Category: Personal Development

Why You Should Love Yourself

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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Self-love is not about being perfect. It is not about being the best. It is not about other people. It is about you. Self-love is about your life.

Self-love is your inner power. If you want peace, it not going to come from what you have. It is going to come from the love you have for yourself.

If you don’t love yourself, if you are not comfortable with yourself, especially when you are alone, when things are not going well, when you are going through difficult times, what you have won’t be enough to keep you going.

Life is tough enough. If you do not love who you are, it is going to be more harder for you to do things. Do not do that to yourself. Because you deserve love.

Because love is everything. But do not expect it from other people. According to The Diary of a CEO, ‘Some people will love you. Some will hate you. Some people simply won’t care. You will only connect to the first two. But not to the third. Indifference is the least profitable outcome.’

Self-love is better. It is from you, not from others. If you want others to love you, you MUST first love yourself.

The question is, ‘Do you have the courage to love yourself, no matter what is going on in your life?

The Story You Choose To Believe

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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‘Do not wage a war on reality, invest in shaping perceptions. Our truth is not what we see. Our truth is the story we choose to believe.’- The Diary of a CEO

Where you are today is not where you are going to be tomorrow. What you are doing right now, it is not what you are going to be doing tomorrow.

The things that you are celebrating now, what is making you happy now, what you are chasing now, it is not what you are going to be chasing tomorrow.

But you have got to change something. Because what you are looking for is not going to happen by accident.

It is not going to happen by accident. You must do something about it. Because nothing is going to happen without you. Your life is not going to change without you.

If you are tired of what is going on in your life, don’t fight yourself. Instead of beating yourself up, why not take your time to question what you have been telling yourself, the story you have been carrying around?

Because where you are is not the problem. What you are doing is not the problem. The real problem is what you are telling yourself. It is what you choose to believe.

If you want to change where you are, you must change your thoughts. If you want to change the direction of your life, you must change the story you are telling yourself. And you must stop believing your own story.

To grow, you must stop believing your own story. Because it is not true.

The question is, ‘Do you have the courage to change the story you are telling yourself?’