Why Is It So Important To Start Investing?

Why Is It So Important To Start Investing?

Why Is It So Important To Start Investing?

Money is a tool that helps you sustain your mission and life purpose, and desired lifestyle. It also gives you the ability to make an unlimited impact on others’ lives. 
 
It is each of our responsibility to make our money grow as much as possible so we can continue to enjoy it with our loved ones and give it to others without ever running out. 
 
Take responsibility for your financial stability, present and future security, and start investing your money as soon as possible so that it can grow, multiply, generate a strong rate of returns and passive income. 
 
You will build confidence, meet your financial goals, and start living your desired life of purpose, meaning, fulfillment, and impact sooner. 
 
So, you may be wondering what investments you should make. Let’s discuss that next.

What Investment Should I Make?

It is good to learn how to invest your money so you can grow it, enjoy it, with your loved ones, and give it without ever running out.
 
Here are some suggestions for areas that you can start investing your money in so that you can live your desired and purposeful lifestyle, and make the greatest positive impact on others’ lives sooner.

Make An Investment In Yourself

One of the first, most important, and valuable investments you can make is in yourself. 
 
When you grow and get better in all areas of your life, you can live your best life and be better able to inspire and make the greatest impact in others’ lives.
 
Start investing in books, apps, tools/equipment, courses, coaching/consulting/mentorship, and relationships (like-minded community memberships) to help you expand and grow in every area of your life.

Identify your desired outcomes and invest some time, in an inspired state out in nature to figure out who you are, discover your purpose, what you want and your desired life vision.
 
Identify your top values, what you stand for and your financial and other goals in every area of your life.
 
Make Self Growth a priority and know that you are worthy and start investing time and money in your development, growth, and expansion.
 
You have to become someone who has an identity, beliefs, thought patterns, feelings, behaviour, habits to be able to keep, manage, and invest your millions and serve others in a bigger and better way. 
 
Learn to identify and let go of any false beliefs, thoughts, feelings, behaviours, words, and habits that do not serve you, your desired life vision, purpose, and align with your top values.
 
Invest money towards your physical, mental, and emotional health because without good health, you will not be able to enjoy your life and be around for your family, loved ones, and customers who very much need you. 
 
Move your body every day. Even if it is dancing to your favourite music for 10 minutes. Go for a walk outside if possible. 
 
Consume something spiritual, positive, motivating, and inspiring every day. You become what you consume every day.
 
Hydrate and make sure to drink enough water every day. Invest in clean organic food that is nutritious for your body so you can get energy and vitality from it. Remember that you are what you eat.
 
Get enough sleep and take the time to rest and get to bed at the same time every day. Most people need 7-8 hours of sleep every night for their bodies to be able to rest, restore, and rejuvenate.

Business Ownership

Invest time and money in starting and designing your own purpose driven business. Create products, services, and experiences using your unique gifts, purpose, and transform and better people’s lives.  
 
Decide on a vision, mission, purpose and values of your business, who do you want to serve and what problem do you want to help them solve? 
 
Invest money in equipment, software, courses, books, mentorship/coaching, community to help you learn and improve your business skills. 
 
Invest in a team of people who can help you with business tasks that do not serve your purpose or give you joy. Hire people who enjoy doing these tasks and are passionate about your vision of your business.
 
You can make an unlimited amount of money when you leverage other people’s time, automation and passive ways to make result-based money when you are not limited and trading time for money. 

Income-generating Assets

Money loves speed and it loses value when it is sitting in a bank account due to inflation. Invest your money in different areas, asset classes, and let it work harder for you than you worked for it. 
 
Invest money in assets like different types of real estate, dividend-paying stocks that generate cash flow and multiply your money so that there’s more wealth which you can give and share with others. 
 
The more money you give and learn to manage, the more the universe can give and trust you with it. Money should always be flowing from you to people who need it the most. 

Memorable And Inspiring Experiences

Plan and invest in amazing vacations, experiences, and memories with your loved ones every year. Travel and meet people from different parts of the world. 
 
These experiences and trips will inspire, nourish, and give you new insights and ideas to improve your life and business. 
 
Take a break from the routine and embrace some quiet time. Spend some time around scenic places in nature that inspire you like the ocean, mountains, rivers, and lakes. 

You will connect with your creator, get energized, and receive guidance to serve others in a bigger and better way. 

Contribution And Donations

Contribute to causes and donate to charities that is making a big difference and positive impact in others’ lives. 
 
The more money you make, the more you can support and give to others. You can perform random acts of kindness throughout the day and give money to whoever you come across that needs it.
 
There is nothing wrong with making a lot of money and making it grow and multiply. You can enjoy your money with your loved ones and let it flow from you to other people who need it too. 
 
If you can make more, then it’s your responsibility and duty to make more so you can give more and inspire others to do the same. 
 
Please go out there and make all the money that you can because there are lots of places you can give back, donate, and help. 

In conclusion, I hope I have convinced you as to why it is so important to start investing your money. 
 
As I mentioned before, money is a tool that helps you sustain your mission and purpose and helps you live your desired lifestyle and make an unlimited impact on others’ life. 
 
Take responsibility for your financial stability, present and future security, and start investing your money as soon as possible so that it can grow, multiply, generate a strong rate of returns and passive income. 
 
You will build confidence, meet your financial goals, and start living your desired life of purpose, meaning, fulfillment, and impact sooner. 
 
Also remember that money loves speed, velocity, and it loses value when it is sitting in a bank account due to inflation. Invest your money in different areas, asset classes, and let it work harder for you than you worked for it.

What Is A Lack Of Self-Awareness?

What Is A Lack Of Self-Awareness?

What Is A Lack Of Self-Awareness?

Self-awareness is the key for you to live your best life and be kind, compassionate, and happy. It is very hard to live a happy, meaningful, and fulfilling life when you lack self-awareness.
 
Are you living your best life or do you feel unhappy, stuck, disconnected from yourself, and are living a frustrating life? Do you lack self awarenesss?
 
When you lack self-awareness, you do not know who you are (spirit and personality), why you are on this earth, and what you like/dislike in life. 
 
You experience negative emotions frequently and don’t live your best life because you fail to understand your power and ability to create your life from your identity, beliefs, thoughts, feelings, behaviour, words, actions, and habits. 
 
So, what are some of the symptoms of lacking self-awareness? Let’s discuss that next.

Symptoms Of Lack Of Self-Awareness

All changes, even your happiness is dependent on your alignment with who you are and so your self-awareness is extremely important. 
 
If you don’t know who you are, what you like, what you want, what you love doing, or what makes you happy, then it’s almost impossible to live your best life.
 
Let’s discuss some symptoms that you can watch for that indicate you lack self-awareness.

Trouble Understanding Your Emotions

You have trouble understanding your emotions and why you feel a certain way. You have never taken the time to sit with these emotions and figure out the reason they arise.
 
Emotions are not bad, they arise for a reason and they are serving a purpose, they are here to guide you and to tell you something. If you suppress them, then you will never know what they are trying to tell you.

Figure out why you are feeling the way you’re feeling, what your thoughts are that are leading you to feel that way because emotions come from your thoughts, beliefs, and identity.

Make Excuses For Failure

You make excuses for your failures, act like a victim and blame others instead of growing and learning from your failures. 
 
Always remember that you are 100% responsible for your life. Nobody has the power to make you feel a certain way unless if you allow it. 
 
It is your thoughts, your stories, and your perspective of what happened that makes you feel a certain way and the sooner you take responsibility for your life for your failures and learn from them, the better your life gets.
 
There is no such thing as failure. They are guidance and feedback so you can course-correct, pivot, and stay on the right path. 

Difficulty Empathizing

You have difficulty having compassion, empathizing, and understanding other people’s emotions because you are not aware and in touch with your own emotions. 
 
You expect others to suppress their emotions just like you. 
 
Compassion is one of the natural traits of your soul. It is what our creator is and the more you can align with your creator, the more compassion and empathy will be possible and natural for you.
 
Know that you are a soul that’s having a temporary human experience and not the other way around. 
 
The more you align with your creator, the more you will realize and know that you are love, peace, joy, compassion, and kindness and not frustration, anger, hate, and jealousy.

Lack Self Identity And Control

You lack self-identity and control because you don’t know who you are. You are a powerful soul that’s having a temporary human experience. 
 
The more you realize who you are, and who you can be, the more you’ll be able to have control over yourself and will be in alignment with your creator. 
 
You are an individualized expression of your creator and so the sooner you align with your creator, the better your life will get.
 
Your self-identity determines your perspective in life and then that guides your beliefs thoughts, feelings, words, actions, habits, and then your destiny. 
 
The more you identify with your soul and align with your creator, the better your life gets. You are love, peace, joy, compassion, and abundance by nature. 

Trouble Setting Realistic Goals

You have trouble setting realistic goals because you have no idea as to what gives you joy and how exactly you want to experience life. 
 
You don’t even know who you are so you have a tough time setting the goals for your best life.
 
Take some time to figure out who you are, what’s your purpose, why you are here, align with your creator for guidance and design your life. 
 
You are here to live an amazing life in alignment with your purpose. 
 
Every human being is here to grow and serve others and how you serve others is determined by the unique gift that’s given by your creator. 
 
As long as you are making that your priority, you will live an amazing, meaningful, and fulfilled life. 

You Become Defensive

You react defensively when someone questions your identity and self-image. 
 
When you are self-aware, you know that others’ opinions about you do not define you. Everyone looks at the world through their perspective and filters scenarios based on their life experience.

You Seek Others’ Approval

You constantly seek others’ approval in every decision you make instead of turning inward for guidance, trusting yourself and making decisions in alignment with your purpose and mission in life.

You know what’s right for you, and you are the authority of your life along with your creator who is always available to you as a guide. 
 
Live your true life in alignment with your vision and top values. 

What Causes A Lack Of Self-Awareness?

We are never taught how to become self-aware and it is hard for us to realize that we lack self-awareness especially if none of the people around us are awakened and self-aware.
 
The main reason for most people lacking self-awareness is that they do not spend any time in self-reflection and are simply too distracted by technology, social media, and are influenced by other people around them who are not like-minded.
 
People blindly follow societal rules that do not serve them to their detriment and live an unhappy life fulfilling someone else’s dreams and agenda. 
 
They forget why they are here in the first place which is to fulfill their purpose and soul’s contract.
 
Mental illness can also be one of the other reasons why some people suffer from a lack of self-awareness.

How To fix And Reduce The lack Of Self Awareness?

Meditate Daily

Have a daily morning routine and spend some time in silence. Practice meditation, align with your creator and be open to guidance.

Do Self-Reflection

Take some time preferably out in nature where you are inspired and at peace to reflect and understand yourself. Journal and ask your self-discovery questions.
 
What do you like/dislike? What gives you joy? What frustrates and triggers you? What life experiences do you want to have? What type of relationships do you want? What are your top values? What is your life vision and purpose?
 
Discover your God-given unique talents and gift(s). Your clues are in what you liked doing as a child, as well as the kinds of compliments you normally get.

Ask Trusted Friends

Ask your friends to describe you and tell you what they like about you the most, what they see as your greatest strengths, and weaknesses.

Set Goals

Write down your goals in every area of your life in alignment with your vision, purpose, and values. 
 
Come up with plans and actions to accomplish these goals. Schedule daily tasks to accomplish your goals.
 
In conclusion, I hope you know exactly what a lack of self-awareness is and what symptoms to watch out for to identify yourself or someone who is suffering from it.
 
You also now know what causes lack of self-awareness and how to begin fixing and reducing it in case you identified yourself as someone with this particular issue.
 
Next it would be helpful for you to read What Are Good Morning Habits to continue your self-awareness journey.

What Are Life Goals?

What Are Life Goals?

What Are Life Goals?

I believe it is very important for each one of us to have a vision and goals for every area of our desired dream life. Most people just know how to set work goals and have no life goals. 
 
You may be wondering, what exactly do I mean when I say life goals?
 
Life goals help you accomplish everything you want and desire in different areas of your dream life. They are congruent to you and are ideally derived from your long-term vision of your life. 
 
They clarify a pathway and help you progress towards your vision by keeping you focused on the right actions and habits for success in achieving these goals. 
 
So, you may be wondering, what would I do to set and achieve my life goals? Let’s discuss that next.

How To Set And Achieve Life Goals

We are here for a short time and we all deserve to live our best life. It is important to set goals in all areas of life in order to turn your desires and wants into a reality instead of wishes.
 
Here are some easy steps to create your dream life goals so you can start working towards achieving them. 

Dream Big

You are a soul that is having a temporary human experience. You are an individualized expression of your creator. 
 
You are worthy and enough for the purpose that you’re here to fulfill. You can be, do, and have anything in life. 
 
Your life has infinite possibilities. Align with your creator and access the divine mind, intelligence, and strength. 

Design Your Dream Life

Know that you are 100% responsible for creating the type of life you want.  
 
You can create the results in your life from the inside out. Start by a deep journey inwards of self-connection, discovery, and awareness.  
 
Uncover your Soul’s mission, purpose, (unique gifts and talents), desires, and wants. 
 
Figure out what makes you happy and gives your life meaning (reason(s) to wake up). Discover who you are now and who you need to become to live your best life. 

Determine Your Reason (Purpose, Why)

Figure out the reasons why you want to achieve particular goals in your life. The stronger your why and reasons the more motivated you will be to achieve your goals.

Decide What You want

Create a Vision, desired intentions, goals, and habits for every area (Health, Personal Growth, Spiritual, Relationships, and Career/Business) of your life.
 
Make sure the above is authentic and in alignment with your soul’s mission and purpose. A strong vision will empower you and pull you to achieve the intended results.
   
Identify your core values and align them to your life vision. 
Your values will, like a road map, help you stay true to yourself, and guide all your decisions and actions.

Believe And Commit

Your inner world creates your external results and life. You cannot create anything that you do not believe you can. 
  
Believe in yourself and in the possible accomplishment of your goals and life vision.
   
Eliminate any fear, self-doubts, and let go of any limiting beliefs that may block you from achieving your goals.
 
Identify your limitations and how to work around them like bad habits, your behaviour under pressure, what triggers, and drains you.
    
Always remember that you can accomplish anything you commit to and put your mind to.
 
Set goals for every area of your life
 
Set 1-2 goals for every area of your life like Health (physical and Mental), Work, Financial, Relationships, Personal Growth, Spirituality, and Contribution.
 
Your goals will identify and put you on a path, and your daily habits will keep you on this path and moving towards the realization of your future vision.
 
Make sure to set both outcome and Process-oriented goals. An outcome goal is based on a desired specific and measurable result that is not completely in our control. 
 
The process goals are the exact plan of actions required or a set of behaviours that help you achieve your goals and are completely in your control. 
 
For example, an outcome goal would be to lose 20 pounds and process goal would be in order to lose 20 pounds, I will go to the gym six times a week.
 
Work backwards and outline clear steps for the fulfillment of life goals. If you have big and ambitious goals, consider breaking them down into smaller goals to achieve first. 
 
Setting S.M.A.R.T goals will increase the likelihood of you achieving your goals. 
 
S -Specific: Your goal should be specific. If it isn’t, it will be hard for you to measure it and you would be less motivated to achieve it. Be clear about what you want to accomplish, when you want to achieve it, and why it’s important. 
 
M-Measurable- Figure out how you can measure progress to successfully complete your goal. For example, I will lose earn 50,000 within 6 months.
 
A-Achievable- Your goals should seem possible to attain. Figure out what skills you require to complete your goals and how to acquire them. For example, I will lose 2 pounds in 1 month.
 
R-Relevant– Make sure your goals are relevant and are aligned with who you are, your vision, and all of your other goals.
 
T-Time sensitive-Your goals should have a timeline that you want to achieve them by so that you can take the appropriate actions. 

Create An Action Plan

Figure out the exact steps you need to take to design a plan for your dream life, vision, values, purpose, goals, and habits to achieve your goals. 
 
Who do you need to be and what habits do you need to form? Determine all the resources, guidance and skills that you need.
 
Seek assistance and invest in books, courses, workshops, coaching, and mentors to help you with your goals. It is worth it. You are worth it.

Create Accountability

Telling someone about your goals in each area of your life can also help increase your success in achieving them and sticking with them.
 
You can also consider partnering up with someone to hold each other accountable for your goals every week or month.

Measure and Review Your Goals

Review your goals every day. Evaluate and check your progress every week, month, quarter, and year. 
 
Course correct and pivot goals if necessary. Celebrate growth and trust the universal timing in the attainment of your goals if you have done your part and taken the right timely actions.
 
Let’s discuss some Mistakes to avoid when setting goals next.

Mistakes To Avoid When Setting Goals

No Vision

If you do not have a vision for your life, no goals can be set. If you do not have the clarity of what you want in life then it is impossible to set any kind of goals for your life.

Not Realistic

If your desires, beliefs, and commitment are low and you are lacking resources then it will be difficult for you to achieve your goals.

No Strong Reason (Purpose/Why)

If you do have a strong reason(purpose) to achieve your goal, you will lack the motivation to set and fulfill your goals.

No Plan

If you do not have a plan, processes, or any planned actions to achieve your goals, then it will be impossible for you to progress and achieve your goals. 
 
Without a plan, goals are just wishes.

No Action

Your goals can not be achieved if you do not form habits and take daily actions towards them. 

No S.M.A.R.T Goals

In order for you to achieve your goals, they have to be S.M.A.R.T-specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-specific.

No Evaluation

If you do not review and evaluate your goals regularly, then it is hard to course correct and pivot before it is too late.

In conclusion, now that you know what life goals are, they help you accomplish everything you want and desire in different areas of your dream life. They are congruent to you and are ideally derived from your long-term vision of your life. 
 
They clarify a pathway and help you progress towards your vision by keeping you focused on the right actions and habits for success in achieving these goals.
 
You also learnt how to set life goals and mistakes to avoid when doing so. I hope you will take some time to design your dream life and work on your vision, purpose, values, and goals in every area of your life. 
 
Believe in yourself and commit to the process, do not give up and begin transforming your life today. 
 
I wish you success in achieving all your goals and designing and living your dream life because you definitely deserve it.
 
Email me at salimah@salimahhaji.com if you want to invest in a consultation call with me to handhold you through this process.

What Are Life-Changing Books?

What Are Life-Changing Books

What Are Life-Changing Books?

If you know me then you know I love reading non-fiction books so I can grow and improve in all areas of my life and continue to serve others in a bigger and better way. 
 
The books that I have read have been life-changing for me. You may be wondering, what are life-changing books?
 
Life-changing books improve every aspect of your life and change how you see others and the world. They help shape your perspective, identity, beliefs, thoughts, feelings, behaviour, habits, and values.  
 
I will share a list of some of the books that I have read that have had the biggest impact in different areas of my life. I hope you will be inspired enough to commit to reading and benefiting from these amazing books too. 

My Top 7 Life-Changing Books

Reading provides many benefits like growing, finding solutions to your problems, improving your brain, and life. 
 
You can start gaining all the knowledge and wisdom from an author with a very minimal investment. I would suggest that you start by choosing a book in an area of your life that you are most interested in improving first. 
 
When you start knowing, doing, and living the knowledge that you have learnt and gained from these books, your life will improve and change forever. 

SELF-DEVELOPMENT

The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Peopleby Steven Covey 
 
This is an amazing book. It is one of the most informative, inspiring, and perspective-shifting books that I have read. 
 
It reveals a step-by-step path for living with fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity. 
 
These principles help us adapt to change and take advantage of the opportunities that change creates. 
 
I highly recommend this book for every age group especially if you are seeking to make any kind of changes in your life. 
 
The author believes all desired change starts with you and it is implemented from the inside out.
 
The 7 habits Stephen mentioned in this book are to be proactive, begin with an end in mind, but first things first, think win-win, seek first to understand then be understood, synergize, sharpen the saw
 
Habits one to three are based on personal and habits four to six are interpersonal. 

PHYSICAL HEALTH

Your Body’s Many Cries for Water, by Dr. F. Batmanghelidj 
 
This book discusses the importance of water for our body based on research and the different diseases that are caused by dehydration. 
 
Most people do not drink enough water and therefore experience brain fog, fatigue, stress, chronic pains, and many other painful degenerative diseases. 
 
It is often too late and not good to wait until you get thirsty to have water. You will learn different signs of thirst from your wise body. 
 
Adjust your water intake to live a healthier and pain-free life. Learn how to reverse conditions like asthma, allergies, and eliminate heartburn, back pain, arthritis, colitis pain, and migraine headaches. 
 
You will also learn to lose weight effortlessly without dieting and prevent premature ageing.

MENTAL HEALTH

Man’s Search For Meaning, by Dr. Victor Frankl 
 
Victor Frankl was an Austrian psychiatrist who was a Holocaust survivor. In his book, he shares his experience as an inmate of a concentration camp and how it shaped his understanding of meaning.
 
He studied how people were able to find meaning and empowerment after going through such horrific circumstances. In particular, why some people make it through while others do not.
 
He realized that we cannot avoid challenges and suffering but we can choose how we cope with it and find meaning in it and move forward with renewed purpose. 
 
He concluded that our freedom, as human beings, lies in the attitude we choose amidst any given circumstances.

MINDSET

Mindset: The New Psychology Of Success, by Carol Dweck 
 
This is one of the most influential books about motivation. It is an essential read for everyone especially, parents and teachers. 
 
Carol, the author shows how success in almost every area of human endeavour can be dramatically influenced by how we approach our goals.
 
People with a fixed mindset believe that their abilities are fixed while people with a growth mindset believe that any abilities can be developed through hard work, good work, good strategies, and mentorship. 
 
People with a fixed mindset are far less likely to succeed than those with a growth mindset. She talks about how people can put a growth mindset into action to accomplish great things in life.

FINANCES

Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor And Middle Class Do Not!, by Robert Kiyosaki 
 
This book teaches very important money concepts related to assets and liabilities which helped me change my relationship with money. 
 
In this book, the author’s story of growing up with two dads (his dad and his friend’s dad) who had very different financial belief systems. They both shaped his thoughts about money and investing.
 
His Biological father, believed, like the rest of the society, to go to school, get good grades and education, work until 65, and then retire.
 
Friend’s father believed in owning his businesses as a way to create financial abundance and freedom. 
 
Robert, the author teaches a lot of core money concepts related to assets and liabilities. He concludes that you do not need to earn a high income to be rich.
 
He also explains the difference between working for your money and having your money work for you.

SPIRITUALITY

The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself, by Michael Singer 
 
This book will transform your relationship with yourself and the world around you. 
 
The author, Michael Singer, a multi-millionaire, and CEO of a billion-dollar public company experienced a spiritual awakening and stepped away from all of his success to pursue inner peace and serenity. 
 
You will discover your relationship with your habitual thoughts, emotions, and energy patterns that limit your consciousness and what you can do to free yourself by practicing meditation and mindfulness. 
 
Learn how the development of consciousness can enable us all to surrender, dwell in the present moment, and let go of painful thoughts, negative blocks, and memories that keep us from achieving happiness and self-realization.

RELATIONSHIPS

The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts, by Gary Chapman 
 
In his book, the author shares that there are Five Love Languages or 5 ways that we can appreciate our loved ones.
 
They are words of affirmation, quality time, receiving gifts, acts of service, physical touch.
 
It is important to know each other’s love language in a relationship so that you can meet each other’s needs in a preferred way. 
 
This will avoid challenges and disappointments resulting from assumptions that your love languages are the same.
 
This book also provides some suggestions on how to show your partner love based on their love language and a quiz that will help you find out your love language.

In conclusion, now you know what life-changing books are. They improve every aspect of your life and how you see others and the world. 
 
They help shape your perspective, identity, beliefs, thoughts, feelings, behaviour, habits, and values. 
 
I have received far-reaching benefits in every area of my life from investing in my personal growth and development. 
 
I continue to invest in my self-development over the years in many different ways like reading books, hiring coaches, mentors, buying courses, and attending seminars. 
 
I hope you are inspired enough to follow in my footsteps, invest in your self-growth, and read some of the books I have recommend.
 
Start in the area of your life that you want to change and grow and improve in the most. 
 
It is through improving yourself and growing that you will be able to improve every area of your life and live your very best life and you will also be able to serve your purpose in a bigger and better way. 
 
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Why Is It Bad To Put Labels On People?

Why Is It Bad To Put Labels On People?

Why Is It Bad To Put Labels On People?

Human beings love to constantly label everything and everyone we see throughout the day. We use labels to describe, identify things, and group similar items.
 
We label people, objects, relationships, and societal groups. For example, the minute we see someone we judge, label them and wonder about their gender background and social status.
 
So, the labels we often give people are not good for them. Let’s discuss why
 
It is bad to put labels on people because they can be harmful, limiting, and can prevent them from living their best life of full potential. 
 
Labels can affect our self-image, esteem, confidence, and others’ image of who we are. They help negative stereotypes persist and spread. 
 
You may be wondering, what are some other negative effects of labelling people? Let discuss that next.

Negative Effects Of Labelling People

We are here temporarily to live our best lives, but the labels that we give ourselves, to others, and that others give us don’t let us do that. 
 
Our family, friends, school, workplace, and society all play a part in labelling us.
 
Labelling begins in our childhood and is a part of our survival instincts. However, it can have harmful side effects.
 
Society also labels and categorizes people into gender, different races, social classes, and sexual orientations. Our perspective of the world and ourselves is affected by these labels. 
 
Labels do harm us. For example, the gender labels and language associated with it create societal expectations that predetermine what our life is supposed to look like.
 
We should be able to decide and create a life that would be best for each one of us individually based on our soul’s purpose.
 
 
For example, a little girl is limited in some ways because of her gender. She might not be encouraged to follow her interest in male-dominated careers or sports. 
 
Labelling can also be dangerous and lead to hatred and prejudice.

How Labels Affect You And People

They Negate You

The labels that you are given negate your power and who you are which is a powerful soul that is having a temporary human experience. 
 
You are not limited in any way. Your life has infinite possibilities.
 
Do not let anyone define who you are. Your creator has given you free will to live your best life and is not defining and/or limiting you in any way. 
 
You have been given the perfect body and wisdom to fulfill your purpose while here on this earth.
 
We are all equal at the soul level. We are like our creator whom we came from. We have access to his strength, intelligence, and power. 
 
Your true nature is like your creator. It is peace, love, joy, abundance, compassion, and kindness.
 
You are a soul(light) which is contained within this body at the moment. Your essence goes beyond your body. 
 
You are a multisensory cosmic being. You are not powerless.

Give You Limiting Beliefs

When you get labelled by someone repeatedly, you eventually start believing those labels and it becomes your reality. 
 
You create your life from these beliefs. Labels hold you back and keep you small.
 
For example, labels that you were given as a child may affect your self-image and future potential. 
 
Also, labels you were given while in an abusive relationship might lead you to believe that you are a failure, damaged, not enough, or worthy.
 
Start questioning labels that you are given and stop believing in anything that does not serve you and help you with the fulfillment of your purpose. 
 
No one is an expert or authoritative when it comes to your life and can tell you how successful you will be.
 
It is up to you and your creator. Others’ opinion of you is none of your business. 
 
Turn to your intuition and inner loving guidance and clarity from your creator. Meditation and sitting in silence are two out of many ways to do this.

Become Self-fulfilling Prophecy

When you start believing the labels others place on you it starts becoming a part of your identity and you start living the expectations set by others. It acts as handcuffs that limit your potential.
 
Your identity leads to the formation of beliefs that then guide your thoughts, feelings, and then you act and speak based on that feeling which creates your habits and destiny.
 
So, discard and do not believe the negative labels that you have been given. They do not serve you, help you, or fulfill your purpose and they become your fulfilling prophecy.
 
Limiting beliefs create doubts and fears and prevent you from living your best meaningful life of service and purpose by design in flow and trust with the universe.

Become Your Excuses

The negative labels become your crutches and excuses for you to play it small in life, not grow, and not believe in having the potential and capacity to serve others and fulfill your purpose.  
 
Always remember that we are all here to learn, grow, and serve others by the unique gifts and natural talents that we have been blessed with by our creator. We did not come on this earth to play it small.
 
You are capable of doing anything your heart desires. Don’t use those negative labels as crutches and excuses. 
 
You are in charge and you can tap into your creator’s intelligence and strength that is always available to you.

Removes Responsibility

Negative labels allow you to remove responsibility and initiative for you to create the exact life that you want which you are fully capable of creating. 
 
You can design the life you want and you can create it.
Your life is created from your identity, beliefs and thoughts. 
 
 
You are 100% responsible to create your life. The sooner you adopt the labels that serve you, not the ones that don’t serve you, or the beliefs that serve you, and not the ones that don’t serve you, the better it is that you’ll be able to create your life that you are here to live.
 
You have the powers that your creator has, you have the intelligence, you have the strength, and you can always tap into that. 
 
It is available to every single one of us. We are all equal souls despite the size, colour of our body, role, and status. We have all come from the same creator.
 
Even someone who’s in a body that’s labelled as disabled here on this earth, that body is given to that soul for a purpose. 
 
We may say it’s disabled and it’s not good. But, it is perfect for the reason as to why that soul is here on this earth. It is here to fulfill a purpose in that exact body.
 
It does not matter whether other people understand it or not, whether other people judge you, and it does not matter what they say to you. 
 
You are in a perfect body for the function that you’re here to fulfill.
 
 
As long as you’re growing and you’re serving with whatever capacity that you have, you will be fine. Listen to your soul and get guidance from your creator. 
 
Don’t let anybody negate you by labelling you. Don’t believe that any of those labels will stop you from living the life that you’re here to live.

Adds Pressure

Positive labels can also be problematic. 
 
A person who is labelled as smart may suffer from extreme stress, anxiety, and put extreme pressure on themselves as they struggle to maintain their reputation and fulfill others’ expectations of them.

Why do we put labels on everything?
 
We put labels on everything for our security, comfort, and familiarity. We want to manage uncertainty and assert some control over it. 
 
It helps us compartmentalize situations and behaviours. We are often telling ourselves I am not like them.
 
It is easy to define ourselves and others by narrow parameters and putting us into boxes of predetermined ideas and categories because of our jobs, looks, religion, colour, gender, sexual orientation, etc. 
 
It is easier to think that we know ourselves and others than to know them, genuinely and intimately.
 
The more we learn to be comfortable with the unknown and change, the better our life will be and the less we will need to label everyone and ourselves. 
 
Be open to going deeper into the core of our own or someone else’s and allow having our perspectives, beliefs, and expectations to be challenged.
 
In conclusion, the more we are aware and get to know who we are and how powerful we are the less we judge and label others and ourselves negatively. 
 
We will also learn to give less power to labels and expectations others place on us.
 
Next, learn to install empowering beliefs that serve you and help you fulfill your purpose and live your best meaningful life.

What Causes Money Blocks?

What Causes Money Blocks?

What Causes Money Blocks?

Everybody deserves to have all the money and abundance they desire. Abundance, wealth, and prosperity are who we are by nature and it is our birthright. 
 
Our creator is abundance, wealth, and prosperity. So, we have the capability of having wealth and prosperity and abundance in our life whenever we desire it.  
 
We have to focus on being like our creator by growing, serving, helping others, and tuning into the unlimited abundance and prosperity available to us. 
 
However, most people are not able to attract money, abundance, and prosperity into their lives.  
 
You may be asking, why does that happen? It’s because they have money blocks. What causes these money blocks?
 
Money blocks are caused by negative beliefs and thoughts that you have about money. 
 
These money beliefs are influenced and formed by what you hear, see, and experience about money when you are with your parents or guardians at a young age.
 
These beliefs create your reality, identity, thoughts, words, feelings, behaviours, habits, destiny, and all life experiences as an adult.
 
You may be wondering, what exactly are money blocks? Let’s find out the answer to that question next.

What Are Money Blocks?

Money blocks are negative beliefs and thoughts about money that become a part of your subconscious mind and run and influence all your financial decisions in life unconsciously.
 
These beliefs then prevent you from achieving financial success like being debt-free, having a large income-producing investment portfolio, having multiple income streams, owning income-producing assets, and living the freedom lifestyle of your dreams. 
 
So, what are some of these money blocks? Let’s list some of the common money blocks that most people have.

List Of Money Blocks

Money blocks prevent wealth, abundance, and prosperity from coming into your life. 
 
Hopefully, you can use this knowledge to consciously get rid of these blocks so you can live in abundance and prosperity and have all the money that you desire.  

Negative Association With Money

If you believe that money is evil and all rich people are bad, and not spiritual, then your subconscious mind will prevent you from having money so that you are not bad and evil.
 
These beliefs are not true. There are lots of rich people who are not evil, they donate and give a lot of money to charities, and they are spiritual. 
 
Instead of having negative thoughts towards the rich, cheer them on and send them blessings.
 
Monitor your limiting beliefs, question them, find proof against them, and change them to serve you.
 
The more money you have, the more you can give back and make an unlimited difference and impact. Every human being’s purpose is to ultimately grow, serve, and help others. 

Lack Of Belief In Yourself

You may have never thought and believed that you can make millions. 
 
You may feel like you are not worthy or capable of earning millions and be prosperous like others because of the limits that others have placed on you.
 
Always remember you are an individualized expression of God. You can achieve anything you want, provided you believe in the possibility. 
 
Your life has infinite possibilities. There is nothing you can not be, do, and have. As previously mentioned, abundance and prosperity are your birthrights.
 
You create your life from your beliefs and your thoughts and if you don’t believe that it’s a possibility for you, then it will not be. 
 
So, the sooner you change that belief to help and guide you towards wealth and prosperity, the better it is for you.

Avoidance Of Financial Numbers

You tend to avoid and are not aware of your financial numbers because you believe it is too complicated for you. 
 
You have no idea how much money is coming in and how much is going out. 
 
Start paying attention and focus on where your money is coming from and where it’s going, because what you focus upon always expands. This is one of the universal laws.
 
Learn to complete an income statement every quarter. Save and invest some of your money every month. 
 
If you are spending more than you’re earning, then either decrease your expenses or increase your income. 
 
Create a plan to pay off all consumer debts with high-interest rates. 

Lack Of Financial Goals

You don’t have any financial goals because you do not believe that you deserve any more than what you are currently earning. You are letting someone else decide how much you will earn.
 
It is good to have financial goals and to make plans towards earning the type of money that you want to earn so you can live your best life.  
 
Start a purpose-driven business, add value in the market, and serve others by coming up with products and services that transform and better their lives and earn an unlimited amount of money.

Have Only One Income Stream

It is dangerous to rely on one income stream if you only have one income stream. If that income gets eliminated, you would experience an extreme amount of financial stress. 
 
It’s better to have more than one income streams. In fact, most wealthy people have seven income streams on average. 
 
Start and focus on one income stream at a time, once stable and systemized, start the next one. 
 
Some of the other income streams you can add are through taking on freelancing opportunities on websites such as Upwork, or Fiverr.
 
You can also consider starting your purpose-driven business, selling transformational products or services, starting a niche website, investing in a stock portfolio, buy income-producing assets like real estate, etc.

Lack Of Community

You are isolated and don’t have any role models around you that are wealthy, prosperous, and are earning millions. You have no one to support you. 
 
You are comfortable where you are because everybody around you is comfortable. Always remember you are on average like the five people whom you associate with.  
 
If wealth, abundance, and prosperity are what you desire, then you need to be amongst other wealthy people. You can learn from them and they can cheer you on and guide you.

Lack Of Action

You do not take any action towards achieving wealth because nobody is encouraging you to do so. 
 
No one around you is taking any actions towards achieving wealth, so the sooner you get around people who have done it, or are doing it, are wealthy, and are taking the actions, the sooner you can get there.  
 
So, figure out how much money you want to make and how much abundance and wealth you want to sustain your dream lifestyle, create a plan, and start taking actions towards your financial goals.

Fear Of Failure

Fear of failure keeps a lot of people stuck. Success is on the other side of failure. The sooner and more you fail, the faster and more successful you will be with your financial goals. 
 
There is no such thing as failure, it is simply feedback. Failure teaches you and guides you to the correct path. 
 
Do not be scared of failure and learn to embrace it.

Having A Short Term Mindset

You have a short-term mindset and feel that you should have had results and wealth yesterday. Remember wealth is a long-term play, so be patient and trust the universal timing. 
 
The universe always has bigger and better plans for you. We create plans which are way smaller than what the universe wants for us. 
 
Set your financial goals but don’t get attached to the goals.
 
Trust the Universal timing and know that it’s not short-term, it’s a long-term commitment that you have to plan and take actions towards.

You Procrastinate

You procrastinate and don’t invest your time wisely and do not do activities that help you achieve your financial goals. 
 
We are all here for a limited time and if you are spending a lot of your time on distractions then you will not be able to fulfill your purpose and goals. 
 
Some of these distractions are scrolling on social media, constant interruptions from phone notifications, or watching programs and movies on Netflix.
 
Start spending your time consciously. It is the most valuable resource, because once it is gone, it will never come back. 
 
Allocate and schedule some time towards fulfilling your purpose and achievement of your goals.

Fear Of Judgement

You are fearful of others’ opinions, judgement, and about losing your friends if and when you earn a lot of money.  
 
Your true friends will cheer you and celebrate your success with you. Those who do not are not your true friends and are not meant to stay in your life. 
 
Some people come into your life for a reason, some for a season, and some are meant to stay in your life forever. 
 
Always remember you are on this earth for a purpose and it is important that you make that your number one focus. 

Not Willing To Pay The Price

You are not willing to pay the price and want the result instantly. Building wealth is a long-term play, not a short-term play. You have to be committed and put in the time.
 
Focus on adding value in the market and serving people with your transformational products and services and let the universe handle the rest. Money will start flowing into your life.

In conclusion, stand guard, and be aware of all the negative thoughts and beliefs that you have acquired about money, from your parents, and guardians from childhood. 
 
They create your reality, identity, thoughts, words, feelings, behaviours, habits, destiny, and all life experiences. 
 
They influence all your financial decisions in life. They block money, abundance, wealth, and prosperity from coming to you. 
 
These limiting beliefs prevent you from achieving financial success like being debt-free, having a large income-producing investment portfolio, having multiple income streams, owning income-producing assets, and living the freedom lifestyle of your dreams. 
 
Start adopting positive beliefs and think thoughts about money that serve you and help you achieve all your financial and wealth goals, help you have abundance and prosperity, and help you live your dream life sooner.
 
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Does your environment matter more than willpower?

Does your environment matter
more than willpower?

Does your environment matter more than willpower?

I have noticed that people have the best of intentions to make big permanent changes in their life for the better. 
 
They set big goals for themselves in different areas of life every year and end up not accomplishing the majority of them.
 
They have the best of intentions, however, the reason they are unable to fulfill their goals has to do with their environment. It is not designed to help them achieve success.  
 
Does your environment matter more than willpower?
 
Yes, your environment does matter more than your willpower when it comes to making any big permanent changes in your life, accomplishing any desires or goals, and living a better life. 
 
Your environment shapes who you are and its effects will exceed your willpower which is a limited depleting resource as you progress through your day. 
 
So, you may be wondering… how exactly does our environment affect us and keeps us from accomplishing our goals? Let’s discuss that next

How does your environment affect you

Having the right environment is very important if you want to live a better life and accomplish your goals.
 
You are now aware that personal effort and willpower are not sufficient by themselves for you to successfully make a change and accomplish your desired goals without the right environment.
 
Your environment also affects how motivated you feel to take desired actions to make progress towards your goals and accomplish them.
 
Here are some ways your environment is continuing to affect you or has unconsciously affected you in the past.

Physical

Your physical environment is either set to energize, excite, and inspire you or to deplete your energy and make you feel uninspired and hopeless.
 
The spaces you spend a lot of time in can also greatly influence your wellbeing (physical and mental).
 
Your physical environment like your home affects how you think, feel, act, and function. Your body and mind also learn to adapt to your environment.

A home can affect the quality of your life if it is in a bad neighbourhood, needs repairs, renovations, has unpleasant colour on the walls, and has uncomfortable furnishing.
 
Lots of clutter, chaos, no exposure to natural light and crowding affects the quality of your life too.
 
It can cause stress, hopelessness, anxiety, depression, and other mental issues.
 
Exposure to environmental hazards in your home like toxic chemicals, mould, pollution, dust, and food contaminants can also increase the risk of heart disease, cancer, asthma, and other illnesses.
 
The cues in your environment determine what you choose to do. 
 
It is very hard to make the right choices if you have lots of distractions around your home that tempt you to do things that are not aligned to your goals and are not good for you.
 
Your physical health is also affected by how comfortably and well you sleep at night, whether you have a habit and reminders to drink a sufficient amount of water.
 
Amount of temptations around your house to eat unhealthy junk food and drinks, whether you have habits, reminders, and cues for you to exercise daily and have other healthy routines like prayer and meditation also affect you.
 
If you have unpleasant views from your home and are bombarded and exposed to negative messaging on the clothes that you wear, and other décor items and picture frames around your house then it will be hard to live a happy fulfilled life and accomplish your goals.
 
The environment cannot change your genes or DNA, however, it can determine which genes will express themselves. The genes have to be exposed to a certain environment for them to become active.

Social

We are social creatures and love to be surrounded by people. 
 
Who you are around and associate with both at work and home will affect you and determine who you are becoming. 
 
You become like the five people you hang out with the most.
 
 
If you are around negative toxic people both at home and work, you will eventually be influenced by them and become like them.
 
Feeling constantly conflicted around these people can also make you sick both physically and mentally. 
 
Especially if you constantly feel like you do not belong with them and your values and morals are not aligned with theirs. You are expected to compromise your values.

If you are constantly watching the news, shows, movies, and playing games with lots of violence, then you will start believing and thinking that this world is a negative place and start acting and behaving violently yourself.
 
Whatever you consume becomes a part of who you are. It shapes your identity which then shapes your beliefs, thoughts, actions, habits, and destiny.
 
If you were raised by a parent who did not take the time to make you feel loved and emotionally supported then you can have a tough time forming close, trusting, and loving relationships when you are an adult.
 
If you did not have an enriching and stimulating home, and school environment where you were heard, understood, seen, and accepted by your parents, teachers, and others. 
 
That can also have negative effects on you and the personality you end up forming.
 
To get love and acknowledgement from them, you strategically form a personality that is liked and approved by them.
 
We spend a lot of time at work and if there is a lot of negativity at your workplace, people are rude, your boss does not trust and empower people, you do not agree and are not aligned with their vision, mission, and purpose, then your mental and physical health can both be affected.

Ways to change your environment for a better life

If you have desires to change your life for the better like starting a purpose-driven business, be healthier, and improve your relationships, then you will have to examine your environment and make changes if it does not serve who you want to become and the goals you want to accomplish.
 
The environment is more powerful than your internal resolve and willpower. Create and design an environment that will increase your enthusiasm, productivity, and motivation. Here are some suggestions to consciously begin doing this.

Physical

Examine your home and make changes that are aligned to the goals you want to accomplish to better your life. Fix all the things that deplete your energy.
 
Make your environment pleasant by repairing all the things that need to be fixed, paint the walls a different colour, declutter, and get rid of junk.
 
What you focus upon every day expands and manifests in your life. 
 
So, have inspiring pictures hanging in your house, wear clothing with positive messaging, reduce or eliminate watching negative news, listen to music, watch movies that have positive messaging, and get some exposure to natural light daily.
 
Improve your habits and make sure you are getting sufficient hours of sleep every day, implement a self-care morning routine of prayers.
 
Start meditating, exercising, recite positive empowering affirmations daily, learn new things, and feed your mind with positive messages daily.
 
Get rid of all the junk food and substitute it with healthy food if one of your goals is to feel healthier. You become what you eat.

Social

Reduce contact with people who are not aligned with your values and morals and find other people who are aligned with you to socialize with. 
 
Choose like-minded people who cheer you on, celebrate your success, and are not intimidated by your big goals.
 
Change your job or start your own purpose-driven business if you are not able to be authentic, happy, and are not aligned to their values, vision and mission.
 
In conclusion, the environment does matter more than your willpower when it comes to making any big permanent changes in your life or accomplishing any desires or goals and living a better life.
 
Your environment is very important if you want to better your life and accomplish your goals. It keeps you motivated as you work on your goals.
 
Your environment shapes who you are and its effects will exceed your willpower which is a limited depleting resource as you progress through your day. 
 
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How is imposter syndrome different from self-doubt?

How is imposter syndrome
different from self-doubt? 

How is imposter syndrome different from self-doubt? 

When we are first born, we do not have any doubts and we know exactly who we are and why we are here. 
 
We try new things without worrying about what we look like and what others will think of us. 
 
We then learn what is the expected behaviour in order to get conditional love from others. Fear, self-doubt, and imposter syndrome start to control how we live our life. 
 
So, how is self-doubt different from Imposter syndrome?
 
Self-doubt is a lack of belief and confidence in your abilities, decisions, and actions. 
 
It is associated with anxiety, depression, procrastination, lack of motivation, emotional instability.

It also leads to experiencing low self-image and esteem, low self-confidence.
 
It can also lead to difficulty making decisions, feeling of hopelessness, and a feeling that one has little control over their life.
 
Imposter syndrome is a thought pattern that leads you to feel chronic self-doubt, perceived incompetence, fear of discovered fraud or feelings of inadequacy. 
 
It negatively affects your self-image, worth and esteem too.  
 
It leads to a belief that success is not deserved by you despite your talents and skills. You credit luck and external factors for your achievements
 
It is often experienced when starting a new venture or journey like starting a business, parenthood, or a new work promotion. 
 
It can cause anxiety, depression, fear, and a lack of courage to the action required to pursue living a purposeful and fulfilling life.
 
Now that you know the difference between self-doubt and imposter syndrome, you may be asking yourself: “What causes imposter syndrome?” Let’s discuss that next.

Causes of Imposter Syndrome

Here are some reasons that can cause you to develop an imposter syndrome

Personality

It is caused by both personality traits like perfectionism and anxiety levels as well as family background or behavioural reasons. 

Family

If your family values achievement above everything else, then there is a high chance that you could suffer from imposter syndrome.
 
If you were compared to your sibling who always did better than you in certain areas then you may experience imposter syndrome.
 
People often assume that in order to matter, be enough, and be loved, they have to achieve at the level expected.

Environment

Environment and discrimination can cause feelings of imposter syndrome. 
 
Especially when you belong to a minority racial or ethnic group for whom people have stereotypes about competency. 
 
The more you can see and hear people like you, the more confident you can feel and you are less likely to feel like an imposter.

What are imposter syndrome symptoms

Anyone can experience symptoms of imposter syndrome. Feeling like they are not experts, experienced, or good enough.
 
They worry that they aren’t worthy of your attention, worthy of the time and energy they will invest, or if they are worthy at all. 
 
They may not talk about it, but they do feel it.
 
Let’s discuss some of the symptoms of imposter syndrome.

Unworthy

One of the symptoms is severe lack of confidence, feeling inadequate, unworthy, and undeserving of success. 
 
You feel like you need to know everything before starting a new project or journey and constantly look for courses, accreditations and training. 

Perfectionist

Perfectionists set very high expectations for themselves. They focus on mistakes and failures and they can never be satisfied with their achievements even if they accomplish the majority of their goals. 
 
They question their competence even if they make a small mistake.

Avoidance

The fear of failure keeps you from trying anything new and/or unknown. You would be less likely to apply to a new job even if you do not have all of the qualifications
 
You worry about poor feedback and so you procrastinate. You are less likely to speak up because you are afraid to look stupid. 

Judgement

You experience constant fear of judgement and feeling like you are a fraud and will be found out.

Denial

You deny your own success and feel like you do not deserve it. You feel like you were lucky and do not acknowledge and celebrate your effort.
Individualist
 
You put pressure on yourself to accomplish your tasks independently because, to you, asking for help means you are a failure or a fraud.

Work hard

You work harder than others to prove that you are not an imposter. You put a lot of pressure on yourself and feel the need to be successful in all areas of life.

How to deal with imposter syndrome

The most important step to overcoming imposter syndrome is to acknowledge that you are experiencing imposter syndrome.
 
Here are some ways to help you deal with imposter syndrome any time that you go through it. As long as you are on earth school, you may continue to experience it at different times in your life. 
 
Let’s discuss some steps for you to deal with it.

Why

Start by asking yourself: “Why am I feeling like an imposter?” 
 
Most of the time, you will discover that the thoughts that you are thinking and your internal negative dialogue are causing you to feel like an imposter. 
 
Write these thoughts down in a journal so you can review them.
 
Identify, acknowledge, and be aware of these thoughts and internal dialogues that do not serve you. 
 
Reframe and replace them with thoughts and words that empower and help you accomplish what you want in order to live your best life.

Talk

Talk to your friends and mentors whom you trust with how you feel, and let them help you. 
 
You may realize that lot of people feel the same way and you are not alone. You may also try seeking professional help.

Focus

Focus on your strength and accomplishments to gain confidence. Celebrate your success from the past to boost your confidence. 
 
Find a community of like-minded people to associate with who can support, help, and cheer you on.

Grow

Learn to develop the courage to try new ventures and uncomfortable opportunities. Know that failures are feedback and they help you grow and get better. 

Responsibility

Learn to live from the inside out and take responsibility for your successes, achievements, shortcomings, and failures.
 
Always remember that your identity creates your beliefs which then lead to your thoughts and feelings, which then lead to your actions, habits and destiny.

Purpose

You are a soul that is having a temporary human experience. You matter, are enough, and you are here to fulfill a purpose or you would not be here. 
 
Are you listening to your soul’s calling and purpose? 
 
You are not an imposter or fraud and you have everything you need to fulfill your purpose. 
 
The purpose of every human being is to grow and serve others. How you do that is determined by the unique natural talents and gifts that you have been given

In conclusion, as previously mentioned, self-doubt is a lack of belief and confidence in your abilities, decisions, and actions. 
 
It is associated with anxiety, depression, procrastination, lack of motivation, emotional instability.

It also leads to experiencing low self-image and esteem, low self-confidence, difficulty making decisions, feeling of hopelessness, and a feeling that one has little control over their life.
 
It can lead to anxiety, depression, procrastination, lack of motivation, emotional instability, low self-image and esteem, self-confidence, difficulty making decisions, feeling hopeless, and lack of control over one’s life. 
 
Imposter syndrome is a thought pattern that leads you to feel chronic self-doubt, perceived incompetence, fear of discovered fraud or feelings of inadequacy. 
 
It negatively affects your self-image, worth and esteem too.  
 
It leads to a belief that success is not deserved by you despite your talents and skills. You credit luck and external factors for your achievements
 
It is often experienced when starting a new venture or journey like starting a business, parenthood, or a new work promotion. 
 
It can cause anxiety, depression, fear, and a lack of courage to the action required to pursue living a purposeful and fulfilling life.

Self-doubts and imposter syndrome may be experienced many times in our life as we are on the earth school and so it is important to know how to deal with them.  
 
We discussed several ways to deal with it within this article. It may be a good idea to explore next: 
How fear and self-doubt keep you stuck, and how to deal with it.

Is making money online possible and easy?

Is making money online possible and easy?

Is making money online possible and easy?

Making money online has become very popular in recent times. More people are now going online to learn, shop, etc. 
 
In the future, it is anticipated that more people will be getting access to the internet and going online to shop and learn.
 
So, is making money online easy and possible? Is that something you can easily do?
 
Yes, making online is possible and easy if you are committed, patient, and you believe it is possible for you.
 
It is also easy if you take the right steps like investing, learning the right skills, willing to pivot, change and design a method/online business that serves your life’s vision and purpose (growing and serving).
 
It can be hard and impossible to make money online if you are not committed, patient, and/or do not believe it is possible for you.
 
If you do not take the right steps like investing, learning the right skill(s), are not willing to pivot, change, and design a method/online business that serves your life’s vision and purpose (growing and serving).  
 
You may be wondering where to start and what would be good steps to take before making money online. Let’s discuss that next.

5 steps to take before you begin making money online

Vision

The method you choose to earn income online should be aligned to your values and your life vision which is what you consider to be the best way to live your life.
 
Begin by figuring out why you want to earn money online, What is your income goal? Is it to earn a full-time income? Make a little bit of extra money on the side? 
 
How much time are you willing to invest in it (hours/days in a week)? will you be hiring a team? Are you interested in passive or active ways to earn money? How much vacation will I take? 
 
Discover your purpose and decide what your long-term life vision is. How do you want to live your best life? Identify what matters to you (top values)? 
 
If you had no limitations, what would a dream day in your life look like? What are your most desired experiences in every area of your life? What habits, beliefs and identity would you have? 
 
What types of relationships would you have? How would you serve others and make an impact? How much time would you spend on personal growth?

Who

Who are you being called to serve? Choose an audience that you are passionate about helping. Someone who is ready for a transformation or about to start a new journey. 
 
This person is often in a similar life stage or situation that you used to before you started your transformational journey or solved your problem. 
 
It can also be someone who is in the same cohort group as one of your loved ones that you want to help.

Problem

Given your life experiences (highs and lows), skills, purpose, and talents, what problem do you want to help others solve? What desires can you help them achieve? 
 
Who can you aspire them to be? It is important to choose a problem that lights you up and that you are excited about.
 
It is important to choose a problem that you are enthusiastic about solving to carry you through the tough times that you may experience while building your business.

Model

Decide what model you want to use to earn money online. 
 
Validate the method, niche, and market by researching other competitors earning money online in the same market to get ideas of different models they are using to earn money online that you can use too.

Expand

Find and invest in mentors, coaches, courses, and communities that are earning money online so you can learn and expand your skills, talents, knowledge, network, and relationships.
 
We can achieve a lot more when we work together and have other people cheer and help us on our making money online journey.

Ideas for making money online

I am going to share below some ideas of different ways to earn money online. Some require low investment and are easier than others. 

Freelancing

You can be hired as an independent contractor to provide services for different companies online. It gives you the flexibility to work from home or remotely from any part of the world.
 
There are several different services that you could be hired for like customer support, data entry, and proofreading. The most popular freelance websites are Upwork and Fiverr. 
 
You can visit these websites to get that a better idea of what kind of jobs you would be suitable for based on your skills, talents, and past work experience.

Virtual Assistant

You can become a virtual assistant, an online secretary that helps different business owners with routined or general business tasks so they can focus on their more important tasks.
 
Some of the tasks a virtual assistant does are organize and prioritize daily schedules, set appointments and meetings, set reminders for important tasks, follow up with different stakeholders, organize and answer emails, any documentation tasks, and data entry tasks.

Create a Niche website

You can pick a niche, validate it, and start writing articles on this topic. Once you start getting a lot of traffic coming to your site, you can earn ad revenue from different companies like ezoic, media vine, or ad thrive.
 
You can also share and promote someone else’s product and get paid a commission every time someone clicks on your affiliate link and buys the product. Amazon has an affiliate program that you can apply to.
 
This is a good model if you have a large social media following. You can share products that you value, believe in, use with your audience, and use an affiliate link in a blog post or you tube video.

Coaching/Consulting

You can help people improve and grow in a particular area, solve a problem, and transform their lives based on your own results, skill, talents, and experience. 
 
You can build a following and audience by adding value and creating free informational content. 
 
Once people know, like, and trust you, they will hire you to coach/consult with them. You can coach/consult with people virtually. 

Sell physical products

You can order products from suppliers from China, Thailand, India etc in bulk and sell them on your website (Shopify) or other online platforms like Amazon as a third-party seller. 
 
Amazon is the biggest retailer in the world. The majority of people buy products online from Amazon. It is trusted and most people have their credit cards already attached to their account. 
 
This business requires an investment of a couple of thousand dollars for the stock and to get started and a couple of months for the products to be shipped to you. 

Sell digital products

You can create a step-by-step course based on your skills, knowledge, talent, experience, and expertise. The online education business will continue to expand and grow as more and more people turn to online learning.
 
You can also offer an online membership program to build a community to help each other accomplish specific goals, expertise, hobbies, skills, and way of life.
 
This model requires a lot of work, technical know-how, and expenses. Therefore, it is not very beginner-friendly.

Book Publishing

You can publish and sell books on Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing. You can also publish a book on Amazon as a paperback, hardcover, or audio. 
 
Research, validate, demand, and decide which niche you would write a book in.
 
You can also hire a writer to write your book for you. You can publish a book under your name or a pen name.
 
This business model does not cost a lot of money. The only required expense is for the book cover and marketing. 
 
Since books are a low-ticket item, you will have to sell a lot of books to make lots of money.
 
Reflect on each of these opportunities and identify which niche you want to build a business around. 
 
You don’t want to do all of these business models at the same time. Rather, you want to start with one, master it, and then add more over time.
 
In conclusion, it is easy and possible to earn money online if you are committed, patient, and you believe it is possible for you. 
 
It is also easy and possible to earn money online if you are taking the right steps like investing, learning the right skills, willing to pivot, change and design a method/online business that serves your life’s vision and purpose (growing and serving).
 
It can be hard and impossible to make money online if you are not committed, patient, and do not believe it is possible for you. 
 
It can also be hard and possible for you to earn money online if you are not taking the right steps like investing, learning the right skills, willing to pivot, change, and design a method/online business that serves your life’s vision and purpose (growing and serving).
 
I hope you have an idea of what steps to take if you want to start earning money online and what business model fits with your income goals and desired lifestyle.
 
Next, read: “Is it better to be a business owner or an employee to help you decide which model is good for you?” 

What Are Empowering Beliefs

What Are Empowering Beliefs

What Are Empowering Beliefs

Your beliefs control and create your reality, so it is important to have empowering beliefs and to get rid of the disempowering beliefs that do not serve you. 
 
You may be asking yourself: “What are empowering beliefs?”.
 
Empowering beliefs are transformative, supportive beliefs that we can consciously choose and adopt so that we can create our best life of joy, purpose, meaning, fulfillment, harmony, abundance, and impact. 
 
Our beliefs guide our perspective, identity, thoughts, feelings, words, actions, habits, values and destiny.
 
So, how do we form our beliefs? Let’s discuss that next.

How Do We Form Beliefs?

Our beliefs are formed by what we experience, hear, and see when we are young. Most of our beliefs are formed by the age of 7. 
 
They become part of our subconscious mind and they run and influence our decisions in life unconsciously like a computer program. 
 
Your beliefs create your truth, reality, identity, and they shape your life experiences. 
 
Let’s list some examples of empowering beliefs that you can adopt so that you can live your very best life.

Empowering Beliefs

Review the list of the following empowering beliefs and choose the ones that are good for you to adopt for your desired best life.

Believe

I believe in myself, I matter, and I am worthy because I have been put on this earth by my creator to represent him and fulfill a purpose. 
 
I am worthy and deserve love no matter what.
 
All human beings have a similar purpose which is to grow and serve others. How you serve is determined by the unique gifts that we have all been blessed with.
 
The thoughts, words I use to express who I am are aligned to my spirit, identity, beliefs, thoughts, values, and actions.

Responsibility

I am 100% responsible for the life I create for myself by the beliefs I adopt and choose to have. I am not a victim and the outer circumstances do not control how I feel.
 
I know all change and success happen from the inside out.

Potential

My life as a human being has infinite, limitless potential and possibilities. I can be, do, and have anything I desire and set my mind to achieve. 
 
I serve, inspire, and motivate others to live their full infinite potential by being an example.

Growth

My best is yet to come. As long I am alive, I will continue to grow and expand so I can serve in a bigger and better way. 
 
When you are focused and disciplined, you can acquire any skills in any area that you want. I invest time and money towards my growth.
 
Nothing ever goes wrong in my life. Every change, challenge, failure, setback and adversity that I experience happens for me to learn a lesson. 
 
I am resilient and capable of overcoming any obstacle. 
 
Mistakes are greater teachers for me when I look for the lessons for myself and teach to others. Everyone that is in my life currently is capable and there to teach me a lesson.

Gratitude

I have been blessed and always have a lot to be thankful for. I practice gratitude every day, raise my vibration, align with my creator, and invite more abundance into my life.
 
I am grateful for my perfect body, organs, and good health. I am grateful for all the people in my life.

Authentic

I attract the right people in my life by being my true and best self and by living the aptitudes, characteristics, and personality traits that I desire in my relationships.
 
I am constantly surrounded by a community of like-minded people and we help each other live a soul-aligned best life.

Kindness

Kindness always wins. It is who we are by nature. Whenever you are kind to others instead of being right, you are showing strength instead of what society says that you are being weak. 
 
Whenever we are being who we are by nature, love, peace, compassion, kindness, and abundance, we operate at a higher vibration that is in tune with and is powerful just like our creator.

Trust

I trust in the universal intelligence and timing and understand that the universe always has bigger and better plans for me if I do not get what I want right away.

Passion

I center my life around my passion and do what I love and am passionate about. Abundance and prosperity is my reward. 
 
Passion will help me persevere and keep me steadfast towards my life vision and goals when things get difficult.

Regrets

Guilt and regrets are a waste of my current energy and therefore I believe in forgiveness and compassion towards myself and others. 
 
I send blessings to people instead of judging them.

I am going to let go of the guilt and regrets and stop releasing toxins in my body by being angry about the past and make room for the blessings life is bringing to me now. 
 
The past is who I used to be and I am grateful to have grown and now I have a different perspective, realization, and the ability to let go of who I used to be. 

Generosity

I am my creator’s trustee of abundance and share my knowledge and wealth with others without ever running out.

Prosperity

Prosperity is an inside job. As long as I focus on my purpose and being of service to others, prosperity will chase me instead of the other way around. 
 
Money does not change people, it will amplify who I am already.
 
Abundance is my birthright. The more I attract and make the more I can give back and make an impact endlessly.

Joy

I practice self-care and activities that give me joy so that I can better serve others from the overflow instead of empty.

Faith

I accept that feeling fear is a part of the brain’s survival mechanism whenever we attempt something new and unknown. 
 
I know my true freedom and growth lie on the other side of it. 
 
I always stay open to both recognizing and pursuing new opportunities and move towards my fear with faith and courage and know that everything will be okay.

How do we form beliefs?

Our beliefs are formed by what we experience, hear, and see when we are young. Most of our beliefs are formed by the age of 7. 
 
They become a part of our subconscious mind and influence our decisions unconsciously. Your beliefs create your truth and your life. 

How do you create empowering beliefs?

Follow the steps outlined to change beliefs that are not empowering to the ones that are empowering.

Awareness

Become aware of the patterns of habitual thoughts you think every day. Your thoughts come from the beliefs that you hold in your subconscious mind. 
 
Identify the belief behind your thought by asking yourself: “why am I thinking that thought”?

Question

Ask yourself: “Is this belief true”? Can you find proof that negates the belief that you currently hold?

Feeling

How are these beliefs and thoughts making you feel? A disempowering belief will not make you feel good.

Replace

What empowering beliefs and thoughts can you replace them with? How does the empowering belief and thoughts make you feel? An empowering belief will make you feel good.
 
Repeat the empowering belief and thoughts to yourself every day to make it permanently become automated and a part of your subconscious mind.
 
In conclusion, adopt those empowering beliefs that help you live your very best life possible. 
 
Remember your beliefs inform and create your identity, thoughts, feelings, words, actions, habits, and destiny so choose wisely. 
 
Choose one empowering belief to install for the next 90 days that would make a big difference and improve your life. 
 
Think good thoughts, take-action, speak words, have habits and values that guide your decisions that are in alignment with this belief.
 
Live an empowered life of joy, purpose, meaning, fulfillment, harmony, abundance, and impact.
 
Next read can you create your own identity?