It’s the one truth we can all agree on. And it even becomes truer the more we get older. But despite it being true, our actions rarely reflect with it: Young adults (or teenagers) prioritize meeting their parents’ expectations instead of following what they truly love. Adults with their own families and with a demanding …
The Real Optimist
It’s great to be optimistic. It makes you try things. But that doesn’t mean you’re always expecting for good things to happen. Or that someone will save you. It just means that you’ll push through whatever it takes. It’s either you do it or regret not doing it. Doesn’t matter the outcome is. Now that’s …
Your Most Dangerous Enemy
No. It’s not actually your competitor. Not those people who hate you or envy you. It’s the version of you who doubts yourself and thinks negatively. Negative thinking is draining. It kills your hopes and dreams. It closes your mind, locking you into a single perspective. Allow it to consume you, and you become angry, …
You’re Not Meant to Become a Machine
Every time I read most job descriptions these days, I want to vomit. And the more detailed the job descriptions are, the more it makes me want to vomit. Makes me wonder whether those who wrote those descriptions want to hire a human or a machine. They probably didn’t realize it, but they’re setting up …
Another Problem
When people say that having problems is normal… What they’re actually saying is that they’ve accepted any kind of problem in their lives — both new and old problems. It’s true that having problems is normal — but only if they’re new problems. New problems are OK. They test our capacity to find solutions. They …