Perfectionism doesn’t help us progress; mistakes do. With the right mindset, they push us forward. We need to know that succeeding isn’t neat and tidy; it’s sloppy and messy. It’s mistake-ridden. When you make a mistake, it lays the groundwork for improvement. Every failure is an attempt to do something. And in those attempts, you…More
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You need to know that you really are enough
No matter how many likes, hearts, or comments you get, you are enough. Yes. You are. We’ve always lived in a world where we’ve compared ourselves with others; the problem is now we have ample data to measure our comparisons. If we get less engagement than we want on a post, we feel like we…More
One of the best ways to become happy
More. It’s one of the greatest lies there is. More money, more sex, more friends, more cars, more education, more this, more that will help me be happy, fulfilled, feel better about myself. But it never does. Yes, More can bring happiness. But it’s there; then it’s not. It’s a flash, a moment. Then it’s…More
Sometimes rest is the best thing for your work
We want to succeed, improve our work, write better. So we grind away, working more, harder, believing that’s what we should do. But that’s wrong. Yes, we need to work hard. And yes, that often equates to long hours, dogged days, grinding away. Yet, there are times when no matter how many hours you put…More
Do you know how valuable you really are?
You are more valuable than you think you are, believe you are. Even with all of your mistakes, guilt, shame, sin, flaws, and failures, you are worth more than all of the gold in the world. The people who told you you are worthless lied to you. They spoke out of their shame and lack…More
How change can make the best of you now
Change is scary. But we can learn to face it and turn it to our advantage. The reason we fear change is because we can’t control it. It often happens to us. And we see it as adversarial: Change is the enemy and is messing with my life. Change is changing what I don’t want…More
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