The Power of Forgiveness

"Forgiveness reduces your stress. Over the years, many studies have shown that holding a grudge keeps your body in a state of stress. When you practice forgiveness, your blood pressure and heart rate decrease."

-- Amy Morin

Think About Your Thoughts

"It takes some extra effort and energy to really evaluate your thoughts. But overly positive or exaggeratedly negative thoughts will influence how you feel and behave and can interfere with your quest for mental strength. Examine whether your thoughts are realistic before determining a course of action so you can make the best decisions for yourself.  Identify beliefs and thoughts that will hold you back, such as those that encourage you to give away your power, waste energy on things you can’t control, dwell on the past, or expect immediate results. Replace them with more realistic and productive thoughts."

-- Amy Morin

Keep Your Goal in Mind

"Keep your end goal in mind to stay motivated on the days when you feel like giving up. Remind yourself of your goal in creative ways. Write down what you want to accomplish on a note and hang it on the wall or make it your computer screensaver. Visualize yourself meeting your goal each day and it will help you stay motivated."

-- Amy Morin

Why Bad Habits Are Like Heavy Weights

"Bad habits are like heavy weights that you drag around as you go about your day. They’ll slow you down, tire you out, and frustrate you. Despite your hard work and talent, you’ll struggle to reach your full potential when you’ve got certain thoughts, behaviors, and feelings holding you back."

-- Amy Morin

The Best Things That Comes To Your Life

"Just because you think it will be difficult doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it. Often, some of the best things in life come from our ability to conquer a challenge through hard work."

-- Amy Morin

Observation and Modeling Their Behavior

"If your goal is to be more outgoing, behave in a friendly manner. If you want to be a successful salesperson, study how successful salespeople behave and then do what they do. You don’t necessarily have to wait until you feel like it or until the right time comes; start changing your behavior now."

-- Amy Morin

Positive Change Lead To Increased Motivation

"So often, when people become committed to create change in one area of their lives, like pay off their debt, before they know it, they’re also losing weight and their marriages improve. Positive change leads to increased motivation and increased motivation leads to more positive change. Embracing change is a two-way street."

-- Amy Morin

Why Success Won't Find You

"Success won’t find you. You have to pursue it. Stepping into the unknown to take carefully calculated risks can help you reach your dreams and fulfill your goals."

-- Amy Morin

If You Want To Reach Your Full Potential

"Mentally strong people recognize that a quick fix isn’t always the best solution. A willingness to develop realistic expectations and an understanding that success doesn’t happen overnight is necessary if you want to reach your full potential."

-- Amy Morin

Move Forward with a Sense of Contentment

"When you stop demanding that you need more and are able to be satisfied with what you have, you’ll reap tremendous benefits in life. You’ll move forward with a sense of peace and contentment without experiencing bitterness and selfishness."

-- Amy Morin

Start Focusing on How To Become Mentally Strong

 "Believing that you shouldn’t have to work as hard or shouldn’t have to go through the same process as everyone else because you’re the exception to the rule isn’t healthy. But you can learn how to stop complaining about not getting what you deserve and start focusing on how to become mentally strong enough that you’ll no longer feel entitled."

-- Amy Morin

The Many Benefits of Doing Meditation

 "Meditation has been linked to a variety of emotional benefits, including helping those who practice to reduce negative emotions and to gain a new perspective on stressful situations. Some studies report meditation decreases anxiety and depression. Not to mention the spiritual benefit."

-- Amy Morin

You Need Time Out For Yourself Only

 "Creating time to be alone with your thoughts can be a powerful experience, instrumental in helping you reach your goals.  Mental strength requires you to take time out from the busyness of daily life to focus on growth."

-- Amy Morin

With Each Failure You Become Better

 "Understanding that you will be okay, even if you fail repeatedly, offers much peace and contentment in life. You’ll no longer worry about being the best or feeling like you have to achieve the most to be appreciated. Instead, you can rest assured that with each failure, you’re becoming better."

-- Amy Morin

With Each Failure You have Become Better

 "Understanding that you will be okay, even if you fail repeatedly, offers much peace and contentment in life. You’ll no longer worry about being the best or feeling like you have to achieve the most to be appreciated. Instead, you can rest assured that with each failure, you’re becoming better."

-- Amy Morin

Build Character by Challenging You

 "Failure can build character by challenging you in new ways. It can help you identify areas in your life that need work as well as hidden strengths you’ve never before recognized."

-- Amy Morin

You Can Do Better The Next Time

 "Just like you need to learn from mistakes to avoid repeating them, you need to learn from failure so you can do better the next time. Sometimes that means improving your skills; at other times, that may mean looking for opportunities where your skills may be appreciated." 

-- Amy Morin

Focus on What You Can Learn From The Experience

 "Focus on your efforts instead of the outcome. When you’re trying to complete a difficult task, focus on what you could gain from the challenge. Can you learn something new? Can you improve your skills even if you aren’t initially successful? By thinking about what you can learn from the experience, you’ll be more likely to accept that failure is part of the process."

-- Amy Morin

Spend Time Thinking About Your Beliefs Surrounding Failure

 "Don’t allow inaccurate beliefs about your abilities to hold you back from becoming successful. Spend some time thinking about your beliefs surrounding failure. Look at your path to success as a marathon and not a sprint. Accept that failure is part of the process that helps you learn and grow."

-- Amy Morin

Grit is a Better Predictor of Success

"Grit is a better predictor of success than IQ. Clearly, not everyone with a high IQ reaches a high level of achievement. In fact, a person’s IQ isn’t a very good predictor of whether he or she will become successful. Grit, defined as perseverance and passion for long-term goals, has been shown to be a much more accurate predictor of achievement than IQ."

-- Amy Morin