Steve Maraboli - Steve Maraboli

Where Service and Jiu-Jitsu Meet

I’m always grateful to participate and help our brothers and sisters who serve. Whether it’s supporting a veterans organization, or working with disabled veterans on

The Heartbreak of Abandoning Yourself

For a very long time, I was an accomplice to my own abuse. There is a particular kind of heartbreak that comes when someone treats

Pistified

We’ve all been there. Better to laugh and make up a word… a TOTALLY LEGIT word… than to let it ruin our day. There are

Dicktim

There’s a strange kind of person who can create the chaos, cause the damage, cross the line… and somehow still walk away convinced they’re the

You Are More Than What You Have

Nothing like some humor to remind us that language matters. The words we repeatedly use about ourselves eventually become the lens through which we see

When You Keep Choosing Axes

I’m a ninja at self-destruction. So when it comes to relationships, I understand that the hardest pattern to recognize is the one we often refer

How I See You

There are people in our lives who have no idea how extraordinary they are because they can only see themselves from the filters of their

Some People Will Never Forgive You for What They Did to You

One of the strangest things about being hurt by someone is realizing they may eventually resent you for surviving it. That’s right… Some people are

Be the Reason Someone Believes in Goodness

We never really know how close someone is to giving up on people. Maybe they’ve been lied to too many times. Maybe they’ve been disappointed

Learning What Not to Become

Inspiration does not always arrive as an example to follow. Sometimes it arrives as a warning. There are people who teach you about integrity by

Kindness Doesn’t Require Access

It’s funny… but there’s some depth behind this humor. There’s a strange idea floating around that being kind means being endlessly available, endlessly patient, endlessly

Fucktose Intolerant

There comes a point when patience stops being a virtue and starts becoming permission. We are taught to be understanding, forgiving, flexible, and tolerant. Those

Go Help Them or Be Quiet

There is something I find deeply ugly about how easily another person’s difficult times can become entertainment. Someone is struggling, their life is messy, they

Nothing for Granted

I feel so GRATEFUL to be alive and on this amazing life journey with all of you.