Any time you have a goal there are several steps that need to be done in order to achieve it. Here is my way to reach a goal: · UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT Clearly understanding what you want is the first step. You have to look for your goal in this life, ask yourself what is the purpose of my existence? Practice various hobbies even if you've never done them before. It may lead to finding your passion in life. Even if you do not find your goal at first, just continue to searc...

My name is Pertunia Mojapelo and I am a 22-year-old girl from Johannesburg, South Africa. I recently completed my degree in BIS (Information Science), which is the study of the information process from its analysis collection, retrieval to its end-point of dissemination. My degree was focused on the ICT service sector or industry. The reason why I chose to be in this sector is because I have always wanted to make life easier for people in various contexts - ranging from health to business an...

Have you often, caught your mind aimlessly wandering away in the middle of a conversation? Do you ever feel the need to excuse yourself out of a social gathering for no apparent reason? More often than not, do you find yourself constantly being prodded with the question 'Why do you look so lost?' I can positively say that I've found myself grappling with the above situations for as long as I can remember. My friends often, tell me that I have an uncanny ability to tune out of conversations very...

Travelling is a good decision. During travel you familiarize yourself with cultures and traditions of other countries, meet new friends from another edge of our planet, try national food and learn how other people live. Everybody likes travelling. And on 15th of April the inhabitants of Ulyanovsk, Russia had the opportunity to travel all over the world without leaving their motherland.The festival "Around the world" took place inside of Ulyanovsk State University. It was an event for travelers,...

We are walking through the desert on the opposite sides of it.Everything seems still.The falcons are flying over our heads and are searching for each other - just like you and me.You came closer, you are almost next to me, but still too far for me to see you.Somewhere around me I feel your steps getting closer rapidly.Just so you didn't know that I waited for you all this time, I hid myself behind a sand mountain and curled myself up in the shadow.You stopped walking, just to hear where my foots...

In search of a satisfying definition… We talk about freedom and liberty all the time and tend to embrace these notions. Freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of religion, freedom of information etc. But what do these two terms mean exactly? Finding a satisfying and suitable definition is not as easy as it might seem at first. First of all, let us look at official definitions. Liberty is defined by the oxford dictionary as “The state of being free within society from oppressive restric...

I am a lucky girl to have been born in Rawanduz, a town located in Northern part of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It is surrounded by beautiful mountains and lovely waterfalls. Apart from these, Rawanduz is best known for its deep ravines – the Kharand – which hug our town from both sides. I have beautiful memories about the ravines. They teach me a new lesson every day. People usually visit these landscapes and forget about them the minute they leave. But for me, it is difficult to wipe them...

Yo,It's Riky,I'm a high school senior who's graduating in a few months to come and I'd like to give a piece of advice to people who will be in high school next academic year.If I could says something to my younger self on entering high school, it would be this:Love yourself and stay true to who you are, because you're going to change a lot; your mentality, your entourage, and your perspective of the world, among other things, will change drastically over the years to come. People will sometimes...

One day I met a girl by chance and we talked about a writer and inspirational speaker called Simon Sinek. This writer wrote a book, called "Start with Why?", which answers the question: Why are some companies or some people more successful than others? Or how can I best move towards my goal more?In fact, I did not read the book, but I saw a lecture by Simon Sinek on TED Talk discussing the idea of the book. Sinek addresses: Why is Apple always innovative? Or why are some people doing things beyo...