5 Am Reflections -2

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Hello Lovely people,

I hope you’re much better. Today I continue to share with you my morning reflections from one of my growth spaces. These are the notes I took from some of the sessions. I will share about self-esteem and reading.

Self-esteem:

This refers to confidence in one’s worth or abilities; self-respect as defined by the Oxford dictionary. It has so much to do with how we perceive our worth.

How to better your self esteem;

• Positive self talk. Be positive in speech. Tell yourself the best news, affirmations, nuggets, encouragement or advices.
• Prioritize spending time with those you enjoy, love and feel safe with.
• Break goals into the smallest possible actions. This helps one build grit and motivated.
• Self care. Yes, you need to take good care of yourself.
• Explore your feelings instead of numbing them. Live through your emotions.

Things to stop doing if you want to be happy!

• Dwelling in the past. This kills your energy and prevents you from looking at the beautiful things ahead.
• Being complacent.
• Spending too much time on social media. Try to give social media a break.
• Overlooking small joys. I like to tell people to celebrate each win be it small or big.
• Not exercising yet that’s the only body you have
• Running crazy over small issues that can sometimes be solved with a greeting, text or call.
• Holding grudges. This is totally unhealthy.
• Giving time excuses. Stop complaining about time.

Happiness is your choice!

Reading

This is the process of looking at a series of written symbols and getting meaning from them – englishclub.com

Why should you read?

• It upgrades your brains
• Makes you realize essential things about the past
• Opens  your mind to other people’s minds
• Improves your memory and concentration levels
• Reading is one of the best tools to deal with stress

How can you up your reading game?

• Read on a daily at least 25pages
• Read at the same time everyday
• Apply sandwich technics when reading that is; put reading in between your 2 already-established habits
• Introduce reading into an already-established routine
• Make reading your default to boredom
• Choose your most preferred medium for reading and use it. This can be a soft copy, hard copy, kindle, or audiobook, …

All the above are inspirations from The Ubuntu Leadership Safari morning sessions at 5:00 am, A great learning space! Join us on some of your mornings

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