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Help Others

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Elevate

It is easy to get overwhelmed by all the people and all the movements and all the causes that ask for and need our help. Don’t get jaded. Apathy is your enemy, remember? Care, and care deeply for others. Choose your cause and get active. I definitely follow the philosophy that most often, the helping hand we need is at the end of our own arms. However, this does not mean we don’t sometimes need a ...
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Resentment

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Elevate

Resentment of our self or others is like growing a spreading cancer in our bodies that we have the choice to cure, and yet some of us refuse to do it. We all know that resentment truly is like us drinking poison and expecting the other person to get hurt. It is just not a productive emotion to get what you want. Leaders forgive. Winners forgive. They move forward. Winners learn from the action. C...
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Self Leadership

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Elevate

Are you beginning to get clear on who you are, why you’re here, and what you want? Are you beginning to see that you can get what you want? I want you to get what you want. Successful people are very clear on who they are, what they want, and how they are going to get it. Most people usually are not clear on who they are, do not know what they want, and do not know where they are going. They are c...
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Perspective

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Elevate

A life changing personal development lesson is one on perspective. How we feel, does not come from an EVENT that happens. How we feel, comes from our INTERPRETATION OF AN EVENT that happens. It is easy to peg a situation as being a good thing or a bad thing for us. Sometimes, it is beneficial to take a longer perspective. Here’s a story to illustrate the point. A wise man won the lottery man...
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Practicing Gratitude

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Elevate

Many of us think that we don’t have a morning ritual or that we don’t have time for one, but let me assure you — you do. In fact, your morning ritual is so ingrained that you probably don’t even realize it’s there. Every day, many of us wake up and tell ourselves, “I didn’t get enough sleep” or “I don’t have enough time.” Or both. Lynne Twist, author of The Soul of Money, says that these though...
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3 Questions That Define Your Roadmap To Success

Posted on December 15, 2018 by Elevate

Here’s the main problem with the way that most people live their life: Instead of living the life they want, they live the life they are given. Most of the time, we react to situations by following the path of least resistance instead of using the roadmap to success. It makes sense that this happens. We’re only human. When a job opportunity opens up, and we need the money, we take the job without ...
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Self Discipline

Posted on October 8, 2018October 8, 2018 by Elevate

Every day we are preparing for success or failure whether we know it or not. We all have the pain of challenges. It’s true. How we respond to them is what makes it suffering or not. Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional. There are two kinds of pain in life, the pain of discipline and the pain of regret. Which one do you choose? Let’s choose the pain of discipline. Everything comes with a pr...
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Seeking Approval

Posted on September 10, 2018September 17, 2018 by Elevate

A while back, I was in a group environment where I got to know the others over the course of a weekend. A nice woman came up to me at the end of the weekend and said, “You know, at first I didn’t like you, but now I like you.” Frankly, it kind of threw me off. I did a gut check. What did I do? What would I do to make her not like me? I examined myself. I was searching for a reason to apologize ...
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Authenticity

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Elevate

My favorite self-acceptance trait has to be authenticity. I love when someone has total and complete acceptance of themselves. It shows not only in their confidence levels, but also in their ability to relate and be compassionate toward others. Aren’t the people closest to you the ones that you can be the most vulnerable with? Authenticity breaks down barriers. Most everyone appreciates it becaus...
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Happiness Through Character

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Elevate

How is the reputation you have with yourself? I know this can be a tough question. The biggest slap in the face that you can ever experience is thinking that you are “the only one that will know.” A huge part of your happiness is how well you are following your virtues. Following your virtues makes you feel better about yourself, especially in a society today where it is becoming harder to find go...
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