The strongest form of motivation comes from recognizing how lucky you are to be you. For some reason you were gifted life on easy mode. Never needed to worry about clean water or bombs flying over your head. Your worst day is literally a dream existence for millions of people
All of these souls are begging for your circumstances yet you're squandering every blessing you have. They don't want you to feel sorry for them. They don't want you to use them as an excuse to justify settling for less and not taking risks. They'd want you to stop being a coward and grab fate by the horns
Because if they actually had an opportunity to trade places with you no shot they'd waste it fumbling around in their heads. No shot they'd care about being embarrassed or whatever meaningless little hesitations are holding you back. No shot they'd mope around in a state of negativity all day
There was a tiny chance your life would look like this yet you were somehow one of the chosen ones. You simply have to honor this objective stroke of luck by making the absolute most of your advantages. Respect yourself by setting your heart ablaze. Show the world that it didn't make a mistake by choosing you. Never waste gratitude staying stagnant. Onwards
"We create homes that are our sanctuaries. We have our sweet, sweet solitude. If we don’t want kids, no partner is going to pout"
An ode to the single life, by Bella DePaulo
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Viktor E. Frankl's book "Man's Search for Meaning" might be the most influential book I've ever read.
I believe everyone should read this book at least once in their lifetime.
Here are some of my favorite Notes/Quotes:
1. Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
2. There is no general meaning to life. It's individual. Different for all of us.
3. But it not only differs from person to person but also from day to day, hour to hour, even minute to minute.
There's no general meaning of life but rather a specific meaning at a given moment.
4. To live is to suffer. To survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.
5. The last of human freedom: The ability to choose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.
6. Don't aim at success. The more you aim at it, the more you'll miss it.
7. Happiness and success cannot be pursued. They must ensue and only do so as unintended side effects of personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.
8. Live as if you were living for the second time already.
9. When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
10. A human can get used to everything, but don't ask how...
11. Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked.
Each man is questioned by life, and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life. To life, he can only respond by being responsible.
12. According to logotherapy, we can discover the meaning in life in three different ways:
(1) by creating a work or doing a deed
(2) by experiencing something or encountering someone
(3) by the attitude we take toward unavoidable suffering.
13. Everyone’s task/meaning in life is as unique as is his specific opportunity to implement it.
14. A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the ‘why’ for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any ‘how.'
Perhaps you've heard some of this at some point in your life.
But the story of Viktor E. Frankl, as a survivor of a concentration camp in WW2, gives this a different power than a book about stoicism...
In other news, Mary Vilakazi will succeed Alan Pullinger as the CEO of the FirstRand Group from 1 April 2024.
This. Is. Awesome.🥂
#FirstRand
Phakama Vilakazi 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿
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Celebrate Women's Month with inspiring insights from Ann Leepile, CEO of Alexforbes Investments, in conversation with Tsitsi Hatendi-Matika, Client Director at Ninety One. Gain valuable career tips and discuss women's progress in the investment sector. Watch now. #WomensMonth
I met an older man who told me his SRC at Wits Uni fought for the use of student numbers rather than names on scripts when writing exams. He says before that, it was near impossible to get a degree with a black name. Some things we benefit from and don't know who gave us.