Grandad's Gems - Grandad AO's Blog

WHY YOU NEED TO LEVEL UP! - THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF DEVELOPMENT I want to be clear that this blog isn't intended to make you feel anxious or negatively impact you in any way. My only wish is that it motivates you to want to level up! Now. Remember that dream.  That nightmare where you couldn’t keep up with your parents (or someone close to you) while they were walking and they just left you where you were.  Left you behind. Abandoned.  That’s exactly what’s going to happen if we don’t level up. The friends and family around us are all chasing their dreams trying to achieve greatness. This means they are constantly improving themselves, fixing their flaws, strengthening their weaknesses, dropping toxic traits. This is levelling up. We have to do the same. We have to learn about ourselves, we need to know our weaknesses & strong points so our weaknesses don't hold us back. That our toxic traits don't break us and the people around us down! Why not be the one to help your...

KNOW YOURSELF What’s good everyone? Want to know what I think is good? Knowing yourself is. I feel like in today's day and age people are beginning to realise the importance of emotional intelligence and I believe knowing yourself is connected to that when it comes to you as an individual.  It's of extreme importance to know yourself because even though there are people who are there for you, it's only you who goes through everything you go through. Every single, up, down, win, loss and challenge you encounter. If you don't know yourself you will find it hard to take care of and better yourself, therefore, I would advise everyone to study themselves. It is a necessity. Learning about myself has helped me overcome bad habits and mental struggles. I know that I love Oreos. This may seem minuscule compared to your struggles but there have been many times I’ve had a bad day then said let me buy some Oreos to cheer me up. This may sound silly to some pe...