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Admit To Your Failures

Sep 17

Posted by Robin Bal in Self Improvement | 1 Comment

overcomingadversity3Daily Quote: “Errors are inevitable. The mark of character is not refusing to recognize them, but acknowledging them and taking responsibility.” Andrew Sullivan

Open yourself up to an understanding about failure. The only way to put any failure behind you is to fully admit that you messed up, made a mistake, had a negative outcome and many more ways of stating the same.

You could have overspent on your credit card and are now finding yourself in huge debt. Admit to this by accepting that you overspent. Stop lying to yourself that you needed all those clothes, holidays, luxuries, toys for the kids and more spending examples.
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Motivational and Inspirational Quotes

Sep 8

Posted by Robin Bal in Personal Development | 1 Comment

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Daily Quote: “It often happens that the quotations constitute the most valuable part of a book.” Vicesimus Knox

“The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.” Robert Schuller

“When you find yourself stressed, ask yourself one question: Will this matter in 5 years from now? If yes, then do something about the situation. If no, then let it go.” Catherine Pulsifer

“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” William Ellery Channing

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Learn To Cope With Early Failures

Aug 22

Posted by Robin Bal in Self Improvement | 2 Comments

www.selfalot.comDaily Quote: “Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.” Napoleon Hill

The beginning is always difficult. Whatever you start doing from new and especially if it is a goal you have set yourself that you have never tried before, the early stages will be awkward and hard to work through.

Have you ever listened to somebody try their hand at playing a violin? This is probably the most difficult instrument to try to play. Any instrument where there is an invisible point at which the note is played, such as a violin that does not have the frets that a guitar has, will give the learner some horrific sounds to start off with.

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Reduce Your Risk To Reduce Your Fear

Aug 14

Posted by Robin Bal in Personal Development | 1 Comment

jumpingDaily Quote: “Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death.” James F. Bymes

If a fear is so overpowering that it paralyses you then scale down your risk. Whatever it is that is creating such fear in your mind, chop it down to smaller steps. You want to set yourself tasks that you can manage. That does not mean that all fear will disappear, but it will mean that you will be able to overcome the smaller fears.

Reducing your tasks that are so frightening works hand in hand with your goal setting. When identifying your goals you will also want to ensure that you have set them down to be manageable. That is you have identified the many small steps you need to take in order to reach those goals.

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You Have To Learn To Fail To Win

Aug 4

Posted by Robin Bal in Self Improvement | No Comments

www.selfalot.comDaily Quote: “I wasn’t afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure.” Anne Baxter

Whatever happened to that famous saying, if at first you don’t succeed try and try again. Yet how afraid are we of failing? We do not even start on a new adventure because we do not want to fail.

Try for a different job? Oh no, can’t do that. Take a different route, cook a new meal, experiment with new seeds, learn to ride a motorbike, work out how to use e-mail. Never.  Can’t do any of that.
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