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Advice that will put you on the path to success; tips, tricks and nuggets of wisdom from trusted experts and motivational mentors.
Ten Quotes About The Importance Of Living Your Own Life
In the space of just two weeks, at the end of last year, I had no less than six different people voicing their opinion to me on how I should be living my life, and how I should live my life in the future. The more I think about this, the more I just shake my head. I don't know whether to laugh about it, be annoyed about it, be disgusted about it, or what? I just cannot believe the nerve of some people. Then I think to myself, hang on, as frustrating, laughable, and annoying this may be, this is nothing more than normality and reality within society. It's a sad fact, that so many people live their life telling other people how they should live theirs. Granted that some advice is constructive, because we should always have people surrounding us and encouraging us to strive for our goals, to be encouraging us to reach our full potential, to be encouraging us to work hard for success, and to be encouraging us to be constantly bettering ourselves. The truth is, very few people genuinely give us constructive advice that is actually for our benefit. Instead, they give advice on what they believe is best for us, what is convenient for them, and what best fits their agenda. The advice they give is based on what they want for us, not what we want for us! When you step back and take a look at the bigger picture, you will come to realize that the overwhelming majority of people who offer their advice on how you should live your life, actually aren't even that successful themselves, if at all. They are giving you advice based on their thoughts, beliefs, and own requests, rather than providing beneficial advice based from personal development education, and best practice tips from those who have actually achieved success in life. They have failed to achieve what they want in life, so they don't want to see you achieve what you want either, otherwise that makes them look inferior and incompetent.
By David Stidston5 years ago in Motivation
Why do people make excuses for their failures? What are they?
Do you ever think? We people are good at excuses. Whenever we deal with failure or downfall, then we always prepare ourselves to give a better excuse to us or others in advance. I’m not saying that defending yourself is not good, it’s perfect, but we must somehow prepare ourselves to deal with every toughest challenge or threat in our life.
By Sayed Sumair5 years ago in Motivation
Break The Patterns
Habit is our second nature. But why should you be ruled by the second nature and not be free as the first? Your habits are your convenience, and nothing convenient leads to evolution. Comfort zone is "made" in such way so that you don't want to let go of it. So, you don't go beyond it. You don't see beyond it and you don't see what you are beyond what you (think you) are now.
By Anthi Psomiadou5 years ago in Motivation
Ten Quotes To Steer Us Away From Negative Minded People
When I first entered into depression, back in 2010, not only did my outlook on life change for the worse, but so did my behaviour and attitude also. For much of the following decade, I became this negative minded, easily angered, nasty, spiteful, and frustrated individual. I had become this horrible version of myself that I never ever wanted to become. Not only had the depression drained the happiness out of me, but also the positive characteristics that I possessed throughout my life, such as generosity, kindness, compassion, understanding, care, and love. I'd become nothing more than this pathetic little bitter, angry, and miserable person. How anyone wanted to associate with me throughout this period of my life still totally escapes me. I did manage to put on a brave face, with a radiant smile, for much of the time, but inside of me was this extremely unhappy, frustrated, and negative minded person. I knew the main trigger for my depression was my job, and the corporate world in general, for that matter. I was sick of working long hours at jobs I hated, that were making me miserable. I also knew that if I was to rediscover happiness in my life once again, there was going to be more than a change of working environment to solve that. I needed to better the environment I was living in, full stop. So I thought to myself, other than work, what else was making me unhappy, angry, frustrated, bitter, and miserable? The answer; people!
By David Stidston5 years ago in Motivation
The Raging Bull
This is the perfect community for me because I’ve journaled all my life: since I was 15 years old. I remember sitting in government class writing in my journal, although, at the time I pretended to take notes as the teacher lectured about the judicial system which at the age of 17 I hadn’t much interest in. I got a C in that class.
By Caroline-StoryGirlCA5 years ago in Motivation
Don't Give Up!
'Unfortunately, at this time, you were unsuccessful, and we wish you the best of luck for the future.' Ugh! I don't know how many times I read that over the course of my so-called career. And, you know, it really did hurt each time. I don't know about you, but when I apply for a job, I see myself in it. I plan how I'll get there in the morning; what I might wear on my first day. Doesn't everyone do that? Or is it just me?
By Deborah Robinson5 years ago in Motivation
3 Practical Secrets of Success (That Nobody Is Talking About!)
My father was a fighter of the finest kind. From the struggles of a rural bred youth finding his feet in the hyper anglicized urban India to the pitched battle that were the cut-throat competitive examinations that get people into coveted bureaucratic positions in this country to the ultimate war that was waged against death and cancer, there were few challenges my father had not faced. He aced most of them, with panache and style. And even when he lost, he lost like a true hero, handing over lessons that have steered us through the toughest of times in our lives.
By Runjhun Noopur5 years ago in Motivation
Happiness is Turtles all the way Down
I wrote of mastering the body-mind in my newsletter last month (all these ideas make more sense in order. I'll eventually edit this essay to include the whole picture, but why miss them as they come out? Join the journey to inner peace).
By Paul Bokserman5 years ago in Motivation
With Reasons
At Andrews Community Center, waiting for the meeting to begin, a woman sitting in front of me complains. “Clarence,” she rants. “I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I have a damn good job, well paid too. I have no children and a guy who adores me. I have a mortgage-free home, and I am also debt-free. Why can’t I hold my life together? God knows I tried.”
By Annelise Lords 5 years ago in Motivation
