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Dare to Receive

#35 Days of Dares #33 Dare to Receive   Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart. Brené Brown I don’t know about you, but it’s easy to give advice, criticism and gifts, but not so easy to receive them. Today, I dare you to receive. Receive […]

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Dare to be Spontaneous

#35 Days of Dares #32  Dare to Be Spontaneous  In yesterday’s post I  dared you to plan and today I’m encouraging you to be spontaneous. What’s the deal? Plans and spontaneity go together. Ask any creative person and they’ll tell you to learn the rules, then break them. Jazz musicians are notorious for this. There […]

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Dare to Plan

#35 Days of Dares #31 Dare to Plan It’s a seeming paradox but it’s important to plan for adventure. But, isn’t adventure spontaneous? In an earlier post I shared about The Theory of Planned Behaviour and about how my husband and I plan for adventure. We all dream of having adventures and every day can be […]

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Dare to Have That Conversation

#35 Days of Dares #30 Dare to Have That Conversation Some conversations are hard. Some conversations never happen. Some conversations should happen. Some conversations need to happen. Some conversations change you. In the adventure of  life, certain conversations can change your course forever. In my life several change points have occurred because of a conversation: 1. […]

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Dare to Lead

#35 Days of Dares #29 Dare to Lead At some point in life we’re all faced with a decision of whether or not to step up and  lead. Sometimes we even lead by default. Leadership is not about being the CEO or managing director of a company necessarily. In fact, some people with these positions are […]

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Dare to Change the World

#35 Days of Dares #28 Dare to Change the World  Some of the best adventures I’ve had in life stem from volunteering. Since I was a teenager I’ve always volunteered in some capacity—helping a mother with a disabled child, youth leader, Sunday School teacher, fundraising for charities, event management, drama coach, writing articles and scripts, […]

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Dare to Be Embarrassed

#35 Days of Dares #27  Dare to Be Embarrassed A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free. Nikos Kazantzakis When the fear of being embarrassed holds you back from trying new things or from sharing your creative work, you need to face that fear and do […]

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Dare to Go Outside

#35 Days of Dares #26Dare to Go Outside To live an adventurous, creative life, we need to get outside literally and figuratively. Creativity thrives when we break out of our same old routine. Even the smallest changes can help get us out of a rut and encourage creative thinking. Here are five ways to ‘get outside’ and find inspiration: 1. Go […]

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Dare to Fail Miserably

#35 Days of Dares #24 Dare to Fail Miserably Sometimes we fail. We fail miserably. When that happens the easiest thing to do is retreat and to promise ourselves that we will never, ever allow ourselves to feel that sense of failure again. So, we avoid the pain of failure by not challenging ourselves. The […]

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