How To Design Your Own Future

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Keep your goal at the very forefront of your mind and be diligent about directing all your thoughts, focus, conversations, and actions in service of its success.”– Jen Sincero

Do not just talk about your future. If you want it to be different from what you have now, you must change what you are doing. Why is that? Because you have the power to shape your future. Yes, the future is unpredictable. But if you take what you are doing right now seriously, if you are doing what you are supposed to be doing, if you are meeting the right people, if you are challenging yourself, if you are questioning the status quo, then you can shape the direction of your future.

“The future cannot be predicted, but futures can be invented.”- Dennis Gabor

Yes, it is very difficult to predict the future. But if you know what you want for yourself, you will know what to do. You will know what not to do, what to avoid. Look, your future is in your own hands. If you want a better future, you must work for it. You must invent it. You must create it. Do it for you. Do not let people distract you from achieving your dreams. If you have a friend, or if you know people who are not for your dreams, let then go. Don’t let them hang around you. Do not let them drive your life. If you do, you will regret it. You will.

To live your life, you must own it. You must be your own driver. You must have the courage to think your own thoughts. You must be free to think for yourself, to think about your future. to think about what you are going to do to achieve your dreams, to love yourself, no matter what. According to John Galsworthy, “If you don’t think about the future, you cannot have one.” It is true. To have something, it must first accupy your mind. If you want something, think about it every day. If you don’t want something in your life, don’t think about it. Let it go. Do not worry about it. Do not let it dominate your mind.

“Your task is not to forsee the future, but to enable it.”- Antoine de Saint Exupery

And you can get rid of it if you are not afraid to dream big dreams. When it comes to your future, do not be afraid to dream big dreams. But to make them happen, you must do the work. Whether you like it or not, you must get your hands dirty. You must do the work. You must walk your talk. You must do what you say you are going to do. In the words of Richard Templar, “You are allowed to dream as high, as wide, as big, as extravagant, as impossible, as wacky, as silly, as bizarre, as unrealistically nonsensical as you want.” It is your future we are talking about here. You don’t know what you are going to meet. If you do not take the right risks, how are you going to get there? Do you even think you are going to get there? What do you think?

If you want to achieve your dreams, you must take calculated risks. If you want to be successful, you must meet the risks in your way. If you want to get ahead in your life, you must be comfortable taking the right risks. Do not be scared to dream. Dreams are free. But if you want your dream to come true, you must do the right things. You must follow your path. You must be comfortable with yourself. And you shouldn’t be scared of the unknown. Because the future is unknown. Whatever is unknown, is always scary. And that is why lots of people are stuck in their comfort zones.

Leave your comfort zone. It can’t help you. Believe in yourself. Do not let fear stuck you in your comfort zone. You need yourself to get what you want. You need your soul to get what you want. And you need to accept yourself as you are. Because if you are not yourself, you are not going to be able to achieve your goals.

Your goals are in your hands. If you want to bring them to light, you must start your life with what you have. Do not wait for the right time to take action. Start with what you have, then build on it. And remember that you are not going to be perfect. And accept that every day is not going to be the same for you. Whatever you have, take it, work with it. Do not wait for the right time to do your work. Do not wait for the right time to plan for your future. If you want your future to be better than what you have right now, you must start with who you are. When you do, you will have fun.

How To Choose Life Over Fear

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“To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”- Bertrand Russell

To conquer fear, you must first conquer yourself.

“The privilege of a life time is being who you are.”- Joseph Campbell

Life is not easy. Do not let fear stop you from doing what you are here to do. Because the purpose of your life is to grow, is to increase, is to challenge yourself. Do not give in to fear. No matter what is going on in your life, do not let fear defeat you. As Edward Burke once said, “… The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.” Do not let that happen to you. Yes, life is not easy, but you can make it better for yourself. To make your life better, you can try these strategies:

How to choose life over fear

Do what you are afraid to do

“Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.”- Eddie Rickenbacker

Stop living your life in fear. You are not here to live in fear; you are here to live in love, to enjoy your life, to face your own demons. Whatever you want to do, go for it. It is okay to fear, but do not let it stop you. Do not give in to it. If you want to do well in your life, you must be brave. As the old saying goes, “Fortune belongs to the brave.” So if you want to be successful in your life, you must be brave. You must have the courage to do what you are afraid to do.

Nothing is impossible

Before you get frustrated with yourself, it is important to know that you have what it takes to pursue whatever you want to pursue in your life. Do not let fear stop you from going after your dreams. You can do some things really well, but not everything. If you are to move forward, you must look for what you are really good at and do it really well. Dr Robert Schuller said, “Today’s accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities.” You can achieve your dreams if you have the courage to follow your path.

Always be grateful for what you have

Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.”- Dr Robert Schuller

Focus on what you have, not what you do not have. Gratitude is the way to bring more things into your life. When you are happy for what you have, you will have more things to celebrate. Life is not perfect, but do not let that stop you from living your life. According to Robert Herjavec, “None of us can achieve perfection in everything we do, but all of us can be as good as our abilities enable us to be.” That is true. You can be good at something, but not at everything. So if you want to succeed, follow what you are good at.

Be Yourself

You can achieve anything you want if you are your true self. When you know who you are, you will know what to avoid. Don’t change because people want you to change. Before you change, you must know why you are changing. If you do not know why you are doing something, then it is not the right thing for you. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” No matter what you are facing in your life, do not give up on yourself. Be yourself. When you are yourself, your true self, you can grow yourself.