Tag: Intentional Focus

Why You Are Not Growing And What You Can Do About It

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth

Life is not going to give you what is not for you. Life will give you what is yours.

So if you want to see more blessings in your life, then go out there and do some more work. Go out there and get things done.

If you want to be happy, then work really hard to occupy your mind with positive thoughts. Do not focus on negative things. Do not surround your life with people who are not living.

Do not let what you know stop you from knowing more, from learning from other people. Trust yourself. Trust what you are doing, what you know. But do not stop there.

Because to learn more is to keep moving. To stay fit is to keep going. You do not have to wait for the right time to start living your life. You do not have to wait for other people to give you permission to live your life.

Let go of negative people, people who are not for you, people who want you to fail, people who want you to be like them, people who are just going through life, who are not getting better. Let them go.

You do not need them in your life. You need people who are better than you are. You need people who are going to lift you up, even when you are tired, even when you do not want to do anything.

You need lifters, not downers. You will not succeed in your life if you do not surround yourself with people who are getting better every day.

You will get better only if you are willing to take a different direction. Remember, if you do not change, nothing is going to change.

So if you want to take your own leap of faith, then it is time to say ‘no’ to what is not working. It is time to say ‘yes’ to courage.

The question is, ‘Do you have the courage to do it?’

How To Keep Growing

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth

Growth never stops. It is a journey. If you want to keep growing, you must keep doing.

You must keep becoming. You must keep challenging yourself. Because we get better when we do more, when we focus on what is really important to us.

Do things that you have not done before. That is where learning is.

Do not settle for less. Doing less is not a strategy. It is going to keep you where you are.

To grow yourself, to expand your life, according to Marthy Neumeier, ‘ … always aim slightly beyond your current abilities. … Focus on the metaskills that will drive your professional success.’

And you can do that. All you need is focus. When you focus on what you are doing, you can do more than you are doing right now.

Just get out of your safe zone. Take on things that are not within your safe zone. If you really want to get to your next level, according to Marthy Neumeier, ‘take on projects and responsibilities that lie outside your comfort zone.’