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.
Bottom line: You only have to succeed the very last time. Read The Success Principles.
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. Read The Power of Habit.
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.
