The fear of "what if"

The fear of "what might happen" is a very strong deterrent for us and has the ability to stop us in our tracks, no matter how much we want something or know that we should move forward. Each of us has heard messages at some point in our childhood that can make us fear what "might happen" and they...

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Today's failures, tomorrow's success

"Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find joy in overcoming obstacles." (Helen Keller) It is so easy for us to get caught up...

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Defeating the Doubt

Life is a journey.  We will encounter winding roads, rocky roads and forks in the road.  They are all phases we need to push through to another stepping stone on our journey.  Along the journey, one of the biggest challenges we will encounter is doubt. Our doubts are traitors,...

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Little steps

Those who would climb to a lofty height  must go by steps, not leaps. St. Gregory the Great from a letter to Augustine of Canterbury Baby steps is what is needed when a change in life circumstances reverts back to what is considered "normal" . . . normal being the perception...

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The sum of your choices

A life without challenges would be like going to school without lessons to learn. Challenges come not to depress or get you down; but to master, and to grow, and unfold your abilities. (Source) - www.pravsworld.com Acknowledge that you failed, draw your lessons from it, and use it to your...

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Invincible Determination

"If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done." Vince Lombardi   "Desire is the key...

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Freedom and success . . . the other side of fear of failure

Fear of failure . . . despite rational thinking, education, talent and ability . . . makes the exhilaration of victory and success impossible. Fear can cause a potentially successful person to accept mediocrity . . . if you don’t take the risk, you’re guaranteed not to face failure. The other...

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Who sets the standards you live by?

“If I get to pick what I want to do, then it's play... if someone else tells me that I have to do it, then it's work.” -- Patricia Nourot Are you continually struggling to accomplish what is expected of you? If so, stop to think for a moment: who holds those expectations? Perhaps...

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Survival mode

Finding Deep Strength We have all have times in our liveswhen we think we don’t have thestrength to carry on.You do, and you can. We have all faced moments in our lives when the pressure mounts beyond what we feel we can handle, and we find ourselves thinking that we do not have the strength...

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From thinking to doing

Human behavior expert Theodore Bryant, author of the book “Self-Discipline in 10 Days: How to Go from Thinking to Doing”, has conducted self-discipline courses, workshops, and seminars for over a decade. He explains that everyone is made up of different selves. Often, your different sides want to...

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Fear of moving on

Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean. Christopher Reeve If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been Robert H. Schuller It is close to a year since I originally wrote this post, although...

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