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A Missed Opportunity Costs More Than A Ferrari

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Personal Development
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If you want to succeed in life, you must pay attention to everything around you. Everything around you can get you to the next level only if you recognize it as such.

It starts with awareness. If you don’t know what you want, you can’t find it.

You cannot see today’s opportunities if your mind is trying to fix yesterday’s problems. This is one of the reasons people are not successful. They fail to know that yesterday is gone, and that it is not coming back.

The opportunities that you are looking for is right in front of you, but you cannot see them because you are still living your yesterday’s life.

Just open your eyes to opportunities if you want to grow. They are everywhere. They are not going to tell you that they are coming to your house. If you want them, you go out and search for your opportunities. They are out there waiting for you to pick them up.

In life, there is nothing more expensive than a missed opportunity. Why is that? Because it will take a while before you can get them back. You will have to wait for years before you can get them back, if it is even possible.

According to H. Jackson Brown, Jr. “Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.”

In order to see opportunities, you must pay attention to everything that is happening around you. Don’t ignore the things you don’t know. Instead of ignoring new things, ask great questions. The more questions you ask, the more great answers you will get. Because you never know where your opportunity will come from. So pay attention to everything, and you will see it.

Are You Afraid Of Failure?

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Personal Development
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“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”- Paulo Coelho

Most people don’t succeed in life because they don’t want to fail. They want to be ready before they start. Remember, you cannot be perfect before you start something that will change your life; you have to start to be perfect.

Peter Drucker said, “Wherever there is success, there has to be failure.” You cannot succeed without first learning how to fail. John Maxwell wrote a book about how to fail forward. If you want to succeed in life, in your business, in your career, in your relationships, you have to be comfortable with failing forward. Failing forward is good. Failing backward is bad.

Don’t be afraid of failure. If you want to succeed, you cannot avoid failure. Successful people know how to fail forward. They love failing, because it shows them what to do next, what to learn, and how to move forward. Dell Crossword said, “Success is not permanent, neither is failure.” Failure is not permanent. Success is not permanent. If you fail, don’t make it permanent. Failure has lessons to teach you. It is not here to destroy you.

How To Conquer Fear Of Failure

If you want to conquer fear of failure, do the following things:

  • Know that if you want to succeed, failure is unavoidable
  • Do what you fear. Take more risks
  • Try things that you have not tried before. Begin small.
  • Don’t start with the hard things; they will increase your fear. Start with small things to build your confidence.
  • Reach out to people who have done the same thing that you are about to start.
  • Know yourself. Know what you can handle. Know when to say enough is enough.
  • When you succeed at overcoming your fear, keep doing what works for you.
  • Never give up. You will fail, but never give up.

Finally, according to Jim Rohn, “One of the reasons why we fail to find happiness or to create unique lifestyle is because we have not yet mastered the art of being.”