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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Pic: OGesports - n0tail These days, all I see are people trying to be someone else.  There are a lot of reasons why they do this. Not all are bad, in fact, some reasons are even born from being unselfish, altruistic, and can be a form of self-improvement.  However, most people act like somebody they are not to impress others.  Their actions are not congruent with the way that they think. The values that they have aren’t aligned with how they behave.  This puts you in a constant state of DOUBT . Unfree from judgment, not necessarily from others, but most definitely from yourself. This type of mindset is causing people to have depression, low-self esteem, a general sense of always being unsatisfied . In the past, I did feel like being somebody else. It made my life bearable . Becoming somebody that people would agree with gave me an eas...

Let’s be honest here. You’ve just finished most of your work in under 4 hours and you have another 4 hours to kill doing something monotonous (or pretending to do some work). You’ve already scrolled through TikTok. You’ve already shared memes on Facebook. You’ve already liked your neighbor’s cute cat pictures on Instagram. What else is there to do? Try Something Different It may be asking a coworker for a unique Spotify playlist recommendation. Try catching up on a podcast that you were once interested in. Maybe finally listening to that artist that your friend is crazy about. The key here is having new experiences. New experiences can give us insights that we have never considered before and that stimulates our minds off boredom. Break Out of Your Comfort Zone It may not be a bad idea to break out of your comfort zone at work. Try being more productive. Do more. Go for the extra mile. You don’t really need to go all out all at once. You just need slow but steady consistent efforts to ...

Steven Pressfield As a writer, it’s almost guaranteed to have days where you just run out of ideas. Luckily, these types of days just turn into minutes if you apply the process that I’ll be sharing with you today. These processes are the combination of things that I’ve researched and as well as methods that I have naturally discovered by myself to be effective. Let’s begin by just sitting down. As Steven Pressfield would say “When we sit down to work, we become like a magnetized rod that attracts iron filings. Ideas come. Insights accrete.” I believe that the most brilliant ideas were created with the simple act of putting yourself on a chair. How does this work?  Momentum is key to everything. The act of sitting down and writing starts your writing momentum that carries your subconscious mind to eventually produce ideas. It may sometimes first produce bad ideas but eventually , you’ll come up with better ideas if you just stick with it and continue to move your fingers. .... One ...