Category: Personal Growth

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

When Things Are Tough

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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‘In the midst of a difficult or challenging situation, don’t shut down, open up! Just when you think you can’t take any more, do any more, be any more, don’t give up, open up! When it feels like you are about to fall off a cliff, jump! When it looks like everything is falling apart, start rebuilding from the rubbbish and remnants of what is left. The only way to get to the next level is to go there.’- Iyanla Vanzant, Until Today!

The only way to get to the next level is to go there.’

Challenging times will come. Things will get tough. People will reject you. People will say things just to put you down, just to tear you down.

You will make mistakes. People will hurt you. But do not lose your heart. Believe in yourself.

When you do, other people will believe in you.

You are more,not less!

How To Not Lose Yourself While Finding Your Own Path

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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‘… if you’re uncomfortable with something, it’s because it isn’t right. Discomfort is the human response to a questionable or bad situation, whether that’s working long hours with no end in sight, exaggerating your business numbers to impress investors, or selling intimate user data to advertisers. If you get into the habit of suppessing all discomfort, you’re going to lose yourself, your manners, and your morals.’– jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson

Discomfort is a message. If you want to know what is going on in your life, you must pay attention to what you are feeling. Do not ignore your feelings.

Do not pretend that things are alright. Because things don’t get better by themselves. If you want things to change, you must, according to Ray Dalio, know ‘how reality works.’ Know what you want. Know what you do not want. Know what you can do. And know what you cannot do.

Do not say no to everything. And do not say yes to everything. Just focus on what makes sense to you. If something is good, do more of it. If you do not feel good about something, don’t do it.

Say ‘no’ to what is not relevant to you. Because, according to Jason and David, ‘When you say no to one thing, it’s a choice that breeds choices. When you say yes to one thing, you’ve spent that choice.’

The question is, ‘What are you saying no to?’ And what are you saying yes to?