Own My Growth

Helping folks with practical tips to manage themselves better

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Month: August 2020

Become Who You Want To Be

“I want to be a Doctor” “I want to be an entrepreneur and start a business “ “I want to be a successful musician.” Whatever you want to do is detail. You have to first become the person capable of Read more…


Abundance Is Inside You

Abundance does not mean the ability to buy many things. It means being able to recognize abundance in everything that is around you. It is raining incessantly. Are you able to appreciate nature’s bounty in the rain falling? A Lady Read more…


Give First To Get More

If You desire more knowledge. Share the knowledge and wisdom you already have with others. You will attract more knowledge. If You want to experience more love. Be loving with everyone around you. You will experience more love. If you Read more…


Are You Anxious?

Do you have trouble with becoming anxious whenever you face challenges? Here’s a quick tip I have benefitted from. First, when you are anxious, what happens? Your heart starts to race, the stress hormones of cortisol in your body spike Read more…


Be In The Now

Everything that we do at any moment is often to serve some outcome in the future. Studying NOW to prepare for an exam Driving NOW to reach a destination. Arguing with someone NOW to prove that you are right. Making Read more…


Don’t Resist The Present

You have been working 12 hours days continuously, and it’s stressing you out. You hear rumors about downsizing, and you are stressed that your name may feature if and when a redundancy list comes out.  The market is soft, and Read more…


Free Yourself From Fear

According to psychologists, when a baby is born, it is programmed with two basic fears: Fear of falling and loud noises. However, as the baby grows into an adult, it acquires all kinds of other fears. E.g. Fear of rejection, Read more…


Avoid Mixed Association

Dealing with people, problem-solving, and other cognitive tasks require us to use our conscious mind with concentration. However, when it comes to concepts like Connecting the Dots, Creativity, Empathy, Innovation, etc., it goes beyond our conscious mind into the realm Read more…


Story Of A Dragonfly

At the bottom of a freshwater pond, there was a colony of nymph insects. Now and then, one of the insects would go up the stem of the water lilies to the surface of the pond and disappear. This intrigued Read more…


Accept Yourself

Empathy is when you see the world as someone else sees it. When you have empathy, it means you can understand what a person is feeling in a given moment. More importantly, you understand why others do what they do. Read more…