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Sleepless night? We’ve all been there. They tell us to follow our dreams…but really, should we? If we are lying awake, wondering and worrying about what might happen, is it really worth it? Or maybe it’s time we learned how to stand up for ourselves. Stand up for our goals, stand up for the futures we want to create. And this article shares the little-known secret of how to do it.

Because if we don’t stand for something, we’ll fall for anything.

I Learned About The Power Of Decision-Making When A Man Held A Loaded Gun To My Head And Threatened To Pull The Trigger. Michelle Obama may say, “You can’t make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen” and nine times out of ten, she’s probably right. However, our ‘chelle also hasn’t

As The Clock Stuck Midnight, I Lit The Fuse. The rocket shot into the sky with a high-pitched scream, yelling in excitement as its shackles were released and it reached for the stars. I hugged those nearest to me and we told each other this would be ‘the best year of our lives’. Filled with

I’Ve Received Standing Ovations After Delivering Speeches To Audiences Of Thousands. Along The Way, I’Ve Made Them Laugh, Cry And, Occasionally, Think. And This Is Why I Can Tell You: A Motivational Speech Is The Last Thing People Need Right Now. Motivational? Quite the opposite. In fact, motivational speeches can be limiting, discouraging and disheartening

What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid? I’d stop seeking guidance from empty motivational quotes, for starters. You know it’s been a strange year when we find an element of comfort and security in Halloween. We greet what’s commonly considered the ‘scariest’ time of the year with a sigh of relief as we welcome

Sometimes We Must Kill The Things We Love The Most. This week I ended the little Facebook community I had created, and it felt like the hardest thing to do. But I also know it was an action I absolutely had to take. We all shy away from making the difficult decisions. I know I

If Knowledge Is Power, Why Do We Feel Powerless In The Age Of Information? In 1817, Thomas Jefferson, the American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher – not to mention the third President of the United States – used the phrase ‘knowledge is power’ in a letter to his friend, the academic George Ticknor. In his

“It Wasn’t Bad, It Was… Different” The Words No Man Ever Wants To Hear. In fact, being told we are ‘different’ is something we try our hardest to avoid. We want to fit in, be accepted by society, a member of a tribe, and generally believe that we are part of the gang. But uniqueness

“Sorry, I’ve Been So Busy” Otherwise Know As A Polite Way Of Saying, “I Just Don’t Consider You Important Enough” Saying we’re too busy for something is the perfect get-out-of-jail free card. It’s often delivered with a pained groan and slump of the shoulders, our body language perfectly telegraphing the message: “I would have really

I’ve Dined With The Billionaires And Beggars, Priests and Prostitutes. And the conversations all had one thing in common: Money One of these people was obsessed with losing it. Another chose their profession because of it. An abundance of it caused one individual to lose everything. And I was kindly asked by the other  if