How can I be better? How can I become the best version of myself? What is ‘self-improvement‘? What is THE goal? When beginning their self-improvement journey many people start asking these questions – asking for a defined goal, a ‘right‘ direction, THE overall working plan. Sorry to break it to you, but that doesn’t exist. […]
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Hello.I’ve been gone for some weeks now. During this time I had some trouble, some things I needed to find out and understand for myself. I’m still in that process. As you know, self-improvement never ends, the same applies for me. Here on WithinProgress I’m sharing my experiences, what I’ve observed and learned, with you.
It’s that time of the year again. Scarier than Halloween could ever be; exhaustion, pain, and never free – it’s exam season. Yes, I’m currently in the middle of my exams. Whether in college or even school, we’ve all experienced the pain of exam season making it an easy subject to empathise and relate to.
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What if? A simple question yet pretty clear indicator of fear. But what do we fear?Is it failure? Is it judgement? Is it success? The future or the past? All of them? In a sense one could say that todays topic resembles all of the above and more. Most of us fear to make mistakes
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In last week’s post, we talked about optimism and its impact on our life. But there is obviously something else we need to talk about when addressing perspectives – pessimism. Pessimism, or pessimistic individuals, have a tendency to expect the worst outcomes and therefore often avoid situations of uncertainty. These individuals focus on risks, downsides,
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Optimism is a lifestyle which is characterised by a positive outlook towards the future. Many describe optimistic perspectives as naive and far from reality, but I think that’s not true. Even though optimism can distort reality just as much as pessimism, it is way more motivating and encourages us to be brave and move forward.So,
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Groups and their dynamics can have a huge impact on our own behaviour. Influence exerted to encourage us to conform, conform to attitudes or values we might not agree with otherwise. Today we’re talking about the phenomena of peer pressure. First let’s look at some important components connected to peer pressure: Important Aspects and Difficulties
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Important when pursuing what you wish for through effort and hard work – consistency.Consistency is a trait useful in achieving long-term success. It’s crucial in mastering skills, forming habits, building trust and reliability, creating momentum, and maintaining progress. Consistency at its core is about improvement through repetition and drive. Having consistency as a guide on
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Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a great start into 2025, a new year of possibilities and potential. So, what else could I write about today than New Year’s resolutions. The time to cut off toxic relationships, negativity and everything holding you back whilst looking forward to building something new and improving.At
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Failure – discouraging, heartbreaking, unwanted, displeasing, the end – there are thousands of different feelings determining our reaction towards failure, most of them being on the negative side.So, what if I ask you to fail with me? Try something and fail with me right now. How would you react? Well, of course, having failure as
