Wherever you go, treat everyone with kindness.

Something that takes you five seconds to do could change the way a stranger sees and interacts with other people. Think of it as a ripple effect. You show kindness to one person, and they pass it on. And before you know it, the entire world is a better place because of one positive interaction you had with a stranger.

My friend, you can have a much more significant impact on the world than you think. What you do every single day could potentially change the world. …

The only person’s opinion that matters is your own.

There’s a popular quote from Dave Ramsey that goes, “We buy things we don’t need with money we don’t have to impress people we don’t like.”

It’s true. We all want to be liked. We want to be respected and admired by everyone in our community. But more often than not, our desire to be liked tends to backfire.

Here’s the thing: when you try to please everyone, you end up pleasing nobody. As a result, your personality becomes incredibly dull, as you don’t want to say or do anything that causes conflict. …

Now is the perfect time to understand our way of thinking

A lot of people don’t like being alone. They have a desire to go to large parties, meet hundreds of people, and have long conversations until the early hours of the morning.

That’s not me. I prefer being alone with my thoughts, reflecting on the past, and thinking about everything that the future has to offer.

Why? I don’t know. But it’s a natural part of who I am. I can’t help it. So instead of wishing for my personality to be extroverted, I read, write, and do many other things that you’d expect a typical introvert to do.

You may wonder if an introvert is lonely, has many friends, or anything else that comes to mind. I don’t blame you for thinking that; I’m genuinely empathetic to your curiosity. But the reality is that we often enjoy our time alone, thinking, and pondering the most profound questions of life. …

Showing empathy for other people is a genuine superpower.

I want to tell you something that I’ve been hesitant to talk about for a long time: I’m not proud of the person I used to be.

Growing up, I thought that everyone had to agree with me. So if someone disagreed with what I had to say, I genuinely believed it was my moral duty to inform them of the correct opinion. Specifically, my opinion.

But after a while, I realized that strategy wasn’t getting me anywhere. Nobody wanted to have a conversation with me. In fact, everyone tried their best to avoid it as I’d always correct them whenever they made a tiny mistake. …

To become a better writer, don’t worry about being original

This statement will divide a lot of writers: you don’t need to be original to become successful. Admittedly, that took me a long time to accept. Because for many years, I was genuinely scared of not being original.

The reason? Deep down, I was terrified of being labeled a copycat. I didn’t want to write what had already been said 1,000 times. So if someone had written about a topic before, I’d tell myself there was no point in doing it.

But then I realized something: someone else has probably used the same combination of words to write the same sentence or come up with the same idea. In fact, I can safely bet that someone has already written a combination of words that form this sentence. This one, as well. But that’s OK. …

It all boils to down to believing that it’s possible.

I know what it’s like to be a terrible student.

For the majority of my time during high school, I’d often daydream and think about a better life. My teachers made learning so boring that I would’ve done practically anything to escape the British education system. I’m not exaggerating when I say that I absolutely hated it.

A passionate hatred of high school made me think that learning was dull and completely pointless. But it didn’t take long for me to admit that I was wrong.

Once I started teaching myself a variety of new topics and skills in a style that worked for me, learning psychology, languages, and many other things quickly became extremely enjoyable. …