Tag: Difficult times

Do Not Limit Yourself. You Can Do More Than You Think

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development

You are limitless. If you want more, you can do more. If you can do more, you can get more.

It depends on what you want to accomplish for yourself. Success depends on what you want. ‘The goal you decide to tackle does not necessarily have to be world changing. It can be as big or small, as easy or complicated, as you like. The key is that it must be meaningful to you.‘

You are more likely to do well in your life when you do what you love, not what you hate. Because ‘deep down inside, we know that we are limitless. But our brains and the world around us confine us so we remain smaller than we should be.’

You don’t have to accept that. You can change your direction. What you want in your life is different from what the world wants you to have. Don’t believe it. They are lies. If you want to be different, you must do what others don’t want to do.

Success comes from doing what you love. Failure comes from blaming other people for your life. Do not do that. When you blame other people for your past, what is happening in your life, what will happen in the future, you are limiting your power, the power to be you, the real you.

Remember that ‘every experience you’ve had up until this point in your life, including those that have been the most difficult, is an asset when you choose to learn from it.’

That is life. What life gives to you, take it. Do something good with it. Do not blame people for your life. Take responsibility for your life. Taking responsibility for your life is a strength, not a weakness. According to Hal Elrod, ‘It is your responsibility to make the changes necessary to go to next level.’

Your next level. It is right in front of you. If you want to catch it right now, you have got to expand your comfort zone. ‘As you expand your comfort zone, you also expand what’s possible for you.’

And to get out of your comfort zone, you must focus on what you are doing, not where you are going. When you focus on what you are doing, you will know what not to do. You will know what to avoid. It will allow you to really focus on what you are doing, not on what you are going to get.

Remember, according to Hal Elrod, ‘every result is preceded by a process and the key to consistent goal achievement is to stay committed to your process without being emotionally attached to your results.’

Will you do that for YOU? Will you stay committed to your goal?

Source:

Hal Elrod (2019). The Miracle Equation: The Two Decisions That Move Your Biggest Goals from Possible, to Possible, to Inevitable

The Power Of Suffering

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development
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According to Anthony Robbins, ‘Is there an area of your life in which you feel unnecessary pain?

Are you perhaps reacting rather than deliberately choosing?

How could you change your focus and turn a seemingly painful event into a pleasurable opportunity to learn, to grow, or help others?

What are some of your pain-avoiding and pleasure-inducing patterns?

What are some of the more positive ways in which you could move away from pain and toward pleasure?’

Whether you want to face the above questions or not, you cannot live your life without pain. It is part of who we are. No one can achieve greatness without first going through pain.

If you want to change your life, you must be comfortable with discomfort. If you want to grow, you must ‘get comfortable with uncertainty’. Without it, you are playing! You are not going anywhere.

If you do not want to get comfortable with stress, then you are not going to be able to reach your greater heights.

If you want to be successful, you must face your pain. Pain is the way to your next level. It is pain before success. It is pain before growth. It is pain before self-discovery.

In her book Why You Should Empower Yourself: How to Make Lemonade when Life Gives You Lemons, Xenia Tchoumi writes, ‘Pain is a powerful transformative force for growth. You can’t become a better person or achieve your goals without going through a certain amount of discomfort and difficulty. No one has ever made it in life without encouraging some hurdles and failures.’ The author is right.

If you want to improve your life, you must embrace uncertainty. Do not ignore it. Do not run away from difficult things. The more you do, the better for you.

When you are faced with something that you have not done before, give it a shot. When you accept the pain as part of your own growth package, you will be able to cope with it. Don’t throw away an opportunity to grow.

If you want to grow your life, to expand your world, you must embrace discomfort. The question is, ‘Do you really know how to suffer?’

As always, you are more, not less!