Month: April 2024

How To Create Meaning In Your Life

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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If you want to create meaning in your life, you must pursue something bigger than you.

‘Be careful that your ‘there’ is not created by someone else or some external force, such as Facebook. Your ‘there’ can, and often should, be constantly moving as your experiences, successes, and perspective change. Our bar may well become higher and higher as we journey through life.’- Alan Weiss and Marshall Goldsmith

Nothing stays the same, not even you. If you are not changing, then something is not right.

You must rethink your life. And you must change how you do your things, how you live your life, and the people around you.

Why is that? If you do not change how you see yourself, nothing is going to change. Remember that change is an internal business.

If you want to create meaning in your life, you must invest your time and money wisely.

‘We all have time and money, but the key differentiator is where we invest them. That means we don’t have to gather more resources, but instead change our priorities as our conditions change.’– Alan Weiss and Marshall Goldsmith

Put your resources where your thoughts are. Do not just do something. If you don’t know why you are doing something, you are wasting your time. And know when to change.

If something is not working for you, do not keep it. Let it go. If you keep it, it is only going to work against you.

If you want to create meaning in your life, you must help yourself first.

‘You can’t help others fully unless you’re helping yourself first, which is why airlines tell you to put the oxygen mask on first before attempting to help others.’– Alan Weiss and Marshall Goldsmith

Do what you can, not what you can’t. Do not try to give out what you do not have. To create a meaningful life for yourself, you must help yourself first. Don’t ignore other people, but do not promise what you can’t do.

If you want to create meaning in your life, you must know why you are good.

‘It’s better to know why we’re good than that we’re good.’– Alan Weiss and Marshall Goldsmith

Before you do anything, always make sure you know why you are doing it. Why you are doing something is more important than what you are doing.

Everything is about why you are doing it. If you do not know why you are doing something, then don’t do it. It won’t help you.

How To Free Yourself From Whatever It Is That Is Holding You Back

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
Photo by Daniel Reche on Pexels.com

Whatever it is that is holding you back, you can set yourself free. It starts with what you want in your life.

If what you want is bigger than what is holding you back, you can defeat it. You can overcome it. And you can move your life forward.

To set yourself free, you must decide.

‘I know I’m not the only one who, to this day, still sometimes wishes they could just toss a decision over to mom. She’d know what to do.’– Lia Garvin

Make your own decision. Do not delegate your decision-making power to anyone, not even your mom. If you do that, you have given your power away.

To set yourself free, remember that you are not your mistakes.

‘When you realize a mistake wasn’t that big of a deal … then it wasn’t that big of a deal.’– Lia Garvin

Mistakes are not the end of the world. And they are not the end of your life. You are have a life that is bigger than a mistake.

When you make a mistake, own it. Do not beat yourself up for making a mistake. If you do, you will never learn something new.

We learn when we make mistakes, not when we are perfect. Remember, if you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough.

If you want to set yourself free, you must stop thinking about your past failures.

‘The only person thinking about if other people are thinking about you is you.’– Lia Garvin

The only way to see where you are going is to focus on where you are going. The only way to reach where you are going is to stay in your own lane. The only way to succeed in life is to mind your own business.

And the only way to set yourself free is to stop thinking about your past failures.

To set yourself free, you must tell yourself what to do.

‘Our inner critic hates when we set goals, it’s literally like, ‘Who is this bitch to tell me what to do.?”– Lia Garvin

Whether your inner critics like your goals or not, if you want to be successful, you must set your goals. Why? Because you need a target. Your target is your destination. If you want to be successful, you must aim at something bigger than you.