I'm Not Done Growing Yet: 51 Musings to Arouse Your Curiosity, Stir Your Soul, Remind You What is Possible, and Nourish Your Mind!

By Matthew Kelly

It's never too late to grow.

The secret to living a meaningful life is to strip away everything that is meaningless. Strip away anything that is trivial or unnecessary and everything left will be meaningful.

You're not done growing yet either!

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Sep 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9781635822717

Matthew Kelly

Matthew Kelly es un autor superventas, conferenciante, líder intelectual, empresario, consultor, líder espiritual e innovador. Ha dedicado su vida a ayudar a personas y organizaciones a convertirse en la mejor versión de sí mismas. Nacido en Sídney (Australia), empezó a dar conferencias y a escribir al final de su adolescencia, mientras estudiaba negocios. Desde entonces, cinco millones de personas han asistido a sus seminarios y presentaciones en más de cincuenta países. En la actualidad, Kelly es un conferenciante, autor y consultor empresarial aclamado internacionalmente. Sus libros se han publicado en más de treinta idiomas, han aparecido en las listas de los más vendidos de The New York Times, Wall Street Journal y USA Today, y han vendido más de cincuenta millones de ejemplares. A los veintipocos años desarrolló el concepto de «la mejor versión de uno mismo» y lleva más de veinticinco compartiéndolo en todos los ámbitos de la vida. Lo citan presidentes y celebridades, deportistas y sus entrenadores, líderes empresariales e innovadores, aunque quizá nunca se cita con más fuerza que cuando una madre o un padre pregunta a un hijo: «¿Te ayudará eso a convertirte en la mejor versión de ti mismo?». Los intereses personales de Kelly incluyen el golf, la música, el arte, la literatura, las inversiones, la espiritualidad y pasar tiempo con su mujer y sus hijos. Para más información, visita MatthewKelly.com

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1.

do you want

to live a

meaningful life?

You cannot live a meaningful life by filling your life with meaningless things and activities.

The secret to living a meaningful life is to strip away everything that is meaningless. Strip away anything that is trivial or unnecessary and everything left will be meaningful.

If living a meaningful life depends on filling our lives with meaningful activity, ask yourself: Who are the people, things, and activities that help you weed out the meaningless from the meaningful?

Who helps you prioritize what matters most and gives you the courage to say no to what matters least?

We say we want to live more meaningful lives, but we keep saying yes to meaningless things. Start saying no to meaningless things and a more meaningful and fulfilling life will emerge. It has no choice.

There is no secret to living a meaningful life. Fill your life with meaningful relationships, experiences, work, and things… and your life will become more meaningful. It has no choice.

2.

busy is

not

your friend

Busy is not your friend. It makes you feel overwhelmed, tired, and inadequate. If busy were a person, would you spend all day with that person today, and then all day with that person again tomorrow? I don’t think so.

Busy is not your friend. They say judge a tree by its fruits. Well, the fruits of busy are overwhelmed, weary, tired, burned out, worn-out, resentful, discouraged, anxious, and stressed. Which of these fruits do you want in your life?

When asked: What one word would you use to describe how you feel on a daily basis? millions of people say overwhelmed.

How often do you feel overwhelmed?

Do you feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done?

Are you overwhelmed with things that really matter or things that won’t mean anything to anyone in a couple of weeks?

When we are overwhelmed with things we know don’t really matter, we become resentful. So, it’s not just that we are busy, but that we are busy with the wrong things.

We all know the feeling of exhaustion at the end of a day when you have worked hard on the right things. There is satisfaction in that tiredness.

But we also know the exhaustion that comes from doing lots of nothing important. This exhaustion is heavy and draining.

Busy leads to overwhelmed, overwhelmed leads to weary, weary leads to discouraged, and discouragement leads us to feel inadequate and resentful. Anyone or anything that makes you feel that way is too small for