The best side of us lies within. By maximizing it, doors of success will stay open…
Sometimes we wonder, what makes us different than other people who are more successful? Aren’t we all created as equal in perfection from the Almighty? But why there are people who are successful and unsuccessful? It all leads to jealousy, and in the end, it results in many excuses as an answer of why we are less successful than other people.
Fortunately, we can a lot from the medias. Therefore, there are many positive advices that we can use as a grip. “Success is my right”, “Failure is a delayed success”, and there are other positive messages that encourage us. Unfortunately, all those words only end up in our mind. When failures happen, we blame on our condition.
Therefore, the mind set must be changed. One of them is by trying to find out the best side of us to be maximized. We need to find a successful formula to make “the best of me” side comes true. How can we do it? Here are some things mentioned by Phil McGraw, the author of Life Strategies, which is also known as the best mental health professional in the world.
• Have a vision
Winners know exactly what they want to achieve. Therefore, they are motivated to make things happen. Even before they have it, people with winning attitude know exactly what they feel when they win, what they achieve when they win, and make it as a part of their mind and feelings. Therefore, to make “the best of me”, we have to know what kind of success that we want. Because if we don’t know, then we will remain the same.
• Make a strategy
It seems that there are some people who can get whatever they want easily. They even can do it over and over again. The truth is, those people are thinkers who know exactly what kind of strategy used to achieve victory. Therefore, try to write down the strategy we need to achieve success. By doing it, we don’t have to do unnecessary things, so our time won’t b wasted.
• Find passion
People who work with passion and spirit must be different than those who do something based on obligation or routines. Therefore, find our passion so that we are always encouraged to maximize it.
• Live honestly
People who live honest know exactly the condition they deal with. No exaggerated story, no fantasies that will trap them in a dream that will never come true. Therefore, be honest with yourself, including in setting your target. By doing so, life will feel more comfortable.
• Be flexible
Life is a journey from one purpose to another. Therefore, challenge and obstacle always exist. So, when our plan does not go well, don’t lose hope. Try to be more flexible to find another way and be adaptive when dealing with a change that doesn’t go with our hope.
• Take risk
Comfort zone can be a trap for us. It makes us unaware of the changes happened. Therefore, don’t be afraid with test and trial. Isn’t a good sailor is the one who is already tested in the middle of the storm? Create chances and new opportunities by having the courage to take risk.
• Hang out with the right environment
Being in a place where we can get support will give us more strength to achieve our goals. Also, our relationship with successful people will encourage us to achieve the same thing. Therefore, try to find communities with positive attitudes that can make us work more efficiently.
• Act now
Theories won’t mean a thing without action. Therefore, when we have found the best side of me – in talent or habit – make it as one of the tools to make your dream come true. Abraham Lincoln, legendary president of America once said, “I am walking slowly, but I’m not walking backward.” This means that whatever we do, no matter how small, is more meaningful than doing nothing.
• Set priority
Life has many choices. And whatever we choose, there is always consequence. Therefore, our intelligence and thoroughness determine the priorities of the purpose we want to achieve; it can also be a determination of the success we want to achieve. Try to set our priorities so that the main ones can be completed first, and then move on to the next ones. Therefore, our achievements can be measured with determined time standard.
• Take care of ourselves
We’re the one who are aware of our conditions. Therefore, take good care of ourselves because that’s where our Creator entrusts “His holy values”; which is the best side of me. Therefore, protect our most precious asset, ourselves, by giving it mental feedback; maintain emotion, health, even providing spiritual values.
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