Tag: Risks

How To Live Your Own Life Well

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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Photo by Andrea Piaquadio

Your life is your life. You should live it in your own way. You are not here to joke around. You are here on this earth to live your own life. If you are not living it now, when are you going to start living it?

You can’t live other people’s lives- only your own life. People want you to live their lives, but not yours. They want you to be different. They don’t want you to think for yourself. But no one is telling you to think for yourself. Why? So that they can control your life.

You must learn to think for yourself. You must learn to lead your life. You must learn to take charge of your life. You must be comfortable living your life. Do not apologize for your lifestyle. It is yours.

Believe in yourself. Don’t let people talk you out of your dreams. There are lots of people out there who are ready to tell you how to live your life, but no one is willing to tell you how to live your TRUE life.

To live your life, you must be a risk taker. Don’t just take risks, but take calculated ones. Don’t fear to experiment with what you don’t know. That is how we learn. That is how we get better at what we do. That is how we master our lives.

If you are afraid to take risks, then you are afraid to grow. There is no growth without risks. Don’t let fear master you. You must do whatever is within your power to master fear. If you can master fear, you are free to live your life.

Whatever it is you want to do, do it with all your might. Do not quit. Even if you are not getting what you want, don’t quit. Just do things differently, or you can change where you are going to. Do not blame anyone for where you are. It is your life. Live it well.

How To Separate Yourself From Your Past Mistakes

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Workplace Learning Report
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Photo by Daniel Reche

“Mistakes are valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, and forget it.”- John Wooden

If you want to be a happy person, stop thinking about your past mistakes. It is okay to make mistakes. People who have made it in life have made significant mistakes. They are not afraid to tell you about their mistakes. They are proud of them. Let us be honest here. If you really want to do what you want to do in your life, you must learn to be VERY comfortable with mistakes.

If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying enough. You are not risking enough to make it in life. You are not risking enough to move out of your comfort zone. It is not your comfort zone; it is your dream-killing zone.

In your comfort zone, you are comfortable, but you are not growing. If you want to make yourself happy, you must get yourself in the game of life. You must learn how to take risks. If not, you are only wasting your precious time. Don’t waste your time. As the old saying goes, “If you waste your time, you waste your life.” Don’t let that happen to you!

People don’t want to make mistakes. As a result, they don’t try anything. My question for you is, “If you don’t try something new, something exciting and educative, something challenging, how do you expect to grow?” If you think you can grow without work, if you think you can grow without taking calculated risks, if you think you can grow without leaving your comfort zone, you are just kidding yourself!

When you make a mistake, be happy. It is the ONLY way forward. If you want to move forward, you must separate yourself from your past mistakes. Can you do that for yourself?