Category: Success

To Win You Have Got To Do Something Beyond What You Have Already Known

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Personal Development, Personal Growth, Success
Two Women Planking At The Seashore
Photo by Nathan Cowley

Life is game. According to Claude M. Bristol, “To win you’ve got to stay in the game.” If you want to change things in your life, you must stay in the game. You must develop the attitude of achievement. It is important. Because if you don’t have a positive attitude, if you don’t believe you can win, you will quit the game.

You can do anything you want to do. But it is not going to come to you without a fight. If you want to succeed, you must fight for it. You must do what you haven’t done before. You can’t get a different result if you keep doing the same thing. Don’t let fear stop you from doing something new. Don’t let mistakes stop you from doing something new. In the words of Sophia Loren, “mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.” Face your mistakes. If you pay attention to them, you will learn from them.

When it comes to your life, don’t let anything stop you from staying in the game. Remember, you can win if you just do a little more than what you have been doing before. You have the power to keep going. You have the power to keep doing more. All you need to do is to believe in yourself.

It doesn’t matter how many times you have messed things up. Don’t focus on your past mistakes. Focus on where you are right now. You can’t change your past mistakes. But you can change where you are right now. To do that, you must do things differently. You must think differently. You must act differently. You must hang out with different people. You don’t need everybody. You need somebody.

Unless you try something new, unless you check what you do every day, unless you commit yourself to changing your life, you will never grow. Mike Murdock said, “The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.” If what you are doing right now is not getting you closer to your dream, change it. If you can’t change it, try to embrace it.

You can stay in the game if you work really hard to make your dream happen. Nothing happens without hard work. Nothing happens without commitment. You can make things happen. Don’t wait for things to happen to you. If you want to succeed, you must make things happen for you. Don’t wait for people to help you. It is your responsibility to create the life you want for yourself. But you can’t do that without hard work. Gordon B. Hinckley said, “Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.” Without hard work, you will never succeed. If you want to succeed in your life, you must work really hard to make your dreams come true. You can win! You can do it!

You Cannot Do Everything,But You Can Do Something To Change Yourself

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Change Management, Health & Well-Being, Personal Development, Personal Growth, Success
Side view of smiling young Asian woman stretching body with adorable daughter while standing against each other on floor carpet near cozy couch in modern living room in morning
Photo by Ketut Subiyanto

We are human beings. We can’t do everything, but we can do something to change our lives. If want change, do what you can do to change yourself.

It is not going to be easy. Change is not always easy. It is scary. But if you know why you are doing it, you will enjoy the process. When it comes to change, my friends, don’t focus on what you are going through, focus on what you are becoming. Do not miss the opportunity to change your life. Everything has a price to pay to get it. For example, if you want milk from your local store, do you just go there and pick it up? No. You can’t leave without paying for it. Nothing is free. You must pay the price to get what you want.

And you can’t get what you want without doing the right thing. You must do the right thing to get the right thing. If you do the right thing, you will get the right thing. If you do the wrong thing, you will get the wrong thing. According to Virgil, “We cannot all do everything.” That is true. But we can do something to change our lives. We don’t need to do everything to change our lives. We just need to do something that we haven’t done before. Because as the saying goes, “If you want to change your life, you must do things differently.” Because you will never get a different result if you don’t change what you are doing. Don’t be scared. If what you are doing is not working for you, don’t waste your time, change it. If you don’t change it, it will change you forever.

Don’t worry yourself about changing everything. You can’t. But you can change something. You can’t focus on everything, but you can focus on something. Something is what you need to focus on, not everything. You can’t do everything. You can do something. Instead of trying to do everything, why not focus on doing one thing very well?