Having the Courage to Begin is Different from Being Confident
You need enough courage to write the first sentence, publish the first imperfect version. Or make that first call, walk in with your first business proposal, or take that first step.
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You’ve Planned Everything. So When Are You Actually Going to Do It?
Planning helps you to experience the possibility of success without having to risk the possibility of failure.
Don’t stop at the first obstacle with your plans. Walk around it. Keep your eyes on the final objective. -
Retirement Is From a Job, Not From Thinking, Learning or Contributing
With lesser responsibilities and more experience, the elderly are raring to go and experiment. Many want to catch up with life before it gets too late.
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Are You Really Stuck or Are You Using an Old Ruler to Measure Your Growth?
What happens when your perception of growth is no longer matching with what you see? You find it difficult to accept the changes and move with it.
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How Much Help Is Too Much When the Goal Is to Raise a Confident, Self-Sufficient Child?
Sometimes parents forget in their efforts to do everything for the children is that children develop confidence through their, the child’s, lived experience.
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What Happens to Your Mind When You’re Constantly Consuming but Rarely Creating?
The mind is constantly stimulated but not necessarily challenged. And sometimes it makes you feel like you’re busy even though your mind isn’t mentally engaged.
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What If the Problem Isn’t What You Said, But When You Said It?
In your mind, the words are just conveying what you wanted to say. But the listener is accepting them in an emotional context which creates a barrier for the complete meaning to get conveyed.
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Children | critical thinking | Decision making | Emotional development | Parenting | Personal Development
We Teach Children to Make Decisions. But Are We Teaching Them to Think About the Consequences?
Their indecision or hesitation is part of that learning process. You don’t have to encourage it, neither do you need to rush them out of it. They’re learning that decisions aren’t always about getting what they want.
