‘If you don’t know who you are and what you do, nothing else you know or learn will matter.’
‘Avoid the arrogance that blinds you to areas in which you need to improve.’
‘No one makes it by coasting on talent; skill alone rarely gets the job done.’
‘Care about the result so much that you are willing to do what it takes to get there.’
Knock out distractions. Consider how to spend your time wisely and effectively. Be ruthless in trimming the ‘fat’ from your day.’
‘Never quickly judge who or what is worth paying attention to. Be open.’
‘Don’t be a jerk, but make sure your confidence comes through in how you talk and do your work.’
‘Don’t forget the importance of selling your vision, inspiring and convincing other committed people to get on board.’
‘Don’t treat others the way you want to be treated. Treat others the way they want to be treated.’
‘Set goals that are both realistic and just out of reach- belief will help you cross the divide.’
‘Begin with fulfilling your current role. Do what your team needs you to do, not what you want to do, what you feel like doing, or what is convenient for you.’
‘If possible, spend extra time earning an expanded or new role.’
‘Don’t forget that communication is about TRUST.’
Source
Alan Stein Jr. and Jon Sternfeld (2019). Raise Your Game: High-Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best
Accept yourself. Love yourself. Be yourself. Stop running away from yourself. Stop treating yourself badly. Stop it! Because you can never get away from yourself.
If you do not stop it, you are not helping yourself. You are making your situation even worse. That is not good. That is not where you want to be. If you want to live your life, you have got to know who you really are. You have got to accept yourself. You have got to love who you are. And you must stop pretending to be who you are not. You must get back to yourself. You must get to accept yourself, no matter what.
Once you accept yourself for who you are, once you love who you are unconditionally, once you start to get comfortable with yourself, you will start to see your life in a whole new way. You will start to feel better about yourself.
If you have been away from yourself, you have got to get back to yourself. Because you are who you know. You are who you are. You are not going to be able to abandon your true self. Because there is no one out there who can live like you, who can do like you, who can think like you, who can talk like you, who can smile like you. No one. So get back to yourself. Your real self is waiting. Stop faking things. Stop living a fake life. Stop doing things to make people happy. Stop living for other people. Start living for you. Because you deserve it. Get back to yourself. There is nothing out there.
There is nothing out there. People are not who they say they are. People are going through things. Some are not who they say they are. Others are really good at faking it till you make it. Don’t go there. Because you are enough. Because you are good enough to design your own life, to live the way you want to live, and to have what you want to have.
Don’t wait for external forces to help you get back to yourself. You can do it for you. Right now, get back to who you really are. You know who you are, don’t you ? Know it or not, one thing is clear here: you are responsible for your life. You are also responsible for your freedom. You are responsible for getting back to yourself.
You are responsible for your progress. You are responsible for your security. Your peace is not going to come from outside yourself. Your happiness is not going to come from outside yourself. Your future is not going to grow from outside yourself. The only way forward is through you. It is to face yourself, not to run away from yourself, not to wear a mask. That won’t work.
Stop hurting yourself. Stop it. Because what you are looking for is looking back at you. Only by accepting yourself can you build a better life for yourself. Only by trusting yourself can you become a better human being. And only by being yourself, by being comfortable with yourself and by loving yourself can you find a better path forward.
No matter what, no matter where you are, the only way forward is to get back to yourself, your real self. Why not now?
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