Tag: Success

How To Align Where You Want To Go With What You Are Doing Today

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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‘Extraordinary results becomes possible when where you want to go is completely aligned with what you do today?’– Gary Keller

The process of getting from ordinary results to extraordinary results is a long one. It is a hard one. It requires a lot of work. It requires a lot of planning.

Planning is not everything. Without it, we are not going anywhere.

Like other great things in life, they take time to make. It doesn’t happen overnight. If you want it to happen, you must be willing to do the work.

So how do you get from an ordinary to extraordinary? You can, but you have got to be patient with yourself.

Remember that success starts with knowing what you want. If you know what you want, then you can figure out how to make it happen.

But if you don’t know what you want, you can’t figure out what you do not know. That is the issue with not knowing what you want. It brings confusion into your life.

Getting from where you are to where you want to be, you must change yourself. You must be who you are. Then you can follow your path.

You have got to be patient with yourself. You have got to be patient with the process. Because things take time to mature.

You must commit yourself to where you are going. Do not get distracted. Learn everything you can about your journey. Do not doubt yourself. Believe in your journey. Believe that you can make it happen. And be willing to get your hands really dirty.

When you want something bigger than yourself, you have got to double your power. You have got to be more, think more, and act more.

If you are trying your best to create a better future for yourself, you are getting closer to where you want to go. But to get there, you must commit yourself to doing your best work today.

Is Where You Are The Right Place For You?

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth

Successful people attract other successful people. Why do you think that is? Why not the other way around? Successful people are around other successful people because they want

to continue to grow, to expand their social connections,

to continue to ask real questions, to meet other people who are very hungry,

to challenge themselves, and to live well.

Because success is attractive. If you want to better yourself, you must hang out with those who are doing interesting things. Don’t hang out with people who are just happy with what they are doing, who are not interested in growth, who are scared of leaving what they are used to.

Look, success is not what you cannot make. You can, but you have got to be willing to do the work, to challenge yourself. Success is not going to happen in your life if you just continue to do what you have always done. If you want to experience something new in your life, you have got to step out.

When you step out, you will start to attract new things into your life. Success won’t happen if you are not in the right place.

What is the right place? The right place is where you are free to challenge yourself.

The right place is where growth is possible. It is where you are free to challenge the status quo, where people are willing to help you when you need help.

The right place is where people are friendly, real friendly. The right place is where you are safe to talk about what you are going through in your life, where you can seek help, without the fear of rejection from colleagues.

The right place has problems, but they know how to deal with them.

That is why the right place is where people want to be, want to work. If you want to be successful, where you are matters.

If where you are is not doing it, is not supporting you, if you are just there, just killing time, you had better leave. If you stay, nothing is going to happen.

The question is, ‘Is where you are the right place for you? If you are not feeling it, ‘What are you doing to make your life better?