Personal Growth

How to Develop a Strong Mindset – A Beginners Guide to become more Resilient

How to develop a strong mindset

How to Develop a Strong Mindset   Life comes with all its opportunities and challenges. The world would be a much better place if we all learned to be humble when blessed with success and gracious in defeat.   Undoubtedly, we will all have to face losses multiple times throughout our lives. And when obstacles are thrown at us, we need to overcome them in order to come out of it as stronger people. How to develop a strong mindset is something all of us need to learn if we are to achieve success in life.    Before we learn how to develop a strong mindset, let’s explore the...

Healthy Habits to start in your 20s

healthy habits to start in your 20s

Healthy Habits to start in your 20s   Now that I’ve turned 30, I took the time to reflect on my 20s and how it went by, what I learned and wished I could have done differently. Based on my life experiences, today I would like to share some healthy habits to start in your 20s.    It was 10 years ago, when I was a young energetic person excited about what I wanted out of life. I was fresh out of college and looking to build a career. I was unsure of the career path I wanted and was very naive about what it takes to be healthy and how finances work.    Today, 10 years later, I...

Daily Habits to Improve Mental Health

Daily Habits to Improve Mental Health

Daily Habits to Improve Mental Health   Today, we live in such a fast paced world where success is measured by output, money and glamorous careers. These measures can often lead to burnout, stress and high levels of anxiety. The importance of daily habits to improve mental health is at an all time high. WHO defines Mental health as a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their community.  As adults we are faced with so many new challenges such as rising prices of living,...

12 Best Books to Read for Success

12 Best Books to read for Success

12 Best Books to read for success Success is the result of a lot of small things done consistently. And a key element of that is gaining the required knowledge. If you look into the lives of the most successful people in the world, you will find one common trait. And that is that they read a lot. By reading the best books for success, they are able to constantly put themselves ahead of others and achieve greater levels of success. The books in this list come from some of the most successful people themselves such as Sadhguru, Robin Sharma, Guy Kawasaki, Tim Ferriss, Tony Robbins and many...

Reading Habits of successful people – How to gain the most out of reading

Reading habits of successful people

Reading Habits of successful people - How to gain the most out of reading   Knowledge is Power. This saying goes a long way. It really is true, the world’s libraries and bookstores are full of wisdom and knowledge waiting to be discovered. The reading habits of successful people continue to put them ahead of the rest. The most successful people reportedly spend hours daily reading and educating themselves. Moreover, they love to share and educate others about what they learn. Through this process of learning and sharing, they engrave this priceless knowledge in their own brain,...

How to Create New Habits – A Beginners Guide

How to Create New Habits

How to Create New Habits - A Beginners Guide “Learning how to create new habits and nurturing them on a daily basis is the key to make real progress in all aspects of your life such as health, family, relationships, finances etc.” When we look at the most successful people in the world and how much they have achieved, it may seem like they are just so smart or born with the drive to be achieving things at the pace they are. But If you look closely, you will see that they are just people like us. What sets them apart is that they have created and...

Habit Forming – Is 21 Days Enough? (The Myth & The Truth)

Habit forming in 21 days

Habit Forming – Is 21 Days Enough? (The Myth & The Truth) It is a well-known fact that the habits of highly successful people allow them to keep doing things that lead to even more success overtime. This includes great habits in almost every aspect in their life from what they eat, how much they sleep, when they exercise and how they tackle their tasks. If you have heard about habit forming in 21 days, and wonder how this came up, keep reading as this article is all about how a habit is formed, if habit forming in 21 days really work and how this theory has exploded in the habit...

The Power of Setting Daily Intentions And How To Do It

The Power Of Setting Daily Intentions And How To Do It

The Power Of Setting Daily Intentions And How To Do It How does your typical morning look like? Do you wake up just before you have enough time to do everything in a rush? Not taking the time to check in with yourself can lead to feelings of disconnection from yourself and your goals, and leave you feeling lost and unmotivated. Setting daily intentions before you start your day can be an empowering tool to move past this feeling and help you remain more focused and productive. What does this mean? It means to ask yourself every morning what you want out of this new day that is ahead of...

How To Cope With Insecurities In A Relationship

How to cope with insecurities in a relationship

I think we can all agree that as human beings, none of us are always full of confidence about every aspect of our life. Even the most seemingly successful ones have different things in their life that they are attached to, and feel insecure about. It could be about how you look, what your job is, how much money you make, what your home looks like and a long list of many other things.    However, the feelings of insecurities become more apparent when it comes to romantic relationships. How to cope with insecurities in a relationship is something that the majority of us have to deal...

Letting Go of Things That No Longer Serve You

Letting Go of Things That No Longer Serve You

Letting Go of Things That No Longer Serve You Acquiring new things (material things, skills, wealth, etc.) is often celebrated as a way of defining success and happiness in life. While these things can certainly elevate how you feel about your life, there is a certain aspect to life that is not about acquiring but about letting go. Letting go of things that no longer serve you is in a way more important than getting a lot of new things.  Even if you have all the materialistic things you want in life, without a well-trained mind to letting go of things that no longer serve you, chances are...

How to Stick To Your Commitments | 5 Tips To Help You Achieve Your Goals

stick to your commitments

How To Stick To Your Commitments If you’re someone who takes personal growth seriously, chances are you have made a lot of commitments to yourself through the years. Do you ever wonder even after making so many commitments to yourself, it’s just so easy to make excuses and not work on whatever you said you would? If you’re like this (don’t worry, most of us are), keep reading as in this post I share some great tips to keep you accountable and stick to your commitments.  When it comes to keeping commitments to others, such as our job, partner, and family, most of us do a little better...

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