When Self-Improvement Turns Toxic Self-improvement should be a positive experience, although a lot of it comes from pain and stress, the overall process of focusing on one’s growth should be enjoyable. However, there comes a time when trying to improve yourself turns self-destructive, how ironic. When a person goes from being someone they
Responsibility - The First Step To Change There are many things that go into changing for the better as a person, as is evident through my writing. But there is one that I believe comes before any other. I have covered this topic a couple of times in the past, but I wouldn’t be doing it
Confidence Leaks - How To Believe In Yourself Not too long ago, I was on my way to an important interview, of which I had to drive through a major city with busy roads, something I’m not required to do very often. There was no thought of these roads, as it never usually bothers me; however, due
Chase Hard Things Some lessons and insights will need to be re-taught or re-learned over and over in someone's life, and doing hard things is one of them. In terms of my own personal growth, I credit most of the initial change to this very thing: purposefully chasing and completing hard
If It Frightens You, Do It We are human beings, and as such, we feel fear and anxiety, and have done so for millions of years. Therefore, it’s safe to say it’s a part of us, it’s who we are. However, it’s the manner in which we react to these emotions that
Life's Obstacles Sometimes life gets in the way. And when you're trying to make things happen and trying to achieve your goals, it can get quite frustrating to have to put them on hold. This is one of the downsides of self-improvement; it can take over a lot of mental
How To Keep Going When It Gets Tough When we decide to pursue a long-term goal, there comes a time when we feel lost, we lose the path, without ever getting to see the finish line. The harder the goal, the more likely you are to run into this feeling, and the longer it’ll last. This feeling
Happiness Doesn’t Exist, Do This Instead Happiness doesn’t exist. Yes, that’s right, no such thing. Now I don’t mean in the literal sense, I think happiness is real, and we all know what it feels like. What I mean is that the term happiness and how we’ve all been using it, how
A Rant About Success I have spoken a lot about success on this blog; it’s probably mentioned at least once each week. I have even covered some misconceptions about success and what success truly means, as it’s often associated with lots of money, fast cars and big houses. If you had asked
Identity-Based Habits: Becoming Who You Want to Be We all have an ideal version of ourselves that we’d one day love to become. Regardless of where we’re at in life, at any stage, we all have one. The question is, however, how do we become them? Although the set list of things to do would be
What it Means to Live a Healthy Life When we talk about health and being ‘healthy’, what exactly do we mean? Although the world has involved more of the mental aspect of health, we still tend just to imagine a fit body. However, living a healthy life goes beyond both the mental and the physical. As you chase
You vs You When trying to improve ourselves in any way, it’s common to get stuck with the wrong mindset along the way. We all need a push, we all need something to overcome, and if you don’t already have enough fuel on the fire, sometimes we can try to find
Redefining Success When the term success is mentioned, what pops into your head? The typical association with the word would be money, fast cars, big houses and expensive watches. What’s quite comical about this is the fact that these are all materialistic things, things that should probably be the least associated
The Art of Saying No If you want to become successful in any domain, you’ll need to be good at saying no. Success requires discipline, focus, dedication and commitment, all of which involve saying no in some way or another. There are many different types of no that you’re going to need to
Taking it Too Far - The Downsides of Self-improvement Improving yourself can be one of the most profound things you can do; your mental and physical health can drastically improve, changing your entire biopsychosocial well-being for the better. It can pull you from the deepest depths of hell, entirely changing the lens through which you view the world. It’
Growth Mindset 101 We all change in some way or another, whether through conscious effort or as a consequence of a changing environment, we evolve and adjust over time. But what if we wanted to really change, become completely unrecognisable in the eyes of someone we haven’t seen in some time? What
Are You Controlled By Dopamine? Here's What to Do We’ve all heard of dopamine, it’s probably one of the most talked about feel-good chemicals in our brains. What we don’t all know, however, is how much of a grip it can truly have on our lives. “Dopamine is a type of monoamine neurotransmitter. It’s made
Everything is Relative: 3 Ways Relativity Interacts with Growth Something that has been on my mind lately is relativity, and how nothing we have, do, experience or receive is anything at all in isolation, they mean nothing all by themselves. Let’s say you were 10th in the world rankings of table tennis last year, and this year you’
Read This If You’re Starting Over Starting over can leave us highly frustrated, deflated and feeling like a quitter. It can make us feel like a failure and question whether we should even bother carrying on. What am I talking about? I’m talking about the sort of starting over that occurs when attempting any form
