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12 Empowering Lessons About Failure Facing adversity and rejection: What you can do to thicken your skin. YEC August 17, 2017 Building the confidence  necessary to take failure in stride isn’t easy. And it certainly doesn’t happen overnight. Like all great habits, you have to put in the time and effort to build a daily practice of confidence-building actions. Take these lessons learned from entrepreneurs who have faced numerous failures as your starting point. Related:   6 Ways to Bounce Back Faster 1. Failure isn’t forever. There’s no way to talk yourself out of a fear of failure: You just have to  keep embracing challenging projects  until you have the experience to understand that  failure isn’t forever.  Failure will have consequences, but don’t let your attitude add extra ones. Get back on your feet and try something new. Try something easier if it will get you back in the groove. —Adam Steele,  The Magistrate 2. “This too shall pass.” Rejection or adversity t

12 Empowering Lessons About Failure Facing adversity and rejection: What you can do to thicken your skin. YEC August 17, 2017 Building the confidence necessary to take failure in stride isn’t easy. And it certainly doesn’t happen overnight. Like all great habits, you have to put in the time and effort to build a daily practice of confidence-building actions. Take these lessons learned from entrepreneurs who have faced numerous failures as your starting point. Related: 6 Ways to Bounce Back Faster 1. Failure isn’t forever. There’s no way to talk yourself out of a fear of failure: You just have to keep embracing challenging projects until you have the experience to understand that failure isn’t forever. Failure will have consequences, but don’t let your attitude add extra ones. Get back on your feet and try something new. Try something easier if it will get you back in the groove. —Adam Steele, The Magistrate 2. “This too shall pass.” Rejection or adversity that

10 Mistakes Intelligent People Never Make Twice Everybody makes mistakes—that’s a given—but not everyone learns from them. Some people make the same mistakes over and over again, fail to make any real progress, and can’t figure out why. “Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.” – Bruce Lee When we make mistakes, it can be hard to admit them because doing so feels like an attack on our self-worth. This tendency poses a huge problem because new research proves something that commonsense has told us for a very long time—fully acknowledging and embracing errors is the only way to avoid repeating them. Yet, many of us still struggle with this. Researchers from the Clinical Psychophysiology Lab at Michigan State University found that people fall into one of two camps when it comes to mistakes: those who have a fixed mind-set (“Forget this; I’ll never be good at it”) and those who have a growth mind-set (“What a wake-up call! Let’s see what I did wrong so I w

Becoming a millionaire may seem out of your reach, but it's possible with the right attitude and guidance. The fact of the matter is your income can only grow as quickly as you do, so you need to change your mind set to achieve your goal of becoming a millionaire. Once you have a millionaire mind, you can't lose it, no matter what financial or business mistakes you make along the way. To get yourself there, you're going to need some structure. To help you, I've outlined the top 10 tips you should follow to become a millionaire this year. 1.1 Evaluate your current financial status. You can't grow if you don't know where you currently stand, so it's time for you to put everything on paper. By physically seeing where you stand, you can make the appropriate changes to achieve your financial goals. You need to be clear about the amount you earn versus the amount you spend and create a financial plan that will help guide your next steps. If creating thi

Yes! 102 Places to Find Freelance Writing Jobs. Whether you’re an expert looking to make some extra cash or are a full-time journalist or blogger, there’s never been a better time to find freelance writing work. After all, businesses of all-sizes and in all industries are in need of quality content. However, finding freelance work and connecting with legit clients that pay well can sometimes be a struggle - especially when you’re just starting out. That’s why we’ve put together this handy list of 102 places to find freelance writing job. Freelance writing job boards and marketplaces are popular destinations for freelancers in all industries to find work. While these are excellent places to find work, competition can be tough. 1. All Indie Writers. This job board has been around since 2006. Writers can search for jobs based on date or pay range in a variety of categories. You can subscribe to feed readers like Feedly so that you never miss out on a gig. The site also produces cont