Tag: Real self

Simplification Is Not About Letting Go. It Is About This

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth

Simplification is about what you want to achieve in your life. It is not about what you want to give away.

It is making things better. It is not about letting things go. It is about letting good things into your life. Yes, it can also be about letting bad things leave your life.

Yes, if you want to create room for growth, you have got to let some things leave your life.

You can simplify your life by being true to yourself. Because things are easier to manage when we are real to ourselves.

You can simplify your life by paying attention to what is not working for you. When you pay attention to what is not working, then you will know where to focus your resources.

Simplification is about making things better for yourself. It is letting go of bad friends, fake friends. It is about making room for growth in your life.

Simplification is about going back to what matters to you. When you are after what you love, when you are after what is important to you, you feel alive.

Before you go, remember this: ‘If you want to create a better life for yourself, you must simplify your life. If you want to get things done, more things done, spend more quality time with your loved ones, you have got to simplify your life.’

So what are you doing to simplify your life today?

This Is What Authenticity Means To Me

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth

Authenticity means more than just telling the truth. Because we know when we are not being honest with ourselves. We also know when we are human beings, when we are who we really are.

To me, being true to myself is everything. It means everything to me. It is simple. If I am not myself, then who am I? If I can’t live my life, then why am I here? If I can’t tell the truth, then my values are not my values.

To me, I am being true to myself when I am not afraid to raise my voice, when I am not afraid to represent what is right, when I am being honest with other people, when I am being honest with myself, when I have the courage to follow my heart, to listen to my inner self, when I can dig deeper into what makes me who I am today, when I can live my values, when I can work my values, when I can speak my values, when I believe in myself, and when I believe that the world is more than me.

I am being true to other people when I treat them as human beings, not as animals, when I pay attention to their stories, to their experiences. Why is that? Because I want to know them. I want to know where they are coming from. And I want to know how I can help them.

Because being true to others means you are there when they need you, not when you want something from them. That is manipulation.

When you are being authentic to yourself and to other people, the world wants to meet you.

To you, what does authenticity mean?