How To Start Making A Difference In Your Life

Remember that life is more than just you. If you want to make a difference in your life, don’t forget about other people. If you want to make a difference in the world, don’t forget to put yourself first.

When you care for yourself, you care for others. When you care for others, you care for the world.

To make a difference in your life, you must be vulnerable. According to Julie P. Boyer, ‘Vulnerability powers leadership. Vulnerability powers change. Vulnerability also powers love and connection.’

Vulnerability says, ‘I am just like you. You and I are the same. We are one.’

To make a difference in your life, start your journey with what you have. ‘You don’t have to be able to imagine how you’ll find the work you’re meant to do, or how you’ll summon the courage to try. You don’t have to currently know that it’s possible.’

To make a difference in your life, don’t focus on what you are going through in your life. Because it is not going to be there forever. ‘Whether you’re at the bottom of a hole right now, or just starting to fall in, we’re going to get you out.’

When you’re operating from your true self, you don’t get paralyzed by fear, blame, avoidance, or doubt because you’ll be focused on what’s valuable to you, what you appreciate and what you are capable of.’

Everything changes when you shift out of the saboteur’s perspective and look at things through the lens of your true self. You thoughts will change, your perceptions will change, and your experience will change.’

Celebrate your new awareness! Awareness is the first and most powerful step in creating new choices for yourself.’

‘When you get good at dreaming, you empower yourself with the capacity to create.’

‘When you dream about what you want, you’re putting yourself in the position of receiving what you want and enjoying it.’

‘If you make dreaming a habit, you’ll find yourself less stressed out, less overwhelmed, and more empowered. You’ll build comfort in the unknown and become a strong decision maker at work and in your personal life.’

‘When you’re trying to create a change that requires you to grow as a person, normal problem-solving and goal-setting isn’t always enough to take you there.’

‘When you spend years, even decades, inside the same thoughts pattern, unconsciously believing made-up stories about who you are, you start paint that reality as ‘real.’

‘When you truly commit to creating an outcome before you know how you’ll make it happen, you activate an entirely different set of internal resources than you do with mere goal-setting.’

‘When you live from purpose, you do so from your heart. … Only a compelling purpose, one that comes from deep inside you, will keep drawing forward.’

‘Whoever you discover you are, and whatever you’re here on earth to do, you’ll do it in your whole life, not just your work.’

When you connect with your purpose, you’ll hear an internal ‘yes’ as you look at some options, and internal ‘no’ when you look at others. You’ll be seeing your options through the lens of your heart, the place of intuition and wisdom, which is often more dependable than logic alone.’

Finally, if you know what you want, ‘you can start acting on it now.’

Source:

Julie P. Boyer (2019). Just Give Me Meaningful Work: Escape Your Exhausting Job And Start Making A Difference

How To Build Motivation That Last

Success is about self-motivation. If you don’t have the courage to motivate yourself, no one is going to do it for you.

Self-motivation is going after what you want, even when you do not feel like doing it.

If you want to build motivation that last, according to Anthony J. Klarica, ‘Keep focusing on what you can do, putting energy into action to help ignite motivation.’ Do not waste your time on what you can’t do. It won’t help you.

‘Consider competence, autonomy and relatedness: think about what you are good at, how you can contribute and who you can connect with.’

Success is going to come from what you are good at, what you can do really well, not what you are not good at. If you are good at something, even if others don’t like it, you have got to go for it. Because no one succeeds at what they are not good at.

‘Celebrate what you do along the way. Don’t wait for the big achievements.’ When it comes to getting yourself going, nothing is too small to celebrate. No matter how small, always celebrate your wins.

‘Find passion, meaning and purpose in what you are doing.’ Before you do anything, know why you are doing it. Do not waste your time on things that are not getting you closer to where you want to be. If something is not making you happy, if you are not growing, stop it. Life is too short to waste.

And you must ‘Look beyond winning for motivation. An awareness that multiple motivators are in play enables you to recognise achievements and growth on your journey.’

Remember, you are the only one who can motivate you. If you want something, go for it. Now is your time. What are you waiting for?

As always, you are more, not less!

Source:

Anthony J. Klarica (2022). The Performance Mindset: 7 Steps to Success in Sport and Life