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Random Thoughts

What is your personal brand?

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We all have a personal brand rather we like it or not. It’s your skills and your values. It’s how you dress, how you look physically, how you talk, how you treat others, everything. Every action that you do becomes part of your brand.

A lot of times, how we are treated and perceived by others is based off of our “brand”. I also think that how we view ourselves is based off of our brand. I can identify with a lot of things, but if my life/brand doesn’t reflect those things, I may not be happy with myself. You can also have a personal brand on social media that is far different from your real life brand. That’s an inconsistent brand. Those who meet you in person as well as on social media will notice the inconsistencies.

Think about what message you are telling the world about yourself. Are you happy with the message and your brand? Is it a good representation of you? If not, make some changes in your life, or “re-brand” yourself. It’s possible.

Random Thoughts

Look for the positive

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Look for the positive in the things that are done and said to you. A lot of times people say things to us that can be taken in a negative or positive way. Choose to look for the positive.

Not everyone is out to get you or have something negative to say or do to you. It can be your own insecurities that make you think such a thing. Even if someone legitimately means bad to you, still try to find positivity in the situation.

You can find positivity in any situation. Nothing is all negative. Keep that in mind when interacting with others, as well as when you’re critiquing yourself.

Motivation, Random Thoughts

Step by step

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Don’t get overwhelmed by that big goal or task that has to be done. Break it down into small, achievable actions, and get there step by step.

It’s the continuous progression forward that gets us to our destination. Not every step will be as big as the other, but as long as you’re trying to put your best foot forward, you’re good.

The race is not to the swift, so take your time and get to the finish line, step by step. Like Nipsey Hussle would say, “the marathon continues”.

Random Thoughts

Embrace your supporters

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There’s always a person or a group of people who’s support would be very beneficial for you. Don’t get too caught up on them though. Embrace the support that you already have, no matter how big or small it is.

It’s easy to always look at who doesn’t support or who’d we want to support. That’s thinking about the wrong things. Don’t take for granted those who already do support. Listen to them. Hear what they have to say in order to help you succeed in life.

Embrace and appreciate those who already support you and let the other supporters come eventually over time. You might think you need a specific person or a certain number of new supporters to reach a new milestone in life, but realistically the people you need to succeed are already in your corner. Believe in them as much as they believe in you.

Motivation, Random Thoughts

Who do you surround yourself with to get through life challenges?

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To get through life challenges, you have to surround yourself with believers. I think they should have faith in God and in you as an individual. They have to believe that you can get through any challenge.

You should surround yourself with people who have good character. When times get hard, it’s easy to try to find an easy way out of things. That might involve breaking your morals and ethics. This can hurt you even more, so you gotta make sure you are around others who make good choices and are good people.

You should should surround yourself with people who are driven and have goals. That’s the type of energy you need to be around to succeed. When you are around other driven people, it keeps you on the right track.

You should surround yourself with people who will hold you accountable. Sometimes we are the reason why we are in a challenging situation in life. We need others around us to point out our weak spots or actions we can change for improvement.

You should surround yourself with positivity and happiness. Things won’t always be good, but you should still have the right mindset no matter what.

You should surround yourself with people that have done and seen things that you haven’t. They can give you a different perspective on things, and also help you reach new heights.

It’s key to surround yourself with the right people to get through life challenges, but it’s also key to be the kind of person that people would want to surround themselves with to get through their own life challenges.

Random Thoughts, Uncategorized

Proper adjustments

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Life is about making the small adjustments that might go unnoticed. It’s the daily challenge of getting a little bit better at something. Everyone has different dreams and aspirations in life, so everyone will have to make different adjustments throughout life.

Someone’s life could look the same as usual on the outside looking in, but maybe that person you are observing has made adjustments mentally, or spiritually. A lot of adjustments that we make in life take time to show.

In sports, you watch film after every practice and game, then you make the proper adjustments and go do it again with the intentions of performing better than the last time. That’s the same approach I take with everything that I do.

If my day doesn’t go as planned, I try to think of what I can change for the next day to have a more productive day. Same for anything else in my life.

It’s key to continue to make adjustments in your life. It shows you that you can always improve, and whatever situation you are in at the moment can change for the better. You never have to accept something you are not happy with. You just have to make the proper adjustments to change.

Random Thoughts

You can learn from anyone

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I hate when people say things like “ I not listening to anybody that is doing worse than me”, or like how Kanye says “I got more money than you, so why would I listen to you”.

We can learn from literally any and everyone. There are things a young child can teach me, as well as a homeless person. We all have unique experiences in life and have something to give.

I am open to learn from anyone. Rather it’s from their mistakes or their secrets to success. I am open to learn from anyone, the same way I hope someone will be open to learn from me.

I think you can find a lesson in every interaction that you have in life. Take that approach and learn something from someone else every day.

Faith, Motivation

Create a new past

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There are a lot of things that we’ve done in the past that we might regret or wish we have done differently. There might be a lot of people that are still judging you from your past and not letting you evolve into something else.

Each day we are blessed with is a chance for use to create a new past. What you do today and every day going forward is more important than what you’ve done in the past. Change your actions now and you’ll be creating a new past.

Keep growing, keep evolving, and keep changing your past for the better. It’s possible.

Motivation, Random Thoughts

It’s not you, it’s your gift

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If LeBron James wasn’t great at basketball, he probably wouldn’t have 148 million followers on Instagram and have fans all over the world. If Cristiano Ronaldo wasn’t great at soccer, he probably wouldn’t have 561 million followers on Instagram and have fans all over the world.

It’s our gifts that attract people. It’s our gifts that people follow. There’s nothing wrong with that though. You just have to remember that and keep things in perspective.

It’s good to have gifts, but we must use those gifts and influence for positive things. We have to be good leaders and followers of Christ. I’d never debate who the greatest basketball player of all time is, but I’ve always liked LeBron’s “Just a kid from Akron” mentality. I feel he is confident, but also humble. I think he uses his gift for positivity, and tries to be a leader, and that’s why God has blessed him with so many years of playing basketball at the highest level.

You don’t have to be a professional athlete for others to be attracted to your gift though. You could just have charisma, be funny, very intelligent..anything.

Understand that people are attracted to your gift, not you. Use your gifts to serve others and make the world a better place. Also, surround yourself by those who genuinely care about you as a person, cause they’ll be the ones that’s still there when your gift is gone.

Motivation

What’s taking so long?

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We all have these new things we want to do, goals we want to reach, ideas that we want to see come into fruition, lives we want to live, etc. So the question is: what’s taking so long??

When you think about it, 9 times out of 10, it’s you. There has be so many times I take forever to do something I set out to do, then once I complete that task, I look back and think “I been could have did that”. We have to realize that we have a lot of self-limiting beliefs. We also often have a lot of excuses.

The faster you act on those things that you want/need to do, the faster you’ll be happy and fulfilled. This will let you move on to something else to accomplish. I think we have so many blessings waiting for us in life, but we get too caught up on the first blessing that we can’t even reach the others.

I try not to talk too much or think too much anymore. I just have to do. Don’t keep telling everyone (and yourself) what you will do or want to do. Just show them (and yourself). Then, use that momentum and confidence to do even more. It’s possible.