Tag: Personal Growth

Life is about growth. If you are not growing, then what are you doing?

6 Ways To Be Responsible For Your Own Happiness

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Personal Development, Workplace Learning Report

“Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.”– Andre Gide

“True happiness involves the full use of one’s power and talents.”– John W. Gardner

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Your happiness does not depend on other people, because you are responsible for your OWN happiness.

If you are waiting for people to make you happy, you will wait forever. Because your happiness is your responsibility, not their responsibility. No one can make you happy, but you.

If you are not happy with your life, don’t blame anyone for it. Blame yourself. Don’t wait for the government to make you happy. Don’t wait for other people to make you happy.

Take actions to change what you do not like about your life. Only action can change your life, not inaction. Take actions for things to change. If you don’t, no one will do it for you.

To be really happy, just go out there and make things happen. Don’t allow things to happen to you, make things happen for you. If you allow things to happen to you, then you are not in charge of your life.

Christian D. Larson said, “And it is the bringing forth of being through the act of doing that produces happiness that is happiness.”

No matter where you are now in your life, things are not always going to be going your way all the time. No matter what happens, the way you respond to it will make all the difference.

If things didn’t go your way, don’t give up. Don’t make excuses for why things did not go your way. If you fail, start again. If you don’t know what to do, find something important to do with your time.

Don’t waste your time. If you waste your time, you are wasting your life. Life and time cannot be separated. If you value your life, you will do everything in your power to use your time wisely.

As Carl Sandburg once said, “Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.”

In other words, if you want to be happy, really happy, use your time wisely.

A Missed Opportunity Costs More Than A Ferrari

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Personal Development
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If you want to succeed in life, you must pay attention to everything around you. Everything around you can get you to the next level only if you recognize it as such.

It starts with awareness. If you don’t know what you want, you can’t find it.

You cannot see today’s opportunities if your mind is trying to fix yesterday’s problems. This is one of the reasons people are not successful. They fail to know that yesterday is gone, and that it is not coming back.

The opportunities that you are looking for is right in front of you, but you cannot see them because you are still living your yesterday’s life.

Just open your eyes to opportunities if you want to grow. They are everywhere. They are not going to tell you that they are coming to your house. If you want them, you go out and search for your opportunities. They are out there waiting for you to pick them up.

In life, there is nothing more expensive than a missed opportunity. Why is that? Because it will take a while before you can get them back. You will have to wait for years before you can get them back, if it is even possible.

According to H. Jackson Brown, Jr. “Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.”

In order to see opportunities, you must pay attention to everything that is happening around you. Don’t ignore the things you don’t know. Instead of ignoring new things, ask great questions. The more questions you ask, the more great answers you will get. Because you never know where your opportunity will come from. So pay attention to everything, and you will see it.