"I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance…and if you have anxiety about initiating a project, then of course you will associate risk with failure." @ThisisSethsBlog
If you can bring full appreciation to each moment of life, it becomes a moment of miracle. That’s what we can bring to our tasks — a feeling of wonder, of devotion, of joy.
How to Tackle a Mountain of Tasks - zen habits via @_Glasp
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"Trauma, which might be thought of as “what happens to a person where there is either too much too soon, too much for too long, or not enough for too long” (Duros & Crowley, 2014, p. 238), creates an autonomic demand that shapes the system away from connection ..."
"Think of a time you failed or struggled greatly.
If you were to view that experience in a more useful way, what story would you tell yourself? What did it teach you? How did it prepare you for what came next?
Turn your failures into lessons."
- @JamesClear
"The solution is to start with small changes, continue to measure your results, and make gradual adjustments and improvements along the way. The Japanese call this process of constant improvement Kaizen. And that’s how great things are achieved in life."
"How you start each morning determines your mindset, and the context, for the rest of your day. Start every day with a purposeful, disciplined, growth-infused, and goal-oriented morning, and you’re virtually guaranteed to crush your day."
"We all need something to struggle against and to struggle for. The aim in life is not to avoid struggles, but to have the right ones; not to avoid worry, but to care about the right things; not to live without fear, but to confront worthy fears with force..."
"Things you control:
Your effort.
Your beliefs.
Your actions.
Your attitude.
..."
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"By the time I graduated, I knew that the confidence I’d managed to develop didn’t come from a perfect family or God-given talent. It came from personal accountability which brought me self respect, and self respect will always light a way forward."
Repair and remain. Work with what you’ve got. Sit still for a moment, take stock, make some changes. Big changes, if necessary. https://t.co/yZcl7LkgOy
"Choosing something once is easy. Choosing it repeatedly makes a difference."
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"Caring about what others think of you is a waste of time. Most people don’t have a clue what to think of themselves." ― Zane Baker
The Spotlight Effect says that we overestimate the degree to which other people are noticing our actions.
Just be you.
- @SahilBloom#twitterdaily