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Like Tom Brady, Answer 7 Questions Before You Die

Tom Brady just answered seven questions anyone should before they die.

Tom Brady answers questions
Tom Brady Super Bowl LV/Mike Ehrman/Getty Images

In a Wall Street Journal Magazine interview (9/29/2021), Tom Brady mused over life’s biggest questions.

Here’s my take next to his condensed answers.

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Like Tom Brady, Answer 7 Questions Before You Die

Download the best option for most money decisions

In most cases, the best money decision is in plain sight.

Money making stock decision
Money making stock decision/Nikada/iStock

Do I sell stocks? Do I sell the house?

What these decisions share is perception.

Perception that more satisfaction comes with a change to . . .

  • avoid loss
  • find greener pasture

Instead, skip the money mistakes with one simple decision.

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Download the best option for most money decisions

Roll by regrets in two simple words

An old psychiatrist once counseled a famous writer how to roll by regrets.

Skate over regrets
Regrets disappear with two words/Alternate Skate/Unsplash

Arthur Gordon, who’s career included editor of such publications as . . .

  • Esquire
  • Cosmopolitan
  • Reader’s Digest

said that two words are pivotal for overcoming regrets.

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Roll by regrets in two simple words

How Mentally Strong Folks Escape Traumatic Blowups

Mentally strong folks are not perfect.

They’re in balance.

Able to balance emotions with rational thinking.

This formula led Simone Biles to high honor.

Instead of pushing ahead with the “twisties,” she . . .

  • pulled back
  • re-centered
  • won a medal
Mentally strong Simone Biles
Simone Biles bronze medal 2020 Tokyo Olympics/Visual China Group/Getty Images

You don’t have to be flawless to succeed.

Just refuse three mental traps ready to devour your sanity.

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How Mentally Strong Folks Escape Traumatic Blowups

Embrace the Bright Side: Finding Joy in the Midst of an Apocalyptic Summer

Chaos is smothering joy faster than heat on a Portland biker.

No joy this summer
Heat dome sucking joy out of the Pacific Northwest/Nathan Howard/Getty Images

We see . . .

  • tragedies in the Florida condo collapse
  • Texas and California electricity shortage
  • heat melting the Pacific Northwest

Plenty of news to be down.

But, one of God’s tiny creatures shows us how to choose joy.

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Embrace the Bright Side: Finding Joy in the Midst of an Apocalyptic Summer