Michael Jordan, arguably the greatest basketball player of all time said, “Limits, just like fears, are often just an illusion.” What can we draw from this statement? It packs in a lot of messages and it also encourages us to develop our self awareness. What I believe Michael was trying to express is that we don’t know how far we
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What if we never quit on the things that really mattered? What would it mean for who we are now or who we could be in the future? It would mean a stronger will power and a more decisive attitude. When we don’t quit it’s because we care about what we’re working towards and anything that gets in our way
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Deep down within all of us I believe there is a desire to empower others to achieve their fullest potential; their own personal goals as well as the goals of the community as a whole. And the way that we can achieve this together is by utilising setbacks and hardships as an opportunity to make positive change and productive change.
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We are all made in God’s likeness. He shines through us in so many ways we can’t even begin to imagine. We are unique individuals, but at the same time this individuality unites us, as we see that each person has a role to play in the prosperity of civilisation. The strong stand up for the weak, but the weak
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Love can inspire us to do so many amazing things. The beauty of love is that it comes in many forms too – there is romantic love, familial love and self love, to the name the most prominent. It’s these types of love that will ultimately be the reason ‘why’ we choose to pursue particular tasks and goals. Love will
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If I was a superhero I’d want to have one power – to take away the pain of others without placing it on myself. That’s the dream. Sometimes you see someone hurting, and all you want to do is help, but you don’t know how, or you can’t – or you fear that helping them will hinder you. The truth
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The longer we hold onto our worries, the more they begin to hurt us. This is a short video that exemplifies the importance of letting go of the thoughts, feelings and emotions that hold us back and cause us mental trauma. It’s okay to think about them occasionally, but understand their lessons and move past them with your new found
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What we think, is what we are. Our thoughts can be equally as helpful to our development as they can be detrimental. These can be thoughts of our own self image, of others and of the world around us. Our thoughts can be the difference between seeing hills or mountains or between seeing man and giant, or in some cases
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“We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us” (Philippians 4:13). That’s a quote that gets me on the right path each day. When I have doubts, I look to God for inspiration and I pray that he guides me – not to immediate success, but guides me to a better version of myself that can grow beyond my
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If I don’t plan I often get lost so easily and I stray away from anything productive, I become anxious about the future and overwhelmed at the number of tasks that I need to complete to achieve my grand ambitions. That’s why if you ever saw me, you might notice that I’m constantly writing down plans for later in the
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A remarkable quote from a man named Henry Ford – the father of the Ford Motor Company. But what exactly was he trying to say? Maybe a little bit about belief and how it can go quite a long way. Whichever way you choose to look at this quote, it can reveal some noteworthy lessons. Those Who Say They Can
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Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc. said in one of his most famous Harvard University addresses, “If you lived each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” For the last 33 years of his life, Steve would look in the mirror each day and ask himself, “If today were the last day of my
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Maybe there’s stuff you don’t want to do, but you know that it’s good for you in the long run. Like exercising or budgeting or reading or cleaning, some stuff just sucks, and I get it. We feel like the effort we put into these challenging things may not yield immediate results, and that is often true. But what we
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We can make a lot from a little. Let that sink in… It’s a thought that I live by and I hold onto it with every strength that I have because it drives me to realise that I can make something of myself and pursue my goals right now, with the things that I presently have. Nothing more is needed.
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