Said With Courage

Tag: Personal Development

  • If you like your results, don’t change

    Personal growth means having the humility to accept you’re not where you want to be. It means having the vulnerability to let your heart whisper it’s secret yearning. Can you hear what it wants to say to you? To the world? It might yearn for love, or respect, or to heal others. They all whisper.…

  • Don’t Trust Your First Take

    The first thought I ever have about anything is almost always wrong. Look inward and see if you’re the same. When I’m right about things, it’s not becuase I’m thinking. I might be feeling, I might speak based on my feeling, when I’m right I rarely have to think. But instant thoughts themselves have never…

  • Here’s why he’s defensive

    To level up, current-you must die. If the sentence above was easy to read, you didn’t get it. To illustrate, let me show you why I get defensive. When I’m defensive I believe the story I’m telling. ‘I’ve always …’ ‘It’s not like I meant to…’ ‘I just feel like you…’ Without true processing, stories…

  • Social Media Made Me A Better Person?!

    Social Media Made Me A Better Person?!

    Socials have a bad rep for a good reason. They ruin lives. But! It doesn’t have to stay that way. It took over 60 years before cars had seatbelts! Imagine the lives lost while legislation caught up. So too is our use of social media growing up. Sadly, social policy always takes a few decades…

  • Said Bouziane’s 2023 End Of Year Review

    Said Bouziane’s 2023 End Of Year Review

    I closed my eyes to shut out the countdown. Images of humiliation flashed by. You’ve completely forgotten the rest, you’ll have to walk off the stage in shame. Everyone will know you as the one person who only got half way through. I’d spent probably over 60 hours for this chance. And there I was,…

  • Said Bouziane’s 2022 End of Year Review

    Said Bouziane’s 2022 End of Year Review

    Intention For Sharing These yearly reviews have become something of a tradition around these parts. A tradition I look forward to, each new year a chance to reflect and observe, to count, and be held to account. It’s a chance for you to measure my optimism against reality and ask how well things went according…

  • Stop Procrastinating And Get Productive By Mastering The Mundane

    Stop Procrastinating And Get Productive By Mastering The Mundane

    After a life of wrestling with time, I finally found easy productivity. My life these past few weeks has run so smoothly, I can hardly recognise it. It’s a shock to look back at. The house is clean every morning and night. Budget accounted for. Tasks aren’t building up unbearably. I sleep well and regularly.…

  • I Have A Big Dream But Don’t Let That Get You Down

    I Have A Big Dream But Don’t Let That Get You Down

    I want to help 1,000,000 people learn suicide support. Kinda scary, kinda stupid. I want to spread life saving skills to heaps of people. Imagine the impact! Imagine a million people who can make their family, friends, colleagues and clients feel truly heard and seen. It’s big, hairy and audacious… But so am I! I…

  • Grow Your Why To Gain Resilience & Overcome Quitting

    Grow Your Why To Gain Resilience & Overcome Quitting

    Firstly, it’s ok to quit. I would know, I’ve quit on all my dreams, even this one. I was burnt out by many things. My relationship, mental health and addictions were all a mess. I had good intentions to show up and provide support for people, but soon saw I wasn’t showing up well enough…

  • 3 Lessons For Younger Me To Keep Writing & Keep Trying

    3 Lessons For Younger Me To Keep Writing & Keep Trying

    1 >> Starting again is the proof, both now and later. Drifting off course or quitting might feel disheartening, but that pain will lead you to know yourself. Knowledge compounds. The more times you start again, the more you learn. The more you write, the better you get. The better you get, the more rewarding…