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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.
Should we trust our intuitions?
Whilst riding my motorbike (before it got stolen), I rode through a suburban street where cars were parked on both sides. Nice weather, good visibility, nothing to worry about. Then, for some reason, something told me to slow down to a crawling pace, which I did.
By Charles Leon5 years ago in Motivation
Pursue Your Purpose
It is my belief that every person has a purpose in life, and that it is important for everyone to discover this purpose, and to attempt to reach our highest potential in life. I believe we all have unique gifts, and by sharing them with the world we lead more fulfilling lives, and by leading more fulfilling lives we create a domino effect of positive change in the world. It's important to recognize that this isn't an exaggeration, we can truly impact those around us in deeply meaningful ways, and by extension impact the people that are around the people around us and that this continues to ripple out into the world. I think it's safe to say that like a lot of people, I've spent my entire life pursuing my purpose in life. However, also like a lot of people, that pursuit became a secondary goal as I became bogged down by life's adversities: having my heart broken (again and again), struggling to keep the lights on in my first efficiency apartment, coping with depression, gleaning satisfaction out of working menial jobs for arbitrary figureheads, and wondering all the while if this was it for me. But I also believe it is when we are working through our struggles, that we can do genuine soul searching. My search led me to the conclusion that I love helping others, and that I simply love words. I love words so much I decided to try and use them as a way of helping others, while also giving myself fulfillment, and making a bid to be an author.
By Sean Houston5 years ago in Motivation
The Art of Transforming pain into Passion
The Art of Transforming pain into Passion I discovered my passion when I decided to let go of my fears and search for my purpose in life. I have always been a passionate writer but never felt compelled to share my work until I personally experienced a life-changing moment.
By Zurii5 years ago in Motivation
What do you want to be when you grow up?
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" is one of the most recurring questions we're asked during our childhood. Answers like “ballerina”, “football player”, “astronaut”, (or if you’re John Lennon- "happy") are not uncommon. As the years pass, our answers become more and more vague, and the excitement for what our futures hold fades away, until we reach early adulthood and suddenly have no clue what the answer is anymore.
By itan zaken5 years ago in Motivation
Power of Creative Art & Imagination
Without creativity, art, and imagination, where would life be like? What is your passion? I am most passionate about being a creative artist; poet, photographer, musician and writer. I am a writer at heart. A published author; which includes writing. Poetry includes vocal expressions and writing. Music stems from songwriting (mostly) with vocal and/or instrumentation. Photography is writing with light. A photographer is known for writing and painting with light. Each promotes me as a (creative) writer.
By Steve Jackson5 years ago in Motivation
Living with Passion
Passion. A seven-letter word defined as “an intense desire or enthusiasm for something”. Well, I am the type of person who has many things I pour my passion into. For example, I am huge on saving the planet and the animals within it. I am passionate about reading and how important it is to escape reality for a little while in a good book. I care a lot about spreading awareness for many things I have like anorexia, bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, and also for things I am like bisexual, or even for things I don’t personally relate to. I’m passionate about crystals and spirituality. I’m passionate about fashion and expressing myself without fear or judgment. I’m passionate about making my life the best it can be for me, and not just following others’ expectations of me. I’m crazy passionate about spreading love and positivity to everyone I meet even if they’re strangers. But most importantly, I’m passionate about living.
By lilly jimenez5 years ago in Motivation
Bedtime stories that shape who you are
What am I passionate about? You ask a good question. When I first read this challenge title, I felt an immense pressure, I thought, ‘well, I’m passionate about a lot of things’, sometimes I feel so much passion for things that I overwhelm myself (a little like I’m doing now). I know there are so many of you that feel the same as me, maybe even all of you feel the same way, that’s why we’re here after all, because we are all passionate about writing and making a difference in some way.
By Lucille Hamilton5 years ago in Motivation
The Story
I believe everyone on this earth deserves to have a voice, and that voice doesn’t just come from talking, a voice can also be read. Whether it can be read visually like through art with expression and creativity or even through dance with movement and emotion. It’s not just the sounds or words we say that lets us speak freely but, its how we let out our thoughts and feelings to the world. That’s when we struggle to find that inner voice that just wants to be heard. This is where that old saying “that actions speak louder than words” comes to life and that it is true. This was how I found my inner voice and I wanted to take action to show the people around me that I do have a voice and that was through my creative writing. There was once a time where I felt like I did not have a voice and it took a long journey for me to get to where I am to the point where I can now speak freely with no fear of any judgement.
By Joanna Blaze5 years ago in Motivation
Hermit's Guidance
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are”. -Carl Jung I believe the most unseen and perhaps most difficult struggle most of us face in our lifetime is the one we have with ourselves. Even if we don’t speak of our private struggles openly with those around us, I believe that on some level, every one of us questions who we are and what our purpose is in this fleeting lifetime. It’s inherent- the need for understanding, and some of us go to great lengths to understand everything we can about ourselves so that we may better navigate life. Some of us go to college for a degree in psychology, hoping that if we understand the inner workings of our physical brain, we can get a better idea of why we do and want the things we do on a grander scale. Sometimes it works, and sometimes, even though we absorb all the information we can get our hands on, it still feels as if there’s something missing.
By Devin Reinhardt5 years ago in Motivation
My “Why” By Deveney Marshall
Being an artist fuels me. It shifts the way I move through the world and changes how I view everything and everyone around me. For as far back as I can remember I have been a creative, if you ask my parents they’ll say I’ve been creating before I even came into this world. My mom says even when I was in her womb I had my own dance “routine” whenever she played certain songs. Creating is a part of my being, there is no me without Art.
By Deveney Marshall5 years ago in Motivation
Truth. Fact. Lies That Hate Them
The truth is knowledge of a "fact". Which is proof or something not open to question. A suitable synonym, "reality" can be expressed as texture (touch) or experience (sense), not an idea of things, conditions, or situations. Truth isn't what we make it, that will be the "lie". The truth happens or it occurs - it's not created, just like any event. While our definition is in the "present-continuous tense", it helps to focus the life-span of truth on the present. It's accurate, authentic, and it is living. Let us illustrate this with a scientifically proven and accepted event.
By Oladapo5 years ago in Motivation
Imagine if There Were No Naysayers
John Lennon had it right knowing that we live in a world full of dreamers and that love is all we need. Two things that go hand in hand for those who have a lot to do in life and in the fashion industry. Had it not been for my dreams and love, I wouldn’t be the person I am today and I wouldn’t have taken the chances necessary to make big changes. Who would have thought that a girl born in the Philippines could end up living her dream of being a New York City fashion designer? Certainly, a few of my family members didn't. If I were to give advice to anyone, it would be that if you want to feel right with yourself, you need to do what feels right in your heart.
By Jennyvi Dizon5 years ago in Motivation
