Day: December 8, 2019

This Is What Life Requires From You

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Personal Development, Workplace Learning Report
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Life is simple. Life is not difficult. We are making things difficult for ourselves.

If we can just listen to NATURE, we won’t be in any trouble, we won’t suffer, we won’t fight against ourselves. We are in trouble because we try to change the things that we cannot change. We are in trouble because we are trying to make other people live our lives. We want them to look like us, to behave the way we behave, to do what we asked them to do.

Life does not require us to be perfect. Life does not require us to love people conditionally. Life does not require us to spend a short time with our love ones. Life does not require us to choose a career that we don’t like. Life does not require us to hate ourselves and others. Life does not require us to make things difficult for ourselves. Life does not require us to make simple things hard for ourselves.

So, what does life require that we do? To answer this question, let me quote H. Jackson Brown, Jr. According to H. Jackson Brown, Jr., “Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best.” He is right.

But the problem with that quote is that we now live in a very fast world. We want to be perfect. Our managers want us to be perfect. There is no room for us to make mistakes anymore. We are constantly under pressure- work pressure, family pressure, developmental pressure, social pressure, and psychological pressure.

So how can we live a peaceful life?

We can live a peaceful life if we want to. It is simple. It starts with the choices that you make. Life does not require you to be the best in your organization. Life requires that you do your best, be your best, live your best, and celebrate your best. That is it!

Don’t do the things that you don’t like. Let them fit your values. Because whatever you do that are against your values, you are not going to be comfortable doing it. And if you are not comfortable doing your work, why are you doing it?

Remember this: don’t try to be the best, but try to do your best work every day.

That is what life requires from you!

A Missed Opportunity Costs More Than A Ferrari

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Personal Development
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If you want to succeed in life, you must pay attention to everything around you. Everything around you can get you to the next level only if you recognize it as such.

It starts with awareness. If you don’t know what you want, you can’t find it.

You cannot see today’s opportunities if your mind is trying to fix yesterday’s problems. This is one of the reasons people are not successful. They fail to know that yesterday is gone, and that it is not coming back.

The opportunities that you are looking for is right in front of you, but you cannot see them because you are still living your yesterday’s life.

Just open your eyes to opportunities if you want to grow. They are everywhere. They are not going to tell you that they are coming to your house. If you want them, you go out and search for your opportunities. They are out there waiting for you to pick them up.

In life, there is nothing more expensive than a missed opportunity. Why is that? Because it will take a while before you can get them back. You will have to wait for years before you can get them back, if it is even possible.

According to H. Jackson Brown, Jr. “Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.”

In order to see opportunities, you must pay attention to everything that is happening around you. Don’t ignore the things you don’t know. Instead of ignoring new things, ask great questions. The more questions you ask, the more great answers you will get. Because you never know where your opportunity will come from. So pay attention to everything, and you will see it.