Tag: What matters

Are You True To Yourself?

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth

The question is, ‘Are you really true to yourself?’ Are you? Are you living your own life? Or are you trying to be like the next person? Are you chasing your dreams? Or are you doing something that other people are doing? Are you trying to fit in? Or are you working really hard to improve yourself?

Life is tough enough. If you are going to be yourself, to be true to yourself, you have got to have a thick skin. You have got to be willing to stand alone. You are not going to live like other people, work like other people. You are going to be you, no matter what.

You are true to yourself when you are not ashamed of your past. In fact, you are proud of your past failures. They made you who you are today. Without your past learning moments, you wouldn’t be where you are now. So celebrate your past, not reject it.

‘Failures are learning moments.’

You are true to yourself when you know that you are not going to be perfect, that you are not going to get everything right, that you are going to make mistakes, and that you will learn from your mistakes.

You are true to yourself when you do the things that make you happy, the things that bring joy into your life.

You are true to yourself when you have the courage to look yourself in the mirror and say, ‘I love who I am.’

Focus On What Matters

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Recruit The Best
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Focus on what matters. Many people are not successful because they spend their time focusing on what is not important. They spend their time focusing on what will not move them from where they are to where they want to be. What a waste of time!

When you focus on what you want, and not what others want, your vision will be clearer to you. Your vision is where you are going. You can only get to where you are going by focusing on what you are doing now, where you are now, and who you are now.

If you want to be successful in life, in your career, you need to focus on what you are doing and where you are going to. Don’t let people talk you out of your dreams. Don’t let people dilute your dreams. Don’t let people mess up your goals.

If you focus, success will come to you. If you are not focused, it will be difficult to achieve success, because you don’t know what you want.

“Focused people don’t give up, they persevere.”

To check if you are still pursuing your dreams, always ask yourself, “Am I moving toward my goal?” If you are not moving towards your goal, it is time to re-evaluate yourself and your actions.

Find out what you are good at and pursue it with all your resources- financial, talent, social, and psychological resources. No matter how hard, no matter how difficult your goals might be, stick with it. Do not give up. It is not going to be easy, and it will never be easy. Embrace failure, because failure is going to be a major part of the journey to success. Don’t procrastinate. Whatever you are doing, finish it today, not tomorrow.

Focused people don’t give up, they persevere.