Tag: Life Lessons

Emotions

Open Your Heart Until You Hear It Crack ( Love Lessons)

Love Lessons

Love is the biggest risk you can ever take, but like all the most dangerous ventures, it comes with the biggest payout. “I love you,” he tells me after he tightly clenches the toy I gave him to his chest. After a long day at work, I have taken a taxi to take me to an …

Emotional Intelligence

Why Emotional Intelligence Makes Us Better Humans

Emotional Intelligence

Lack of emotional intelligence is holding you back. Many times, we are dragged backward because we are not emotionally intelligent. You have a degree but you are afraid of how you are going to nail a job interview. You have a talent that you want to harness but you don’t know how to believe in yourself …

Emotions

Keep Building Your Relationship Boat So That It Doesn’t Get Blown Away To Smithereens (Love Lessons)

Good relationships are consciously designed. “Forever” is built on a million little “now’s” Relationships are built when you value what it is rather than what you imagine it to be. There is love in your silly attempts to make things better when all you imagine and wish for is grasslands and green pastures. You work on …

Self-Improvement

Relying On Motivation For Your Work Is Like Relying On An Unfaithful Partner

Action begets motivation — not the other way around. “Show up for yourself, for your work, for your dreams, for your goals every day.” — Shaunta Grimes Hector Quintanilla, in an article he wrote about how to be motivated, says that motivation is like an unfaithful partner. You would not depend on such a person, would you? You have got …

Self-Improvement

Don’t Pursue Something Because “You Want To Be Great” (Lessons on Purpose)

Pursue something because it fascinates you, because the pursuit itself engages and compels you. “The fastest way to pass your own expectations is to add passion to your labor.” — Mike Litman Once upon a time, I had a co-worker who had no interest or dedication to a job of training others. Until we parted ways, I saw no …

Emotions

Give Your Loved Ones One Of The Greatest Gifts Of All: The Gift Of Your Attention And Presence (Building Love)

Building Love

Grant your loved ones the gift of feeling understood. When I feel overcome by the urge to be inside my head and remain there when I am with loved ones, I remind myself of these things: Put your urge to speak aside to listen carefully, consciously. You can ogle your loved one to your heart’s …

Self-Improvement

Success Doesn’t Float On The Surface

Success

It’s always under the surface where it’s reserved for good divers. You have an unwritten book that will only come out through intense pressure and heat If you are too afraid to dive in, to take risks, to face challenges, you lack grit. You end up on the surface being so soft that life will chew right …

Self-Improvement

This Is How You Let Other People Rob You Of Your Energy

We give our energy constantly, mindlessly, and without a great deal of care. Do you know that your time and energy are sacred and yet you give it to others without a care of how they are going to destroy it? When your friend is talking about a fight you had 5 years ago and …

Self-Improvement

This Is How You Find The 2 Important Ingredients That Lead To A Meaningful Success

Success

“I think I’m going to leave my job.” You told her. “Wait! What? Why would you leave a job that pays well?”Your friend’s face is tight with worry and confusion. “Because I am not happy.” You try to explain to your friend that even though you earn a good money as a lawyer, lately you …