Tag: Betterment

Face Your Fears. Don’t Hide Behind Perfection

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development

We don’t want to be perfect. We are scared. We don’t want to face the elephant in the room.

Look, if you want to grow, it is not going to come from anywhere. It is going to come from what you are avoiding.

To conquer your fear, you must face it. Start small. Try something new. Meet new people. Do something that is outside of your comfort zone. No matter how you feel about it, it is only going to get better.

Do not wait anymore. You have a lot to do. Waiting is not one of them. According to Mary Poffenroth, ‘When we wait to share our work or ourselves witht the world until perfection is reached, we’ll always be waiting. Perfection is desirable because it feels safe.’

Go for progress. Perfection is a temporary fix to a long-term problem. Do not do that. It is better to fail at something than it is to get stuck.

Whatever it is that you are trying to complete, do one small thing every day. The more you do, the closer you get to where you are going.

The question is, ‘Will you?’

As always, you are more, not less!

Source:

Mary Poffenroth (2024). Brave New You: Strategies, Tools, and Neurohacks to Live More Courageously Every Day

Why Obstacles Are Blessings

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth

‘Obstacles are a blessing.’– Jeff Hoffman & David Finkel

If you know what to do with what you are going through in your life, you are going to come out stronger.

If you know how to manage your situation, you are going to come out better. You are going to come out smarter. Whatever it is that you are going through in your life, it is not going to kill you. It is only going to make you a better human being.

You will learn a lot from your situation if you do not resent it, if you do not fight it.

We learn from something when we accept it. To get there, you have got to first position yourself for greatness. When you are ready for greatness, whatever it is that is trying to stop you from getting to where you want to go cannot stop you from getting there.

The only person who can stop you from achieving your own greatness is you. If you do not stop yourself, no one can stop you. Do not give up.

If you think of giving up, remember that no situation is perfect. If you can focus on getting better, on learning, nothing can stop you from getting to where you want to go.

Before you go, don’t forget that ‘Today is the first day of your dreams.’