Opportunity
“Opportunity” Opportunity is in front of us, awaiting our arrival, if only we embrace our current circumstances with an open mind. Opportunity may simply be the moment to reinvent ourselves from the inside out. Opportunities require that we act by faith, confidence and use our…
Common sense
“Common Sense” Common sense is not the kind of education you receive through formal training.You don’t go to school to acquire common sense. It refers to having sound judgment, not necessarily based on specialized knowledge. When you are smart, level-headed and able to understand and assess…
Positive Attitude
“Positive Attitude” Having a positive attitude means being optimistic about situations, interactions, and yourself. Positive attitude is a state of mind that envisions and expects favorable results. People with a positive outlook, view life, challenges, and the situations they go through, with confidence and are…
Self-accomplishment
“Self-accomplishment” Ayn Rand, the Russian-American writer and philosopher, who is known for her two best-selling novels, The “Fountainhead” and “Atlas Shrugged”, had this to say, “A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.” These are very…
Tolerance
“Tolerance” Tolerance can be defined as the ability to accept diversity and to live and let others live. Without tolerance the lasting peace of societies cannot be maintained. Lack of tolerance destroys the peace of society. When people fail in their arguments, they become intolerant,…
Surround Yourself with Supportive People
“Surround Yourself with Supportive People” Epictetus suggests that the key to a successful life is to keep by your side only people who are positive, optimistic and who believe in you. Communicate with people and find those that make you feel that you are important….
Optimism
“Optimism” Optimists are likely to see the causes of failure or negative experiences as temporary rather than permanent, specific rather than global, and external rather than internal. Such a perspective enables optimists to more easily see the possibility of change. Psychologist Martin Seligman, the founding…
Pleasure in Job
“Pleasure in Job” Some people have jobs paying lucratively, but stress is what they carry back home along with a minimum digit pay check. There are others who live in a middle-class environment but come home with a smile and eagerness to pick up…
Don’t Lose Faith
“Don’t Lose Faith” Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers….
Follow Your Heart
“Follow Your Heart” There is no greater truth that when we follow our heart, we cease to have regrets. While things may not always go in our favor, at least we will have tried. At least we will know the truth, and at least we…
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