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The road to success is always under construction; share your equations for success — and learn some new ones.
Carrot or Stick?
One of the great debates particularly when my kids were young, was whether you could or should use a carrot or a stick to encourage them to “do better”. I was always in the carrot camp, but my wife was always in the perfectionist (stick) camp. She felt that it was better to “say it as it is”, although there was always a discussion about what standard that had to meet and what “perfection” might be.
Charles LeonPublished 4 years ago in MotivationThe Pressure to Develop Your Potential
It takes an amazing amount of pressure to make a diamond. The reason why we're going through something so hard is the outcome. Most of us want to get better. The journey that makes you the strongest is the path that is the hardest. It's not that surprising when you hear of overnight millionaires. I'm not sure why it is that sometimes we look down upon those in positions of power or success. Everybody has obstacles they need to overcome. The only difference is some people do not act responsible for their own outcomes. Now if we're talking young, fresh out of high school, there is still so much time left for them to develop. Try to take on the hardest tasks and be the best you can, this is the only way to get to a level where others admire you. There is nothing great about being small and simple.
Marcus AzariaPublished 4 years ago in MotivationWorried About Your Recent Lack of Motivation? Sometimes a Change Is All You Need to Get Back on Track
So, it's that time of year again. You know the one. The holidays are in sight, the year is all but over and keeping your focus on anything halfway important is almost impossible.
Ryan JPublished 4 years ago in Motivation- Top Story - December 2019
Making It Happen: Babba C. Rivera
This is Making It Happen, where I get to sit down with some inspiring individuals and learn about their stories—the many places they’re from, the incredible things they’ve created, and how their culture has influenced their lives today.
Daniela BaoPublished 4 years ago in Motivation Fastest Female Amputee in the United States
Hello everyone, my name is Femita Ayanbeku and first I want to thank you for taking the time to read this entry, I have so many stories for you all but I will start with my most recent.
Femita AyanbekuPublished 4 years ago in Motivation10 Rules for Success
Over the past year, as I’ve been on a personal development and health journey, I’ve noticed a set of rules (commandments, life mottos, whatever you want to call them) that successful people seem to be living by and that are, essentially, the foundation to their success. These rules can be applied to any aspect of your life if you want to achieve success; whatever shape success takes in your life: career, relationships, working out etc.
Natalie ParryPublished 4 years ago in MotivationMy Own Worst Enemy
I remember, in high school, we were tasked with an assignment to write on the importance of electric cooperatives for a writing contest. The contest was, unsurprisingly, hosted by our local electric cooperatives (or electric company for those who don't know what that is) and the winner would get an all expenses paid trip to Washington, D.C., our nation's capital.
Chronically MegPublished 5 years ago in MotivationYou've Got Time
Something most, if not all of us youngsters, rarely seem to hear is how we still have time to achieve our goals in later stages of our lives. And it seems strange, but it almost feels as if everybody is in a hurry to make it to the top these days. I guess I should know, because like the majority, I shamefully feel the same way. Not because I'm a simple sheep following a herd. But purely because I fear that I will not make something of myself if I sit around and wait. So I cram in far too many sleepless nights and I work until my heart screams for me to stop. When really, all I need is for somebody to say to me, 'Hey, buddy. You've still got time'
Jord TuryPublished 5 years ago in MotivationThrown into Adulthood
It's the absolute strangest thing when you wake up every morning and you grab your coffee and you get ready for work everyday because you have bills to pay, you have a career in mind, and you desperately need insurance to see a doctor for that weird rash you got the other day. It's a strange time for those of us who just graduated high school because we spent the last 12 or so years in the comfort of our parents' homes and sitting behind a desk at school. Some of us are more prepared than others for these stressful years ahead, but some of us weren't as prepared as we thought we were.
McKy SillitoePublished 5 years ago in MotivationI’ve Always Had This Crown
Since I was a little girl, I’ve always had this crown. Sometimes I wore it, like for birthdays or parties, but mostly it was like my own version of an invisible cape.
Erin Jones-WesleyPublished 5 years ago in MotivationWellbeing and Success
If you look at the definition of wellness, according to the definition on Merriam-Webster, it is “the quality or state of being in good health, especially as an actively sought goal.” While the definition states that you must be in good health, I beg to differ. Everyone thinks that wellness is always about being in tune with yourself. I think the best time in your life is being the person who you don’t know, and this could be both in good health and not so good health. While the word health is being thrown around, this can mean both mental and physical. And while this idea can sound extremely negative, this can also be extremely positive. If you are someone who does not handle conflict well and one day, you can are in a situation where you would normally run away, and you stand up for yourself, this is a situation where you are not following the normality of your life. Being who you are is a statement that does not help anyone get further in their life. At any age, do we really know who we are? At 12, I wanted to be a nurse or a doctor. At the age of 20, I want to be a psychologist. In seven more years, I might want to become an accountant. There is nothing wrong with your life going in a million different ways. When I started college, I wanted to right away to go through school, get my associates, my bachelor's, my master’s, and end up with a Ph.D. Life is not about checking off a list and saying that’s how your life is going to go. You might be reading this and thinking, “Why am I listening to this woman talking about wellness and being who you are?” Let me tell you, my friend, I have a lot of credibility in success and failure. Over the course of my school career, I have had many different failures and successes. I strongly believe that failures are something that can be the driving point for some people. Everyone will have events in their life that shape them into who they are. I have always been successful, even though sometimes in my life that I was not always well. I also think success is a word and idea that can only truly be defined by the individual person. One person might think getting an office job is the definition of success, while another would thank that graduating a two year community college is a huge success. Both are very valuable in their own ways, and along the way, there was a person who failed or didn’t know who they were at the time. These things matter because wellness and success do not always have to go hand in hand. The takeaway from this is that you need to think of yourself first. Be selfish. Take the success and take the failure. You become a new person every single day, and in a perfect world, your mistakes would not matter. While there are a lot of times that you cannot change the things you have done in the past, you can always make better choices that can change your future. Make sure you gauge your wellness and figure out if you’re in or out of tune with yourself, and see who you like best. Always look towards what can help you achieve the best version of you, and you will see where your wellbeing is. Even though the definition of wellbeing will never change, I think we as a society can change how we view it and what it means to the individual.
Cienna JonesPublished 5 years ago in MotivationMy Life with Cerebral Palsy!
My name is Louis. I hope that as you read this article you find some form of inspiration from it. Let me get to the basics, I’m a 33-year-old musician and television producer who recently began a YouTube channel with my best friend based on gaming. When I was born, it didn’t seem likely that I would have done any of the above mentioned; in fact, college didn’t even seem likely in the eyes of many (especially during my early high school years)
Louis DiazPublished 5 years ago in Motivation