Tag: learning

How To Build The Life You Want

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth

In the words of Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, ‘Obstacles present no hindrance, for they open new avenues of intellectual advance.’

When you face a problem, what do you? Do you give up? Do you just say, ‘I am done. I can’t do it?’

Or do you try to figure things out? This is better. It is better to face what is in front of us than to leave it and just walk away.

Yes, you can walk away if it is not what you are really interested in, or what you want to do with your life.

‘You never build the life you want by getting lost in things you don’t want.’- Dan Rockwell

Because staying with what is not working is a waste of time.

If something is not going to make you a better human being, let it go. If you are not enjoying what you are doing, why do it?

Do not waste your time. Whatever it is that is NOT making you happy, that is stressing you, that is not adding anything to your life, if possible, let it go.

‘You can get what you want if you are willing to let go of what you do not want.’

Let it go. Because you need more time to do other important things, to live a better life, and to do a better work.

Because you can’t win by playing not to lose. You can’t win by not taking more risks. You can’t get what you want by keeping what you have. Because life is about investment.

To get more, you must invest more. You must do more. Learn more. And love more. The question is, will you do it? Do you have the courage to face what is right in front of you?

Failure Is Not The End

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth

Success and failure are friends. You cannot separate them. If you want success, then you must embrace failure.

Why is that? Because success comes after failure. Growth happens after mistakes.

That is why you should not be afraid to fail. Yes, it is not comfortable. It is embarrassing. It makes you look stupid.

It is okay. If you want to succeed in your life, you cannot stop it from happening. You cannot stop failure from visiting you.

When it happens, to move forward, embrace what happened. Do not try to keep it from other people, especially those who can help you.

If they can help you learn from your failure, then bring them in. Do not be too big to learn from other people.

Just because you are not where you are supposed to be, that doesn’t mean you are a failure. No, you are not. You are a learner. You are on a journey, a journey that will never end.

Because failure will never stop.

Remember, failure is not about you. It is about getting better. It is about trying new things.

According to Maulana, ‘… failure is no disaster, for it only serves to make one into a more profound, thoughtful person.’ I agree. If you want to improve yourself, you must embrace failure.

To do that, when you fail, just see it as an opportunity to learn more about what you are doing, to ask more questions, to learn more about yourself, and to learn more about the world around you. And it is.