personal-development

Your self-esteem and emotional strength relies solely onhow you think and how you see things around you.

Without a clear destination in view, the challenges on the journey seem pointless.

We are each authors of a self-concocted depiction establishing our present day identity. Our persona is woven from a range of truths interweaved with inspired imagination and occasionally bounded by convenient falsehoods. Creating our personal story generates an identity myth that allows us to carry on.

A life of leisure never satisfies anyone who possesses a lively mind.

You can__ get where you want to go unless you start with where you are.

How you define an event produces emotionand determines how you feel going forward

The act of writing is a contemplative vision quest, a somber expedition of discovery that requires the writer to subordinate their ego in order to travel in soulful solitude towards a desirable personal haven of rejuvenating enlightenment. Writing for personal growth entails unconditionally surrendering oneself to the struggle of tearing their sense of self apart. It demands the solemn willpower to dissect and analyze the fissures of a self-absorbent soul one layer at a time.

This is the day that everything can change for you.

You get what you focus on. What we see ahead impacts the actions we take right now. How we live and lead is directly connected to what we see.

Making appointments with yourself and scheduling other things around them is key to proactive self-management.

You must create more margin so you have room for what__ important, not merely urgent.

When we have clarity on our destination and are grounded in our current reality, we are equipped to make the best decisions possible.

A client of mine once joked, __f youremployer likes you, the rest is history, the raise and everythingelse will come._ That intangible attitude in the workplace is whatsets apart those who get promoted and those who don__.

When one door shuts... sometimes it's best to leave it shut, and move on...

Reflecting on various aspects of our lives is essential for a person to grow and adjust to changing phases in their life. Self-analysis entails examining a person__ existing level of self-esteem and documenting the inner voice that speaks to a person, which is frequently either affirming of self-defeating. Failure to periodically engage in self-analysis, make crucial revisions in our personas, and modify our thinking patterns when we encounter transformative events in life can lead to mood disorders, burnout, and other emotional maladies.

Age 50 is the mile marker where any mildly perceptive person becomes acutely aware that he or she alone is accountable for the content and coherence of their character.

Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge. But there is another element, an X factor that Masters inevitably possess, that seems mystical but that is accessible to us all. Whatever field of activity we are involved in, there is generally an accepted path to the top. It is a path that others followed, and because we are conformist creatures, most of us opt for this conventional route. But Masters have a strong inner guiding system and a high level of self-awareness. What has suited others in the past does not suit them, and they know that trying to fit into a conventional mold would only lead to a dampening of spirit, the reality they seek eluding them. And so inevitably, these Masters, as they progress on their career paths, make a choice at a key moment in their lives: they decide to forge their own route, one that others will see as unconventional, but that suits their own spirit and rhythms and leads them closer to discovering the hidden truths of their objects of study. This key choice takes self-confidence and self-awarenes__he X factor that is necessary for attaining mastery...

The wise know their days are numbered and act accordingly.