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An image of a sunrise.

“When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fear.

It’s so easy to get stuck in it. To let it hold you back.

I have been there many times in my life.

The fear has, for example, held me back from:

  • Trying new things. It has held me back from trying something new for lunch or a new hobby because I feared I would have a bad experience or fail. And so I stuck to my usual routine and choices.
  • Asking someone out for a date. Because I didn’t want to risk being rejected or looking like a fool in eyes of other people.
  • Living my life like I deep down wanted to. The fear has held me in its grip and calmly explained to me that it would be best and most comfortable for me to stay where I am and to do nothing new. And many times I have sadly believed the fear and gotten myself stuck in a place where I honestly deep down didn’t want to be.

The fears we have are based in how we think about things. Destructive thought habits can create a lot of fear that is really unnecessary and damaging.

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The Top 27 Autumn Quotes for a Motivated and Positive Season

Wind blowing away autumn leaves falling from colorful trees.

It’s autumn.

For some, a joyful time as the overwhelming heat of summer turns into cool, crisp and cozy autumn days.

For others, it’s a time that veers off into darkness and windy and rainy days on end as your energy and motivation falls.

No matter what of these groups you belong to – or maybe you’re somewhere in-between – I hope this post will help you.

In it you’ll find the top 27 inspirational autumn quotes that will help you make the best of this season and make it a positive, motivated and happy one.

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How to Take Action Every Day: 5 Powerful Habits

A woman jumping high in the green and lush mountains.

“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”
Leonardo Da Vinci

One of the biggest and most common problems with improving your life or the success you want out of it is that you may not take consistent action over a longer time period.

Now, consistency isn’t the sexiest or most exciting word.

But it is, coupled with time, what will give you real results in your life.

Sticking with the program and doing something consistently – and not just when you feel inspired or something like that – is very, very powerful.

This is something I have struggled with a lot in the past. And on some days I still do.

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When you’re in love then the feelings can seem almost overwhelming.

It can be hard to express how you feel to your special someone.

In today’s post I’d like offer a bit of help by sharing 51 of my favorite short romantic quotes and sayings.

So that you can get those big emotions out and let him or her know how you deep down truly feel.

No matter if you do that in person, via text or in some other way I hope you’ll find something helpful here.

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A man looking at his own reflection in the window of a train.

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.”’
Helen Keller

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
Mahatma Gandhi

Living a life where you’re happier and kinder towards yourself is not just about what you can do.

But also about what you are already doing. And especially those habits that do have a negative and unhappy impact on your life.

So this week I’d like to share 9 such habits. And what have helped me a whole lot to do instead.

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