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Self-Discipline Is the Key to Freedom

If you have been to bet how commonly the average character tries earlier than giving up, what would be your bet? 1, 2, or 3 times? The majority of people surrender before they even attempt. They spend so much time intention setting and preparing, that they forget the most critical a part of the plan: discipline. The biggest false impression approximately field is it's far something you have. Actually, the area is something you do. In your commercial enterprise, discipline is shedding habits that preserve your commercial enterprises returned, such as immoderate time on social media and fact television; and constructing up behavior that carries you towards success, including private development, prospecting, and income. Strengthening your self-discipline can be in comparison to building up a robust accept as true with the fund for your future. How some distance are you willing to head to accumulate that agree with the fund? Self-Discipline is a Skill Self-Discipline is not a
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Decision Journaling

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First let’s start with an excerpt from an article on Shodor.org Mentor: Our brains play an important part in how we perceive objects. For example, take a look at this tessellation and describe what you see: Student: I see rows of crooked lines with a distorted checkerboard pattern in them. Mentor: Are you sure the lines are crooked? Student: Yes! They look wider at one end than the other. Mentor: Hold a ruler or other straight edge along the horizontal lines in the image and tell me what you observe. Student: (holding a ruler to the image) It doesn't seem possible, but the lines actually are straight! Why do they appear to be crooked?   My biggest takeaway from the above optical illusion is that even when it is becomes clear that your initial assumptions are wrong, your perception is still difficult to change.  This debacle is even worse with entrenched cognitive biases and the stories we tell ourselves in order to live with ourselves. We lack accurate data on our decis
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Return Trip

Just like trips down memory lane, return trips sometimes "seem" faster and more pleasurable. Our brains have a way of making sense of the journey, only after the end is reached.  Why can't we enjoy the journey more, the first time? Our desire for the end postpones the joy of the journey and where joy is lacking, nothing worthy fills the space. This is why mentors are important. They've been on the path before, they've seen and sometimes missed the end, but they've gone through the path before, even if it was in a different season. The mentoring process is a return trip for the mentor. He is getting an opportunity to go back and enjoy the journey, with company - the mentee. The mentee, on the other hand, is given an opportunity to understand the emptiness of the end and the riches in the journey.  Imagine going on a trip with someone that has been to where you are going and knows the stories behind each road, each town, each statue, each forest and each desert
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The illusion called time

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” - Steve Jobs   The greatest trick in life is the illusion that we have time.   When people think they have more time, they do less.    The wisest words are heard on dying beds. Employees close to retirement focus more on what’s most important - people. People in war-torn areas are a lot more mindful than any meditation can offer.   Your best is seen when you seem to have less time.   More time increases the activation energy required to overcome inertia. This is why John Kotter intelligently suggested  "Creating a sense of urgency" , as the first step in change management.   I re-read a beautiful article from Bronnie Ware last week -  Regrets of the dyin
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GET THE LOOK: the outfit I’ve been loving

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Hello everyone, Today we have another different post. I’m not really one who is in crazily fashion but I do love shopping and buying new clothes (who doesn’t?). After finding a new app that I am obsessing over "21 buttons" (follow me: lifeofellabella) I was inspired to share with you one of my most worn outfits at the moment. Primark is the place to be in terms of affordable fashion. The only issue with everything being “cheap” is that you fill your basket “because it’s cheap” and then get to the till and it’s no longer that cheap, anyone relate? Full Look Dont mind me and my awkward pose trying to be a model...(cringing badly right now). Everything apart from the bag is from Primark and I personally think this outfit looks much more expensive than £25 (including shoes). I paired the outfit with these boots, which for me are something very different and out there. I am very much a comfy flats kinda girl but when I saw these I feel in love. They just add something unique to th
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The Key to Retirement

Now is the time to consider what all and sundry may do in another way in a new 12 months to help us move ahead in lifestyles. For a few, it's miles operating out. For a few, it's miles consuming less. And for some, it might be saving more for his or her retirement. I have watched many a success people through the years and the only component I see them doing higher than the relaxation comes down to one phrase: discipline. Discipline is an important thing for retirement. Without it, you'll not store enough. Without it, you will spend an excessive amount of what you do shop. And without it, you may maximum in all likelihood not be as satisfied as those who have it. Just consider what you ate over the past weeks. There became in all likelihood multiple days in which you had a donut for breakfast, a cookie at 10 a.M., a heavy lunch with pals, chips for a snack at 3 p.M., a heavy dinner with own family, and a bowl of ice cream before mattress. After all that, how did you fee
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Random thoughts on random days in a random house

Perspective There is a difference between “Dear Osasu” and “Osasu dear”. Both phrases mean the same thing, but one is a greater signal of care.  This is why I think one little change we can make around discussions on work-life balance is to flip the arrangement and start discussing life-work balance . After all, which comes first?  Talk The safest means of transportation has a lot more safety talk than others.  What is the prevalent talk in your Organisation?  What is the prevalent coffee/tea room, cafeteria, whatsapp and pre-meeting talk?  To understand the underlying culture of an Organisation, listen to the prevailing talk. Self sufficiency In the bible, none of the people raised from the dead had a story worth telling in later chapters. It has made me continually ask, what was the point in the second chance? The only answer I see, is improved credibility of the prophet involved. However, there is a lesson in greatness with The One who raised Himself from the dead. His story has an
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