We are all part of a global community, and in that spirit we take each Friday to spread the love to others who’ve inspired us. In our Great Discoveries series, we feature the most interesting articles, a must-watch video and the most inspirational quote we discovered this week. Please spread the love and enjoy your day!
 How (and Why) to Develop Your Mental ToughnessDeveloping your mental toughness can help you be more emotionally resilient, push you to go further and harder, and build armor to persevere against the bullets that life fires your way. [Read on LifeHacker] |  Gender equality was a real thing—over 10,000 years agoSo it is possible! [via HelloGiggles] |
| Didga is a celebrity cat known for doing amazing stunts and tricks. Didga chose her human while at a local animal shelter, where she was in a cage just waiting for the right human to come along… “She was doing all she could do to get my attention,” Robert Dollwet told Huffington Post. “Well, I had to go give this cat a closer look and I was sold. Animals really do pick you if you just let them.” (skip to 55 seconds in) | |
 Speak UpAn essay on the benefits of being outspoken. [Read in Thought Catalog] |  How I Broke Through My Own MediocrityPeople overestimate themselves. Don’t let overestimation get in the way of becoming fabulously rich, or at least successful enough that you can have your freedom, feed your family, and enjoy other things in life. [Read via LifeHacker] |
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Thank you for having this series, Urbanette! Much appreciated! I just realized raising my 2-year old daughter alone made me tough mentally (and emotionally). Wow! Just can’t imagine how I survived. Now I know, these are “skills” that I want my daughter to develop!
Amazing collection! Didga is fantastic. I wish I could train my cat to be like her.
I wonder, if a person is confident, does it mean he/she can speak up her mind?!
The truth is, I’m amazed with the video as well as the 3 articles you shared — articles on mental toughness, gender equality and speaking up. But I’m a bit disappointed or I should say didn’t like the “mediocre” article from lifehacker.com, probably because I can’t understand why he calls himself mediocre, well in fact he has skills, effort and intelligence.
“Everything I have done has been distinguished by its mediocrity, its lack of a grand vision, and any success I’ve had can be just as much put in the luck basket as the effort basket.” — the author. See, how can he call himself mediocre if he’s able to achieve success?!
I don’t believe in luck, success no matter how small it is, comes from hard work and skills.
I’m with you. I have the same comment on that article on “mediocrity.” Anyway, just “speaking up my mind” since I was inspired by another article 🙂
@Jenna Your comment caught my attention and I got interested in reading that article from lifehack. It was the first article I clicked. I would say that I find the author NOT mediocre but rather has some self-esteem issues to work on.
Still, a great Friday compilation from Urbanette!
Didga is sooooo cute and amazing! Now I’m inspired to adopt a cat. Hmmmm…
I know right!!! I’m not a fan of cats but this video changed my mentality about them! Fantastic!
Thanks for sharing the article on mental toughness, I believe this is an essential skill that younger generation needs to develop. It’s important not to forget the past BUT don’t hang to it either. Every failed attempt is a new learning and an experience gained.
“You cannot control everything that comes your way, but you are in absolute control of how you react to it.” – SO important!!
I LOVE that Didga video!! Holy cat, didn’t realize kitties had the ability to do something like that. They’re amazing little beings, really glad you shared that 🙂
Thanks for sharing “Speak Up” article. Great read! Combating our fear and avoiding to restrain ourselves are really the keys to be “successful.”
I like those two links that you shared about combating our own mentality. Sometimes our way of thinking is our worst enemy.
Love these articles! (Definitely stealing that quote also.) The Speak Up and Mental Toughness articles are definitely great reads, I know I can work on both of those. Definitely interested if anyone has any other similar reads!