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5 Ways to Achieve Self Awareness Firstly, What is Self Awareness? Self Awareness is the conscious knowledge of one's own character and feelings.  Psychologist Daniel Goleman has proposed a more popular definition of self-awareness in his best-selling book “Emotional Intelligence”, as “knowing one’s internal states, preference, resources and intuitions”. This definition places more emphasis on the ability to monitor our inner world, our thoughts and emotions as they arise.  Source If you are self-aware, it is easier for you to understand other people and detect how they perceive you in return. So, Why is Important? You will be able to understand other people and detect how they perceive you in return. Self-awareness is the key cornerstone to emotional intelligence, according to Daniel Goleman. The ability to monitor our emotions and thoughts from moment to moment is key to understanding ourselves better, being at peace with who we ...

15 Affirmations for Overcoming Challenges This is a short post where i just want to share some affirmations i find useful and important. Enjoy! My Strength  is Greater than Any Struggle. I'm Fearless. I'm Getting Stronger Everyday. I Can Do This. I am Deserving of My Dreams. I was Not Made to Give Up Broken Bridges cannot Stop Me No one can Make me feel Inferiror I have discovered That I am Fierce I Know My power  Challenges are just Opportunities I Do Not Fear the Fire I am the Fire I Choose what i Become I Use my Failures as Stepping Stones. I Feel Joy No Matter my Situation. I hope these affirmations help you to overcome challenges! Remember to always care for yourself mentally!  Hope this helps you! What else can i help you with today? Want to learn new things? or if you just want to read more articles.  Check out my blog articles. Subscribe to Our Mailing List for More Quality Content from ...

Ways You Can Improve your Memory Just can't seem to remember details and those important phrases for school work?Want to learn ways to improve your memory? Here today i will be sharing ways that you can improve your memory. I, myself don't have the best memory, so i went onto the internet to search for some ways people used to improve their memory. And this, is what i found. Write things down. In one psychological test involving students watching a lecture on psychology students who did not take notes remembered the same number of points as the students who did take notes.  That is, the mere act of taking notes did not increase the amount of stuff they memorized. Both groups of students remembered around 40% of the information covered in the lecture. But the students who had taken notes remembered a higher proportion of key facts, while those who did not take notes remembered a more or less random assortment of points covered in the lecture. In buil...

How to Crush Your Goals Have goals but don't know how to go about reaching them?  This article will give you some tips to reach that goal you always dreamt of rehearing. But of course only reading this would not help you reach your goal. You have to actually put in the work and work towards your goal, one step at a time. Refine your objective Be specific about your goals. Know exactly what you want when planning your goals.  Let’s say your target is to get in the best shape of your life, but what does that really mean?  Well it might mean deciding that you are going to run a 5k, because you know that you will have to start getting in great shape to actually run that 5k and not die. Be prepared to push hard through the finish line. While working hard may sound painfully obvious, many people aren’t fully aware of the effort it takes to accomplish hefty goals.  Look at how many startups raise mullions of dollars in seed funding and then disapp...

How to Form a New Habit Want to form a new habit but not sure how to? You have come to the right place. In this post i will be sharing with you some tips to form new habits easier and better. What is A Habit? A habit is a routine of behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously, a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up. Why is it important to form good habits? Good habits allow you to reach your goals. Habits set a foundation for life and can replace motivation. We all have days when we just don’t feel like working, exercising or eating well. But when these things are habits, they become second nature and we do them without thinking. When healthy eating becomes a habit, although you may eat one slice of cake today, you probably won’t eat more and will go right back to making healthy choices tomorrow. Tips to Form a New Habit Focus on One new habit It is important to on...

How to Practice Self-Care These are a few easy ways to practice self-care.  Firstly, What is Self-Care? Self-care is any activity that we do deliberately in order to take care of our mental, emotional, and physical health. Although it’s a simple concept, in theory, it’s something we very often overlook. Good self-care is key to improved mood and reduced anxiety. It’s also key to a good relationship with oneself and others. It is important because... Without self-care, we would be simply a mess. When you can take good care of yourself you can really show up and be present in your life.  How you Practice self-care is completely up to you! Whether you take a day for yourself every week or incorporate some kind of self-care practice each day it doesn’t matter. What does matter is how you feel and whether you can make your practice sustainable? Different activities and strategies will work for different people, but have fun w...

Values of Highly Successful People What are some values that successful people have in common?and What are some of the values that we can in-cooperate into our life? Kindness All of these lessons on success get better when you have a strong foundation in knowing how to stay happy. One big part of being successful in happiness is learning how to share kindness. It costs you nothing and you’d be surprised how much in can do for your happiness. Integrity Remember how schools always drilled us with this value. The importance of Integrity.  Integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. A successful individual requires being true to oneself and to their mission…and that doesn’t come by trying to have hundreds of followers or partying.  It comes by having integrity and find a few that love you and will support you through your journey. The Correct Mindset Now what do i mean by having the correc...

How to Stop Stress from Sucking the Life Out of You Stress is a normal part of life. A little stress can push you and motivate you to do better while too much stress would be less beneficial for your mental health. So, how can we manage stress? Breathe. Whenever you feel like things did not go out as you expected to, or challenges become too much to bear, breathe. Take a moment to Breathe and concentrate on breathing for at least 3 minutes, that eases your anxiety.  If you noticed, people who practice meditation and yoga usually start their practices with deep, mindful breathing because it has a calming effect on the nerves and drives out negative thought patterns which may cause one to panic and make poor, hasty decisions. Do Something You Like. Do something you enjoy! For me personally, when i feel stressed, i would make it a priority to go cycling, which is something i love doing. I find myself feeling a lot better after i cycle overall. Which somet...

Law of Attraction, How to Use it Effectively. The Law of Attraction is the most powerful law in the universe. Just like gravity, it is always in effect, always in motion. It is working in your life at this very moment. You are always in a state of creation. You are creating your reality in every moment of every day. You are creating your future with every single thought: either consciously or subconsciously. You can’t take a break from it and decide not to create because creation never stops. There are few who know about how much the Impact of the Law of Attraction has on their day to day life. Unknowingly, every second of our existence we are acting as human magnets sending out our thoughts and emotions and attracting back more of what we have put out. Is the Law of Attraction real? Some people might not believe in the Law of Attraction. But for people who are open to this, there have been many modern advocates of The Law Of Attraction as well. These include Opr...

What does it mean to be Successful in Life? Firstly, what is success? The definition of success is the status of having achieved and accomplished an aim or objective. Being successful means the achievement of desired visions and planned goals.  So, How do you define success in Life? Success is different to different people. Everyone have different ideas and thoughts of what success is to them. The only person that can answer the question above is you. There is no ultimate definition of success.  The real question is,  What do you want in life? Make yourself aware what accomplishment, success and prosperity in general means to you in your life. Have a goal? Go for it! The Meaning of success. One of the most important key steps to achieving success in life is to know the meaning of success for your personal life.  And no Success does not mean having a lot of money, being wealthy and having a lot of tangibles and earned degrees. Success in li...