Tag: Life

Shawn Achor Quotes On Facing Adversity

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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See adversity as a stepping-stone

‘The most successful people see adversity not as a stumbling block, but as a stepping -stone to greatness.’- Shawn Achor

Adopt a positive mindset

‘The most successful people adopt a mindset that not only makes their workdays more bearable, but also helps them work longer, harder, and faster than their negative mindset peers.’- Shawn Achor

By changing the fulcrum of our mindset

‘… by changing the fulcrum of our mindset and lengthening our lever of possibility, we change what is possible. It’t not the weight of the world that determines what we can accomplish. It is our fulcrum and lever.’- Shawn Achor

Try something new

‘Once we accept … new order in the working universe– that happiness is the center around which success orbits- we can change the way we work, interact with colleagues, and lead our teams, to give our own careers, and our whole organizations, the competitive edge.’- Shawn Achor

How To Expand Yourself

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth

When it comes to learning, to seeking knowledge, it is a marathon, not a sprint.

According to Teal Swan, ‘Expansion can be found by taking on healthy challenges, learning new things, improving upon your current situation, and following your bliss. You can develop new ways to approach problems so that they benefit your growth, and you can also expand by listening to other people’s thoughts and taking what serves you from what they say.’

Great learners are open to everything. If you want to be successful at what you do, you must commit yourself to learning from other people.

Why? Because you do not know everything. No one knows everything, not even you.