Tag: Motivate

If You Want To Live Your Life Courageously Every Day, These Quotes Are For You

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Motivational Quotes

Empower yourself.

‘By empowering yourself to shift your thinking patterns, you can change the way you perceive fear and courage.’- Mary Poffenroth, PhD

Extend kindness to yourself.

‘Try to always extend kindness and understanding to yourself when you make mistakes or encounter difficulties.’- Mary Poffenroth, PhD

Reframe your thoughts.

‘Reframing is not about making every negative thought a positive one; it’s about placing an unhelpful thought into the light of reality.’– Mary Poffenroth

Transform your expectations.

‘If you can transform your expectations from fear based to courage based, your behavior toward yourself and others reflects those expectations, leading to braver choices and a more courageous mind.’- Mary Poffenroth, PhD

Engage in positive activities.

‘By engaging in net-positive playful activities such as games or art without ambition, our attention is diverted away from these negative thoughts and toward something far more enjoyable and uplifting.’- Mary Poffenroth, PhD

Practice gratitude.

‘Gratitude is a powerful practice for bringing more joy into our lives– and there are so many ways to weave it into your routine.’- Mary Poffenroth, PhD

Focus your attention on things you enjoy

‘By focusing your attention on something benign, like spinning a tiny ball bearing around on a ring, you can help yourself not focus quite so much on a stress trigger.’- Mary Poffenroth

Be brave.

‘Living courageously means being willing to move through fear rather than avoiding or denying its presence in your life.’- Mary Poffenroth

Name your fear.

‘By assigning a specific name to your fear, you solidify the experience you’re having.’- Mary Poffenroth

Control your thoughts.

‘By spotting our fear-influenced thinking patterns and understanding their root causes, we can start building bridges away from those invisible fear cages that keep us trapped.’- Mary Poffenroth, PhD

Further Reading:

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

If You Want To Embrace Vulnerability, Don’t Ignore These Quotes

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Motivational Quotes

According to Lewis Howes, ‘Taking off that mask to show vulnerability is one thing, but when you do it to show the world who you really are, that is something else entirely. That is true strength.’

‘We are driven by our beliefs– the problem is that many of our beliefs at all. They’re faulty assumptions built on fear that get baked into culture because we’re even more afraid of addressing them than we are of addressing the fear that created them.’

‘What you are supressing is creating disease. Disease of the heart, the mind, and the soul. You need to clear this by exposing what you’re covering up to the light of openness, honesty, and vulnerability.’

‘Shame and uncertainty are only a few short steps away from depression and anxiety. Separately or together, those emotions can drive you to the brink. They can blot out everything else in your life and literally make you carzy.’

‘We’re all going to do different things with our money. We’re all going to have different numbers that we aspire to reach. But at the end of the day, if you think that amount of money will make you accepted by other people, or will get you friends, you’re doing it for the wrong reasons and you are fooling yourself.’

‘You cannot purchase connection. And your net worth will never create self-worth, no matter how much the two might seem to be related.’

‘What we need to realize is that we are valuable, regardless of what we have. We need to recognize that, while living behind the Material Mask, there will never be such a thing as ‘enough’ when it comes to a sufficient sense of self-worth as a man.’

‘Live in gratitude. Someone who is grateful for what he has, no matter how little it is, will be more open tom living a joyful life.’

‘We are all gifts. When you see someone filled with love and joy, it is contagious. It doesn’t matter how much money they have; what matters is how they show up in the world.’

‘Having a sense of humor is not a bad thing, but there’s a time and a place for everything. When you’re using humor as an avoidance tool, it becomes detrimental. When you’re using it to add fun and joy to a situation, it works.’

Further Reading:

Lewis Howes (2017). The Mask of Masculinity: How Men Can Embrace Vulnerability, Create Strong Relationships, And Live Their Fullest Lives