Improve Your Mind

by: Sally Higgins, Adccelerate Now

Excuse Me.

According to Collins Dictionary an excuse is ‘a reason or justification’ or ‘to make allowance for’. Perfect. We are so good at avoiding what needs to be done or allowing ourselves to accept less than we deserve that we even have a word for the act of doing so.
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by: Dr. Jeffry R. Palmer Ph.D.

We live in a world which can best be described as a dystopia. The nation states of the world have devolved to an extent that social mobility in many regions of the planet is non-existent. The disparity between the “haves” and “have nots” grows globally at a steady and insidious pace.
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by: Sarah Malik

If you could be totally 100% okay with who you are, would you have anything to feel anxious about?

If you were 100% confident about who you are, would you be worried about what other people think?

If you felt 100% comfortable with who you are, could you feel calm, centered and peaceful no matter what anyone else says and no matter what situation you find yourself in?
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by: Lance Beggs

Do you often feel uncomfortable in a social situation? Perhaps you’re overly shy? Or your stomach ties up in knots at the thought of approaching someone even just to say “Hi!”

Well the good news is that there are many techniques which you can use to help you overcome this problem of social shyness or anxiety. I’m going to share one of my favourites below. But first, three important points that need to be highlighted (so imagine them covered by ink from a bright yellow fluoro highlighter pen)
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by: Dr. Lin Morel

“He (she) who endures to the end wins,” said the Chancellor of the University of Santa Monica during a visit to our graduate class. The statement stuck, and it has been true for me during my many years as a business owner, student, wife, mother and competitor.
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by: Kevin Stirtz

“Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.”
- Fernando Flores

I use to be envious of great people.

By “great”, I mean people who have achieved things so noteworthy they become famous for it.
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by: Glenn Cutforth

Developing your will-power is directly related to your success in life. No one can over-estimate the power of your will to do.

Most people do not fail because of a lack of education. History is filled with uneducated or poorly educated millionaires who didn’t let this supposed shortcoming hold them back. On the contrary, what they may have lacked in education was obliterated by their overpowering will to succeed no matter how many times they failed along the way.
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By: Dr. Janette Marie Freeman

Courage is not the absence of fear. It is the strength to be who and what you are– despite the fear! Here are steps we can take to develop courage and let go of the fears that stop us from achieving our goals.
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by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.

We hear a lot about how important it is to be compassionate toward others, and it is very important. The problem is that you may not be able to really feel compassion toward others until you are able to feel compassionate toward yourself.

In the 37 years that I’ve been doing counseling, I’ve discovered that the most common underlying cause of anxiety, depression, addictive behavior and relationship problems is self-judgment. The most prevalent self-judgment is:

“I’m not good enough.”
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by: Liselotte Molander

- You should have…
- I didn’t know…
- You could have told me…
- Why didn’t you…
- They could have…

When things move along nicely, we rarely rush in and ask - “Who’s responsible for this?” Only when things are not quite right do we look for someone to blame. Many people seem to think that an ok explanation can excuse a poor result. Have you ever thought of how much time you use on explanations and justifying bad, or poor results with “she should..”, “They did it..”, They wouldn’t listen to me anyway” etc.?
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