Life frequently presents challenges and issues on the path to success and accomplishment. To rise above these challenges, you must be able to stay calm and composed in the face of adversity. You need to persevere and persist, even when you feel like giving in. If everybody gave in at the first sign of adversity; […]
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Contrary to general belief, self-discipline isn’t a severe and limited behaviour or a restrictive lifestyle. In its simplest form self-discipline is the ability to do what you need to do; even when you really don’t want to do it. There are many inspirational gurus who will tell you that life can be easy and when […]
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Today, I wanted to create a different type of article. An article that requires you to think about who you are, what you value and how you behave. I want to encourage you to think about what success really means to you and who you would rather see when you look in the mirror. NoteBelow, […]
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When you are hanging on to something which is truly bothering you, you need to just let go of it and move on. Deep down, we all know that this is some excellent advice. But it is so easy said and yet so very hard to do. Despite knowing that we should just let go […]
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I want to talk to you about an email I received last week.Strangely, I think it was lovely, even though it involved somebody pointing out that I was wrong.Allow me to elaborate. On Saturday last, I sent out an email to some of my readers where I discussed the need to experiment with your time […]
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When we are young, we are regularly exposed to both praise and criticism. This is intended to help us distinguish between right and wrong. The hope is that we will choose the right behaviour, the one which gets us more praise. This then leads to us becoming good little citizens who behave in the way […]
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Imagine for a moment that you asked me about my recent holiday to London. You would want to know what it was like, what experiences I had and how much I enjoyed it.How would you feel if, when I answered you, I spoke only about the Airport? I talked about the runways, the facilities, the […]
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In today’s audio, I discuss one of the most important but overlooked steps in solving any problem.. You can listen to the audio by clicking on the play button below. Beneath the audio, I have provided a general transcription. There will be some small differences between the audio and the transcription.TranscriptionIt’s Carthage here again from Live […]
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I am a firm believer that we are born with great mental strengths; along with the ability to achieve whatever we really want to do.It is just that each day, we let life eat away at us; damaging our self-esteem and confidence. We resist our own ideas and motivations and settle for the life we […]
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I watched a wonderful documentary on Netflix last night.It was called ‘Minimalism’.Minimalism is something I have become more focused on over the last 10-15 years. I try to live my life in a manner where all my possessions could fit into two large travel bags. Thus, if I ever decide that I need a change […]
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