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How Self Development Really Works - If It Works At All
It has become part of good manners to address a request and a warning to the reader at the end of a self-help book. The request: Start today to put what you have learned into practice. Don't wait for the right time, because the right time is right now.
By René Junge6 years ago in Motivation
I Wonder?
Today I dyed my hair. I’ve started to use reverse psychology and laugh when you say things like I’m going through a mid life crisis or I’m loosing the plot. I continue to reply with “now I look like a real bogan aye?”and “doesn’t it just brighten up my soul.” But the truth is, no matter how much people say they are aware of mental illness, they are just simply fucking not.
By Tayla Headlam6 years ago in Motivation
Dear Life...
Have you ever feel like you have no idea what is happening with your life right now? Feels like you living day by day like a zombie, having no desire to move forward, or just feeling lost not knowing what to do? You smiling but not smiling, you eating but don't feel full, you are sleeping but feel tired all the time.
By Eiida Khaleeda6 years ago in Motivation
Love Who is Staring Right Back At You!
One of my struggles these past few years is that I am not totally comfortable with who I see looking back at me. I have been struggling with my weight for some time now and although I was once very cofident when I was gaining weight, I began letting outside influences tell me I shouldn't be. When I was up for a promotion and began seeing people get chosen over me four times in a row I decided to vent my frustration out to a loved one. What came to question wasn't my work ethic but how I look. I was literally told that I should consider losing some weight. I asked what they meant by that statement and they began telling me how a company wants to project a image and it could be that I don't fit the mold. Can I tell you that, that idea did nothing to help me? If anything I began eating more! I ignored that superficial idea that in other words my "girth" is what was holding me back and I just worked harder for what I wanted. Eventually I got the promotion and I also got recognition for other things I accomplished while still maintaining the weight I was and still currently at. I won't deny that I could be a little more on the healthier side of things. Everyone in this world could stand to drop a few pounds but that is for you to decide and shouldn't play a factor in anyone's success. It's like saying the most desirable people should have everything and that's not fair. I think it is truly important to just be comfortable in your own skin. Be so comfortable that it makes other people cringe. You have to radiate confidence and if anyone makes any lopsided comments like the one said to me, prove them wrong. Look at many of the successful women out there now who face image troubles with the most famous one being Oprah! When she decided to take control of her health she definitely did it when it was suitable for her, so how you look should never define anyone's success unless you clearly want to be a model. If you want to be successful in other ways first be comfortable with who you are as a individual, love and embrace who you see everyday. Every morning when I am practicing my self-care, I try to repeat affirmations. Affirmations really help drill in positive thoughts and it's a great way to began your day. I tell myself first that I will have a great day. If you own it, you will achieve it! I compliment myself and I end my affirmation with a goal. The goal is always to end my day the way it began. If I woke up positive I want to go to sleep the same way. It doesn't matter how horrible of day it might have been. I refuse to take that stress with me to my bed because you know what happens? Insomnia, tossing and turning and not mention puffy eyes. I do not want to see my eyes the size of sand bags and bloodshot red when I wake up. No thanks. I also take pride in how I look. You don't have to dress like you are right out of a magazine but just showing that you took pride in your appearance can give you this nice little jolt of confidence because you know you look good and that energy can speak volumes. Make sure you are presenting yourself in a good image that you are proud of. Now what you might like might not meet everyone's approval and that's ok because we aren't out here trying to please anyone but ourselves, but please, run a comb through your hair; Keep up appearances, not for others but for yourself. You have to appreciate what you see everyday. Now when you are conquering your day, make sure you are behaving. I don't mean behave by society standards but behave in a way that makes you proud. A simple way of putting it is by treating others how you want to be treated. All day we are interacting with others and some interactions can be unsavory but even though you might feel triggered at some point just allow yourself to take a step back and think to yourself, what can I do in this situation that will allow me to think back and be proud that I didn't fly off the handle. I personally always think about a few people I have come across who would be so nasty to me and for no reason whatsoever and I would wonder how they slept at night. Then every they put off on me left them looking so ugly and I just wondered how they felt on the inside. It has to be heavy carrying around all that animosity day in and day out and it showed. This one woman would always come to work disheveled, she looked dirty like she didn't comprehend hygiene, and her face was always red like she was fire, hot mad and she never failed to be insulting to any and everyone. I told her once that if she just took a moment and thought about she could make someone's day rather than destroy theirs she might feel better at the end of her shift. Eventually she sought therapy to help her with her issues and became more pleasant and stopped looking like a bat that flew out of hell and once she felt good, that energy started exuding on to us. What I am saying is just love yourself no matter what. Love yourself until it hurts other people to see how comfortable you are in your skin. It can be contagious.
By Dishanta Lopez6 years ago in Motivation
Book Review: “Who Cares Wins” by Lily Cole
Lily Cole is perhaps known more for her work on screen than in literature. A model, an actress and a filmmaker, Lily Cole has explored a wide range of her talents throughout the media industry and continues to expand to this day. Her book “Who Cares Wins” is all about our own problems today but, different to other books of its kind it does not depict it as an apocalyptic nightmare to bring down the reader into a deep hole of eco-depression. Instead, Lily Cole’s book seeks to show us that there are interesting and vast ways to solve these problems if we care enough and if we concentrate on what really matters. Her skills at showing us massive problems with our own world and then telling us that we have the solution to them at our fingertips if we work together is something that I find incredibly interesting about this text. The optimism and the clarity in writing style really make you want to stick through the book and read what she has to say. Why? Well, it is the only real book you’ll find about the environment that does not lead to the end of the world.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Motivation
When you feel it
This life we all live each day, isn't how it was supposed to be. It wasn't what was meant to be. We were to walk free, living the bountiful abundance of a world where there is enough for everyone. Everyone, you, me, not just the privileged few. No matter what size we are, no matter what color we are, no matter what part of the world we are born.
By Lee Naylor6 years ago in Motivation
Being Alone in a Crowded world
Everywhere we go, today is separated in silence. Covered in sheets of fear, the act of being social becomes a withering fight for survival. The world that’s filled with knowledge and visual stimuli, we can get overwhelmed & burnt out faster than most. Adjusting to new measures of living we try to make the social scene known but yet barriers barricade us an we all end up alone (together) in this crowded world.
By The Kind Quill6 years ago in Motivation
Stepping Into Sustainability
Sustainable. The word "sustainable", according to Dictionary.com, is an adjective defined as, "able to be maintained at a certain rate or level". "Invenstopedia" describes the idea of sustainability as, "focusing on the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs". That's it. Plain and simple. Now that we know the definition of sustainability, shouldn't we all inherently want to strive for this? To ensure that our future generations will be able to thrive on this Earth we left them?
By erin adams6 years ago in Motivation
This Time Around
Life itself is a questionable event. We question the why of life on a daily basis. The good, the bad and all of the in betweens. Why things happened or not. Are things going to happen or are they Life itself is a questionable event. We question the why of life on a daily basis. The good, the bad and all of the in betweens. Why things happened or not. Are things going to happen or are they not? We can get so caught up in the past and future that we forget about today. Today is the catalyst for tomorrow but putting all of your energy into tomorrow encapsulates the present of the right now. This gift is held captive, being put on a shelf until every day after but what if tomorrow never comes? At the end of life imagine all of these days sitting on a shelf collecting dust. Never opened. Would they seem mediocre now or would you want to enthusiastically unwrapp them? You’d want to breathe in every minute of everyday. Each moment would be absolutely precious! The price of life is priceless. Never let the cost of right now seem too minuscule. Never let today be undervalued because it is the highest ticketed item that we could ever receive. Stay hopeful for tomorrow but the anticipation of living should never remain there. The word life itself should end with a permanent question mark, never a period. Let life flow. Enjoy the now.
By Angela Fosnaugh6 years ago in Motivation
Your ending can be a new beginning
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By FRANCO CIANFLONE 6 years ago in Motivation
