Jeff W Welsh: The Hardcore Happiness Blog

Focus discipline focus meaning mindset purpose success Feb 26, 2024

Our brains are wondrous things, mysterious and unprecedented in the animal kingdom. My belief is that we are just beginning to get a glimpse of the capability of this miraculous organ.

Research numbers...

Be Quiet creators discipline inspiration meditation practice Dec 14, 2023

The quieter you become, the more you can hear. - Ram Dass

Here I sit in a coffee shop, attempting to write. This has to be one of the loudest environments around. I can barely hear the scream of the st...

Craft authenticity craft creators discipline excellence inspiration motivation Nov 27, 2023

At the end of the day, it’s what we actually do. Professional creators in any field must contend with a dizzying array of support tasks. But the care and effort we bring to our craft is what sets us a...

Fear In Disguise authenticity creators discipline fear purpose responsibility Oct 16, 2023

A message for my creative friends, borne of love and compassion:

There are many thoughts and behaviors that impede our progress and make it more difficult to achieve our goals. What appear to be unrela...

Confidence Cycle authenticity coaching competence confidence discipline health success Sep 25, 2023

A confidence cycle is the diametric opposite of the proverbial “downward spiral.”

We all know the downward spiral as it applies to health, for example.

Let’s look at a fictional character, “Joe.” Joe i...

The Habit of Procrastination discipline happiness inspiration mindfulness motivation procrastination selflove success Sep 04, 2023

The “P" word. The habit of procrastination is one of the great killers of productivity, self esteem and success in business and life.

Procrastination wastes our time, makes us feel bad about ourselves,...

Why Change? change creator discipline mindset transformation truth Aug 14, 2023

As creators, we are – by default – agents of change. It’s in the name: “creation” means to bring something to manifestation that previously did not exist. This is the most profound type of change. B

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Inspiration vs. Distraction creator discipline discrimination inspiration mindset purpose success Jul 31, 2023

How can you tell the difference between inspiration and distraction in a world that offers so much of each? I wouldn’t think to advise you about anything that I haven’t thought about/struggled with

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Not a Dress Rehearsal discipline energy happiness inspiration mindfulness success Jul 03, 2023

Life isn’t a rehearsal where you can request a do-over. You don’t have the luxury to rehearse your lines until they are perfect. You’re living in real-time. This very minute, as you read this post, yo...

Stuck discipline focus mindfulness purpose responsibility success Jun 12, 2023

You know the feeling. You’re not where you want to be and you can’t seem to move on to…anywhere. You’re just stuck.

You can be stuck anywhere. In relationships, in your work or school, in your hobbie...

Don't Care discipline discrimination mindfulness original success transformation Jun 05, 2023

“I don’t care.” We sound indifferent, even callous when we say it. It is difficult to imagine a positive connotation for this simple phrase that is used to imply consent (“Can I go to Tom’s house?”), ...

Experience discipline experience inspiration mindfulness purpose success May 22, 2023

Astronaut and test pilot Colonel Frank Bowman once described experience as it relates to aviators: A superior pilot uses his superior judgment to avoid situations which require the use of his superior...

Be Who You Are discipline freedom meaning mindfulness responsibility success May 15, 2023

At first glance it seems obvious, redundant. How could you not be who you are? Who else could you be?

The truth is far from simple. We are actors, manipulators, liars, in a world of actors, manipulat...

Hardcore Happiness discipline happiness inspiration motivation purpose success May 08, 2023

If you follow my Instagram or Twitter accounts, you will know that I use #HardcoreHappiness as a tag to organize my posts and those of like-minded others. Happiness is obviously desirable, but why “ha...

Give 100 Percent discipline freedom inspiration motivation responsibility success May 01, 2023

“Full send,” “Go for it,” “Be all you can be.” What does it really mean to give 100 percent?

The concept is as old as human ambition, and has been co-opted by marketing agencies ad nauseam (there is ...

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