Tag: Self-Assessment

Why You Get In Trouble

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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You get in trouble when you are not in charge of your life. You get in trouble when you are just following the crowd, when you do not question anything. You get in trouble when you don’t believe in yourself, when you don’t think you are good enough to do great things, when you think other people are better than you.

Look, life is not perfect. You won’t be here if you are not good enough. You are good enough. Do not limit yourself.

Whatever you are going through right now in your life, you can deal with it. You can move forward. Instead of beating yourself up, why not focus on how you are going to get better?

Whatever you are going through right now in your life, it is yours to go through. You are learning, not suffering. You can live it. You can live the life you want for yourself. You can recreate your life, your real life, the one you want for yourself.

To do that, it starts with self-belief. You must believe in yourself. That is life. Nothing is going to happen if you don’t believe in yourself.

If you don’t believe in yourself, you will always get yourself in trouble. People who believe in themselves are not afraid to take on difficult things. They are not afraid to live their lives. They are not smarter than you, but they just believe more in who they are.

If you doubt yourself, if you do not believe in yourself, it is going to affect how you live your life, where you are, what you are doing, and where you are going.

You won’t be able to move your life forward.You won’t be able to make yourself happy. And you won’t be able to handle ordinary things.

But there is a way forward. Instead of giving up on yourself, you can pay attention to where your negative thoughts are coming from, question them, and reject them. Yes, reject them. They are not true.

If you do not do something about them, they will do something about you. You will get stuck. You won’t be able to move your life forward. Above all, you are not going to be happy with your life, with yourself.

You won’t be able to move your life forward. Is that what you want for yourself, for your beautiful life?

If it is not, then do something about it.

Why ‘An Intense Self-Focus’ Is Dangerous

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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‘An intense self-focus not only obscures our vision of those around us; it distorts our ability to see ourselves for what we really are.’- Tasha Eurich

‘When people are steeped in self-delusion, they are usually the last to find out.’- Tasha Eurich

‘Other people generally see us more objectively than we see ourselves.’- Tasha Eurich

‘Even people you don’t know well can be a valuable source of feedback.’-Tasha Eurich

‘Self-awareness is not one truth. It’s a complex inter-weaving of our views and others’ views of us.’- Tasha Eurich

‘Others’ opinions are just as important for insight as our own.’- Tasha Eurich

‘If we don’t understand the behavior we’re getting feedback about, we don’t yet have the power to make better choices.’- Tasha Eurich

‘Surprising feedback can often open our eyes to strengths we never knew we had.’- Tasha Eurich