Your comfort zone – abandon it!

Are you really happy or just really comfortable?

There is a difference. It seems very little to the comfortable person, but every happy person knows how huge the gap between happiness and just being comfortable actually is.

Staying in a cozy home every day, avoiding risks and therefore chances might seem like happiness to many, especially in our high-tech world.

But truth be told: You will only feel alive when you go out there and explore. Take risks, take chances, meet new people, embrace random encounters, be open towards new cultures, live with an open mind. It takes courage and strenght but it pays off and can be done step by step.

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You would not want to waste your life in your comfort zone. Comfort zone is good, but who wants good, if he can have thrillingly exciting, adrenaline pumping happy? 

Go out there!

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PS: Nothing against a comfy, cozy home, in fact, you should make your home the perfect hang-out place. Just don’t rest on your laurels once youre done pay attention that your home does not become you life.

Why the rush?

To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.

Shakespeare

Sometimes you just have to start slowly, working yourself into something.

Why rush things? Planning and good calculations are worth a lot more than impatient actions.

Actually George R.R. Martin said some wise words about this topic:

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You are still going!

Every moment you spend deciding wether or not to quit, you are still going!

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You can do it!

I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist.

Max Lerner

The question of having success or not is often answered simply by seeing and using opportunities. Solve problems, leap hurdles, achieve your goals.

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On time management

Hey there!

Recently you asked for some thougts on time management, so I put together some ideas that might help you get better results and actually achieve your goals.

Let’s start off by stating one of my all time favourites: You have the exact same 24 hours a day that anyone else has. Other people are capable of using it, so why shouldn’t you be? 24 hours are plenty of time, it is about how you make use of it.

In order for your time to be used better in the future, here is a list of 10 useful time management tips:

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Be constructive!

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.

Benjamin Franklin

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Necessity begets ingenuity

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvellously.

Henry Kissinger

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I’ll steal you an excuse

You are never too old to chase your dreams.

Diana Nyad

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Opportunities are everywhere!

Gret opportunities come to all, but many do not know they have met them. The only preparation to take advantage of them is simple fidelity to what each day brings.

Albert Elijah Dunning

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You don’t give up

You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can’t, you do the next best thing. You back up, but you don’t give up.

Chuck Yeager

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