"The most important key to the permanent enhancement of esteem is the practice of positive inner-talk."

- Dennis Waitley

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The Trial in My Head.
A post I saw this morning made me realise how often I put myself on trial for who I am, what I want, and whether I’m allowed to change.

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https://thebionicbear.uk/2026/06/04/the-trial-in-my-head/

A quotation from Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde (1934-1992) American writer, feminist, civil rights activist
Essay (1983-10), “Eye to Eye: Black Women, Hatred, and Anger,” Essence Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 6

More about this quote: wist.info/lorde-audre/49145/

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The Thorn Bush, The Beacon, and Letting Life Happen https://thebionicbear.uk/2026/06/01/the-thorn-bush-the-beacon-and-letting-life-happen/

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Place

When you get older, you realize it’s a lot less about your place in the world but your place in you. It’s not how everyone views you, but how you view yourself.

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"'Hope' is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all..."

- Emily Dickenson

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Self-respect

To live without self-respect is to lie awake some night, beyond the reach of warm milk, phenobarbital, and the sleeping hand on the coverlet, counting up the sins of commission and omission, the trusts betrayed, the promises subtly broken, the gifts irrevocably wasted through sloth or cowardice or carelessness. However long we postpone it, we eventually lie down alone in that notoriously uncomfortable bed, the one we make ourselves. Whether or not we sleep in it depends, of course, on whether or not we respect ourselves.

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Self-doubt

You know what the best thing about being an entrepreneur is? That you never have to experience self-doubt, the way people with normal day jobs do.

Ha. I was just kidding. Actually, as an entrepreneur, you have self-doubt coming out of your pores like cold sweat. And that’s on a good day.

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If you change

You have two options. You can stay the same and protect the formula that gave you your initial success. They’re going to crucify you for staying the same. If you change, they’re going to crucify you for changing. But staying the same is boring. And change is interesting. So of the two options, I’d rather be crucified for changing.

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