JORGE RODRIGUES SIMAO

Taking care of ourselves doesn’t give us the right to be mean.

Just because we’re telling the truth, we don’t need to tear people apart.

Sometimes when we start to own our power after years-maybe a lifetime of being timid and weak, we become overly aggressive trying to get our point across.

We can be honest with other people without being mean.

Be clear on what you want.

If you’re starting a business, taking a new job, learning a new skill, or beginning a relationship, state clearly to yourself what you’re looking for.

What level of performance are you hoping to reach? Stay realistic, but not pessimistic.

What do you want?

There are lots of hermit crabs in the tide pools near my summer house.

They’re interesting little creatures.

A hermit crab will find a shell that fits him, put it on, and live in it.

After a while, he grows and the shell no longer fits, so the crab scurries along the sea floor and finds another shell to live in.

He crawls out of his first shell and into the shell that fits his new needs.

This scene repeats itself again and again throughout his life.

Learn a lesson from the hermit crabs.

Alan Wake - The Signal Episode 2: Stop Trapping Yourself!

It’s easy to paint ourselves into a corner with what we’ve grown accustomed to expecting from ourselves.

Sometimes we can work so hard to build that career, get that relationship, or become a certain way that we start living up to an image of ourselves that has become outdated.

Stop trapping yourself.

Those goals might have been what we wanted then, but they don’t work anymore. And just because we achieved them doesn’t mean we can’t go on and do something else.

What do you expect from yourself?