Category: Personal Growth

Life is about growth. If you are not growing, then what are you doing?

How To Make Your Values Work For You

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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You can make your values work for you. And you can also make your values work against you.

Respect your values. Do not disrespect your values. They are your building blocks. They are your pillars. Without them, you are nothing. Without your values, you do not have what you need to live a better life.

Your values represent you. They are your inner directors. When they talk, you listen.

When your values say no, you do it. When your values say yes, you do it. You don’t disagree with your values.

You can. But you will pay for disobeying your values. You can make your values work for you. You do that by making decisions based on your core values.

You don’t do anything that is not in line with your values. You don’t make decisions that don’t match your core values.

And you can also go against your values. You do that by doing things that are not in line with what you stand for. You do that by disrespecting your core values.

If you want peace, respect your values. If you want chaos, disrespect your values.

Life is tough. And real decisions are hard to make, especially when other people are involved.

But if you strongly believe in your values, if you know what your core values are, they can guide you through anything in your life. All you need to do is to believe in them. When you live your values, your values will live you.

When you follow your values, your values will follow you. And when you respect your values, your values will respect your life.

Remember, life is about standing for something. If you do not stand for something, then nothing is coming your way. If that is what you want, that is okay. But if it is not, you have got to step up. Are you?

Why Prepare For Hurdles?

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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What are hurdles? Why prepare for them? And why do we need them?

Life is all about overcoming different hurdles. Life is not going to give you what you have not worked for.

Life is fair. To get to the other side of your life, you have got to take a long walk. What you want is not coming to you. If you are serious about your success, if you are serious about your life, your growth, you need to start walking. You need to start facing your hurdles.

To do that, there are so many hurdles that you have got to face. So what are hurdles?

They are not just roadblocks. They are also opportunities. They are our trainers. They are pushers. They are our mentors. They are our teachers. They are our builders. They are our enemies. Because we don’t want to face them. They are our lovers. Because we love them when we are done with them. They are our creators. And they are our motivators.

Like it or not, they are there to test how ready you are, how strong you are, how willing you are, how focused you are, how determined you are, and how loving you are.

Hurdles are not there to punish you. They are there to see what you can do with what God has given to you.

They are there to see how far you can push yourself. They are there to see how tough you are. and they are there to make you stronger.

So what are you doing to face your hurdles? Are you preparing? If you are not, now is the time to get to work.

When you prepare, you are more likely to win. Remember, winning is not everything, but preparation is. If you want to win, you must prepare to win, not to lose.

When you prepare to face your hurdles, it is much easier to do something about them when they happen.

Again, remember, no matter how prepared you are, life is bigger than you. Instead of freaking out, worrying about what is going to happen, just go work on yourself. Prepare, not worry.