I’m saying this again (read Part 1 here) because it’s that important: sometimes the biggest mountain you’ll ever need to face is your own self. That’s especially true if you’ve been defeated. How do you respond to failure? Do you throw in the towel and quit? Do you assign blame? Do you make excuses? Do …
Motivation is sometimes a tricky thing, especially with so many other (shiny) things vying for your time. It’s easy to get distracted and veer off course. Or maybe it’s fear that’s got you demotivated so that you either slow down and/or don’t even start. Or perhaps, it’s self-doubt, which is also fear just dressed up …
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About a year ago, I discovered a passion for combining illustrations with words. So I decided to start playing and see what I could come up with. I never, ever, had as a goal to write a children’s book, but I sat down in a coffee shop one day and sketched out the whole book …
If you’re wondering why you don’t feel motivated/inspired/fulfilled/powerful in your life, I’d venture a guess that it’s because you’re not taking excellent care of yourself. So many of us (yes, my hand is raised) don’t care for ourselves in the way we most need. I know there’s a lot going on in your life. But, …
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If you’re not as happy as you’d like to be, there’s an easy way to fix that and be happier. All you have to do, I say kindly, is choose differently. Below are some things you can choose that will, I’d argue, make you feel happier and a lot more peaceful in your own life. …
All of us, I’d argue, would say we want to be happy. And yet, so many of us deny ourselves the things that would bring us the most joy. Why? 1. You deny yourself joy if you believe you’re unworthy. If you don’t believe in your own worth and value, you don’t make much of …
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You need to stop wishing and start doing because wishing is nebulous and undefined. It’s you hoping you’ll get what you want at some unspecified point in the future. It’s you believing that maybe, somehow, it’ll magically show up in your life. Wishing lets you hang out in your comfort zone, tipped back in your …
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You should make friends with fear because fear will help you if you’ll just let it. Fear will get you to where you most want to be if you’ll just let it guide you. Fear can really be the best friend you ever had if you’ll just open your mind a little and be willing …
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You don’t need to be afraid to be outside your comfort zone. I can tell you from personal experience that it won’t take long before your comfort zone will expand and a new boundary will rise up to meet you. Sure, you’ll still have to step outside that new boundary in order to grow, but …
The reason you aren’t where you want to be in your life is likely because of your comfort zone. We all need a comfort zone so we’ve got someplace to go when we need a break, that’s completely natural. A comfort zone is a nice place to hang out in, especially when you’re worn down …
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