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Travel is more than just getting away from the reality of your life for a week or two once a year. If you’re doing work that you’re...
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Mark Craven
- Jan 11, 2018
- 2 min
I Don't Feel Like It
If I lived by, “I don’t feel like it,” nothing would ever get accomplished. I would probably just lay in bed and eat pizza until I...
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Mark Craven
- Jan 10, 2018
- 2 min
WHERE IS MY BELIEF!?!?!
Ever started something challenging and as you went through the struggles that came with it, asked yourself where your belief went?...
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Mark Craven
- Jan 8, 2018
- 2 min
Once You Show Yourself You Can, You Will
A lot of us are pretty scared to do something we’ve never done. It’s uncomfortable to come out of our comfort. I love the quote, “To have...
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Mark Craven
- Jan 6, 2018
- 2 min
Negative (-) Faith
The only thing that bounds people to misfortune, poverty, and a life that they’re less than proud of is negative faith. We seem to only...
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Mark Craven
- Jan 5, 2018
- 2 min
Every Obstacle Imaginable
Everyone knows the saying, “It’s always darkest before the dawn.” There is so much truth to this statement that it makes me sick. A lot...
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Mark Craven
- Jan 2, 2018
- 1 min
Painting Has The Word Pain In It
It’s really hard for me to think anything awesome can happen when my mind is filled with fear and anxiety. When the elephant, Anxious,...
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Mark Craven
- Dec 27, 2017
- 2 min
Happy
Interesting word. Seems to be the one thing that every person wants to find, achieve, create, develop, transcend… happy. A synonym of...
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Mark Craven
- Dec 24, 2017
- 2 min
Awash
“The person who stops studying merely because he or she has finished school is forever hopelessly doomed to mediocrity, no matter what...
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Mark Craven
- Dec 22, 2017
- 2 min
You've Gotta Get Your Song Back
The best thing about the worst thing you go through is growth. The worst thing about the worst thing you go through is not growing. The...
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Mark Craven
- Dec 19, 2017
- 3 min
The Lighthouse Conclusion
So, in my second book, “Be A Hero To Your Heart”, I wrote about a dream I had. If you haven’t read the book, I’ll catch you up. If you...
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Mark Craven
- Dec 18, 2017
- 2 min
Showtime
There’s a great movie, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”. Ben Stiller stars in it and he plays a character that has essentially fallen...
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Mark Craven
- Dec 17, 2017
- 3 min
I Hate Motivational Speakers: pt.2
People’s writings are boring, their speaking is boring, and their lives are boring. They think that because they spout off some Les Brown...
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Mark Craven
- Dec 15, 2017
- 2 min
I'd Like To Forgive You, But I'd Also Like To Punch You In The Face :)
What does forgiveness look like? This is one of the most sought after words to understand. Why? Because we’re set free when we figure it...
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Mark Craven
- Dec 13, 2017
- 2 min
I'm Way Too Insecure For This
Insecurity, it seems has been my greatest strength. Growing up, I dealt with a plethora of empty promises from my mom. Now that’s ok. She...
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Mark Craven
- Dec 9, 2017
- 2 min
A Sad Story
People have been asking me if I’m going to go back to teaching at the college since I’ve moved back to Pittsburgh. For now, the answer is...
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Mark Craven
- Dec 6, 2017
- 2 min
How The Hell Did I Get To The Top Of This Mountain…
People don’t just happen to appear at the top of a mountain. They have to scale it first. That takes intention. You don’t just roll out...
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Mark Craven
- Dec 2, 2017
- 2 min
I Don't Know What To Write About...
Life is kind of funny. I spent the majority of today working on a new site that is sort of a complement to this site. I’ve been looking...
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Mark Craven
- Nov 28, 2017
- 2 min
Habitual Thinking & Response
I NEVER feel like going to the gym. I go to the gym everyday. For this part of my life that I know and understand to be so vital, I’ve...
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Mark Craven
- Sep 14, 2017
- 3 min
Association
I heard a quote once that said you make within two-thousand dollars of your closest friends. But if you’re like me, human connection...
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