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“I have no opportunities.”

Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” It’s a nice quote, but it’s missing something vital — an element of action.

You can’t just sit around believing in the beauty of your dreams or hoping opportunity will show up at your door. That’s not how opportunity works. That’s just wishful thinking.

The quote would be more complete if it ended with “and take action to make them a real...

Broken vs unsolved

When a person learns to recognize the difference between something that’s actually broken and something that is simply unassembled or unsolved, the manner and attitude with which they approach that thing can have a dramatic impact on its outcome.

If you’ve ever referred to yourself or someone else as broken, understand that the same concept applies.

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A conscious effort to be grateful

If you want to see more of the things you desire in life, it’s important to make a conscious effort to be grateful for what you already have and always focus on what you want — and what you want to see more of — not on what you don’t want or the lack of something.

Originally Published on: Aug 7, 2014 @ 15:25

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How to distract yourself from negative thinking

One of the most positive ways to distract yourself from your own negative thinking is to focus your energy and attention on helping someone else.

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Your true potential

Don’t be deceived by a world that often implies that you can only be or do one thing in life.

Your true potential in life may lie in your unique combination of interests that will lead to an uncommon set of skills & knowledge that could ultimately result in you to doing or offering something that the world has never seen before.

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Doubters, detractors, and dream stealers

Anyone who ever attempts to achieve a lofty goal in life will nearly always have to deal with people who try to deter them from achieving their goals.

Whether one encounters true haters or simply well-meaning people offering what they consider to be reasonable play-it-safe advice, it may be helpful to know that the most vocal doubters and detractors of others’ dreams are often those who don’t have the confidence, attitude, or tenacity necessary to achieve their own.

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Casting: Interview subjects for A Path Less Traveled Production

Casting a collaborative ongoing internet-based video podcast/documentary composed of video interviews of talent accompanied by still image portraits & supplemental video.

Seeking to highlight professional & aspiring artists of all kinds (performers, entertainers, musicians, image creators, models, and more), the stories they have to tell, and the causes they want to talk about.

We will be taking an honest look at artists’ successes, setbacks, failures, and struggles in life and...

The situation sucks

Yes, the situation you’re struggling with sucks. But answer this question:

Are you going to let it stop you?

If the answer is no, great! But then that raises another question:

If you’re not going to let your current circumstances stop you, what are you doing beating yourself up and making yourself feel miserable when you could be pushing forward and working on overcoming whatever it is you are struggling with?

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Difficulty is not a standard

To you it may be the hardest thing you’ve ever done and someone else may do it and call it “Tuesday”.

Difficulty is not a standard and people’s lives should not be treated as if it were.

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Always, always, always focus on what you CAN do

Always, always, always focus on what you CAN do.

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