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Self-Expression & self reliance

Below are the best resources we could find on Self-Expression and self reliance.

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The Psychology of Conformity

This video, building on the ideas of Ernest Becker, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Emerson, examines why we are so susceptible to conformity and looks at why nonconformity, or the cultivation of one’s uniqueness, is such an important ingredient in a life well-lived.

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Amanda Gorman, Activist and National Youth Poet Laureate | Amanpour and Company

Alicia Menendez sits down with Amanda Gorman, who at twenty-one years old is already a published author, the first National Youth Poet Laureate, and founder of an initiative in her hometown of Los Angeles that promotes literacy.

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How to Claim Your Personal Power

Why, having been endowed with the courageous heart of a lion, do we live as mice?

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FindCenterHow much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.

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Studying Abroad: Culture Shock

Five students from five different continents tell us how they adapted to a brand new culture when they first came to study abroad.

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Rachel Naomi Remen: The Life Force (Excerpt)—from Thinking Allowed w/ Jeffrey Mishlove

Rachel Naomi Remen describes the awe and power of the life force-that enables thin blades of grass to grow up through concrete sidewalks. She emphasizes that we cut ourselves off from the power of the life force when we edit ourselves in accordance with the approval and disapproval of others.

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129. Advocating yourself and achieving it on 1st try: British countryside expert on a 7-year lesson, a near Royal encounter, Hyde Park, real life Downton Abbey’s own Lady Carnarven of Highclere Castle, Four Seasons, and more.

Are you looking for a way to advocate what you believe in, your message, or even yourself—with grace? Samantha Evans of Humphreys of Henley talks exactly how she got to be partners with Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental, and more.

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FindCenterThis above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

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FindCenterTo be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

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FindCenterCare about people’s approval and you will be their prisoner.

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