group of blind men...
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Aaron Hendon
Jan 305 min read
The Gratitude Paradox: How to Live a Grateful Life in a F*cked Up World.
Part One: This Sentence is False A Zen master and his disciple were walking by a lake at night. The master pointed to the moon reflected...
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Aaron Hendon
Nov 27, 20232 min read
Gratitude, Shmatitude - 10 Reasons to Forget About Gratitude
Ah, gratitude. That ever-popular buzzword in the world of wellness and self-improvement. You've probably heard all about the benefits of...
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Aaron Hendon
Nov 15, 20233 min read
Unleashing Breakthrough Performance Through Accountability
The Transformational Power of Promises It’s been said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different...
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