Stephanie Linus Daily

Tag: Inspiration

  • Reflections…

    One lesson I have learnt in life is to do these three things:

    Retrospection: taking a journey into the past, and the lessons you have learnt. Here you do not hold on to false illusions that no longer exist, but you channel your energies to becoming a better you.

    Introspection: doing a personal evaluation of your life: your feelings, motives and your thoughts. The decisions you have made, and the person you have become.

    Conception: this is the stage where you birth the future. Where you give expression to the impressions your life journey has placed on you. Every phase, every step, every mistake, every tear, every failure, the scars cast our life’s frame are all entwined in unique tapestry that forms your life story.

    Stay inspired. Your best is yet to come.

  • ‘Cos I’m Happy!!! A Choice You Need To Make Everyday

    “Oh! Not Again!” you say – jumping off the bed, as you put off the deafening alarm on your phone. You had set it for 4 AM, your boss told you the day before about a presentation you would be taking. You mumble a few words of prayer as you take a hurried bath and hit the road. Traffic! The very thing you were trying to avoid, just as the traffic light turns green, a “crazy” woman comes from nowhere to overtake you, and gives you an irritating “tongue out” in disdain.

    You finally get to the office right on time, your boss and the rest of the board members are waiting. The projector is all set, the only thing missing is the presentation which you saved on a flash drive. It is supposed to be in your purse, but you know it is not there. you had left it on the table last night, hoping you would remember to pick it up, while had your morning cereal. But of course neither of the two happened. Today is gonna be a bad day!

    Some days look like everything just worked together to make you feel bad.

    In the midst of all these, you have a choice:

    You can choose to brood over an unhappy event all day long, or you could focus on other events that would make you happy.

    Somebody might have said something hurtful or disrespectful to you; maybe your car broke down on the road, and disrupted your plans for the day. One truth is that, you might not be able to change certain events, or people’s behaviour, but you can control your reactions, your response.

    Sometimes, your happiness might seemed threatened by the happiness or success of others around you. It seems everyone has something to be happy about – except you. That is not true; if you take time out to think, you have a lot of reasons to be happy. Focus on why you should be happy and not vice versa.

    Change your outlook by seeing other people’s success as yours. Their happiness should not take away your own happiness. Choose to be happy every day. Try to get up early, do some exercise, get organized, speak positive words to yourself and about yourself, stay inspired!

    Have a great day SL Fabz and stay happy!!!

  • Be Inspired! 10 Lifetime Quotes By Albert Einstein

    The late great physicist, Albert Einstein, was one who often shared his thoughts or opinion about life and its environs. He was a theoretical physicist, author and a philosopher. I bet only geniuses can do this.

    He has been an iconic role model for many people while he was alive and even after his death. It touches the deepest part of my heart and motivates me a lot every time I read his quotes. I’d like to share 10 of them with you today:

    1. “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”

    2. “I have no special talent, I am only passionately curious.”

    3.”Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions. Imagination is more important than knowledge”

    4. “The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.”

    5. “The only source of knowledge is experience.”

    6. “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”

    7. “Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.”

    8. “I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.”

    9. “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

    10. “I never think of the future, it comes soon enough. But, be prepared”

    Which one is your favourite quote?

  • 20 Motivational Quotes That Will Inspire You to Succeed

    Success is what we strive for everyday. In our personal lives, career, homes, relationships, businesses and more, the fulfillment that comes from being successful at an endeavor cannot be overemphasized.

    Sometimes we need encouraging words to propel us towards such success and I hope these quotes will inspire you today:

    famous motivational quotes

    This Info­graphic is the cour­tesy of SuccessStory.com

    Which one is your favourite?

  • What Mentally Strong People Know

    We often hear advice like, “Think positive and good things will happen,” or “Try your hardest and eventually things will work out.” This works because most times, your success is directly linked to how you think.

    One major fact about successful people is that they manage their emotions, thoughts, and behaviors in ways that set them up for success in life.

    We can all learn from these mentally strong people and accordingly, we can become mentally strong(er) ourselves. And when we do that we enjoy more success, happiness and less distress.

    Mentally strong people do not:

      • Quit when things get tough
      • Waste time feeling sorry for themselves
      • Blame others for their problems
      • Envy others
      • Shy away from change
      • Worry about pleasing others
      • Waste energy on things they can’t control
      • Dwell on the past
      • Go along with the crowd
      • Procastinate

    Mentally strong people do:

    • They know failure is part of success
    • They believe in themselves
    • They celebrate the success and happiness of others
    • They train their minds to see the good in everything
    • They use their fear to motivate action
    • They learn from their mistakes
    • They take calculated risks
    • They are tenacious with their goals
    • They are not too proud to learn from others
    • They spend quality time alone

    So SL Fabz, which side are you on? Have you been doing the things mentally strong people do or don’t?

    I encourage us all to join the train and build ourselves up mentally.

    I’d like to hear from you. Look through the list. What is the most difficult thing you feel you shouldn’t be doing but can’t help yourself. Or the most difficult thing you feel you should be doing but aren’t. Let’s learn from each other.

     

    This article is inspired by Amy Morin‘s bestselling book, 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do

  • You Are Good Enough, You Just Have To Believe It!

    Fear is an ugly word. It keeps us from true happiness because it prevents us from taking risks. We avoid anything slightly painful, even though staying in the current situation hurts more.

    Sometimes the pressure coming from peers, family, work, and society in general is enough to make us feel completely broken inside. If we don’t have the “right” job, relationship, lifestyle, and so forth, by a certain age or timeframe, we assume we’re just “not good enough.”

    We’ve all been there. We all have bad days and moments of self-doubt.

    Sometimes the reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our circumstances with everyone else’s. Forget what everyone else is doing and achieving. Your life is about breaking your own limits and outgrowing yourself to live YOUR best life.

    SL Fabz, as we step into another new week, I’d just like to remind us that we are all good enough, and we all deserve the best. We just have to believe it.

    Keep on having hope and let the beauty of the brighter days ahead of you carry you on until you reach your dreams.

    xoxo

    SL

  • 5 Positive Words To Live By This Week

    Hey SL Fabz, this week is going to be awesome, I’m sure of it. Let’s strike out the negativity and stay positive while living by these 5 words:

    Love: Love is truly the greatest gift of all. Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses. When love is your guiding light, you can break through barriers to be of loving service to the world.

    Positivity: The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. Think positive in every situation and surround yourself with optimistic people who would not draw you back. Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results. Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

    Truth: Of all the traits the happiest people share in common, one outshines them all. In fact, without it, genuine happiness can’t exist. That trait is truthfulness.Tell yourself the truth always and be truthful to others. Don’t be dishonest or put up with dishonest people.

    Persistence:  Any great accomplishment that has ever been achieved has been brought about and made possible by an all important trait called persistence. The ability to hold on or to get back up after we have been knocked down is essential for us to achieve any real success, because there will be failures along the way and it’s how we deal with these failures that will determine the outcome of any endeavour that we undertake.

    Appreciation: Instead of thinking about what you’re missing, think about what you have that everyone else is missing. When you express your approval or gratitude for something someone has done to you, you will not only enhance their lives, but you will enrich yours as well.  You will feel more fulfilled because you have done something to make someone else’s life better.

    Stay positive and enjoy your week!

  • Dream, But Don’t Stop There

    Everything starts with a dream, but shouldn’t end with a dream. If dreaming is all you do, then you’re in serious trouble.

    Today, I came across this quote: “If you don’t build your dream, someone will hire you to help build theirs” by Tony Gaskin and found it to be so true. Many times we leave our dreams as dreams and take no step to achieving them.

    Life is a journey full of challenges, if you don’t chase your dreams, you will never get what you want. If you don’t make a move you will always remain in the same place.

    The problem is that when you don’t push yourself to achieve more than the standards of living, you never really know how far you could have gone in this life. Also, having a positive attitude is an explicit requirement, because a negative attitude makes us more likely to quit — or to never even begin in the first place.

    But when that positive attitude becomes a constant habit of fantasizing, things go south really quick. Yes, that’s right, tirelessly dreaming about success is not constructive.

    Too much dreaming turns positive thinking into mere wishful thinking. Dreaming by itself leads to nowhere worthwhile. Its time to make a resolve to turn your dreams into actions and those actions into fulfilled goals.

    I wish you the very best as you live your dreams this week!

    xoxo

    SL

  • This Simple Message About Love And Life Will Change You Forever

    Sometimes, we forget how truly precious this gift of life is and how quickly it can be taken away. The hectic demands of our busy lives overwhelm us, and we forget to show love and kindness to people who truly matter. They could be family, they could be friends, they could even be complete strangers. The fact remains that everyone needs love, always, and we should be willing to give more than to receive.

    Today, I watched this inspiring video by Marc Mero, a former WCW, and WWE Champion professional wrestler. He has had an awesomely successful career in the sports and entertainment field. However it is amazing how the  attitudes, and values of a person can change when we lose a loved one. After the sudden death of his mother Marc realized what life is really all about.

    He gave this talk to a group of school students and by the time he was through, almost everyone was in tears.

    I was deeply touched by these words he said:

    Life is not all about winning the race, Life is about finishing the race and about how many people we can help finish this race
    How we can start being kinder to each other, how we can stop with the name calling and hurting other people
    Because in the end, it may be you that needs help

    So, before you say that hurtful word to the next person or ignore that person who truly cares about you, let’s not forget that life could be really short and that it just might be you who needs that person some other time.

    Let’s keep that thought in mind as we step into this awesome week.

    Watch the video:

  • Share Your Stories on StephanieDaily.com!

    Hi SL Fabz,

    I sincerely hope your weekend is going great!

    I’ve got a good number of plans for StephanieDaily this year and one of them is sharing your amazing and inspiring stories here.

    If there is one thing that makes me truly happy about blogging, it’s your feedback and the fact that this platform serves as a way to get tips and advice for some challenges you might be passing through.

    I started this through the Talk To Steph column where you send in questions about your relationship issues and we try to give useful advice to help you through that challenge. But this time, its going to be more than just relationship topics. I want to share your happy stories, your testimonies, your articles, your photos, your tips, your challenges, your recipes, your inspiring stories and much more here.

    Do you have an amazing story and wonderful photos you’re dying to share? Do you like to write and want to share your articles here? Do you like to write about your profession/passion such as cooking, fashion, etc….? Have you recently passed through a very challenging situation in life and would like to share your experience?

    If yes, I’d love to hear from you. Please send an email to info@stephaniedaily.com and share your story with us.

    I can’t wait to read your mails!

    xoxo

    SL