The active pursuit of knowledge and experience, called lifelong learning, is a leading cause of happiness! Lifelong learning has many benefits including: Creating opportunity Discovering solutions Building relationships Connecting to community Inspiring a better world Developing a unique identity Improving confidence Mastering new skills Nurturing positive change Realizing a better you! Essentially, personal and professional development as methods of lifelong … Read More
How To Believe In Yourself (Even If No One Else Believes In You)
Do you believe in you? Recently Farouk wrote an excellent gust post: 4 Beliefs of Successful (and Happy) People. In this post Farouk shared one belief that really stuck with me: successful people believe in themselves. This lead me to thinking about how to believe in yourself; especially if no one else believes in you. Recently, an influential person in … Read More
Simplify Your Digital Life
The key to time management isn’t really managing your time, it’s managing your efforts. We are bombarded with so much digital data, it’s easy to get overwhelmed keeping up with email, social media, videos and more. You can make the most of your efforts by focusing your time and energy on information that truly matters to you. The internet is … Read More
4 Beliefs of Successful (and Happy) People!
We all want to succeed in life. What success looks like is different for each of us. Whatever success looks like to you, please enjoy this guest post by M.Farouk Radwan exploring the the belief systems of successful people. These 4 beliefs encourage not only success, but happiness, too! I live by all 4 beliefs and they have nurtured plenty … Read More
How To Deal With Criticism
Receiving negative feedback can derail even the most positive person’s day. I know because I consider myself a positive individual and I was recently knocked out by unnecessarily harsh criticism. Like a fighter down for the count, I was so stunned I was initially unable to move forward. I spent several days turning the words over and over in my … Read More
How To Stop Comparing Yourself to Others
Comparing ourselves to others, even to our idea of what we could be, is perhaps human nature. But comparison robs us of our confidence, our accomplishments, our worth. I still catch myself comparing from time-to-time, and I’ve come up with some ways to re-direct my attention from what I perceive someone else has to the awesomeness in my life. I … Read More