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What I Do When I Feel Like Giving Up

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What I Do When I Feel Like Giving Up am struggling today. If you’ve ever struggled to be consistent with something you care about, maybe my struggle will resonate with you too. Today, I Feel Like Giving Up But today? Well, today I am struggling. Today, I don’t feel like writing. Today, I don’t feel like sticking to the routine. Today, I don’t feel like I have any great ideas and I don’t feel like I have enough time to make the good ideas great. Today, I feel like giving up. Research from the University of Pennsylvania has shown that  grit is the characteristic linked most closely to success . I could use some grit today. Here’s what I try to remind myself of when I feel like giving up… Your Mind is a Suggestion Engine Consider every thought you have as a suggestion, not an order. Right now, my mind is suggesting that I feel tired. It is suggesting that I give up. It is suggesting that I take an easier path. If I pause for a moment, however, I can discover new suggestions. My mind i...

The strength you didn’t know you had.

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We all have a strength we didn't know we had after a traumatic experience or a loss. I know from my own experience in life. Let's look at how we can contain the strength to cope when it happens. Especially when there are more than one traumatic events in life that you can overcome if you choose to do it. You choose this blog to start with and that is a first step in the direction. What I have learned is that it makes you grow into a stronger and better person in life. Being fearless is the strength you never had until now. You either go forward or backwards to face your fears you got to confront it. I know from my own experiences.  We all have negative things happen in life, it either makes us grow or we hold ourselves back to learn from the experiences. I had to face my dad’s death which was very difficult to do at the time while under stress and sadness. Then I found the inner strength to set through the days and months these last 3 years. I had the courage to do the hard par...