Category Archives: Personal Development

Our ideas have the potential to help us create the lives we want

Posted on January 17, 2025 by willieryder

“Many of our ideas have the potential to help us create the lives we want. We just have to act on them.” Thinking logically can reduce mistakes. Too much logic though can keep us from being creative and stop us … Continue reading →

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Being able to accomplish a worthy task or not

Posted on January 10, 2025 by willieryder

Being able to accomplish a worth task or not is usually determined by whether we believe we can or not. “We must remember that little voice in our head that tells us we can or can’t do something is only … Continue reading →

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Today is a new day!

Posted on January 1, 2025 by willieryder

It is the first day of January and the first day of the new year. “The dawning of a new day has the potential to wash away the worries of yesterday and replace them with the hope of a better … Continue reading →

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Do our Struggles early in Life Disqualify or Qualify us

Posted on October 12, 2023 by willieryder

Each and every one of us has been through some stuff and experienced struggles at different times in our lives. Sometimes later in life we may feel those struggles disqualify us from being capable of doing something we previously struggled … Continue reading →

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Remember your Past, Plan for your Future, and Live for Today

Posted on January 31, 2022 by willieryder

We are each a representation of 3 different people. The person we were, the person we are, and the person we have the potential to become. Remember your past Our past is very valuable. It is full of many different … Continue reading →

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The Desire to do Something Significant

Posted on February 4, 2020 by willieryder

The desire to do something can be strong at times and hard to ignore. Especially when it’s pushing or pulling us towards doing something we feel we are meant to do. For several months I have started to feel like … Continue reading →

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Recognizing Change In A Person Can Be Difficult

Posted on December 5, 2018 by willieryder

We all have the potential to change and be different if we are willing to do what it takes. It is not easy though, for us or those around us. Several years ago I either read or heard someone say … Continue reading →

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Fight, Flight, or Freeze

Posted on September 27, 2018 by willieryder

It was the middle of the day, I was sitting in my office, and I didn’t know what to do. The door was closed, the blinds were shut, and I just sat there struggling to move. I felt paralyzed. I … Continue reading →

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What We Pour Out Usually Returns To Us In Kind

Posted on February 10, 2017 by willieryder

Most of us live very busy, fast paced, and at times stressful lives. We often find ourselves in such a rush that we don’t pay attention to who or what is going on around us. This can influence how we … Continue reading →

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Rise Up to Face and Overcome the Challenge

Posted on February 1, 2017 by willieryder

It’s 5:30 AM and the alarm on my phone is going off. As I reach over and turned it off I look out the window and see exactly what I expect. It’s dark! Usually that’s when that little voice in … Continue reading →

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