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Celebrities and other motivational icons who made it to the top, from real actors, athletes and authors who used to be just like you.
Why We Stay in Things That Don’t Serve Us
Have you ever felt stuck? Not stuck in traffic. Not stuck in a boring meeting. But stuck in life. In relationships that drain you. In jobs that leave you exhausted and unappreciated. In habits, routines, or beliefs that quietly steal your energy. And yet… you stay. Why? Because it’s easier to stay than to change.
By Yasir khan2 months ago in Motivation
Ink-Stained Shame
Rain lashed against the grimy window of Elias's studio, each drop a tiny drumbeat against the hollow in his chest. Dust motes, thick and slow, drifted in the single shaft of weak afternoon light that pierced the gloom, illuminating a space crammed with forgotten canvases, dried-up tubes of paint, and a half-eaten box of cereal on the floor. He hadn't touched a brush in months. His hands, once quick and certain, now felt heavy, useless things.
By HAADI2 months ago in Motivation
The Quiet Power of Becoming: How Ordinary People Build Extraordinary Lives. Content Warning. AI-Generated.
Introduction: Success Rarely Announces Itself In a world obsessed with loud victories and overnight success stories, we rarely talk about how success actually happens.
By Chilam Wong2 months ago in Motivation
Looking back: 2025 was a beast
It's hard to know where to begin with this. I've perhaps given a hint that it's been a bit of an ordeal from my title, and in most respects, it has; on the other hand, there's the case to be made that it really hasn't been so out of the ordinary at all, just this amazing thing called "life" with its highs and its lows.
By adms musa2 months ago in Motivation
The Weight of White
The city, a beast that never slept, usually growled outside Elias’s window. Tonight, though, the beast had fallen silent. Not a whimper, not a rumble. Just a thick, heavy quiet that pressed against the glass, making his ears ache. He’d been sitting at his kitchen table for three hours, staring at a half-finished story, the cursor blinking on the screen like a judgmental eye. He felt hollowed out, wrung dry, like a dish rag left in the sun too long.
By HAADI2 months ago in Motivation
Why Discipline Is More Important Than Talent . AI-Generated.
I was 23 when I realized I'd been chasing the wrong thing. Five years. That's how long I spent building a life that looked perfect on paper but felt completely hollow inside. I had the career everyone told me to want, the salary my parents bragged about at family dinners, the apartment in the right neighborhood. I should've been happy. Instead, I was waking up with a knot in my chest every single morning.
By Muhammad Usman2 months ago in Motivation
Why We Feel Invisible in a Room Full of People
The Party Where No One Saw Her Vanessa had been at the party for forty-three minutes, and she had become a ghost. Not literally, of course. She was standing right there—by the kitchen island, holding a glass of wine she wasn't drinking, wearing the emerald dress her sister said made her look confident. She was physically present in a room with thirty-seven other people, all of them laughing and talking and *connecting* in ways that seemed to come so naturally to everyone but her.
By Ameer Moavia2 months ago in Motivation
Bravery Hides in the Everyday
We often imagine bravery as something grand—jumping off cliffs, standing up in front of crowds, or taking huge leaps that change our lives overnight. True courage often doesn’t appear grand; it usually lives in the small, quiet moments we barely notice.
By Yasir khan2 months ago in Motivation
