Not achieving what we dreamed of despite 100+% effort, I wouldn't want to call it a failure. We may not have achieved the thing we dreamed of, but have gained priceless experiences, set our new high, and, most importantly, met an upgraded version of ourselves. How invaluable.
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When thirsty, one would get water and drink it to quench thirst.
When feeling low, go do what overcomes your feeling low as one would look for water when thirsty.
You wouldn't sit continuing to feel thirsty, when you know water is the answer.
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It's ok to feel uncomfortable, hopeless, scared, overwhelmed, or any of this sort. Sitting in painful emotions and soaking them all in, if willing, takes us to a new level of calmness in the midst of the pain. That calmness is the superpower that empowers and liberates us.
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The longer we procrastinate, the bigger we make the task look. The bigger anxiety may get rather than our confidence. Let's not make it look like a monumental task when it really isn't. Do what we can: start now and figure out along the way.
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Rain & clouds don't mean there's no sun. Time passes and the sun will come back. In fact, rain & clouds are needed for the soil. Difficult times don't mean no more good times. Time passes and good times will come again. In fact, we will have become stronger.
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Hear people out.
Listen to them.
Give them undivided attention, while listening.
Be curious and stay humble.
If we do ^, a lot of things get solved before they become a problem. It's hard to do ^ but dealing with a problem may be harder.
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It isn't the customer's job to learn how to use a system. Their job is to finish tasks for which they bought the system. If too hard, or even, hard to use, they will find another way to finish their real job, the task. It should be easy to use, i.e. intuition teaches how to use.
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What have you achieved today?
Everyone is uniquely built and this makes one's small achievement big to others, and vice versa.
My big achievement today is making coffee at home to be more disciplined with $ as I love drinking barista-made coffee otherwise.
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When we catch ourselves being ruthless or rude, it may be time to ask ourselves if we are scared of something.
When we perceive ourselves fearless, it may be a sign of acceptance of and compassion toward ourselves.
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When struggling with something, our capacity of handling life expands amid the pain. This may well be a blessing in disguise. Let us be thankful.
When having a cruisy life, our time to enjoy & cherish. Let us be thankful again.
After all, nothing may be too bad.
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Sticking to your hard decision makes you fearless & liberating.
Taking one step further, being ready to accept the consequences of that decision no matter what gives us an opportunity to nurture self compassion.
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Realisation after many physio sessions due to one side of my body stronger than the other & pain on weaker side:
Exercising for general well-being, stability, energy and muscle growth is underrated while for looking good to others overrated.
Let's focus on long term well-being.
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Mia Kwon retweeted
That’s the thing about opportunity.
It looks like risk when it’s an opportunity.
And by the time it’s risk free, it’s not an opportunity anymore.
Power of just starting:
Had to write a 3k word literature review.
What do I know about this? 0.
But what I knew? No repeating the subject and spending double $$.
Opened MS Word, watched webinar on literature review, then 1 word led to next... I finished the relentless race!
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Resisting things we have to do because of fear, laziness or whatever reason is as hard as disciplining ourselves to do them.
Thinking of reasons not to do is as consuming as thinking of how to do them.
Action will yield results but no action will lead us to resentment.
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Mia Kwon retweeted
On my coffee table at home, I have a piece of driftwood. Its sole purpose is to display a quote by AnaĂŻs Nin, which I see every day:
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
It’s a short reminder that success can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations we are willing to have, and by the number of uncomfortable actions we are willing to take.
When we have to interact with someone difficult, hard to get through to and you can't seem to respect, why don't we shift our attention to their good characteristics? Not only does it bring us peace, but also we find ourselves building a relationship with them!
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Every frustrating situation is an opportunity to experience transformation. You get to discover a new layer of yourself each time.
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The more we reflect, the more versions we find of ourselves and about how we behave/think/respond...
As we discover more on how they feed each other, I think this gives us priceless insights to maneuver & pivot through our journey daily.
Super power?!
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