It's a concept she first learned about in Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez's «Your Money or Your Life,» a personal finance classic endorsed by
other young self - made millionaires.
Not exact matches
«I wish my
younger self knew that finding sustainable happiness comes from delivering happiness to
others.
Stone notes that
other young CEOs have faced similarly tough transitions from their
younger punky
selves to displaying the traits of a company leader.
In a culture of
self - absorption built on doubts about our own
self - worth, we desperately attempt to make ourselves appealing to
others» dieting, exercising, nipping, and tucking» and appear as
young, beautiful, and useful as all the bodies and faces that fill our magazines, billboards, and television screens.
I think there's a pretty nice cycle for seminary students: year 1: totally enthusiastic,
young idealistic faith year 2: fairly smug, enthralled with knowing and using hip theology terms year 3: tired, disillusioned, a little bitter, anti-something or
other year 4: just starting to get over one's
self, wanting to «get out there»
As a
young woman said to me about her village, it is as if people were closed in on themselves, so
self - absorbed that they were unaware of the
other.
Young people in particular often visualize their moral problem in some such way as this: on the one side is the ideal life with its purity, its
self - forgetfulness, its fine awareness of things invisible, and on the
other side are the primitive instincts — pugnacity, egotism, sensuality, the caveman within, and between these two there is an irreconcilable hostility.
The best way to «sell» one's teenager on being a hospital volunteer or helping in a summer camp for the retarded is
self - interest: «It will look good on your college application; it will teach you something you can use later on» If the
young manage to catch a glimpse of selflessness in the process, fine; but we didn't direct them to value that part of the experience, nor did we expect that they would think of it in terms of «service» to
others.
«On one hand, a lot of it just has to do with a culture of the individual, with like the cult of the
self, so these people who kind of refuse to integrate become leaders of this thing,» he says, remembering seeing
other young Christians who were developing into ministry personalities.
I would suggest that it's due to an awakening to the real pain that promiscuity and abortion entail;
others might say that it's actually based in «rights talk,» that
young people identify with aborted children (as of this January 22, anyone under the age of thirty could have been aborted) and see abortion as an attack on their siblings and classmates, rather than a matter of women's
self «determination.
It does this by creating a climate of acceptance — of feelings and impulses (around which irrational guilt often forms)-- and by confronting the
young person with the need to change irresponsible,
self -
other hurting behavior (the source of appropriate guilt).
I HAVE: lived, laughed, loved, lost, learned, lied, told the truth, danced and sang out loud (when no one was looking), traveled, been recluse, acted outgoing, been shy, become a wife, known hatred and resentment, been scared, been divorced, been careless and selfish, found myself, existed, shown selflessness and compassion, been content, found my soul mate, learned true love, lived my life, mourned, found and kept true friends (let the
others go bye bye), felt beautiful, felt truly and
self - consciously fat, doubted and believed in myself, learned to be content again, felt proud of myself, been ambitious and lazy, and become a mother of the daughter I've dreamed of since I was
young.
I have 2
other children and have gotten pregnant while each of them were very
young they ended up
self weaning at around 13mo, far earlier than I had ever wanted.
I hope you
younger students, even you girls way back there in the sunshine yellow ties, remember that the little things you do for
others really make a difference — not only for the people who you help, but for your own growth and sense of
self - worth.
The key to having
younger players in sports is that it is fun, builds
self - esteem, teaches them to play with
others, and gets them up and moving.
If you could prepare for major seasons of life I imagine there would be fewer letters to my
younger self, what I wish I knew, tips for fill - in - the - blank, and
other such thematic articles.
«When a tragedy strikes in the form of a death or a life - changing illness or an accident, or when our lives are suddenly turned upside - down due to a divorce or
other major life event, we need to grieve the loss of our old lives, our old «normal,» our
younger, more carefree, and unwounded
selves, so that we can embrace our new normal and learn to live fully and joyfully again.
But I'm not sure the comparison to «animals» is a fair one since animals do not wear clothes nor are human babies as instinctual and as
self sufficient as most animal babies... (I've never heard of a mother chimpanzee holding her
young over a bowl to pee; --RRB- but as long as our children are cared for in a loving manner we shouldn't judge too much
other parenting techniques.
Is there any
other advice you would add to the «Advice to My
Younger Self» list?
The shape of these spoons makes it easier for them to fit in baby's mouth even if he or she is a little bit
younger than
other self - feeders.
Kids of
younger school age start building their own
self - esteem on how
others see them.
Read more about how
young children learn
self - control through interactions with peers, parents, and
other loving adults.
«This we understand has been the norm for many years, and concern must be raised that there is a possibility that distressed
young people may react to
self - harming during the night, when they have no
other distraction, and when there is only one nurse on duty and on lock down.»
But
other studies concluded that
young people who went online to find out more about
self - harm and suicide were exposed to violent imagery and acted out what they had seen online.
When researchers marked the monkeys» faces and presented them with mirrors, they didn't touch or examine the spot or show any
other self - directed behaviors in front of those mirrors in the way that even a very
young person would do.
Young women with ADHD who have been exposed to abuse, neglect or
other traumas in childhood and adolescence are at greater risk for
self - injury, eating disorders and suicide than those with ADHD who were not mistreated in early youth, according to new research from UC Berkeley.
Strong relationships with
other family members can help raise
self - esteem and reduce anxiety for some
young people who grow up in homes affected by parental domestic violence.
«Strong family bonds reduce anxiety in
young people with lived experience of domestic violence: Strong relationships with
other family members can help raise
self - esteem, reduce anxiety for some
young people who grow up in homes affected by parental domestic violence.»
Because a significant portion of the
young people in this study seemed at risk in regard to privacy management practices, there may be a need for more formal training from career service organizations, libraries and
others on best practices for maintaining
self - presentation online, Hargittai said.
«Factors
other than parental eating behaviors such as community and school, food environment, peer influence, television viewing, as well as individual factors such as
self - image and
self - esteem seem to play an important role in
young people's dietary intake,» said May A. Beydoun, PhD, co-author of the study and a former postdoctoral research fellow at the Bloomberg School.
She's passionate about helping
other young professionals follow their dreams and cultivate a healthy, balanced lifestyle filled with less stress and more
self - love.
I watched
other really
young girls deal with issues of development and sexuality, the intricate dynamics of friendship and family, issues of
self esteem and school stress.
There is a generation of
young people who find interacting with
others extremely difficult and whose
self - esteem is jeopardized by a lack of opportunity.
I'm also much more interested in
other types of design (home / packaging / social) and art now rather than my
younger self who was gaga about clothes / personal accessories.
Who doesn't want to look like like their
youngest self with little effort
other than introducing some new go - to skincare products?!
The
other people I met in my online forays were just pervs trying to get with an overly naïve, overly trusting, clever, verbose
young lady with
self - esteem issues.
Brief Description of my
self is the image of a
young person trying to succed in life and try to help and satisfy
others along the way
Dating became a
self - initiated activity between
young men and women looking to go out in public together and assess each
other as potential partners.
well am just a
young man that believe in his
self and
other very caring loving an ambitious need someone to love and care for
Disappearing fingers, Looper Rian Johnson's third film, Looper (following Brick and The Brothers Bloom), raised a nigh - infinite number of questions about the mechanics of the time - travel plot, which has
young men working for a criminal syndicate that, among
other things, requires them to murder their 30 - years - older
selves.
From her
younger persona as a sporty but
self - conscious schoolgirl, through her time as part of a girl gang involved in petty theft and
other forms of experimentation, right up until she gets sucked into the shady world of drug dealing, Toure's great strength in the role is an unusual kind of reserve.
There are
other approximate examples: Robert Guédiguian, Steven Soderbergh and Mike Myers have used recycled «flashback» scenes of actors»
younger selves from
other films.
With Adam's hermitic, video game - addicted nephew Jacob (Duke, «Greek») brought along to get him out of the house, the drunken foursome enter a hot tub that develops a glitch which, magically, transports them back to the same place of 1986, in their
younger bodies (though they still look like their old
selves to each
other).
When you're
young there is a
self - involved cavalier attitude that some people possess in which they want to take on
other people's problems and make it their own.
For a
young person who thinks, «I'm not college material,» or whose
self - description doesn't include «college student,» seeing
others with college sweatshirts will not do much to make them believe they could or should go to college.
Ultimately, this work is pivotal to achieving a saner and healthier balance between
young people's
self - interests and their investment in
others and our collective future; to promoting diligence as a key virtue; and to advancing the college prospects of economically disadvantaged students.
Children and
young people should: keep themselves fit through regular physical activity; have a positive
self - image; talk about the benefits to their health through participation in physical outdoor activities; adopt a healthy lifestyle, including healthy eating appropriate to the demands of their activities; understand the risks to fitness and health posed by smoking, alcohol and drugs, and set an example in their own lifestyle; walk or cycle where this is a realistic and safe option, or take
other regular exercise; want to continue their interest in outdoor activities beyond school and into adult life; independently participate in follow up courses where these are available; understand how much exercise is required to remain healthy; and are aware of the links between physical and emotional well - being.
Record number of
young people being admitted to hospital for
self harm, eating disorders, depression and
other psychological problems
«The day was so special for everyone involved, and a really important reminder of the power of sport to help
young people develop their social skills, confidence and
self - esteem, discipline and many
other valuable life skills.
On the
other hand, by allowing our
young to negotiate endlessly with us and stand up for what they want, we are also teaching them a form of
self - assuredness.