You have to train your mind to be stronger than your emotions or else you’ll lose yourself every time.
Our emotions have the ability to influence everything in our lives. It can be a wonderful thing if balanced with being rational. But when our emotions run unchecked, it can lead to a lot of unexpected problems. Studies have shown that emotional stress has been linked to not only mental health issues, but physical health problems as well. Poor emotional health can put you at risk for a compromised immune system, heart disease, gastrointestinal distress
Rock bottom will teach you lessons that mountain tops never will.
Most of us will hit our own rock bottom at some point. Whether it is an illness, death of a loved one, becoming unemployed with zero savings, a divorce, losing your house, a horrible accident that changes your daily life – the possibilities are endless. And what we learn about who we are and all that we are made of begins in our black pit of despair. These times when we have lost hope or
Advisors are not the payers.
When someone we care about it going through a tough time, it is natural to want to help them get through it and give advice. But you have to remember that it is easy to give someone advice about what to do when you don’t have to do what you have advised. The “payer” is the person who takes action. They live with the consequence of each action they take. With that in mind, how
They tried to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds.
The history behind this quote references many types of persecution and oppression that has happened in our world. I love this quote because it is empowering when thinking about all of our smaller, personal struggles. When you think about seeds in their raw form, they don’t look at all like what they will become. They stay buried in dirt, devoid of any evidence of growth or change. They may remain dormant for a long time.
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
Beauty is defined by people in so many different ways. However, the way I like to look at this is a little different. As humans, we tend to categorize things in our minds automatically, and often on a superficial level. For today, let’s not ascribe beauty to people or objects. Let’s say “everything” in that quote refers to challenges and circumstances that we face in life. Not too long ago I had a job at
Failure is not falling down. It’s refusing to get back up.
Our character is shaped when we go through adversity and how we handle the obstacles that come our way. Each hurdle is an opportunity to rise back up, stronger and wiser than we were before. Falling down is an essential part of the process. How do we grow and learn the lessons we need to learn if we don’t fall down? What defines us is how well we rise after falling. When we feel overwhelmed,
You cannot heal in the same environment where you got sick.
We all fall sometimes. Whether it’s an unhealthy mindset, relationship or an addiction. What defines us is how we rise after falling. But how can we do that if we are in the same environment that led us down this place that made us sick? When a flower doesn’t bloom, what do we do? If we want the flower to grow and thrive, we have to change the environment. Maybe where it was planted was
Adversity makes men, prosperity monsters.
We learn more about who we are and what we are made of when we go through adversity. Overcoming difficult challenges builds our character. To overcome, we need to learn how to become more resourceful, how to rely on ourselves and who we can trust. We become more resilient, which builds our confidence to know that no matter what, we are going to get through this and be okay. Many entrepreneurs have said time and