Are you looking to make positive changes in your life to improve your health, emotional well-being, daily habits, productivity, or relationships?
We all have areas where we want to improve and become a better version of ourselves and better cope with life challenges. You are a wonderful work in progress, and we want to help you reach your self-improvement goals. On this page, you’ll find articles on a variety of self-improvement topics with actionable steps and ideas you can use.
Communication is vital.
Without it, we humans would never have been able to coordinate efforts and build –.well, civilization itself!
However, just as you cannot force someone to love you, pushing folks to speak with you is also problematic.
Caveats, of course, abound.
But as an everyday, general rule of thumb, coercing anyone into doing something they don’t want to do is often unhelpful.
Today, we’re breaking down 17 reasons why it’s a bad idea to force people to talk to you.
Cynics fundamentally distrust other people and social institutions.
Psychologists define cynicism as the inclination to view people as motivated solely by self-interest.
As a result, the inability to see good in others undermines a cynic's ability to flourish.
Cynics often recognize this personality trait in themselves.
Whenever you evaluate a situation, your cynical nature rises up immediately.
We all want to become more than we are and be the best we can be in all facets of life.
Even when we're not trying to improve ourselves, personal development happens naturally and spontaneously.
We are here to change and grow. Even though we often resist change, it is the only constant in our lives.
Who you were ten years ago is not who you are now.
Not only do you change physically, you change mentally, spiritually and emotionally, thanks to your choices and experiences.
Not everyone has personal development goals in mind as they grow through changes in life.
Sometimes life imposes painful change on us, like the loss of a loved one, a divorce, or a job loss.
Massive growth is why we are here experiencing all the challenges and dualities of being human, and these painful changes provide valuable opportunities for growth when we pay attention.
If I could offer you just one life-changing concept about happiness, it would be this . . .
Your thoughts determine your reality.
Now maybe this idea of having happy thoughts about life seems overly simple and self-evident.
But to really embrace the concept, for it to grow roots in your consciousness, and for you to use it as a manifesto for a happy life — now that's a gift.
It has taken me years, maybe my entire life, to see how powerful happy thinking is and to put it into action on a daily basis.
It's not easy. It requires that you take full responsibility for the quality of your life.
It also requires a daily, even hourly, wrestling match with your own negative mind.
What do you remember of your thoughts as a child?
And do you ever ask children what they think about growing up, about whom they look up to, or about who they want to be?
That's the aim of the growing up quotes you'll read in this article.
Read them to remind yourself of what growing up was like for you and what it is for the children of today.
And read them to better understand what it all means.