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Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s fine. It’s not their journey to make sense of. It’s yours.

Zero Dean

Author | Photographer | CG Artist | Filmmaker

Self-confidence is a byproduct of a stable sense of self-worth.

Self-confidence is a byproduct of a stable sense of self-worth.

A stable sense of self-worth is a byproduct of self-acceptance.

If you wish to be more self-confident, learn to accept yourself as you are.

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Originally Published on: Oct 1, 2015 @ 06:33

Happiness is not just putting on a fake smile & pretending

Excerpt from: Happiness is not a choice

Happiness is not a choice. Attitude is.

Happiness is not just putting on a fake smile, acting cheerful, and pretending everything is OK.

Sometimes things are not OK. And that’s OK.

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“Happiness is a choice” isn’t helpful

Even if attaining a state of happiness was as simple as making a choice, telling someone who isn’t happy that “happiness is a choice” is as about as helpful as teaching someone how to fish by telling them that “there are fish in the sea”.

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Success isn’t just about accomplishment

Success isn’t just about accomplishment. It’s also about how the things you do in your life motivate & inspire others to do something motivating & inspiring in theirs.

It’s about helping people. It’s about adding value to other people’s lives. It’s about making a positive difference, no matter how small.

Success has a lot more to do with what isn’t immediately visible than it does with trophies, awards, wealth, or material things.

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Originally Published on: Aug 15, 2013 @ 06:23

The key to self-mastery


Your ability to listen to and take action based on your inner voice — regardless of how you feel, other influences, or temptations you face — is the key to self-mastery.

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Originally Published on: Mar 30, 2015 @ 06:06

Self-control

Excerpt from: Self-discipline

Like a muscle, the more you exercise self-control on a consistent basis, the stronger you get.

As your self-control increases, the more you gain the ability to direct your life in a manner that is congruent with the true you.

The more congruent your actions are with your thoughts and feelings, the better you feel about yourself and the decisions you make.

Every time you feel good about a decision you make, it raises your self-esteem and your self-confidence. You also reinforce in your mind what you are capable of and it makes it less difficult to make similar decisions in life.

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Originally Published on: Mar 30, 2015 @ 14:47

Invest in bettering yourself and the future you

Excerpt from: Today is day one.

Invest in bettering yourself and the future you. Let your future self look back on the changes you make today and be thankful you made them.

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Originally Published on: Aug 2, 2015 @ 12:51

Strength and vulnerability

Don’t mistake someone’s willingness to show vulnerability as weakness.

It takes a great deal of courage to show vulnerability.

And that takes strength.

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Originally Published on: Nov 8, 2014 @ 07:08