Tag: strength

• Work On Your Weaknesses

  Knowing what your strengths are is important.

  But knowing your weaknesses is essential.

  Your strengths lay the foundation for your progress.

  They give you a platform off of which to launch effort and perform your work.

  Your weaknesses, however, offer you the greatest opportunity for growth.

  They are the mindsets and behaviors that, if addressed and improved, will most profoundly affect all other aspects of your life.

  Your weaknesses are not made stronger by doubling down on your strengths.

  Your strengths, on the other hand, are accentuated and amplified when you begin to work on your weaknesses.

  This is not easy, nor is it an overnight matter, but it is certainly worth the effort.

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  July 30, 2023

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• Sensitive Strength

  Not everyone will understand your sensitivity.

  Nor should you expect them to.

  You are responsible for knowing yourself, for protecting yourself, and for adapting to your surroundings and your relationships in such a way that your integrity remains intact.

  The world is not going to adjust to your needs.

  You must take care of your caring heart.

  In order to honor your sensitive soul, there will be times when you will have to go your own way, forge your own path, and do your own thing.

  Other times, you will have to stand your ground, resisting the forces that attempt to push and pull you in directions that do not serve you.

  Be sensitive to your sensitivity.

  Listen to it and let it guide you, not away from life, but toward your life, your path, and your unique contribution to this world.

  Allow your sensitivity to teach you to be your own person, your own advocate, and your own refuge.

  Used in this way, your sensitivity becomes your strength.

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  July 23, 2023

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• Deliberate Stress

  Stress is not an inherently bad thing.

  In fact, stress is necessary for you to grow.

  In order to become smarter, stronger, and faster, your mind and body must be put through and recover from stress.

  Avoiding stress altogether, therefore, is a mistake.

  The right kind of stress is your friend and your ally.

  Stress without purpose, however, is a problem.

  Stress for stress’s sake is not helpful to you.

  It wears you down and uses up the physical and mental resources you need for other things.

  While unwanted stress cannot be avoided altogether, you should do your best to limit its impact on your life.

  Interestingly, the best way to make your mind and body more resilient against unavoidable, unwanted stress that breaks you down is through regular and deliberate exposure to and recovery from the kinds of stress that builds you up.

  Instead of avoiding stress, then, pursue it, but pursue the right kind of stress so that you will be able to handle unwanted stress when it inevitably comes your way.

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  July 11, 2023

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• Borrowed Perspective

  Your problems are rarely as overwhelming or insurmountable as they seem, but it is difficult to see past that which is right in front of you.

  From where you stand, you lack the perspective to see the other side of the obstacles in your path.

  Sometimes you must simply step back to see the bigger picture.

  Other times, you need to work through or around your problems to gain the perspective necessary to see that life is bigger than your difficulties first appeared.

  But there will be times when none of this seems possible, when you do not feel strong or capable enough, and when you just do not have the will or the confidence to move forward.

  In these instances, it is not only okay, but it may even be necessary to ask for help.

  There are other people who have been where you are and who have reached the other side.

  Find them and ask them for guidance, for a helping hand, and let them show you the way.

  No one gets through this life without ever needing help; you will not be the first.

  Borrow someone else’s perspective, borrow their wisdom and their courage, and use it as your own until you reach the other side of whatever is standing in your way.

  Then, go back and help someone else.

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  June 30, 2023

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• Willingness To Strength

  The willingness to be helpful goes a long way.

  As you go through life, you will see the people around you struggle.

  They will go through hardships, challenges, and difficulties.

  Sometimes you can help them, but other times you cannot.

  This may be because you do not have the resources to do so.

  Perhaps they do not want your help.

  Or maybe there is simply nothing that can be done.

  Your presence, in these instances, may be all you have to offer.

  You can be there for and through the struggle, willing to help in any way you can, even if you can’t.

  This willingness is not a hollow sentiment.

  If you mean it, it means something.

  It matters.

  Your presence and your willingness matter.

  In fact, sometimes your presence and willingness to help may be the thing that gives the other person the strength to survive hardship, to overcome challenges, and to push through difficulty.

  Your willingness can become someone else’s strength.

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  June 25, 2023

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