success
The road to success is always under construction; share your equations for success — and learn some new ones.
What is Success and Have I Achieved it?
In grade 10, my civics and careers teacher assigned us a project on what success means to us. I thought long and hard about what that word meant to me; money, fancy cars, a big house, and the one thing I really believed in.
By Bailey Clough6 years ago in Motivation
Being A Little Person
It’s hard enough being in a world that is tall. It’s hard walking into places made for “normal” people. Little people are supposed to acquiesce to what isn’t made for them and yet if something is made smaller for us, we are told to fix things to suit those that are “normal”.
By Lizzie Martinez6 years ago in Motivation
Deliberate Practice.
There are a few people in every field, be it sports, medicine, ballet, chess, business, etc. who excel where others only manage to achieve competence. Their light seems to shine brighter and they achieve a level of mastery that most of us only dream about. Why is that? How do they do it? Are they born with a special gift?
By Charles Leon6 years ago in Motivation
Working, Waiting and Wining
Several times a day, I stand in front of a mirror and examine. I scrutinize the recurring pimples strategically spread across my cheeks, a natural blush from a constantly dirty pillow. Thank God for MAC. I damn the slowly fading yellow stain on my eyeballs. I'll give up tobacco, eventually. The dark bruised skin under my right eye provides character and evidences that nasty fall more than a year ago. What a terrible tumble. My gaze then drops and I behold It, the looseness around my pelvis speaking to my air of just that. Damn... I think I'll have another glass of Cabernet.
By Lauren Hunter 6 years ago in Motivation
Beware the Barrenness of Busy Life
Man is a social animal and has always sought some sort of interconnection with other species; be it on a spiritual, economic, physical or colloquial level. This quest of man has led to many developments; some intrinsic, other like snake’s skin that sheds itself regularly. Man’s propensity to stay can be likened to be an intrinsic value in this contemporary world, a quality it needs to shed away to regain the sanity it craves and the peace of mind it deserves.
By Zain Iqbal6 years ago in Motivation
Life of a Liver Transplant Recipent
Hi all my name is Bernice Allan, I am currently 24 years old, I have completed in Numerous Australian Transplant Games and One World Transplant Games which was held in 2009 based in Gold Coast Australia. At Nine months old in 1996 my life was changed forever. My parents were told that I have 24 hours to live due to a serious liver conditon which was callied Bilary Atresia which is an imcomplete development of the bile duct. Just as my loved ones were about to say good bye I was rushed into theatre for 10 hours to recieve the 'Gift of Life' which was Liver Transplant on Valentines Day (14th Feburary 1996). I just celebrated 24 years since having this transplant. Most have to wait, days, week, months or even years to recieve an organ transplant but my parents and health professionals knew I wouldn't be able to survive if i didn't recieve a new liver within the 24 hours. Due to my liver condition that I was diagnosed with at 24 hours to live I now from Hearing loss which I have a mental plate in my head to wear a baha and waiting for my left side of my head to be done. I also suffer from severe sleep apnoea, have to wear glasses or contact lenses due to an eye condition called astigmatism. When I started schooling my parents was told that I am going to suffer from Developmental Delay which is classed as an Intellectual Disability which I was placed in a Special Needs class or mainstream throughout my whole schooling. I was involved in 'Bandage Bear Day' which was selling bandage bears to raise money for an operating theatre, Little Livers' which was doing fundraising for people in need while going through this experience. I get involved in Fundraising events because I love working in the community. Fundraising helps improve the lives of people that are living or knows someone that is living with an illness or disease. I have been helped, so I want to help others. I think that I will always help other people because I'm a caring person and I want people to be happy and healthy. Due to having a Liver Transplant I have to take Cyclosprin twice a day orally, this medication stops my liver from being rejected. Even thought I suffer from Borderline Personaility Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, other mental and physical health problems. I am about graduate from my Certificate III in Individual Support (Disability), I left my family and friends in South Australia to move to Victoria with my partner. My main goal is to become a Nurse or Transplant Nurse. Having this Liver Transplant has changed mine and my loved ones life around, as its has given me a second chance of life. It has made me who I am today. I think that I am a caring person and have a good personality. If I didnt recieve the transplant, I wouldn't be involved in fundraising and completing in the Australian and World Transplant Games. This would also meant that I wouldn't have met all the amazing and caring friends that I have today.
By Bernice Anne6 years ago in Motivation
Challenges = Growth
Everyday can be a grind. Throw in social pressures and complicated relationships; I’m no longer surprised with why a lot of people are imbalanced, especially in Toronto. After spending too many years in an abusive relationship and working in a toxic fashion industry my brain broke; my heart was broken. I was so sure about everything in my life and now I had to pick up the broken pieces of myself and start over. The older you get the harder it is to let go and reinvent. I found that it wasn’t about fixing something that’s broken, it’s about growing into something new. I thought I knew who I was but I had to let that go. So now what? I realized that I was stifled from growth because of my ex. When I left that relationship the amount of growth I went through was dramatic. I decide with little to no planning to go on stress leave; I booked a flight to Bali and left Toronto.
By Gamma Ray6 years ago in Motivation
The Voice in Darkness
One early morning I was browsing through Instagram when I came across a post that tagged Diana Watley. I decided to go to her page and see what she was about. Little did I know that one click, that one selection would cause a ripple effect in my life. The strength and sincerity that came through the speakers of my phone caused me to pause and actively and intentionally listen to the words flowing forth. I felt inspired, challenged and hungry for more of what I was hearing.
By Anntoinette Evon Thompson6 years ago in Motivation
Why do most Americans fear self-discipline?
America is one of the most successful civilizations in history. That is not an understatement. Whether we're talking about material well being, life expectancy and the general ability of any kind of government or society to provide for its people, America is at the top.
By Adrian Praljak6 years ago in Motivation
Bukowski's Perseverance
It is easy to write old Charles (Hank Chinanski) Bukowski off as a mean drunk and amateur poet that got really lucky. He was a bar brawler, a pretty horrible guy to most of the women in his life, and the type of drunk that would drink until he passed out most of the time. He started drinking at 16 and didn’t stop until he died at 73. For most of his adult life he held a string of low paying jobs with a couple of longer stints as a mail man in Los Angeles. Considering how brutal his childhood was, his dad beat him with a razor strap once a week until he was ten years old, it is amazing that he didn’t commit suicide or end up a serial killer.
By Steve B Howard6 years ago in Motivation
How does teenagers deal with failure?
Most people fail at some point in their lives, it is a very fundamental thing you need to get through. According to the Cambridge Dictionary failure means: the fact of someone or something not succeeding. Everyone wants to succeed and as a teenager it is what we are told to do, when you grow up you need or are going to be someone great, but, what does it stop us to do something great?, How does failure affect teenagers? More importantly, does failure predetermine a teenager’s future?
By Andrea Escudero6 years ago in Motivation
