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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.
Are You Ready for Change?
All around the globe we are all going through change yet again. Earlier in the year we all had to face tremendous change with lockdown and now as many of us are slowly coming out of lockdown, we face another transition of trying to live a new way of living, still respecting the safety measures in place, but also trying to bring back some kind of normality to our life again.
By Rita Hurry6 years ago in Motivation
Turn your Aesthetic Daydream into a Reality
In trying times like these where sometimes it feels like we can’t see the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, its easy to fall into a drought. We can all agree that this isn’t the most ideal situation: Working from home, studying from home, waking up and remaining in the same spot for what seems like forever. I get you, it’s not easy.
By Georgia Cunnison6 years ago in Motivation
We All Need A Spoonful Of Sugar
Confidence is an extremely under estimated word. Gaining the power of confidence is one of the most difficult things imaginable. Taking from personal experiences, vulnerability and the lack of self love is something people love to take advantage of. Now, close your eyes and think with me, when was the last time you truly felt confident with every inch of your body. Take a deep breath. Imperfections are what makes us human. When you look at any part of nature, imperfections are what makes them beautiful. Each grain of sand, piece of grass, leaf on the trees and each person in this world are different. For some people, feeling confident might be something that comes at ease, they look at themselves in the mirror and love what they see. For most people, achieving self-love is something extremely difficult and that is okay. I am not going to sugar coat anything, loving every inch of yourself can be close to impossible. You might like your face one day but oh there's that one little pimple that no one else can see except for me but I'll still think about it constantly throughout the day. Throughout our life our confidence decreases. Why does this happen? Is it because of the societal standards that are shown to us at such a young age. Is it social media and the unrealistic expectations of the "perfect body". Or, is it just simply because of the constant comparison of other people. You might be thinking, how do I just erase all of this from my life? Well, I'm here to give you the breakdown of how to start. Let me just acknowledge one crucial piece of information, wanting to have a great body or perfect skin can be perfectly achievable. I'm here to show you how to love yourself before and after you attain these goals. Step one: UNFOLLOW UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat all have influencers who are setting expectations for your appearance which are in most cases unattainable without harming your body. I suggest to unfollow all of the influencers who encourage either this behaviour or who publicize these unrealistic images. I am in no way saying that these people are doing something wrong on purpose, for your own health it would be better to follow people who give you hope and make you feel actually good about your skills and appearance. Follow any motivational speakers, body positive influencers or people you share the same opinions with. This will improve your mental state greatly. Step Two: DO THINGS THAT YOU ENJOY. Studies have proven that if you start focusing on doing at least one or two things each day that you truly enjoy it will improve your positivity and mental state extremely. There are multiple advantages to doing this. One, you'll feel energized and excited to wake up each morning to do things that YOU enjoy. Secondly, you won't be focused so much on comparing yourself to how other people are doing because you'll be busy and happy with your experiences and achievements right now. On my page you can find a journaling template to experience every day doing something that you love.
By Emma Berman6 years ago in Motivation
LIFE IS A BATTLEFIELD
“Don’t you know life is like any military campaign? One must serve on watch, another in reconnaissance, another in the front line… So it is for us - each person’s life is a kind of battle, and a long and varied one too. You must keep watch like a soldier and do everything commanded… You have been stationed in a key post, not some lowly place, and not for a short time but for life.” - Epictetus, DISCOURSES, 3.24.31-36
By JBDX_6 years ago in Motivation
A TRAINED MIND IS BETTER THAN ANY SCRIPT
“In this way, you must understand how laughable it is to say, ‘Tell me what to do!’ What advice could I possibly give? No, a far better request is, ‘Train my mind to adapt to any circumstance.’ … In this way, if circumstances take you off script… You won’t be desperate for a new prompting.” - Epictetus, DISCOURSES, 2.2.20b-1;24b-25a
By JBDX_6 years ago in Motivation
The 3 Ls that keep us away from all types of success
If we take some time to think about why we are at our current position in life, we can immediately see that every bit of our downfall, every setback, and every one of our shortcomings have three specific contributors to them. As I go over those contributors, it’s important to know that first and foremost success comes in all forms. You have your financial success, personal goal success, life goal success, success in our relationships with people, basically anytime we found ourselves achieving exactly what we strived for in order to experience this little and almost impossible thing to find called happiness, we identify this as a form of success. However, success doesn’t comes easy, in fact most of us go through the majority of our lives only achieving a small amount of what we desire, while a few percentage of the world’s population are able to obtain most our their desires. So what makes the individual who gain success so special from everyone else? Actually the real question is what are the rest of us doing or not doing that makes us different from those who are living their best life right now? Whether they have obtain financial freedom, found themselves in the right career making a difference in society, or are currently in the most loving, true, and long lasting relationship with someone they are head over heels in love with, the individual who are successful had obviously done something right with their time on this earth while most of us are looking at their wonderful life from a distance where we wish we could be just like those people. While there are so many ways to achieve success, what I find very hilarious is how we find ourselves struggling just to find one that really works. When we look back in our lives, those of us who are still wondering where we went wrong in life, I guarantee you that we will find that there are always three common factors that kept us from having every desire we strive to achieve. For those of us who still haven’t figure them out yet, here are the three common factors or as I like to called them the 3 Ls that keep us in the losing position in life.
By Spencer Jean-Mary6 years ago in Motivation
Hustle, Drive, & Get Money
Here I am sitting at home during this Covid-19 shit storm. The storm that has taken everyone by surprise. I think all of us were either planning a wedding, getting that promotion we always wanted, or working a 9-5 . Hey some of us were getting our degree or planning to go back to school. I was one of those people; wanting to further my education. *Silently as while typing*. This whole experience has been life changing which has forced my back against the wall. I realized I won't be a young adult forever and things have to change. People in my life have to change as well during the improvement transition phrase. By my surprise they didn't which had me licking my wounds silently in a corner, but thanks to support system I was able to slowly get over it emotionally. This has truly taken its toll.
By Alvera Robinson6 years ago in Motivation
