"Fear no men if you breathe oxygen its a fair game."- Conner McGregor

"You got two legs and a heartbeat what's stopping you?"-Inuyasha

"I'm still learning to love the parts of me that no one claps for."- Rudy Francisco

“The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole life fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“in the end, we'll all become stories.”- Margaret Atwood

“When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.”- Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“They've promised that dreams can come true - but forgot to mention that nightmares are dreams too.”- Oscar Wilde

“So I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.”- Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist)

“My request is that please don't always expect me to come across as caring, kind and well-mannered, there are times when I am downright uncaring, incomprehensible and cold-hearted. I am”- Sylvia Plath

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Quotes That Echo: Wisdom and Reflections

👇 Below, you can find forty pieces of advice that I find helpful but don't always follow:

Tips on How to Live a Fulfilling Life

1. Appreciate happiness when it is there2. Sip, don’t gulp.3. Be gentle with yourself. Work less. Sleep more.

4. There is absolutely nothing in the past that you can change. That’s basic physics. 5. Beware of Tuesdays. And Octobers.

6. Kurt Vonnegut was right. “Reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found.”7. Listen more than you talk.

8. Don’t feel guilty about being idle. More harm is probably done to the world through work than idleness. But perfect your idleness. Make it mindful.9. Be aware that you are breathing.

10. Wherever you are, at any moment, try to find something beautiful. A face, a line out of a poem, the clouds out of a window, some graffiti, a wind farm. Beauty cleans the mind.11. Hate is a pointless emotion to have inside you. It is like eating a scorpion to punish it for stinging you.

12. Go for a run. Then do some yoga.13. Shower before noon.14. Look at the sky. Remind yourself of the cosmos. Seek vastness at every opportunity, in order to see the smallness of yourself.

15. Be kind.16. Understand that thoughts are thoughts. If they are unreasonable, reason with them, even if you have no reason left. You are the observer of your mind, not its victim.

17. Do not watch TV aimlessly. Do not go on social media aimlessly. Always be aware of what you are doing and why you are doing it. Don’t value TV less. Value it more. Then you will watch it less. Unchecked distractions will lead you to distraction.

18. Sit down. Lie down. Be still. Do nothing. Observe. Listen to your mind. Let it do what it does without judging it. Let it go, like Snow Queen in Frozen. 19. Don’t’ worry about things that probably won’t happen.

20. Look at trees. Be near trees. Plant trees. (Trees are great.)21. Listen to that yoga instructor on YouTube, and “walk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet”.22. Live. Love. Let go. The three Ls.

23. Alcohol maths. Wine multiplies itself by itself. The more you have, the more you are likely to have. And if it is hard to stop at one glass, it will be impossible at three. Addition is multiplication.

24. Beware of the gap. The gap between where you are and where you want to be. Simply thinking of the gap widens it. And you end up falling through. 25. Read a book without thinking about finishing it. Just read it. Enjoy every word, sentence, and paragraph. Don’t wish for it to end, or for it to never end.

26. No drug in the universe will make you feel better, at the deepest level, than being kind to other people.

27. Listen to what Hamlet – literature’s most famous depressive – told Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”

28. If someone loves you, let them. Believe in that love. Live for them, even when you feel there is no point.29. You don’t need the world to understand you. It’s fine. Some people will never really understand things they haven’t experienced. Some will. Be grateful.

30. Jules Verne wrote of the “Living Infinite”. This is the world of love and emotion that is like a “sea”. If we can submerge ourselves in it, we find infinity in ourselves, and the space we need to survive.31. Three in the morning is never the time to try and sort out your life.

32. Remember that there is nothing weird about you. You are just a human, and everything you do and feel is a natural thing, because we are natural animals. You are nature. You are a hominid ape. You are in the world and the world is in you. Everything connects.

33. Don’t believe in good or bad, or winning and losing, or victory and defeat, or ups and down. At your lowest and your highest, whether you are happy or despairing or calm or angry, there is a kernel of you that stays the same. That is the you that matters.

34. Don’t worry about the time you lose to despair. The time you will have afterwards has just doubled its value.35. Be transparent to yourself. Make a greenhouse for your mind. Observe.

36. Read Emily Dickinson. Read Graham Green. Read Italo Calvino. Read Maya Angelou. Read anything you want. Just read. Books are possibilities. They are escape routes. They give you options when you have none. Each one can be a home for an uprooted mind.

37. If the sun is shining, and you can be outside, be outside.38. Remember that the key thing about life on earth is change. Cars rust. Paper yellows. Technology dates. Caterpillars become butterflies. Nights morph into days. Depression lifts.

39. Just when you feel you have no time to relax, know that this is the moment you most need to make time to relax.40. Be brave. Be strong. Breathe, and keep going. You will thank yourself later.

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The only journey is the one within

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

"In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion."

To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and joy underneath the pain, is freedom, salvation, enlightenment."

"It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?"

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself."

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

The journey into self-love and self-acceptance must begin with self-examination... until you take the journey of self-reflection, it is almost impossible to grow or learn in life."

"I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions."

It's not about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself."

"To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else."

You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you

Self-reflection quotes to inspire and encourage introspection 

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Self-Reflection quotes 

Identifying your strengths allows you to leverage them, while recognizing weaknesses provides opportunities for improvement.

1. Strengths and Weaknesses

Understanding your core values and beliefs helps guide decision-making and align your actions with your principles.

2. Values and Beliefs

Recognizing and understanding your emotions fosters emotional intelligence, enabling better self-regulation and interpersonal relationships.

3. Emotional Intelligence

Reflecting on how you communicate helps improve your interactions with others and ensures your messages are clear and effective.

4. Communication Style

Self-reflection allows you to clarify your goals, both short-term and long-term, and develop strategies to achieve them.

5. Goal Setting

Assessing how you respond to change helps develop adaptability, a crucial skill in navigating life's uncertainties.

6. Adaptability

Understanding how you handle challenges and setbacks provides insights into building resilience and coping mechanisms

7. Resilience

Examining past decisions helps identify patterns, allowing you to refine your decision-making process and learn from experiences

8. Decision-Making Patterns 

Self-reflection helps you explore and understand your interests, passions, and what brings you fulfillment.

9. Interests and Passions

Reflecting on your values, experiences, and aspirations can contribute to a deeper understanding of your life purpose and meaning.

10. Life Purpose

Self-reflection is an ongoing process. Regularly taking time to introspect and learn from your experiences contributes to personal growth and a more fulfilling life. Here are some key aspects you can learn

Understand yourself and those around you.

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Self-reflection is a powerful tool for personal growth and development

If I start insulting you in another language, you feel nothing; the words don’t mean anything to you. Because it’s you who puts their meaning into them. Me, I know what they mean, but it doesn’t matter how hard I scream them at you: you may start laughing!
Take the words; take away their value; and drop them to the floor. If you take that away, they fall to the ground, they never get to touch you; they are nothing.

Treat them like words from another language.

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Problem Solving

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Communication

Salma Hayek: How To Deal With Insults

I am a wandering soulLost in my own mindI left behind my homeIn search of something kind

I thought I knew the pathBut I got lost and aloneI wander aimlesslyThrough this life unknown

I long for a place to belongBut my past haunts me stillI regret the choices I've madeAnd the pain I've had to feel

I've met friends along the wayBut I've hurt them tooI fear the harm I'll bringIf my path leads back to you

I pray for a way outBut my mind is my own cellI'm trapped in this cycleOf living and living hell

I'm tired and I'm brokenBut death is not my friendIt teases me with promisesBut my pain never ends

I long for peace and restBut it's a dream out of reachI'm just a wandering soulLost and incomplete

This is curled from my personal story not a fantasy. Being a lone wolf has its own weakness

😔 ɪɴ sᴇᴀʀᴄʜ ᴏғ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴋɪɴᴅ

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ᴀ ʟᴏsᴛ ʟᴏɴᴇ ᴡᴏʟғ 

Disclaimer: Nothing can substitute Hard Work, except for Smartwork.(There are no motivativations to wait for last minute study)

How To Pass An Exam, You Never Studied For?

There is no way the examiner knows that you haven't studied. This mindset will motivate you to stay positive.

The Examiner Is Unaware

These are gonna be the benchmark of your prime focus. They will give you the examiner's historical point of view, marking style and how you are expected to answer

Past papers 

You won't tend to leave anything on option if you keep syllabus as your base. Even if you feel like leaving certain topic, atleast know it's meaning and relevance for the exam.

Syllabus Coverage

Elimination is they key! Try to eliminate studying topics you can write, without studying, the rest needs atleast a summarized reading.

Eliminate Topics

You are a day before the exam and can't go through everything. Instead try looking at summaries that can help you in selective study but vast coverage. Dive deep only into those topics that are examiner's favorite (as per past papers).

Grab the Material ,Thoughtfully

"Sometimes a solution lies at the end of your comfort zone."A quick discussion of your situation with someone who has cleared the test might actually help you cope. Atleast it's better than sitting ideal.

Consult A Senior

1. Use a easy to hard approach while studying and also in the paper.2. Don't multitask 3. Move on if you get stuck on a topic. Do that topic at the end.4. Attempt 100% paper5. Stay away from people that tend to waste your time....these last minutes do count

Pro Tips

I recently passed a test by studying last minute, but it doesn't always work coz hard work has no substitutes.

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Time Management

"Today is a new day, full of possibilities and opportunities. I embrace it with an open heart and a positive mind."

"I am grateful for this beautiful morning and the chance to create a wonderful day ahead."

"As I rise with the sun, I welcome the positivity that flows into my life. Today, I choose joy."

"I am a beacon of light, and my positivity radiates in everything I do. Good morning!"

"In the morning light, I find strength and purpose. I am ready to face the day with optimism and resilience."

"Each morning brings a chance for a new beginning. I am ready to make today amazing."

"I am surrounded by opportunities, and I attract positivity into my life. Good morning to a day filled with blessings."

"Today, I choose to let go of any negativity and focus on the positive possibilities ahead. Good morning, world!"

"I am a magnet for success, and I attract positive energy into my life. This morning is the start of something great."

"With each sunrise, I am renewed. I am capable, I am confident, and I am ready to conquer the day."

"My thoughts shape my reality, and I choose positive thoughts to create a positive day. Good morning, universe!"

"I am grateful for the gift of a new day. I choose to make it a day filled with love, joy, and positive achievements."

"Today, I am a masterpiece in progress. I embrace my potential and radiate positivity."

"I wake up with a grateful heart, ready to appreciate the beauty of life. Good morning, sunshine!"

"The morning sun reminds me of the endless possibilities that await me. I am open to receiving all the good that comes my way."

"Rise and shine! Today is a brand new opportunity to better your yesterday."

"Every morning is a blank canvas... it is whatever you make out of it."

"Good morning! Let your soul expand, let your heart reach out to others, and let your light shine."

"Wake up with determination, go to bed with satisfaction."

"The way you start your day can affect your whole day. Begin it with a positive mind."﻿

"Today's mantra: I am in charge of how I feel, and today I am choosing happiness."

"Mornings are like a blank page. It's up to you how you want to fill it—make it a masterpiece!"

"Good morning! Start each day with a grateful heart."

"Embrace the day with enthusiasm. Your attitude determines your direction."

"The morning breeze has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep."

Positive morning quotes and affirmations to inspire a bright start to your day

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Positive morning quotes and affirmations 

Is it possible to get extremely wealthy or amass large sums of wealth by having a lazy mindset?Yes, but for probably a different reason than people might expect. I actually think, in some ways, the lazier you are, if you can get over the initial hump, the more successful you can be.Because what happens is, if you give a hardworking person a problem, they give you a hardworking solution; if you give a lazy person a problem, they give you a lazy man’s solution. And a lot of times, some of the best problems in the world get solved be deciding they’re not problems.

Have a problem to solve? Find someone who’s lazy.

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The Hard Workers, The Lazy, Problems, And Solutions

<ul><li>The glass is half empty!</li><li>The early bird catches your worm!</li><li>Put off until tomorrow what you can do today!</li><li>Live each day as if it already were your last!</li><li>Your life is what others make of it!</li><li>There are hardly any fish in the sea!</li><li>You lose some, you lose some!</li><li>You are all that matters!</li><li>No matter where you go, you aren't there!</li><li>Don't forgive and don't forget!</li><li>Life sucks and shit happens a lot!</li></ul>

Words of Wisdom

<ol><li>Only pretend to listen</li><li>Think about what you want to say while they talk</li><li>Interrupt them</li><li>Share every thought in long, drawn-out details</li><li>Point out their every mistake</li><li>Dump your tension on them</li><li>Make them feel guilty</li><li>Blame them for everything</li><li>Always think the worst of them</li><li>Avoid physical contact</li><li>Avoid romance</li><li>Only focus on your own pleasure</li><li>Enjoy the sound of your own voice</li><li>Avoid eye contact</li><li>Never be on time</li><li>Play hard-to-get</li><li>Set impossibly high standards</li><li>Judge them for not being perfect</li><li>Embrace your inner slob</li><li>Joint Ownership: "What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine!"</li><li>Randomly make accusations and rude comments</li></ol>

How to Get Dumped

<ol><li>Provoke fights at work</li><li>Question the integrity, honesty and work ethic of your coworkers</li><li>Always be late</li><li>Extend your breaks</li><li>Push deadlines</li><li>Display extreme inefficiency</li><li>Pass your workload to coworkers</li><li>Do the absolute minimum</li><li>Waste everyone's time at meetings</li><li>Complain</li><li>Blame others</li><li>Show contempt while given requests, refuse to do them, or accept and don't do them</li><li>Trash important e-mails</li><li>Send completely unrelated replies when answering an e-mail</li><li>Be rude to clients, ignore them, resent their demands, blame them for your misery</li><li>Spread rumors about your boss</li><li>Surf the internet</li><li>Have private conversations</li><li>Sleep on the job</li></ol>

How to Get Fired

<ol><li>Avoid cardio, yoga and meditation</li><li>Try to stay motionless</li><li>Avoid healthy food and sugar-free beverages</li><li>Have a negative support buddy</li><li>Wallow in your depression together</li><li>Criticize your friends</li><li>Blame the world</li><li>Keep a dim outlook on life</li><li>Create your own negative affirmations and repeat them like a mantra</li><li>Overwork yourself to cause stress and fatigue</li><li>Always think about your financial constraints</li><li>Set unrealistic expectations</li><li>Make random chaotic plans</li><li>Refuse to help others</li><li>Focus on the traits of others that irritate you</li><li>Never do anything nice for yourself</li><li>Never be grateful for anything</li><li>Succumb to your misery</li></ol>

How to Get Depressed

<ol><li>Repress your anger</li><li>Never reflect on why you are angry</li><li>Just blame someone for it</li><li>Get mad at politicians</li><li>Drive in rush hour traffic</li><li>Aggressively honk while driving</li><li>Be inconsiderate to other drivers</li><li>Blame them for everything that's wrong in your life</li><li>Concentrate on how long you wait while waiting</li><li>Be rude to the ones waiting with you</li><li>Complain to customer support and blame them</li><li>Kick, punch and break stuff</li><li>Scream at random people</li><li>Argue with family and friends</li><li>Build long-lasting resentments towards someone close to you</li><li>Never let go of your anger</li><li>Hate your life</li><li>Don't forget to blame someone!</li></ol>

How to Get Angry

<ol><li>Feel the weight of the world on your shoulders</li><li>Tense up all your muscles</li><li>Take short, constrained breaths</li><li>Concentrate on worry and overwhelm</li><li>Think about all past negative experiences</li><li>Create a stress mantra and repeat it regularly in your head</li><li>Always multitask</li><li>Procrastinate</li><li>Focus on all the tasks you can't get done in time because you procrastinated</li><li>Be disorganized</li><li>Scatter your things</li><li>Keep your space cluttered</li><li>Lie, cheat, be dishonest</li><li>Overwork yourself</li><li>Never ask for help</li><li>Go into debt</li><li>Set unrealistic goals, deadlines and to-do lists</li><li>Don't write down your appointments</li><li>Try to remember everything in your head</li></ol>

How to Get Stressed

Have you ever wondered how to get dumped quickly and effectively, fired whenever you want, depressed all the time, angry in an instant and stressed all day long? Then this read is for you. Become the least you can be!

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