Tag: Opportunities

How To “Create A Greater You”

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
Photo by Vie Studio

You can create a better you. To do it, you must surrender yourself. You must not fear to live your life. Do not be scared to express yourself. Be comfortable with yourself.

Because creating a greater life starts with you. It starts with the love you have for yourself. It starts with how you treat yourself, how you treat other people. It starts with how you see yourself.

No matter how you look, you can only be you. You can’t be like another person. Even if you try to do it, to change yourself, it won’t work. You can lie to your physical body, not to your soul.

No matter how you look, if you want to make peace with your soul, if you want to live a happy life, you must be comfortable with yourself.

To create a greater life, to create a greater you, in the words of Regina Brett, “Create and live a life that is so good, it doesn’t matter if anyone comes along. Say yes to every opportunity to make new friends, meet new people, try new adventures. … Be your best, deepest, truest self. Make yourself attractive to you.” If not, you are not living for yourself. You are living for others.

“There Are No Mistakes.” Here Is Why

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
Photo by Brett Jordan

When you make a mistake, it is not the end of your life. In short, it is the beginning of a new day, of a new life, of a new you.

When you make mistakes, don’t deny them, own them. You learn from them when you own them.

If you want to learn more from your mistakes, don’t be afraid to make one or two mistakes. But do not make it a habit. It is good to make a mistake, but do not do it every day.

Mistakes are opportunities to know more about your world. So when you make a mistake, instead of beating yourself up, take it as a learning opportunity. Anthony Robbins says, “Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Do not try to be perfect.” Yes, he is right.

“Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.”- Nikki Giovanni

Learn from your mistakes. Do not avoid mistakes. When you avoid mistakes, you are avoiding your own growth. Remember, nothing is going to happen if you don’t embrace mistakes. So why avoid mistakes? You are going to make more, anyway.

“There are no mistakes,” only lessons. There are no mistakes, only opportunities. According to Richard Bach, “There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they’re necessary to reach the places we’ve chosen to go.”

Do not let the fear of mistakes stop you from living your true life. Whatever you are doing, don’t expect it to be perfect the first time. It is not going to be perfect. Because you are doing it for the first time. Barbara Sher said, “You don’t have to get it right the first time.” No one gets it right the first time. So be comfortable with mistakes. And you will grow.