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In life there’s a host of things for which we
have no choice.
We can’t choose our parents;
we can’t choose how we naturally look; we can’t
choose our family background, neither can we
choose when, where or how we were born.
But, a lot of things that happen in life that are within
our ability to control.
And this is what I call our “Inner world”;
our thinking, feelings, and the actions we take.
So, although we may have no choice over our outer world,
we do have complete choice over our inner world.
Meaning, that our successes and happiness are
determined by us; by our thoughts and actions.
Importantly, when we change our inner world, our outer world also
begins to change.
When most successful people began applying Jack Canfield’s “The
Success Principle” in their daily living,
people close to them tried to discourage and
challenge them to be realistic.
Many of their close friends even ostracized them; the
people with whom they broke bread, even, not
just those who never wished them well.
For success-inspired people though, discouragement is actually
what motivated and drove them to work harder and
prove to the ‘naysayers’ that they were
all wrong.
And as they continued to believe in what they did and take
positive action; as they began changing their
inner world, so did their outer world including
many of the people around them.
Sure
enough, this gendered more confidence,
motivation and drive.
Another
thing:
Some people engender negative thoughts or
beliefs by blaming their luck on others or other
things: teammates; the customers; the venue;
making excuses that it was too difficult, and
start thinking that they’ll never succeed, and
then they’d give up.
Oh no!
If we want to accomplish anything be it
something big or small or living our dream, we
MUST take 100% responsibility for everything in
our lives.
This
means ditching the excuses, giving up blaming
things that are outside of us that we dislike,
and give them up for good!
If something didn’t turn out as planned, we need to ask
ourselves: “How did I create or cause it to
happen?”; “What was I thinking?”; “What
did I do or not do that resulted it such
outcome?”; “What did I say or not say?”;
“What do I need to do the next time to get a
better or the right outcome?”
It’s a choice and we won’t ever attain success if we continue to
do the same things the same way when things
didn’t work out the way we envisaged they would.
NOTE: Nothing in
life automatically prepares us for success being
the outcome we strive for. In fact, the road to
success can be an up-hill climb; one that’s
fraught with challenges, twists and turns, and
events beyond our control.
“If you want to succeed” (said John B. Gough) “in this world you
must make your own opportunities as you go on.
“The man who waits for some seventh wave to toss him on dry land”
he continues, “will find that the seventh wave
is a long time coming.
“You can commit no greater folly (he concluded “than to sit by
the roadside until some one comes along and
invites you to ride with him to wealth or
influence.”
There’s a really interesting thing in life like
I've already stated. When we change, the people
around us also start changing.
Nothing in life automatically prepares us for
success being the outcome we strive for, though.
In fact, the road to success can be an up-hill
climb; one that’s fraught with challenges,
twists and turns, and events beyond our control.
That said, it’s in the doing that we discover
hidden sources of our creativity.
It’s in the doing that we gain momentum; it is
in the doing that we become refined
problem-solvers.
And the more we do, the quicker and better we
become, we’d have more free time, more freedom
and a lot less stress in our lives.
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Smart Life Center
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