Tag: Success

Upset Yourself

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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To get better at what you do, you must upset yourself. Do not settle for less. Because you are more than less. You are greater than what you are giving yourself. You know more than you are doing. You have more than you are giving.

Look, life does not cheat. If you want to be successful, if you want to live a meaningful life, do not cheat yourself.

You must upset yourself. Do not be a follower, take the lead. And do not be afraid to try something new. Do not be afraid to challenge yourself. Take risks. Take risks and do something completely different from what you have been doing. Take a new path. Do not follow the beaten path.

Upset yourself. Why is that? Because it is more important to grow than to be comfortable. It is more important to choose you than to choose others. It is more important to follow your own path than to follow the crowd. And it is more important to master yourself than to master others.

So why not upset yourself? Why not make yourself uncomfortable?

Your Journey Matters

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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It is your journey. No matter what life throws at you, keep walking. No matter what people throw at you, do not give up. It is your life. It is your journey. Keep going. Keep living it. Keep loving it.

Yes, keep loving it. Because if you do not love your journey, if you do not love what you are doing, if you do not love where you are going, it is very to easy to give up.

That is not why you are here. You are here to grow, to fail, to learn, to walk your walk. You are not here to watch other people getting things done. You are here to get your own things done. You are here to paint your own picture.

That is why you must respect your journey. Your journey is yours to feel, to live, to walk , to enjoy, and to celebrate.

But remember, no matter how smart you are, no matter how strong you are, no matter how honest you are with yourself, you can’t walk your walk alone.

You can’t succeed alone. Do not take the heat alone. Do not take the journey alone. You need other people who have done it before. You need positive people around you. You do not need negative people around you.

When the going gets really tough, reach out to them. Hide your ego. This is not the time to obey your ego. This is the time to believe in yourself, in your journey. And when you do, you will get there. Because it matters.