16. For Every Frustrating Situation, Find a Creative Solution
Someone once said that frustration is the creaky, stiff door to the Secret Garden. I don’t know if you’ve watched that childhood drama, but it centers around a garden which is unapproachable and whose entrance has overgrown, remaining almost completely hidden until accidentally discovered by one of the main characters of the film. Sometimes our [...]
Read more15. Understand the Importance of Taking Full Responsibility…
All my mistakes belong to me! Even the ones I do by mistake. OK, enough tongue-in-cheek word-twisting – what do I mean by this statement? Well, I’ll be honest here – I still find this secret of success something of a challenge. It’s easier, after all, to find some external reason why I am not [...]
Read more13. Learn to Live in Today – Tomorrow May Never Come
Learning to live in today is about appreciating what there is now more than harking back to what once was, or anxiously awaiting what tomorrow might bring. It doesn’t mean negating the responsibilities you have, by any means. It is more to do with attempting to capture the ever present now. Can such a habit [...]
Read more12. Don’t Be Afraid of What People Think About You
This is a ‘biggie’ for many people. If fear of people’s opinions is something you currently suffer from, you are only too aware of its debilitating effect on your ability to achieve what you want. In fact, fear of others’ opinions has such a profound affect, that in many instances whole communities suffer as a [...]
Read more11. The Best Way to Really Understand Something is to Teach it…
I’ll be really honest here for a second: I have a huge, unfair advantage over many people. Why is that? Well, the reason is this: I’ve been a high school teacher for 15 years. I know the power there is in teaching something to someone else. There are probably two main camps to explain why [...]
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