Tag: Direction

How To ‘Shift Your Energy’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in BriSights, Health & Well-Being, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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‘Your purpose is trying to shine through. And if you are a late bloomer, rejoice! It’s never too late to Find Your Purpose and thrive. As Steve Jobs said, ‘If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.’

‘Your purpose needs to be flexible enough to embrace the changing flow of life as it evolves. Understand that the reed that bends is the reed that survives the storm.’

‘To successfully pivot toward your dream, new direction, adventure, or lifeline you not only need to Find Your Purpose, but it is essential to Believe in it.’

‘Everyone sells by creating value for others.’

‘Whatever your dream or goal is, remember that Believing in Possibilities is not magic. You must believe deeply enough in yourself, sustain that belief in yourself and others-enough to weather the inevitable naysayers, storms of doubt, and obstacles that will come your way in the process of making things happen.’

‘Secure a personal board of directors who will tell you the truth.’

‘Everyone can’t have a front-row seat in your life.’

‘When you honor your passion, you create a road map that keeps you ahead of your competitors and in the game.’

‘Don’t advertise what you don’t have– it can undermine your efforts.’

‘How you present yourself has an impact on your potential for success.’

‘Prune your life to what brings value and positivity, so your passion has room to flow.’

Source

Amy S. Hilliard (2021). Pivot for Success: Hone Your Vision, Shift Your Energy, Make Your Move

You Can Create Your Own Lasting Success. Here is How To Do It

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development

What you can do for yourself is limitless. What you can do for the people in your life is more than you can think. And what you can do for the world is more than what you think.

Life will give you what you work for, not what you want. So if you want to create your own lasting success, growth, you must be willing to do the work.

Because you can do a lot if you are willing to do the work, if you are not afraid to fail, if you are willing to challenge yourself.

If you want to create your own lasting success, you must challenge yourself. You must not be comfortable. You must not be complacent. Because complacency is a dream killer. It is a temporary solution. According to Molly Fletcher, ‘Complacency is a feeling of self-satisfaction that keeps you from reaching your potential. Complacency lulls you into false sense of security, an ‘I can do it later’ mindset.’

To be comfortable is not a bad thing. But don’t make it a habit. Because it will make you even more comfortable.

You can create your own lasting success when you commit yourself to what you are doing right now, not what you will do in the future. Why is that? Because what you are doing right now is not going to change anything right now. If you do what you are doing now really well, it has the power to change the direction of your life.

When it comes to success, to growth, commitment is key. When you commit yourself to what you want in your life, you do not really care about what is going on in the world. You are not easily distracted by what other people are doing. You are really into what you are doing. You want to see it through to the end.

You can see things through to the end when you discipline yourself. Life is a failure without discipline.

Discipline is doing something that you do not feel like doing. It is facing your fears. It is saying to yourself, ‘I am going to do this thing, no matter what is going on in my life.’

Success is possible when you discipline yourself, when you are comfortable with being uncomfortable, when you are comfortable with discomfort. According to Molly Fletcher, ‘discomfort creates freedom from regrets, from looking in that rearview mirror and wondering what you could have amounted to.’

You can amount to anything if you are not scared to try things that you have not done before. if you can face yourself, if you can face your fears, you can do anything.

If you can face your fears, you can take charge of your life. If you can do what other people don’t want to do, you can achieve your dreams. If you are willing and ready to do more than others, to invest in yourself, then nothing can stop you from creating your own lasting success.

To start, you must know your purpose. The question is, ‘Do you know your purpose?’

Source:

Molly Fletcher (2024). Dynamic Drive: The Purpose-fueled Formula for Sustainable Success