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LEARNING TO EMBRACE FAILURE

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Fear is something everyone must learn to cope with when tackling life’s challenges. In an increasingly competitive, cautious and accelerated world, those who are willing to take risks, step out of their comfort zone and into the discomfort of uncertainty will be those who will reap the biggest  rewards. We live in a culture that breeds fear and drives us to play safe, avoid change and settle for less than we want or are capable of achieving. Achieving the fulfillment and success you want in life requires overcoming your innate aversion to risk. It takes courage. Courage to challenge the status quo. Courage to make a stand and speak up. Courage to risk failing or looking foolish. Courage to refuse to buy into the fears that drive so many people to settle, think small and play safe. It happens every day, Opportunities are lost, progress is forgone, ridiculousness is endorsed and evil is sown.And it happens all because people are afraid of what others will think of them. T...

LOVING YOUR SCARS

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Truth be told, happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them.  Imagine all the wondrous things your mind might embrace if it weren’t wrapped so tightly around your struggles.  Always look at what you have, instead of what you have lost.  Because it’s not what the world takes away from you that counts; it’s what you do with what you have left.  I have learnt that Pain is part of growing. See Sometimes life closes doors because it’s time to move forward.  And that’s a good thing because we often won’t move unless circumstances force us to.  When times are tough, remind yourself that no pain comes without a purpose.  along the way i have learnt to keep my distant, to move on from what hurt me, but never forget what it has taught me.  Just because you’re struggling doesn’t mean you’re failing.  Every great success requires some type of worthy struggle to get there.  Good things take time.  St...