If you think a relationship is meant to be an escape or that it should only be blissful, then you’re missing the point. Love is soft and nourishing, but it is also hard and revealing. It will show you the sides of yourself you need to work on.
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“First, forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice.”
― Octavia Butler
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― Octavia Butler
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The difference between open and closed-minded people:
Over time, the person who approaches life with an openness to being wrong and a willingness to learn outperforms the person who doesn’t.
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Over time, the person who approaches life with an openness to being wrong and a willingness to learn outperforms the person who doesn’t.
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You have to demonstrate excellence in everything you do.
Your income scales proportional to the amount of excellence that you are able to demonstrate. This is particularly true if you're going to work your way up at someone else's company.
It's simple: If you want to get promoted, earn the big raise, get that fancy title, and more, then demonstrate excellence in everything you do.
Everything matters. Every single thing. You don't get to pick and choose when to show up, because the world will ignore your best and judge you for your worst. Top performers show up with energy and enthusiasm for the little things just as much as they do for the big things.
If you're in the top-10% of performers, there's no ceiling for what you can do. But the self-awareness to identify where you currently stack up, and to hear and adapt to the honest feedback on it, is very rare.
If you're in the top-10%, you know it. If you're not, figure out why and fix it.
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Your income scales proportional to the amount of excellence that you are able to demonstrate. This is particularly true if you're going to work your way up at someone else's company.
It's simple: If you want to get promoted, earn the big raise, get that fancy title, and more, then demonstrate excellence in everything you do.
Everything matters. Every single thing. You don't get to pick and choose when to show up, because the world will ignore your best and judge you for your worst. Top performers show up with energy and enthusiasm for the little things just as much as they do for the big things.
If you're in the top-10% of performers, there's no ceiling for what you can do. But the self-awareness to identify where you currently stack up, and to hear and adapt to the honest feedback on it, is very rare.
If you're in the top-10%, you know it. If you're not, figure out why and fix it.
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The cost of being who you are is conflict with those who want you to be someone else.
The cost of being what others want you to be is conflict within yourself.
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The cost of being what others want you to be is conflict within yourself.
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“I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that’s not pulling the trigger.”
— Mia Hamm
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— Mia Hamm
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"When dreaming, imagine success.
When preparing, imagine failure.
When acting, imagine success."
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When preparing, imagine failure.
When acting, imagine success."
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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
Mark Twain
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Mark Twain
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"The truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable and imperfect."
- Brene Brown
Self-acceptance is at the core of human happiness.
To embrace oneself fully, to understand our imperfections and still maintain our desire for growth and change, is to live a fulfilling life.
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- Brene Brown
Self-acceptance is at the core of human happiness.
To embrace oneself fully, to understand our imperfections and still maintain our desire for growth and change, is to live a fulfilling life.
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We are living in a generation where you have to be active on social media or else you're mostly forgotten.
You have to respond to peoples texts so they remember to involve you in their plans.
You have to upload pictures and stories so you prove you're okay. And eventually you are active because you always feel like you're missing on something.
I believe we are a generation that are cursed by comparing likes, reactions and comments. A generation that the number of notifications can change their moods.
— Road-trip
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You have to respond to peoples texts so they remember to involve you in their plans.
You have to upload pictures and stories so you prove you're okay. And eventually you are active because you always feel like you're missing on something.
I believe we are a generation that are cursed by comparing likes, reactions and comments. A generation that the number of notifications can change their moods.
— Road-trip
— Artwork : Rombutan
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You get no competitive edge from consuming the same stuff everyone else is consuming. It’s rare, now, to focus. And it gives such better rewards.https://sive.rs/dc
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Disconnect
All the best, happiest, and most creatively productive times in my life have something in common: being disconnected.
“The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.”
– Barack Obama
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– Barack Obama
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Looking for Passionate Collaborators!
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After 4+ years of dedicated effort in growing these channels, I’m exploring opportunities to scale further. I’m seeking contributors who are interested in being part of this journey.
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Hey everyone,
After 4+ years of dedicated effort in growing these channels, I’m exploring opportunities to scale further. I’m seeking contributors who are interested in being part of this journey.
If you have experience or interest in content posting and channel growth, let’s talk! There’s potential for a revenue-sharing model for those who contribute significantly.
Drop me a message if you’re interested, and let’s discuss how we can create something amazing together.
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Do you have any attachments—people or things that you falsely believe you could not be happy without? Make a list of them right now before we go on to study how exactly they blind you.
Think of a politician who has convinced himself he will not be happy unless he gets political power. His quest for power coarsens his sensitivity to the rest of life. He barely has time for his family and friends. Suddenly all human beings are perceived and reacted to in terms of the support or threat that they are to his ambition. And those who can neither threaten nor support he does not even notice. If in addition to his craving for power he has an attachment to other things like sex or money, the poor man has become so selective in his perceptions that he could almost be said to be blind. Everyone sees this except the man himself. …
Now think of yourself listening to an orchestra in which the sound of the drum is so loud that nothing else can be heard. To enjoy the symphony you must be responsive to every instrument in the orchestra. To be in the state called love you must be sensitive to the uniqueness and beauty of every single thing and person around you. …
Stop for a while now to see how your attachments drain life’s symphony no less than the politician’s attachment to power and the businessman’s attachment to money have hardened them to the melody of life. Or look at the matter in another way: There is an enormous amount of information that is continuously flowing in from the world through the senses, the tissues of the organs of your body. Only a small part of this information reaches your conscious mind. It is like the infinite amount of feedback that is sent to the President of a nation: Only a tiny fraction finally makes its way to him. Somebody does the screening and the processing at the President's office. Who decides what will finally make its way to your conscious mind from all the material that is pouring in from the world? Three decisive filters: first your attachments, second your beliefs and third your fears.
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Think of a politician who has convinced himself he will not be happy unless he gets political power. His quest for power coarsens his sensitivity to the rest of life. He barely has time for his family and friends. Suddenly all human beings are perceived and reacted to in terms of the support or threat that they are to his ambition. And those who can neither threaten nor support he does not even notice. If in addition to his craving for power he has an attachment to other things like sex or money, the poor man has become so selective in his perceptions that he could almost be said to be blind. Everyone sees this except the man himself. …
Now think of yourself listening to an orchestra in which the sound of the drum is so loud that nothing else can be heard. To enjoy the symphony you must be responsive to every instrument in the orchestra. To be in the state called love you must be sensitive to the uniqueness and beauty of every single thing and person around you. …
Stop for a while now to see how your attachments drain life’s symphony no less than the politician’s attachment to power and the businessman’s attachment to money have hardened them to the melody of life. Or look at the matter in another way: There is an enormous amount of information that is continuously flowing in from the world through the senses, the tissues of the organs of your body. Only a small part of this information reaches your conscious mind. It is like the infinite amount of feedback that is sent to the President of a nation: Only a tiny fraction finally makes its way to him. Somebody does the screening and the processing at the President's office. Who decides what will finally make its way to your conscious mind from all the material that is pouring in from the world? Three decisive filters: first your attachments, second your beliefs and third your fears.
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“You think it’s easier to help the clients than it is to help yourself, but over time you gradually benefit in an indirect way. By helping other people, you spot the mistakes that they keep making and the traps that they fall into and you start to kind of realize that you’re probably doing the same thing. They function, to some extent, as a mirror for your own problems over time.”
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The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. It is not how easily they jump at a noise or how quick they are to show emotion. It’s in how they make use of what life has shown them.”
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