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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.
Thinking Is Hard... But Worth it.
Thinking is hard. It requires more than just idle pondering. Concentration is paramount. Clarity indispensable. Purpose helpful, but not required. You don't need to know thyself to think, but the more you think, the more you will.
By Thanasis Karavasilis5 years ago in Motivation
10 Anger Management Tips
Have you ever gotten so mad with someone? that you ended up doing something that you regret afterwards. I've done that so many times. I can't even count them when we lose our temper. We lose some control of our minds and bodies at that moment. That's just what anger can do to us. It takes over us and makes us say do things that we would usually never say or do because we're not fully thinking straight when we're mad. That is why we need to learn to manage anger right that way, was always in control of what we say and do and, there wouldn't be any regrets later on. So how do we go about managing our anger?
By Ark5 years ago in Motivation
Honesty Of A Wood Cutter
Once upon a time, a woodcutter lived in a village with his wife and two children. He was a very poor man. He used to cut wood from the forest and sell it. The day he found dry wood, he would sell it and buy some food and drink, but with great difficulty his expenses would be met. The woodcutter's wife was very tired of her poverty and the next day they would fight among themselves. On the day when the woodcutter could not get dry wood from the forest, he had to go to bed hungry, including his wife and children.
By Mohammad Arif5 years ago in Motivation
5 Tips for Startup Success in 2021
So much has been written about how to build a startup. But not so much has been written about what to do if you have one. How do you make it grow? How do you keep growing once it's grown? How do you get to be the very big fish in the very small pond you started in? I've started six companies of my own, and I've also worked as an executive or advisor at several other startups. I've seen many different kinds of startups that are all successful and how they become successful.
By Kishan Sonar5 years ago in Motivation
Perfect spots for Inspiration
Everyone seems to have a favorite spot in their house. A place you will often find them. A certain room or piece of furniture they are in on a day-to-day basis. Writers often do for a variety of reasons. Most of what they claim is true for them. Honestly, it’s whatever helps the words flow. They claim it helps with the flow of words. Or it’s a nice getaway from the day-to-day judge of the world.
By Emily Edwards5 years ago in Motivation
Que Sera, Sera
Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans in 1955, was a song that was made famous by American singer and actress, the late Doris Day, called "Que Sera, Sera". Day would perform the song in the 1956 Alfred Hitchcock film "The Man Who Knew Too Much", and such was the popularity of the song from the film, it was subsequently studio recorded, and peaked as high as number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the USA, whilst going all the way to number 1 in the UK. The lyrics basically point to the progression through the life of the narrator, starting from childhood, to young adulthood, to falling in love, and then to parenthood, with each stage of life posing the question of what one can expect for their future ahead. Each time the question is asked, the same reply is given, being that whatever will be, will be. There are six words that are repeated as part of the chorus that hold great importance and truth, and those words are: "the future's not ours to see". As much as it would be lovely to time travel, and gain some insight into various answers about what the future holds for us, such as what age we will pass away, what will we end up achieving in our life, and what joys, sorrows, triumphs, and tragedies will we encounter, unfortunately we aren't privileged in obtaining such information. Who knows what lies ahead in the future for us? It's a question that can certainly fill one with a range of different emotions, such as anxiety, stress, concern, hope, encouragement, doubt, fear, and uncertainty. There's one good thing about the future though, and that is that we can shape it. We may not know what's ahead for us, but we do have the power to design it in a manner we desire. Unlike the past, the future does offer hope, promise, encouragement, and possibility for us. We cannot change the past, and all that we have done, whether right or wrong, as it is now etched in the pages of history. If you're actually human, there will undoubtedly be moments, decisions, and actions that you would so desperately love to take back, because you know now they were bad choices, or complete errors of judgement. We can dwell on these for as long as we want, however it's not going to get us anywhere. It's not at all beneficial for us, and in fact, it is greatly hurting us, and our mindset. We cannot change the past, so why spend precious energy and emotion on something we have no control over? So, we therefore need to alter our focus!
By David Stidston5 years ago in Motivation
Be Here Now.
Oh capitalism and the increasing glorification of being busy. There is always something vying for our attention isn’t there? A ding of a message, the light up of a screen, an email I forgot to send. Just like my phone which remains forever within reach, I’ve almost forgotten how to switch off.
By Chrissy Boddy5 years ago in Motivation
Filthy Language
Gone are the days where your parents would ask you to wash your mouth out with soap and water if any swearing ever came from your lips, it seems. Nowadays, you only just need to pass a group of school kids on the street, or in a shopping centre, and it's pretty much a given that you will hear them swearing their heads off. In fact, it's no different when passing by adults either. Expression in the form of filthy language has become yet another one of society's acceptable standards of behavior. Swearing is seen as being "cool". If you don't swear, or if you are against people swearing, you are basically laughed at, criticized, mocked, ridiculed, and belittled. Everybody swears, right? So if you don't swear, you're classed as abnormal. That's society for you! If you don't believe, if you don't act, if you don't behave, and if you don't follow, all in the same manner as most other people, then you are categorized as being weird, and ultimately, ridiculed for it. It's no surprise that a celebrity like Gordon Ramsay can attract a multitude of viewers to his television shows. It's not because of his cooking experience and talent, it's because of the way he talks to people on the show. He constantly swears at them, but his ratings are high because people think it's cool and funny. An intelligent way of earning ratings and cash indeed, but he's degrading his character in the process. No one deserves to be spoken to the way he does to people on the show, but again, it's all for the sake of ratings, because people relate to swearing. The man has incredible talent in cooking, why the need to resort to swearing to sell himself? Whilst you may believe it's cool, acceptable, normal, and helpful to swear though, what is it really proving?
By David Stidston5 years ago in Motivation
An Introvert’s Paradise
Disoriented, I woke up in my bed. Like always, for four months straight, it was already noon. I put down my phone after checking the time and rubbed my temples. A faint ache had gathered in that area that always comes from oversleeping- sort of my body’s way of reprimanding me for being such a lazy-ass. Honestly, I couldn’t keep track of how many days I’d woken up and felt like ending it. I was tired of my endless quest for happiness or any sort of motivation. It sure as hell wasn’t in myself, the music I listened to or the films and books I consumed. It seemed nowhere yet everywhere, just always out of my reach. That’s straight to the point and unwarranted, I know. But frankly, I suppose that’s what personal essays are all about, right? Brutal honesty? Here’s some more brutal honesty; I hadn’t written in a while, though I used to pride myself on frequent literary pursuits. Most of my screenplays and novel manuscripts had been left widely unfinished on my laptop. And for months, I’d laid on my bed attending all my Zoom classes then crying for the rest of the day.
By Jane Diokpo5 years ago in Motivation
