Tag: Believe in yourself

Don’t Give Up When People Don’t Believe In Your Dreams

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio

Whether people like what you are doing or not, if it worths fighting for, go for it. Whether people appreciate your career or not, if you love it, fight for it. If your dream is worth fighting for, do not let fear stop you from going after what you want.

When it comes to your dreams, they are yours. Whether people like your dreams or not, you should never stop chasing what you believe in. If they don’t believe in what you are doing, it is okay. What matters is that you believe in yourself, in your abilities, in your dreams. That is good enough.

Do not give up just because people don’t like what you are doing. When people don’t agree with you, that is fine. It is good. It gives you a great opportunity to meet people who are willing and ready to help you succeed. Do not waste your time with dream-killers. Your time here on earth is limited.

If you want to achieve greatness, if you want to do great things, you must follow great people. You must learn from great people. Do not hang around people who don’t know where they are going. If you don’t have anyone to hang out with, hang out with yourself.

Never, never give up! Because you are not a loser. You are a winner. When people say you are not good enough, don’t worry about their opinions. All you have to do is to find ways to get what you want. Do not let other people’s opinions of your life determine your success. You can do all things. There is nothing you cannot do if you really want it. Whether you think you can do something or not, it is a matter of how you see the world around you. It is up to you to determine what you can do and what you cannot do. If you believe you can do something, you can do it. But if you believe you cannot do it, you can’t. Why is that? Because everything starts with YOU.

How To Avoid Living In A Box

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko

“They are born, put in a box; they go home to live in a box; they study by ticking boxes; they go to what is called ‘work’ in a box, where they sit in their cubicle box; they drive to the grocery store in a box to buy food in a box; they talk about thinking ‘outside the box’ ; and when they die they are put in a box.”- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Epistemologist, essayist

What does it really mean to live in a box? Can we live in a box for the rest of our lives? How can we avoid living in a box?

You can get out of the box. It is within your power. You start by figuring out what is important to you, where you are in your life, and where you want to go. Because you can’t get out of the box if you don’t know where you are going. Do not talk yourself into believing that living in a box is all you can achieve in your life. That is not true. You can do more than living in a box. You can do more than getting stuck in a rut. You are better than living in a box.

If getting out of the box is so important to you, you must do whatever it takes to get out of it. Do not do what is not helping you grow. Do not do what is not getting you closer to your goal. Do not let fear stop you from living your true life. Do not let fear stop you from doing your best work. Because if you want the best, you must give the best.

Life is about giving. You get what you give. So if you want to achieve your dreams, you must get out of the box. You do that by challenging the status quo, by doing things differently, by not settling for less than you are worth, by thinking outside the box, and by believing in yourself. You can’t change by doing the same thing. You can’t change by living in the box. Growth doesn’t happen inside the box. Growth happens outside the box. So if you want to grow, you MUST stop living in a box.