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Robert Chen is the founder of Embrace Possibility, where he writes about the practical skills behind reaching your full potential — getting clear on what you want, and following through on it. He's a lecturer at the Wharton School, author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Selling Your Expertise, and the founder of Vana Lab, where he now teaches teenagers the same skills the executives he coaches wish they'd learned sooner. If something here resonated, join his free 52-Week Success Habits series — one short, practical email a week, with The Dreams to Reality Fieldbook as a welcome gift. Or explore more of his work at robertchen.com and read more of his posts here.
  • Keeping Friends Despite

How to Keep Your Friends Despite (Blank)

I would fill in "being busy". Others might put "having kids", "moving away", "disagreeing", etc. No matter what your reason is, my tip is the same: You keep your friends by investing resources to keep them. When we are young, we spend a lot of time [...]

  • Keys to Success

You are NOT Successful because …

... you are missing this one key skill. All successful people have it and all unsuccessful people don't. If you are already successful, you know what this skill is. If you're not, I have three pieces of great news for you: The first is that what you're [...]

  • Tame Your Mind

How to Tame Your Mind

  Yoga Instructor: Breathe in through your nose ... breathe out through your nose. Me: (thinking) in through my nose ... out through my ... this is interesting, I am going to do this when I get back to New York ... wait ... I should [...]

Why Photographers Miss Out on Life

I'm on vacation now and I am the photographer for the trip. As I am sitting atop an elephant and waiting for the right moment to take the picture, I began to think about all the things I am missing just because I am trying to get a [...]

  • Whats your Net Worth

Be Financially Free – Lesson 1 – What is your Net Worth?

You can't reach your full potential if you are not financially free. If you don't agree, I am happy to discuss. For those who do agree or would like to become financially free anyway, read on. Most people are not financially free for one simple reason: [...]

  • Benefits to Slowing Down Life

The Benefits to Slowing Down Your Life

Right now, I am sitting in my room in Bali overlooking some rice paddies and doing ... nothing. I guess that's not entirely accurate since I'm typing this blog post but you get what I mean. I don't remember the last time I just relaxed like [...]

It is Risky to be Stable because…

... well, before I tell you what it is, let's define stable. When something is stable, it is not likely to change. All my life, I've been raised to believe that stability is a good thing - stable job, stable relationship, stable government - but [...]

  • Choice

How to Become More Decisive

I want to be decisive. Why? Because decisive people are the ones that change the world and succeed in life. It's hard not to admire someone who is resolute. So how can we become more decisive? I used to think that being decisive was about [...]

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