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One Important Way To Be Your Real Self

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development
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Why is it important to be our real selves? Why can’t we just keep ‘faking it till we make it?’

Great questions! It is impossible to live a great life without first knowing who you are, what is important to you, and what makes you happy. If you don’t know your true self, then you are not living your own life. You are faking it till you make it. When will you come out of your closet?

The only life you have is YOURS, not mine. Euripides said, “There is just one life for each of us: our own.” Until you start to live your own life, you are not really living your own life, you are living other people’s lives. Do you want to live like that? I hope not.

It is important to live your OWN life. When you live your own life, you will have the chance to focus on yourself- your skills, your talents, your relationships, your personal and professional development, your self- discovery. But if you focus on other people’s lives, you are not living your own life to the fullest. You are wasting your time on earth.

The only way to be your real self, your true self, is to be ORIGINAL. You cannot be yourself when you imitate people. Imitation is not real. It is a photocopy. To accomplish great things in life, you have to be yourself. If not, your self-esteem will suffer. Herman Melville said, “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” It is better to fail being yourself than to succeed being another person. If you succeed being another person, you have not succeeded. But if you succeed being yourself, you have succeeded.

Be yourself, don’t imitate anyone, and you will succeed.

Overcoming Obstacles

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Motivation, Personal Development
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Obstacles are not designed to break you, but to make you stronger.

There is no obstacle that you cannot overcome. If you want to overcome obstacles in your way, you must first overcome the obstacles inside you. The negative thoughts in your mind are the biggest obstacles standing in your way. And they are the hardest to remove. If you can remove the negative thoughts in your mind, it will be easier for you to face whatever is stopping you from moving forward. You can clean up your mind of the negative thoughts by replacing them with positive thoughts. It is important to do this because you cannot be thinking in negative ways inside and be acting in positive ways outside. That will not work for a long time. What you are feeling inside should match your behavior. If not, you are in trouble.

Conquer yourself first so that you can face your obstacles. If you have not taken care of yourself, taking care of your obstacles will be a joke. If you want to experience real success, you must be ready to fight. You must be ready to face obstacles. You cannot succeed if you are not ready to face obstacles that are standing in your way. They are going to be there until you removed them. Successful people don’t run away from obstacles, they embrace obstacles. They learn from obstacles. They welcome obstacles.

Obstacles are in your way for a reason: to make you stronger. There is glory when you overcome obstacles. Overcoming obstacles is the only way to success. If you want to be successful, you must overcome your obstacles.

You cannot avoid obstacles. They are here to stay. Whenever you face obstacles, instead of giving up on your dreams, just change your strategies, just change your path to reach your dreams, just change your direction to reach your goals. Don’t quit. Don’t give up.

Face your obstacles, don’t run away from them, and you will defeat them.