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Advice that will put you on the path to success; tips, tricks and nuggets of wisdom from trusted experts and motivational mentors.
Just Do The Damn Thing
A friend once told me he was terrified of becoming a parent. He told me he once bought a puppy, and had to return him after a week because he was too much to handle. I told him the funny thing was, even though babies are a bigger responsibility, they ease you in; puppies don’t. My daughter was easiest as a newborn, because she literally ate, pooped, peed, and slept. Super easy in my opinion (granted I definitely have what most would consider a “good” baby). But of course, babies get older, and raising a whole human gets slightly more difficult. But as your baby does one more thing every day, you learn to handle one more thing, every day. And before you know it, you realize, “oh wow, I’m really doing this parenting thing,” and you know that you’re doing an above average job when they smile and laugh at you, because all they want is your love. I struggle with a lot of things in my life (like most people), but oh, when I see that smile of hers, all those other internal struggles become trivial. When the time comes, you’ll be ready. Because you’ll just be doing it.
By Shae J7 years ago in Motivation
Overcome Fear
Understanding What Fear Is In this life, one of the most powerful emotions that can strongly affect our minds and bodies is fear. Fear can bring on very strong signals throughout our bodies when we are placed in emergency situations like the breakout of a fire or if we are being attacked. We can also experience fear when we are pressured to do something like going on a job interview, taking a test, or even going on a first date. If we think that something can go very wrong or if we imagine that something can be a threat to us, we can experience anxiety. Both fear and anxiety can last for just a short time and then pass. However, there are times when they last so much longer and we cannot get rid of these feelings. Soon they take over our lives and we have trouble eating, sleeping, concentrating, and going on with our lives. These feelings can paralyze us so that we cannot leave our homes and go to work or school. Soon it seems that our lives are controlled by fear and anxiety and we have no control over what we are doing as long as we try to avoid these feelings. In the long run they can affect our health.
By Alyssa Day7 years ago in Motivation
To Motivate Is a Choice and a Lifestyle
You know I've spent a lot of my time thinking of reasons why people were constantly being negative. More than anything, I would ponder how good people would allow those same negative people to be around them for no good reason at all. Even if it was a short period of time, I just simply wouldn't risk it. Thinking to myself, "Damn, you can't even give these people a split second or they would have had enough time to make you negative too." It must be contagious or something, because I see it all the time, and it's almost as if these people make it a lifestyle and won't be okay until they bring negativity to the world. I mean it's like a job they have! Are these people employed with the negativity? LOL, just kidding.
By Josue Manuel Sanudo7 years ago in Motivation
Never Lose to Your Negative Tendencies Again
When was the last time you looked at yourself, I mean really looked? Everywhere we turn, there are people who have specific tendencies, good or bad, that can have a direct effect on them. Have you been able to identify yours?
By Dr Erik Scott (Dmin)7 years ago in Motivation
Finding Joy in Transitioning to Adulthood
Growing up can be a challenge for so many people that are transitioning into adulthood. Once high school graduation is over it comes time to consider what they will be doing for the rest of their lives. It is a challenging decision that requires a lot of insight before a decision is made.
By Kevin7 years ago in Motivation
Being an Actor
"Oh, it must be so glamorous to be an actor!" This is something that you hear so much, when the reality is so different. 95% of actors are out of work and known as 'resting actors'. This was me for many years—working as a paper girl, a waitress, flyering on street corners. I'm fortunate now as I have a few projects already in the pipeline and films I have worked on are starting to be released in some cinemas (hooray!). Guys, this has taken fifteen years of my life, sacrifices that I have made to keep the dream and hope alive. If you want to be an actor, your skin needs to be as thick as a crocodile's skin! I can assure you that you can do it. Take the rejections as lessons, rather than failures. Once, I was told after being down to the last two actors for a role, "Sorry, Rachel, you are so talented, but your cheekbones are wrong for the character". I mean, I couldn't exactly say I'd go to a plastic surgeon to maybe change my cheekbones...so instead of destroying my face I thought, "what good can I take away from this rejection?" 1) I got down to the last two out of thousands of women, 2) they said I was very talented.
By Rachel Warren7 years ago in Motivation
Make A Wish
Make a wish they said when I blew out the candles on my birthday cake. But I knew my wish would never come true because of the manipulative and restrictive ways of my Guardian. Anything I had aspired to do, she had to say no to for some stupid reason. I wanted to be an air traffic control officer—no; I wanted to be an auto mechanic, oh, that's a man's job, she said. I wanted to be a horse trainer—those jobs are not for women, she would say.
By Emily A Dinwiddie7 years ago in Motivation
Dealing with Pressure from People Around You
Have you ever had someone in your life that seems to be succeeding more? Or your classmates from college who are actually doing what you both studied for? How about that classmate that you have right now in high school who’s just the best at everything he/she does? There will always be one or more people around you who you will think that they are doing a lot more than you do.
By Cara Celestin7 years ago in Motivation
Recipe for Living a Healthy and Stress-Reduced Life
Staying healthy is like baking a perfect cookie. All you need are the right ingredients. What tends to happen with health, though, is, all too often, people tackle getting healthy by doing too much at once. That never works!
By Steven Walker7 years ago in Motivation
Financial Insecurity with Students and Self-Worth
It has come to my attention that a lot of students deal with financial insecurities, and it has influenced their day to day lives. Meanwhile, this is a time in their life where they should be experiencing life itself and accepting what they consider a “failure”as a lesson and using it as a tool to mold their future to what they would want it to be and support each other.
By Isabella Theresa7 years ago in Motivation
