Jamie Jackson
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Between two skies and towards the night.
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Here's Why You Should Do Hard Things
Life doesn’t happen to you, it happens through you, and you are defined by the extremities of your experiences. You don’t grow in everyday life, you grow mostly in moments of hardship. That’s where you develop, that’s where you push life’s boundaries and define who you are.
By Jamie Jackson2 years ago in Motivation
Are You Really Poor or Are You Playing Poor?. Top Story - September 2022.
I was delivering packages, halfway through my route as a courier. Parcels slid around the back seat of my car as I turned a tight corner. My phone rang, bah-bah-bah-bah coming through the car speakers.
By Jamie Jackson2 years ago in Motivation
The Quiet Excitement of Being at the Airport
The airport is still an exciting place to be, no matter your age. Well, a big enough airport is, at least. I've waited in airports that amount to not much more than a shed, and they're as dull and depressing as waiting for a bus beside a duel carriageway.
By Jamie Jackson2 years ago in Wander
Is Manifesting Real?
In 1903 the NY Times claimed it would take a million years to build a flying machine. Of course someone wrote that. People get stuck in their ways. No one thinks something can be done until it’s done. They believe they understand how the world works and that’s that. Mind closed.
By Jamie Jackson2 years ago in Motivation
My Therapist Asked Me One Question That Boosted My Creativity Ten Fold
It’s not the quality of your answers that matter in life, it’s the quality of your questions. Life has no answers, only best guesses, arbitrary moralisations, and experiences. Ask why enough and everything is a mystery.
By Jamie Jackson2 years ago in Humans
How to Be Who You Really Are. Top Story - May 2022.
A mindset coach walked me through a mental exercise. He told me to imagine standing in a room throwing away all of the labels I give myself, or other people have given to me. Father. Husband. Writer. Comedian. Friend. Brother. Son. Coward. Bully. Protector. Whatever the label, I was to imagine it on a piece of paper and throw it into a big pile with the rest.
By Jamie Jackson2 years ago in Motivation
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