# 70 What languishing offers
Guest post by Quest Guide and occasional podcast co-host, Dr. Marietjie Smit I have been telling my children for years that “angry” and...
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Francois Esterhuizen
Feb 93 min read
#68 What are you willing to do to get what you want?
One thing stopping people from getting what they want is not having a clear, specific, actionable understanding of their dream (if that’s...
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Francois Esterhuizen
Jan 123 min read
HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Klapping 2024 part 3
If you’ve been following along in this series, you now know why the old approach to setting new years resolutions doesn’t work, have...
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Francois Esterhuizen
Dec 15, 20234 min read
HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Klapping 2024 part 1
Around this time of year, a lot of you will be thinking about or making new years resolutions; promises to yourself about things you want...
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Francois Esterhuizen
Dec 8, 20234 min read
#66 The road to happiness
Most of our energy goes towards pursuing happiness now, creating provision for future happiness, or avoiding suffering. The driving force...
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Francois Esterhuizen
Dec 1, 20234 min read
#65 Safe and comfortable fear
Do you occasionally feel like the current chapter of your life has run its course? There has to be more to life — more risk, more...
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Francois Esterhuizen
Sep 29, 20232 min read
#57 Pay the price in full
If you want to get clarity on where you are going in life, you have to start by asking this question: What do you want? This is a very...
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Francois Esterhuizen
Sep 22, 20232 min read
#56 Don't crush on the future, fall in love with the process
Getting what you want is the easy part. You have the life that you have now because of the person you have been up to now. Read that...
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Francois Esterhuizen
Sep 18, 20233 min read
#55 Why the pain part VII: The unexpected gift of pain
Last week we looked at how your mind extends or amplifies your pain, which you can read here. This is the final email on our journey...
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Francois Esterhuizen
Sep 8, 20233 min read
#54 Why the pain part VI: How your brain makes pain worse
We will be spending the next few weeks looking at the question of pain, specifically trying to discover what pain wants to give us, what...
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Francois Esterhuizen
Sep 4, 20233 min read
#53 Why the pain part V: Master or Mentor?
Last week we looked at how much our perspective informs our experience of pain, which you can read about here. This week we will look at...
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Francois Esterhuizen
Aug 11, 20232 min read
#50 Why the pain part II: GROW PAIN
We will be spending the next few weeks looking at the question of pain, specifically trying to discover what pain wants to give us, what...
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Francois Esterhuizen
Aug 4, 20233 min read
#49 Why the pain part 1: SLOW PAIN
We will be spending the next few weeks looking at the question of pain, specifically trying to discover what pain wants to give us, what...
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Francois Esterhuizen
Jul 28, 20232 min read
#48 The obstacle is the way
(Title with apology to Ryan Holiday’s book “The obstacle is the way: the timeless art of turning trials into triumph”.) From where you...
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Francois Esterhuizen
Jun 23, 20231 min read
#43 My perfect day
Let’s play a little game today. Grab a piece of paper or your computer. At the top of the page, write “My perfect day…”. Now describe...
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Francois Esterhuizen
Jun 16, 20232 min read
#42 If you can read this you're too close
Do you know what the legal following distance is when you are driving a car in South Africa? 3 car lengths? 5 metres? Nope. It is 2...
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