There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.

May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.

Where there's life there's hope.

I have found that it is the small everyday deed of ordinary folks that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love

There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world

The movie has healed many of us for sure.  Here are Some of the most inspiring quotes and lines from the movie to remember. N

A great modern classic and the prelude to The Lord of the Rings This charming pocket-sized edition contains the complete unabridged text and features the original cover illustration, painted by J.R.R. Tolkien himself. The perfect gift for little Hobbits everywhere! Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that on his journey to the Lonely Mountain he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum.

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The Hobbit

I think some people are afraid of having their own idea. That might be because their ideas might be wrong or they might have arguments because of their ideas. I understand them but I also know that it's not the best way

For Who Are Afraid 

Your idea might be wrong and some might not like your idea but that's not only about your idea but also every other ideas. So don't be afraid of it

Having An Idea

Yes, you can be wrong still. So you always need to examine your idea over and over. And having an argument is a good thing because you can learn from it. You might think your idea is wrong in some parts. Then change your idea! Always be open minded with every idea.

But What If I'm Wrong 

Understand yourself and those around you.

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Philosophy

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Problem Solving

Embracing Ideas: Overcoming Fear, Embracing Imperfection, and Nurturing Growth

"Our hands embraced, a final dance of fate, In whispered tones, my words took flight.
We were stars that collided, destined to die, Yet in that beautiful crash, scars etched on high."

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Mindfulness

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Love & Relationships

Love's Final Dance

Don’t be so quick to throw away your life. No matter how disgraceful or embarrassing it may be, you need to keep struggling to find your way out until the very end.

Remember, you have comrades. Us, who will support you with the things you can't do all by yourself. That's what a team is about, Commander Undine.

There's a certain person I want to protect...no, I just want to stay by her side. That is why I want to have enough power to make her not worry about me anymore, and if possible, enough power to save that person.

I already lost this life. I do not intend to stretch it out at the cost of my honor.

It’s hardly profound. The reason is very simple: I’ve found a reason to live. From now on, I’m going to live for the girl.

I think that this manga  really shows how you can have  main female characters that are simply badass! A great show that i would recommend!

A village is gripped by fear and paranoia when a Yoma claims six lives. The Claymore who is sent to slay the creature isn't what the villagers expect at all. In fact, she seems more monster than human. -- VIZ Media

Norihiro Yagi

Claymore, Vol. 1

Project Management is based on understanding and organizing your team's tasks which, as you might imagine, are numerous and often complex.To address this, at the Paperless Movement® we've created the "Output Elements", a set of objects to help you streamline these tasks.

"Unlock the Full Potential of ICOR® Output Elements for Flawless Project Management"

The Output Elements come in two primary categories: actionable and non-actionable.The actionable ones demand execution, while the non-actionable enhance organization and clarity.

Actionable vs. Non-actionable

The only actionable Output Element in ICOR® is the "task".Tasks range in duration from 15 minutes to 3 hours.They could even be under 15 minutes. It’s what we call a “speedy”, a concept we explain further in our <a href="https://paperlessmovement.com/task-management-course/">“Task Management like a Pro!”</a> course.

ICOR® Actionable Output Elements

Every task should start with an action verb like Create, Design, Write.This ensures clarity and motivation, setting a clear outcome expectation. For complex tasks, break them down into sub-tasks.This maintains clarity and ensures each step aligns with the overall goal.

Dealing with Tasks

ICOR® non-actionable Output Elements are:<ul><li>Goals</li><li>Projects</li><li>Workstreams</li><li>Operations</li></ul>They help group tasks, keeping them aligned with overarching goals for strategic progress.

ICOR® Non-actionable Output Elements

Goals in ICOR® are more than targets; they're directional paths ensuring adaptability and focus in your project management system.Projects encapsulate specific activities with set timelines.Workstreams handle ongoing tasks.Operations cover unique tasks like admin duties.

Goals, Projects, Workstreams, and Operations

ICOR® structures Output Elements hierarchically:<ul><li>Level 1: Goals</li><li>Level 2: Projects, Workstreams, Operations</li><li>Level 3: Tasks.</li></ul>This hierarchy optimizes management and execution. See full article <a href="https://paperlessmovement.com/articles/unlock-the-full-potential-of-icor-output-elements-for-flawless-project-management/">here</a>.

Hierarchy Equals Structure

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As the curtain falls on 2023 and we prepare for a brand New Year, it’s time to consider your goals and what to expect from 2024.Maybe last year wasn’t the greatest. Perhaps you haven’t achieved much of what you expected. But this time, it will be different. You are the unsung hero of the story of your life. And you are only armed with a cup of ambition (and maybe a slice of holiday pie). You are facing the crossroads between “ This Year I Will ” and “ Where Did I Spend All This Time? ”. And the only thing you are missing is a fellow traveler and guide.

How to Set Up Perfect Life Goals

But fear not! Here I am. In this guide, we’ll navigate together the territories of your aspirations, values, and adaptability. And we will see how to write goals you can finally achieve. Welcome to my 7-step guide on how to set life goals for the New Year: 2024 edition. Let’s make this the year the one even your future self will high-five you for!

How to Set Up Goals in 7 Simple Steps

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Any voyage needs some preparation before you start. And this is no different. On the contrary, you will probably fail most of your goals if you don’t prepare properly. So, start with a session of reflections on the past year.How did your goals go in 2023? Let me know in the comments! I already wrote a post on how to <a href="https://cosmopolitanmindset.substack.com/p/how-to-rate-your-goals-at-the-end">rate your end-of-year goals </a>last year. So, I won’t dive into this too much. But take a few hours to evaluate your accomplishments and challenges from the previous year. And identify what worked well and what could be improved.

How to Set Up Better Life Goals for 2024

A hero is nothing without core values that define his actions. So you better find yours to achieve all your goals next year. (Finishing them all will indeed make you a hero.) Yet, long-term goals require more than self-control, motivation, and consistency only. They have to align with your core values. Otherwise, you won’t meet any of those requirements. <ul><li>Write a list of values and beliefs. </li><li>Think about what matters most in your life. </li><li>Imagine your life five years in the future. </li></ul>

1 – Define your values.

You can write a potential list of goals for the next year and brainstorm everything you wish to accomplish. In this phase, there’s no need to think about a plan to achieve everything you want. But prioritize goals based on their importance and feasibility. And if you still need a method, the <a href="https://cosmopolitanmindset.substack.com/p/discover-your-life-priorities">25/5 advice from Warren Buffet </a>can help you understand which goal matters. <ul><li>Which things do you wish to accomplish next year? </li><li>Are they doable? </li><li>Do they matter, or are they just temporary greed? </li><li>Will they improve your current situation? </li></ul>

2 – Brainstorm and prioritize.

“ Oh no, here it comes! ” – you may think. And you would be right. S.M.A.R.T. goals again? Well, yes. But there’s a reason why everyone in the personal growth industry suggests writing them.Poorly written goals are hard to accomplish. You might already know that. And one good way to make perfect goals is to follow the pattern.

3 – Write S.M.A.R.T. Goals (1)

Here’s a short recap if you have never heard about it.<ul><li>S – Your goals must be specific and focus on a limited field. </li><li>M – You need measurable goals to track your progress. </li><li>A – Achievable goals are challenging but not impossible to reach. </li><li>R – Then, your goals must be relevant. They have to focus on your purpose and values. </li><li>T – And they must be time-bounded. Otherwise, you will keep working on old goals forever and never achieve anything. </li></ul>When writing your definitive goals, keep this pattern in mind. And improve them with any missing parts.

3 – Write S.M.A.R.T. Goals (2)

If you still can move after grandma’s third pie, it’s time to build an action plan for your goals.First, break down each of them into actionable smaller steps. You can use monthly or semestral milestones, for example. Then, give a deadline for each micro-goal. <a href="https://cosmopolitanmindset.substack.com/p/hope-vs-action-unleash-your-potential">Deadlines make you accountable </a>and help you replenish motivation as you approach them. <ul><li>Split your new year goals into 12 or 4 milestones. </li><li>Set a deadline for each milestone. </li><li>Set a check-in session for each milestone to review your goals and adjust your aim or strategy for the following period. </li></ul>

4 – Create an action plan.

I’ve always tried to set challenging goals because I overestimate my capacities. But as I failed, I learned a few things. Here’s what I know now.<ul><li>Never set goals during a high score.</li><li>Also, never set goals when you are in the dumpster. The negative bias makes you create goals that are too easy. </li><li>When you set a goal for something new, play carefully. Lower the expectations because you will experience many setbacks. </li><li>And don’t try to improve your last performance by more than 30%. </li></ul>Frustration will force you to give up when you set too challenging goals. So it is way better to play safe.

5 – Stay realistic.

When I started writing online, I kept everything to myself because I was afraid. It was my first time writing in English, and my sentences were terrible. (Please, don’t tell me they are still the same.) Since I wasn’t sharing my goals with anybody, I was justified in failing them. I could find whatever excuse I wanted, and it was easy to escape bad feelings . But you have to feel the social pressure if you want to reach your goals . So, share them with your family, friends, and mentors (here’s <a href="https://www.cosmopolitanmindset.com/how-to-find-the-perfect-mentor-to-help-improve-your-writing-skills/">how to find one </a>). Establish accountability.

6 – Establish accountability. (1)

The next time you want to quit, you will have reputation repercussions. So you will think twice about it.<ul><li>Share your goals with other people. </li><li>Plan regular check-ins with them to build social pressure. </li><li>Use your accountability partners for support and motivation. </li></ul>

6 – Establish accountability. (2)

I’ve built this newsletter on the concept of tracking your progress. So, what would this guide be without this step?I don’t know how you feel about it. But for me, tracking progress is the quintessence of reaching goals. There’s a hidden power I cannot explain with words. But a growing streak can motivate you more than anything else. It gives you a rush of dopamine you cannot find elsewhere. And you cannot ignore it.

7 – Track your progress. (1)

<ul><li>Use a journal, spreadsheet, goal-tracking app, or infographic to track your progress. </li><li>Celebrate small victories for every milestone you reach. </li><li>Challenge yourself to get to the longest streak possible. </li></ul>

7 – Track your progress. (2)

I guarantee you will write perfect goals for the next year if you follow these seven steps. However, I would like to add one last thing.Never stop experimenting. It’s impossible to think about all the variables that impact your life in one year. You can’t predict everything. But don’t give up if something happens and you think you cannot reach your goal anymore. Resize it and keep working. The same goes for goals that are too easy. You still have six months left if you reach your goal by the middle of the year. Will you just wait for the end of the year?

How to Adjust Your Goals

As we approach the end of 2023, you must set new goals for the new year. But that’s harder than you might have thought. But you can create perfect goals if you answer seven simple questions.<ul><li class="ql-align-center">What are your values?</li><li class="ql-align-center">What priority do you want to give to each of your dreams?</li><li class="ql-align-center">Did you create S.M.A.R.T. GOALS?</li><li class="ql-align-center">What is your action plan?</li><li class="ql-align-center">Are you realistic?</li><li class="ql-align-center">Does somebody know about your ambitions?</li><li class="ql-align-center">Do you track your progress?</li></ul>[<a href="https://cosmopolitanmindset.substack.com/p/7-simple-steps-to-set-life-goals">DOWNLOAD</a> THE FREE INFOGRAPHIC]

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Bid farewell to setbacks! Follow these 7 steps to set life goals for 2024. Transform your aspirations into actionable plans and reach lasting success.

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Stop Failing Again: 7 Simple Steps To Set Your Life Goals for 2024

The more I listen to this, the better my life gets:If they don’t have what you want, don’t listen to what they say. There is no greater waste of time than justifying your actions to people who have a life you don’t want.

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Learning & Education

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Communication

Alex Hormozi: If They Don’t Have What You Want _

Being confident is very important as it leads to your success. When you are confident you truly enjoy life more and better things happen to you. You can improve your confidence levels in many different ways.

Introduction

When someone asks you whats up or how are you doing just dont say a one word anwser rather be ready to tell a good story, always keep your conversations interesting.Also be truly interested in people, doing so helps people feel like they matter to you.

Always Be Ready to Tell a Good Story and be interested in people

<ul><li>Good posture is very important in seeming confident. Make sure you sit up straight and roll your shoulders back having good posture is important</li><li>Stop worrying about what other people think rather focus on having a good time, being yourself and be interested in other people as well.</li></ul>

Practice Good Posture + Stop Worrying What Other People Think

Confidence is important in our day to day life. Try these techniques and keep working at it and you will see your confidence increase in your life.If you enjoyed this content please take a moment to follow me on any social media accounts below it would genuinely make my day<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@anjola.omole?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc">Tiktok</a>:@anjola.omole<a href="https://www.instagram.com/a.o_digital/">Instagram:</a>@ao.digital<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqoq02AovQaeAPWWeIgKRIw">Youtube:</a>@Anjola-Omole

 Conclusion

Confidence is very important, these are some helpful tricks to help you build your confidence.

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Mental Health

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Artificial Intelligence

How to build Confidence in your Life

Sounds interesting right? So 10X rule is quite straightforward- 10 times thinking and 10 times taking actions. In other words, you need to have a broad positive mindset as well as take 10 times more actions than anyone else would do. The bottom line here is that to succeed you have to be willing to do what others are unwilling to do

10X Rule

As long as you are alive, you will either live to accomplish your own goals and dreams or be used to accomplish someone else's

The main reason why most of the times we feel frustrated and give up on our goals is that we underestimate the amounts of actions, energy and time required to achieve it. Consequently, we feel discouraged and disappointed when we can't achieve the goals we set; we label those goals unattainable or unreasonable and either ultimately give up on them or reduce them

Why We Quit Our Goals 

Never reduce the target . Instead, increase actions

What if you you stop just casually waiting for success happen to you and instead make it actually happen by yourself? Most of us treat success as an option, luck or miracle that happens to some and doesn't to others. Yet, when we stop treating success as an option and instead start treating it as our duty, as our own responsibility and obligation, that's when we will start living up to our full potentil.

Treat Success As You Duty

Ask yourself how close are you to your full capacity

Constantly being a crybaby, whiner and making a victim out of yourself - will not help you at all to make any changes in your life. You will truly start making progress and tangible changes in your lifestyle when you will start taking 100% control over your mindset, thoughts, decisions, reactions and actions; because ultimately they are indeed withing your control.

Take Control Over Your Life 

There are 4 degrees of action : 1 - doing nothing, 2 - retreating, 3 - taking normal levels of actions, 4 - taking massive actions. Well just like their names suggest, first degree of action is literally when you don't do anything, second one is when you avoid taking action ultimately retreating. Third degree owhen you take average amount of actions, buy it also creates mediocre results too! Finally 4th degree is when you take a lot of actions that will create outstanding results.

4 Degress Of Action 

Ware up! No one is going to save you

The problem with setting goals that are too low or average is that they won't motivate you to execute needed actions to achieve them; hence, set bigger 10X goals (yet stay realistic) because they will encourage you to take more action because you are capable of much more than you are doing now.

Set 10X Goals 

Once you match your mindset with the right purpose, you will start taking 10X actions - and find yourself simultaneously propelled into more places than you ever thought possible.

It's an incredible book for anyone out there who strives for success in their life, and overall if you've been waiting for something that will kick your butt to start taking action, then it's the right book for you ^^ Here are some of my main take-aways from the book, hope you find them  useful ^^

Achieve "Massive Action" results and accomplish your business dreams! While most people operate with only three degrees of action-no action, retreat, or normal action-if you're after big goals, you don't want to settle for the ordinary. To reach the next level, you must understand the coveted 4th degree of action. This 4th degree, also know as the 10 X Rule, is that level of action that guarantees companies and individuals realize their goals and dreams. The 10 X Rule unveils the principle of "Massive Action," allowing you to blast through business clichŽs and risk-aversion while taking concrete steps to reach your dreams. It also demonstrates why people get stuck in the first three actions and how to move into making the 10X Rule a discipline. Find out exactly where to start, what to do, and how to follow up each action you take with more action to achieve Massive Action results. <ul> <li>Learn the "Estimation of Effort" calculation to ensure you exceed your targets</li> <li>Make the Fourth Degree a way of life and defy mediocrity</li> <li>Discover the time management myth</li> <li>Get the exact reasons why people fail and others succeed</li> <li>Know the exact formula to solve problems</li> </ul> Extreme success is by definition outside the realm of normal action. Instead of behaving like everybody else and settling for average results, take Massive Action with The 10 X Rule, remove luck and chance from your business equation, and lock in massive success.

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Career

Grant Cardone is a world-renowned entrepreneur, author, speaker, investor, and coach. He owns and operates seven privately held companies, and a private equity real estate firm, Cardone Capital, with a multifamily portfolio of assets worth over $4 Billion. He is featured on Season 2 of Discovery Channel's Undercover Billionaire, where he takes on the challenge of building a million-dollar business in 90 days. Grant is also a New York Times bestselling author of 11 business books, including The 10X Rule.Cardone uses his massive 15-million plus following to give back via The Grant Cardone Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to mentoring underprivileged and troubled youth in financial literacy and entrepreneurship - especially those without a father figure.

Grant Cardone

The 10X Rule

In the quiet haven of my soul, stories etched on heart's parchment scroll, A chest of tales, in sands concealed, where truths and dreams are gently sealed.

The Beauty Of Silence 

Whispers of my soul compose a song, a melody for my ears to prolong, Yet amidst the human noise, a nemesis stark, why disturb the silence, a celestial spark?

Whispers of the Soul

Words torment me, a relentless stream, why must some humans endlessly dream, Of talkative realms where quiet's unknown, don't they savor silence, as I've shown?

A Tormented Tale

Silence, a sonnet the universe sings, cosmos waltzes as each star swings,Yet why, oh why, do humans ignore, the beauty in silence, forevermore?

The Universe's Sonnet

The map of my emotions, uncharted expanse, known only to stars in cosmic dance, Secrets pirouette in shadow's embrace, the moon holding the key with grace.

Secrets in Cosmic Dance

Moonlight and stars, my audience dear, lend a celestial ear to thoughts sincere, in their cosmic glow, a solace found, the quietude of the universe, my sacred ground.

Cosmic Solace: Moonlight and Stars as Audience

Moon and stars, friends true and bright, ready listeners in the silent night, Their counsel, a wisdom from afar, the best companions beneath the cosmic star.

Stellar Companions

So let the universe weave its cosmic verse, where silence reigns, and stars converse, In the celestial dance, emotions unfurl, a poetic symphony, my soul's twirl.

Cosmic Verse: The Symphony of Silence and Stars

why must some humans endlessly dream, Of talkative realms where quiet's unknown

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Meditation

Whispers of the Cosmos: A Celestial Sonata

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