Portable Is The New Hot

The moment I first discovered TedTalks, I was blown away, especially because I watched some very 'deep' ones a few of which I talked about here on the blog. Since then I tried to stick to a weekly plan of watching TedTalks weekly, well yeah i haven't been able to do that so much, but when I have the time, I try to stay inspired with some of these talks. Today's post is on three talks i recently watched and thought to share. I am confident that it will make you begin to see things very differently. It is not a long post at all as I will just put up the links to these posts and tell you a bit about them, it's now left for you to go and discover the gem yourself. Stay with me! 1) Success, Failure and the drive to keep creating by Elizabeth Gilbert :This talk lasted for only 7 minutes but trust me when I say it was power packed! Key point: You need to find what is 'home' to you and do everything within your will to always go back there. Direc...

So I'm currently reading this book 'How to Get From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be' by Jack Canfield, and it's a real gem I must confess, by the time you're reading it, you will begin to realize how you much you still have left to do in order to live the life of your dreams. You guys already know I'm a nice person, that's why I've decided to share some lessons that I've learned so far. Also I'll be announcing the giveaway winners later in the post, so stick around! 😉 There are certain principles of success that we need to apply in our lives daily that will take us closer to dreams by the minute. Here goes... 1) Take 100% Responsibility For Your Life: I mean, it's yours afterall. There is only one person responsible for the quality of the life you live and that person is you. For you to be successful in life, you have to take full responsibility for everything that you experience: be it your level of achievements, the ki...

If there's anything we humans know how to do very well, it is to give excuses. Excuses have become a huge part of our lives that even things that are of grave importance to our lives and careers, we downplay it and look for a way around it to make sure we delay it or don't do it at all. What we don't realize however is that, excuses have very lasting consequences and we must make a concious effort to desist from giving excuses and just get on with it! I hope your weekend was well spent? I think mine was😊 Today's #mondayinspiration post is one that tells you reasons why you need to stop giving excuses. Stay with me! 1) Excuses Will  Make You an Under-Achiever : Where risk takers are, one who gives excuses incessantly can never be found there. You begin to wonder why one person is wayyy ahead of you when you both started out together? It's because you keep giving excuses instead of acting out those great ideas that God has given you. Quit the Excuses and...

While I was sitted in church yesterday, we had our quarterly sunday school preview and one of the topics had to do with helping and supporting others, with specific reference to Aaron and Hur as they lifted up moses's hand during the battle between the Isrealites and Amalekites. This singular act eventually led to the success on the part of the Israelites. ( Exodus 17 : 12) Now before then, I had already been thinking about writing on the importance of having a great support system in our lives and yesterday was a confirmation for me. So here we are! How was your weekend? Mine was very eventful😊 more details later in the week! Often times, we all like to put up a show of having it all together when we really don't. Truth is, it's okay to feel lost, helpless, confused and all those other emotions we dread but that is what makes you human. So, rather than make people think that you totally "got this" when you don't got nothing, let them know! Especial...

Hello Lovelies! How are you today? Great I hope. Let me first say that I really appreciate everyone who reached out and checked on me last week, thank you so much I'm better now. For those who would have not didn't know, don't worry i know you have good intentions too😉 so it's all good. Having said that, I welcome you to another exciting Girlschat Thursday! This week we'll be looking at movies. Yaaay! If you didn't know, I looove movies especially series and if you haven't checked out my post on the top 10 tv series, then you should defiitely check Here  ! I can assure you that it's a good pick although I'd have to make another list soon. Alright! For today's post, I have put together 3 TV series that I think that all ladies/women should be hooked on. Reason being that, there are some really powerful female characters that we could pick up a few lessons from. My love for these characters is not because they're flawless in terms of mak...

Hey Guys! How was the weekend? Wonderful i hope? Mine was a little bit eventful because I came home finally and I attended an event, which I'll be putting up the recap pretty soon. Without wasting your time, for today's #mondayinspiration post, I have put together ten (10) inspirational quotes that we could actually fuse into our daily lives and remind ourselves with everyday. I have shared most of these quotes on instagram (are you following me? It's @mides_thoughts) but, I decided to put them all together and expantiate more on them. I hope this inspires you and help you get closer to achieving your dreams. 1) THINK BIG I remember when I put this up on instagram, someone commented "and different too" and i was like that's so true! The world has gone beyond the mediocre and complacent lifestyle. You need to have a wide imagination for you to be distinguished from the next person. When you broaden your horizon and develop a creative imagination, you'...

Hey guys! How was the weekend? Monday again huh? I know. We'll get through it. I'll first like to say thank you for your responses on the last post, I pray that we'll all find God sent better half, and if you don't know anything about what I'm saying all you gotta do is click HERE  and join the fun. So some weeks back, I stumbled on a Ted talk, (remember this? If not check this post )  and the guest speaker for this one was Ashley Graham. She's a beautiful Plus sized model and a body activist.  She started off by looking into the mirror that was placed in front of her and she started saying nice things to herself. She said she wouldn't trade her arms or thighs for anything in the world even though some people will refer to it as 'big'. I particularly liked the way she started and this really kept me going. She talked about how she suffered self esteem issues, how she was body shamed and a whole other setbacks. All these is now history b...

Hi guys! How was the weekend? I hope you're not caught up in the 'monday blues' situation? As for me I could really use a little more sleep😩 I'll survive though. Let me use this medium to say Ramadan Kareem to all my Muslim readers, family and friends. I pray that this during this period, all of your prayers and supplications will be granted. So my last post garnered quite a number of interesting and insightful answers, the sad part though is that you guys won't put your comments here😢😢  You guys are wonderful and brilliant people, the rest of the world needs to know that, please start commenting 😉 For today's Monday inspiration I'll be talking  about 6 ways to be more productive, from my point of view of course. So sit tight and relax. Get enough sleep : This comes first because I love to sleep, and anyone who disturbs me when I'm sleeping usually 'gets it' from me, you can ask kuti. Anyway, getting enough sleep really goes ...

Hey guys! Happy Easter :) I hope you're enjoying the little holiday, mine was okay but please just remind me never to use the ATM a day before a public holiday again. Anyway, so I know today is not a work day and you really don't need an inspiration to enjoy yourself,but you know Its #Mondayinspiration and I'm kind of obligated to post. So just sit back,relax and enjoy reading *wink* Here goes... When you hear the word " SLAY ", what comes to your mind? Murder, Killing? Or perhaps in contemporary lingua, 'Killing' by mode of dressing, make up and all sorts of things? What does Slaying mean to you? The Urban dictionary defines Slaying as an act of dominating, kicking ass, and succeeding in doing something. Now this definition, I like. Nowadays Slaying is mostly characterized by awesome dressing, impeccable make up and a beautiful hairdo. This is not a bad thing at all. In fact,I'm 100% up for being very stylish because the way you dress is th...