🇷🇴 Romanian MMA coach takes his students regularly to church:
"Before any competition we visit Father Dragoș, his blessing brings us peace and reminds us who we are and what we fight for."
@jeffdavismd I converted from Protestantism to Orthodoxy almost three years ago. At one time, I considered my self a Calvinist. I converted after I noticed some discrepancies in several teachings and doctrines in some of the Protestant churches I attended, especially the Filioque.
Reminder: Tolkien hated Disney.
He called them "hopelessly corrupted" and knew they'd ruin any story they touched.
Why? Tolkien's storytelling philosophy was profoundly different… (thread) 🧵
You sabotage yourself because you're afraid of:
•Rejection
•Not meeting expectations
•What others think of you
•Being seen in the vulnerable situation of learning
•Afraid of success
•Easily frustrated and avoid it at all costs
•Mentally, physically, emotionally weak
5 Ways to Build Confidence.
1. Work out/exercise/lift heavy stuff
2. Do something you find difficult every day
3. Pick a plan and stick to it. Don't allow yourself to make excuses
4. Live through your values, no matter how hard it might be
5. Create/build/produce every day
How you feel about yourself is directly represented in your presentation of yourself.
- Your body
- Your clothes
- Your tonality
- Your actions
You can't escape.
Get better and you'll look better.
You don't get old and wise without being young and crazy.
Spend your youth acquiring
- Experience
- Knowledge
- Confidence
- Boldness
- Resilience
Then you can spend the rest of your days building
- Fortune
- Love
- Family
- Networks
- Empires