Tag: growth mindset
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Just for Today, I Will…
Just for today, I will… …be where my feet are. I won’t worry about the things that are out of my control. I won’t live in the future or dwell on the past. I will be exactly where I am – right here, right now. …say no to the things that are not in my…
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Bring It to the New Year
You get what you put into it. It’s as simple as that. This applies to your relationships, to your health, to your finances, to your spiritual life – to every single aspect of your life. It’s a new year, which means we’ve entered a new season, and to some, the opportunity for new beginnings. No…
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Something Good is Coming
I cried over some placemats a few weeks ago. Sixteen placemats, to be exact. Sixteen placemats that are sitting on the shelf of my linen closet, their future not as sure as it once was. Before you think I’m completely materialistic, let me explain. I bought these sixteen red-and-black buffalo plaid placemats at an after…
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What is Confidence?
Are you ever around a person, and they just exude so much confidence that you’re like, man, I wish I could be as confident as them? Some people seem like they are born with an abundance of confidence. And in fact, most children have more confidence than a lot of adults in the room. Have…
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You Can Choose, No Matter What
Harsh truth. You are the reason for your own unhappiness. Yep, I said it. You are the reason you are unhappy. Sure, people suck sometimes. Or life’s circumstances may not be ideal. I won’t deny that. Some days it can feel like we got dealt a really shitty hand. Other days we could stub our…
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Learning from Failures
Have you ever felt like a complete failure? Chances are, you’ve done something that hasn’t gone quite as you’ve expected it to. It’s so easy to think that we have failed when that happens. Or worse – to think that we are a failure. It can be easy to feel sorry for ourselves and say,…
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Growth is Not Linear
Growth is not linear. Let me say that again. Growth is not linear. It is messy. It is two steps forward, and one step back. It is trying and feeling like we’re failing. It is waking up early some days or staying up late on others. It is learning to work hard, but also learning…
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It’s Time to Ditch the Negative Self-Talk
The way we talk to ourselves matters. Negative self-talk can really keep us from showing up as our best selves. So often, we are so much harder on ourselves than we’d ever allow anyone else to be. We are harder on ourselves that we would be on a friend or a spouse or our children.…
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My Relationship with Food
Part of personal growth for me is learning to overcome unhealthy habits, and for me, that includes my relationship with food. I was sharing in a group recently the fact that I think I have a food addiction, and that I am working to overcome it. A woman and I spoke about it after the…
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A Look Back at 2021: A Yearly Inventory
Image Source We are approaching the end of the year – can you believe 2021 is almost over? To me, it feels like this year has flown by in the blink of an eye. For some people though, I know this year has dragged on as we have waded through the second year of the…
A Growth Mindset 