Tag: Connections

Who Are Your Friends?

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Personal Development
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Be real with yourself. Who are your friends? Who are they? Why are they your friends? What do you have in common? What are your differences? How do you resolve your differences? What are your dreams? What are your visions, your goals? Do they have one? What about you? When you say something about your future, what do they say? Are they for it, or are they against it?

Are you okay with your friends? How do they make you feel about yourself? Are they contributing to your dreams, to your growth, to your life? Are they making you happier? Or are they against your dreams?

When you are with your friends, always pay attention to how they make you feel. Very important.

When it comes to your friends, are they okay with you? When they are with you, are they happier, more alive? If they are not okay with you, what you have with them is not going to last. Because it is not built on a solid foundation. Because nothing survives without a solid foundation.

If you want your relationships with other people to survive, love must be involved. Because love is the glue that holds things together. With love, you can do a lot. You can connect with other great people. Because love is attractive.

Love attracts great people into your life. Love is your rock. When you are in love with yourself, you are free to live your life the way you want to live it. When you are in love with yourself, your friends have no choice than to see you exactly how you see yourself.

And how you see yourself is how the world sees you. Nothing more, nothing less.

If you do not like the people around you, do not drive them away. Check yourself. If the issue is not you, then you can let them go.

Letting go of what is not helping you is not the end of the world. It is the beginning of a new path forward for you. The choice is yours.

How To Find Your Power

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in BriSights, Health & Well-Being, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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‘Choosing the path less traveled may be challenging, but it can lead to extraordinary destinations.’

‘Be too good to be ignored.’

‘No matter who you are, what you do, how much money you make, or how successful you become, nothing lasts forever, and sometimes, it is just time to move on.’

‘Glass ceilings are made to be broken.’

‘Learning how to ask for, and get, what you want is a skill that will serve you well your entire life.’

‘The hardest part of looking for a job is often the last step before success. Keep pushing through, for just around the corner, your next great adventure could begin.’

‘When you focus on making a life, instead of making a living, you often end up with the best of both worlds.’

‘Never be afraid to know your value, in dollars and cents. Professionals who know what they are worth, what others are paid, and when to move on to a job that pays more, ultimately find themselves in positions where they are paid fairly.’

‘Being loyal to yourself should always come ahead of being loyal to anyone or anything else.’

‘Sometimes, all we need is a bit of an identity crisis to figure out where we belong.’

‘Always be on the lookout for new friends, new connections, and new opportunities; people have landed jobs because of someone they talked to in an elevator, airplane, or bar.’

Source

Robynn Storey (2024). Career Confidence: No-BS Stories and Strategies for Finding your Power