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4 Easy Tips To Change Your Life

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Change Management, Health & Well-Being, Personal Development, Personal Growth
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If you don’t like what is happening in your life right now, change it. If you don’t change it, you will continue to get the same results that you have always be getting. But if you cannot change what is happening around you, why not change yourself? Because you cannot change the world without first changing yourself. In other words, change starts with you.

Here are your 4 easy tips to change your life:

If you want to change your life, you must accept responsibility for your life.

You must take full control of your life. You can blame everyone around you, but it is not going to change you. Blame does not change things. Blame makes things worse. It hurts you. If you really want to live up to your potential, stop blaming people. According to Jim Stovall, “Only by accepting full responsibility for your past, which resulted in your present, can you then take control of your actions today and create a successful tomorrow.”

If you really want to change your life, you must accept change.

If you are not changing, you are not living. Nothing in life remains the same, including you. Everything is changing. So if you want to live your best life, you must not settle in the past. You must embrace change and flow with it. Don’t resist change. If you do, you are not helping your life. You are hurting yourself by resisting your opportunities to make your life better. C.S. Lewis once said, “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” But the choice is yours.

If you want to change your life, just be yourself.

If you want to change your life, don’t live other people’s lives. Try whatever is within your power to live your own life. Don’t suppress your life. Live your full life. Express yourself. You cannot be you if you don’t express you. We live to express ourselves, not to suppress ourselves. Remember, if you don’t live your full life, you will never know the difference you can make in the world. Live to express, not to suppress.

If you really want to reinvent your life, you must swallow the pills of self-discipline.

Success starts with self-discipline. You want to move forward, right? You must first discipline yourself. You must learn to do the things you don’t like to do. That is beginning of self-discipline. If you know how to do the necessary things first, then you can change your life. As James Allen once said, “With the practice of self-discipline a man begins to live.” You will begin to live your life when you practice self-discipline. It is hard, but do it. It is the only way to greatness.

You Have What It Takes To Do Whatever You Want To Do. Stop Limiting Yourself

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.”- Albert Einstein

Happiness comes from self-knowledge. If you know who you are, there is nothing you cannot achieve in life. Don’t limit yourself to where you are right now. The world is waiting for you. You have what it takes to change the world. Don’t let failure stop you from doing great things in life. Don’t let fear stop you from releasing the greatness within you.

You are here to live your life, not to just exist. Fear is real. Failure is unavoidable. Failure is a moment of self-discovery. Failure is a way to know yourself better. To know what you can and cannot do.

You can do anything if you believe you can do it. But to do well in life, don’t jump into what you are not good at. You are not good at everything, but you are good at something. If you are good at everything, then you are not good at something. You cannot do everything, but you can do something really well. That “something” is what you should go after. It is what you should explore. It is what you should talk about all the time. Live it. Breathe it. Eat it. Think it. Work it. Enjoy it.

Instead of limiting yourself, take the time to think about what you can do to change your life. There are a lot you can do to change yourself.  You can start by taking action. You can start by loving yourself. For example, if you want to go to school, do it. If you want to start a business, start it. If you want to build a positive relationship, build it. You have what it takes to do whatever you want to do. Don’t wait. Stop waiting. The time will never be right to start something. But if you are ready to change yourself, if you are ready to change your life, if you are ready to inject energy into your life, now is the time. Once you accept to change, you can do it.