Category: personal development
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Learning How to be Patient is a Process
When I was little, my nickname was Patience. No, I didn’t have any patience. Yes, my dad was being sarcastic. If patience is a virtue, well then, I guess that made me…unvirtuous? Even to this day, having patience is difficult for me sometimes. Like, why can’t everything happen right now when I want it to?…
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What You Say to Yourself Matters
Guest blog post by Samantha Thompson What you say matters, what you say to yourself matters even more. RECOGNIZING HOW I TALK TO MYSELF One of the biggest contributing factors in my growth mindset was changing the words I used. Words that were programmed into me, thoughts and ideas put upon me by the society…
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New Year’s Resolutions Mid-Year Check In
How are you doing with your New Year’s Resolutions? Did you make resolutions this year? If you didn’t make any, what about any goals you set for this year or intentions you wrote out? I know what you’re thinking: “It’s June. Why in the heck are we talking about New Year’s Resolutions?” STATISTICS OF NEW…
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The Success of Personal Development is in the Journey
When we are on a course of personal development, the real success comes from consistency throughout the journey. SUCCESS IS IN THE PROCESS Recently, I was listening to a podcast where the host was interviewing John Maxwell, pastor, author and personal growth and leadership guru. John talked about how success was not in the final…
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Shifting into a Growth Mindset by Facing Our Fears
Before we launch into talking about facing our fears with a growth mindset, we need to define both a growth mindset and a fixed mindset. HISTORY OF A GROWTH MINDSET The term “growth mindset” comes from psychologist Carol Dweck’s 2006 book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. In this book, Dweck talks about what people believe…
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Growing from the Bottom: Overcoming Alcoholism and Depression
In 2008, I was 25, and I was dying. Okay not literally. But figuratively, I was at the end. It was the beginning of my personal development journey – I just didn’t know it yet. STRUGGLES WITH ALCOHOLISM AND DEPRESSION I struggled with depression and alcoholism for years. I remember the first time I deeply…
A Growth Mindset 