All the time given to you in life is valuable; you just have to know
what to do with it. Let’s make it
count. Shall we? Starting today, spend more time…
1. Thinking for yourself.
The uneducated belief in something false that someone tells you is the
greatest enemy of your own truth. Do not
let anyone tinker with the freedom of your mind.
The best thing you can do for yourself is to think for yourself. With all of society’s influences and agendas
incessantly trying to persuade you every single second, thinking for yourself
is the most courageous act imaginable.
You are a unique human being with independent thoughts and free will;
carry on accordingly.
2. Being a little bit
uncomfortable.
If you’re not a little bit uncomfortable on a daily basis it means
you’re not growing.Every aspect of physical and emotional growth arrives from outside
your comfort zone. So be fearless
sometimes. Have the courage to take the
risks that feel right. Go where there
are no certainties. Stretch yourself and
your routines even if it means feeling a bit uncomfortable.
The road less traveled is sometimes laden with potholes, bumps, and
unexplored territory. But it is on this
road where your strength grows and your dreams gradually reveal
themselves. Read The Road Less Traveled.
3. Taking baby steps in the
right direction.
Throughout this beautiful day you have hundreds of little
opportunities to move your life in the direction you want it to go. When was the last time you woke up and
realized that today could be the best day of your life? Participate in your dreams today.
Do it! Take one small step
forward; there are plenty of ways to do so.
Remember, success is something you experience when you act
accordingly. Success is not something
you HAVE, it’s something you DO.
4. Trying and failing and
trying again.
Stick to it and keep moving forward, even when the path gets
rough. One of the most common causes of
long-term failure is the habit of quitting after a temporary defeat.
Many of your greatest achievements will be realized when you’re
completely exhausted and discouraged but still working. Because when it’s all said and done, it
really doesn’t matter if you try and try and try, and fail and fail and fail,
until you eventually learn what you need to know to succeed. It does matter, however, if you try and fail
once and fail to try ever again.
5. Working through your fears.
How you handle your fears will ultimately determine where you go and
what you do with the majority of your life – to experience life fully or be
incapacitated by the fear of it.
Although fear can feel overwhelming, and defeats more people than any
other one thing in the world, it’s not as powerful as it seems. Fear is only as deep as your mind
allows. You are still in control. The key is to acknowledge your fear and
directly address it. You must step right
up and confront it face to face. This
tactic robs fear of its power.
6. Seeking happiness from
within.
A choice, not circumstances, determines happiness. Your happiness isn’t out there somewhere
waiting for you, it’s already within you.
Each morning when you open your eyes, say to yourself: “I, not external people or events, have the
power to make me happy or unhappy today.
It’s up to me. Yesterday is gone
and tomorrow hasn’t come yet. I have
just today and I’m going to be happy in it.”
7. Practicing small acts of
kindness.
Aesop once said, “No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.”
If you have big plans that can make a real impact in the lives of the
masses, by all means, execute your plans.
But don’t let these big plans interfere with the small deeds you can do
every day for the people around you. If
you wait until you can do something big for everyone, instead of just something
small for someone, you’ll end up doing nothing at all for anyone.
8. Tracking and measuring your
progress.
You are always moving toward something, but YOU have to decide what
that something is. Don’t let someone
else decide for you. From where you
stand now you can go anywhere. There are
paths leading in every imaginable direction.
What matters the most right now is the next step you take.
Decide what you truly want for yourself and those closest to you, and
know that there is a way, right now, to begin the journey of getting
there. When your intentions and actions
have a specific, focused purpose, each step you take will carry you closer to
the realization of that purpose.
9. Letting small annoyances go.
Today, go through your day consciously. Make an effort to notice at least one
insignificant little frustration that you would normally get frustrated
about. Then do yourself a favor and
simply let it go. Experience, in this
little way, the grand freedom of being in control of the way you feel. And realize that you can extend this same
level of control to every situation you encounter in life.
At any given moment, the way you feel is the way you choose to feel,
and the way you react is the way you choose to react.
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