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Understanding your goals to help you achieve them.
Finish the Year With Courage, Not Regret
By the time December arrives, the noise gets louder. End-of-year summaries. Achievement posts. “Best year ever” captions scrolling past while you lie awake at night, wondering where the months went. I remember one December evening vividly—sitting alone on my couch, lights off, phone glowing in my hand, feeling an ache I couldn’t name. The year hadn’t destroyed me, but it hadn’t fulfilled me either. And that quiet disappointment hurt more than failure ever did.
By Fazal Hadi23 days ago in Motivation
6 Habits I Built When Motivation Was Gone
Motivation didn’t disappear all at once. It faded slowly, quietly, until one morning I realized it was gone. I remember sitting on the edge of my bed, phone in my hand, staring at reminders I no longer cared about. Goals I once chased excitedly now felt heavy. Even simple tasks felt exhausting. People around me kept saying, “Just stay motivated,” but they didn’t understand the truth—I wasn’t lazy, broken, or weak. I was drained.
By Fazal Hadi23 days ago in Motivation
Looking back: 2025 was a beast
It's hard to know where to begin with this. I've perhaps given a hint that it's been a bit of an ordeal from my title, and in most respects, it has; on the other hand, there's the case to be made that it really hasn't been so out of the ordinary at all, just this amazing thing called "life" with its highs and its lows.
By adms musa24 days ago in Motivation
Redefining Small Business Financing Through Leadership: Evan Samlin at REIL Capital
Introduction - A New Vision for Small Business Funding Small businesses are the backbone of local economies, yet many struggle to access financing when traditional banks turn them away. Recognizing this challenge, Evan Samlin founded REIL Capital in 2017 with a mission rooted in empathy, transparency, and partnership. Evan Samlin's leadership principles have not only shaped a growing alternative lending company but also redefined what small business financing can look like when it is centered on understanding the client rather than just the numbers.
By Evan Samlin24 days ago in Motivation
This One Habit Quietly Ruined My Confidence
I didn't notice I was doing it until my girlfriend pointed it out. We were at dinner with her friends, and I'd just finished telling a story about something funny that happened at work. Everyone laughed, the conversation moved on, and I thought nothing of it. Later that night, in the car ride home, she turned to me and said, "Why do you always do that?"
By Muhammad Usman24 days ago in Motivation
I Didn't Realize I Was Burnt Out Until My Body Forced Me to Stop. AI-Generated.
The first sign was my hands shaking while I poured coffee. I didn't think much of it. I'd been tired for months—maybe years, honestly—but tired was normal. Everyone I knew was tired. We wore it like a badge of honor, competing over who slept less, who worked later, who was more dedicated. I thought the trembling was just caffeine on an empty stomach.
By Muhammad Usman24 days ago in Motivation
Nobody Warned Me That Self-Improvement Would Feel This Lonely. AI-Generated.
I was 23, sitting in my car after another night of drinking too much with friends who complained about the same problems they'd had for three years. Same dead-end jobs. Same toxic relationships. Same cycle of getting wasted every Friday to forget about it, then spending Sunday dreading Monday. I'd been right there with them, but something shifted that night. I drove home sober for once, looked at myself in the bathroom mirror, and didn't recognize the tired person staring back.
By Muhammad Usman24 days ago in Motivation
The Day I Stopped Chasing Success and Everything Changed
I was crying in my car in a parking garage at 2 AM when I finally admitted it. All of this—the prestigious job title, the apartment I could barely afford, the carefully curated social media presence—wasn't making me happy. It wasn't even close. I'd just left another networking event where I'd smiled until my face hurt, handed out business cards to people whose names I instantly forgot, and pretended my life was exactly where I wanted it to be.
By Muhammad Usman24 days ago in Motivation
Whispers of My Younger Self. AI-Generated.
I remember the laughter that once echoed in the empty hallways of my childhood home. The kind of laughter that had no audience, no performance—just pure, untethered joy. I remember running barefoot across wet grass, the sting of cold dew forgotten under the thrill of movement, and thinking, this is what life feels like.
By luna hart24 days ago in Motivation
