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Career Alignment - The compatibility between your work and your values, principles, goals, and priorities.
Career Design - The intentional process of designing and shaping your professional path to align with your values, principles, and life goals.
Character Strengths - The VIA classification of 24 positive personality traits organized under six core virtues.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) - A psychological treatment that helps change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors.
Comfort Zone - A psychological state where activities feel familiar, routine, and safe, often limiting growth.
Deferred Lifestyle - The trap of postponing life enjoyment and dreams for some future time that may never come.
Emotional Intelligence - The ability to recognize, understand, and manage emotions in yourself and others.
Go at Your Own Pace - Embrace your unique journey by moving at a speed that suits you, without comparing yourself to others.
Goal Setting - The process of defining objectives and creating plans to achieve them.
Good Pain vs Bad Pain - Distinguishing between effort that leads to growth (good pain) and damage that harms you (bad pain).
Growth Mindset - The belief that abilities can be developed through effort and learning.
Habits Define Identity - Your habits and routines are part of you - they shape your life and define who you are.
Identity-Based Habits - Changing behavior by focusing on who you want to become, not what you want to achieve.
Ikigai - The Japanese concept of 'reason for being' - finding purpose at the intersection of passion, mission, profession, and vocation.
Impostor Syndrome - Persistent self-doubt and feeling like a fraud despite evidence of competence.
Indecision Is a Decision - Recognizing that not deciding is itself a choice with real consequences.
Journaling - The practice of regularly recording thoughts, experiences, and reflections.
Life Audit - A systematic review of all life areas to identify what's working, what's not, and what needs to change.
Life Design - Applying design thinking principles to intentionally create your ideal life.
Limiting Beliefs - Self-imposed mental constraints that hold you back from reaching your potential.
Living on Default - The tendency to take the path of least resistance rather than actively choosing what aligns with your potential.
Logotherapy - A psychotherapy approach centered on finding meaning as the primary motivational force in life.
Neuroplasticity - The brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections throughout life.
Personal Development Plan - A structured approach to intentional growth and skill development over time.
Personal Manifesto - A written declaration of your values, principles, and guiding beliefs.
Personal Value System - The collection of your core values that guides your decisions, behavior, and life direction.
Polymath - A person with expertise across multiple fields who integrates knowledge creatively.
Post-Traumatic Growth - Positive psychological change that can emerge from struggling with highly challenging life circumstances.
Radical Self-Acceptance - Fully accepting yourself - including flaws and limitations - without conditions or judgment.
Reflective Thinking - Deliberate contemplation of experiences and knowledge to gain insight.
Resilience - The capacity to recover from difficulties, adapt to change, and keep going in the face of adversity.
Self-Actualization - Maslow's highest need - realizing your full potential and becoming the best version of yourself.
Self-Compassion - Treating yourself with the same kindness and understanding you would offer a good friend during difficult times.
Self-Efficacy - Your belief in your ability to succeed in specific situations or accomplish specific tasks.
Self-Sabotage - Unconscious behaviors and thought patterns that undermine your own success and goals.
Self-Transcendence - Going beyond self-interest to connect with something larger than oneself.
Shadow Work - The process of exploring and integrating unconscious aspects of your personality.
Stoicism - An ancient philosophy teaching virtue, patience, and focusing on what you can control.
T-Shaped Skills - Having deep expertise in one area combined with broad knowledge across multiple fields.
Values Clarification - The process of identifying, examining, and prioritizing your personal values.
Work-Life Fit - Finding your personal harmony between work demands and life goals rather than seeking perfect balance.
Work-Life Integration - An approach where life takes priority and work is adjusted to fit around personal goals, not the reverse.

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