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How To Find The Courage To Be Yourself

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
Photo by Alan Mas

“Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?”- George R. R. Martin

You don’t get gold medals for being timid; you get gold medals for being brave, for being courageous. Stop waiting for the perfect time to reinvent yourself. Yes, it takes courage to leave where you are. But without courage, you are not going anywhere. If you want to be successful, courage is the way. Seneca once said, “Courage leads to heaven; fear, to death.” If you want to go to heaven, you must develop the courage to live your life. And to do that, let us explore the following ways:

Learn more about yourself

To know what you want, you must first know what you do not want. To face your future, you must learn more about yourself. You must know what your weaknesses and strengths are. You must be brave. John Updike said, “You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.” You can never know how courageous you are until you have faced something terrible. And if you can face it, you will succeed.

“Dedicate yourself to your dream”

“So be encouraged and dedicate yourself to your dream and if your dream should come my way one day then we will dance upon the boards of life.”- Ben Vereen

Francois de La Rochenfoucauld once said, “We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger.” You can find the courage to live your life if you are brave enough to dedicate your life, yourself to your dream. Because you cannot get what you want without dedicating your life to it. So if you want your dream to happen, you must dedicate yourself to it.

“Admit to yourself your own errors”

It is hard to admit our own errors. But it is the best way to learn from our mistakes. If you cannot admit your own errors to yourself, then you are not going to be able to learn from your failures. It is painful, but doable. According to Ludwig Van Beethoven, “Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.” It is okay to make mistakes. When you make a mistake, do not hide it, reveal it. Let other people know about it. It is hard, but you can do it.

Do not fear change

Whether you like change or not, it is here to stay. Change is not going anywhere. So if you don’t want to be left behind, you must embrace change. Do not fight change, embrace it. If you do, peace and growth will follow you. Alan Watts said, “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.”

How To Create A Life Of Purpose

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
Photo by Samer daboul

“Either get busy living or get busy dying.”- Stephen King

The purpose of life is to live, is to be happy. So if you are not living your own life, then what are you doing with it? Are you busy living your life? If you haven’t started living your best life, it is never too late to start. Because if you are not living your life, you are busy living for others.

To live for yourself, to create your own life, you can try the following strategies.

Do not be afraid to live your life out loud

“If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.” – Emile Zola

Your time on earth is limited. You are not going to live forever. So why are you not living your best life? It is your life. Do not live in fear. Do not let fear stop you from living your best life. Because if you are not living your life, you are wasting it.

Follow your own path

Do you know what you want for yourself? If you know what you want for yourself, do you know how to get there? No matter what you are chasing in your life, you can achieve it. But to do that, you must follow your own path.

In other words, you must find what you love to do and do it well. Lawrence J. Peter said, “If you do not know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.” Look, if you do not know where you are going, it is okay to ask for help. The Scripture says, “Ask, and it will be given to you.” So if you don’t know what you are doing, ask for help. If you do not know where you are going, ask for help. Because it is okay to ask for help.

Always do your best

If you want the best, you must first give your best. According to Robert Herjavec, “We don’t need to be perfectionists in everything we do- it’s imperfect world, after all. We do need, however, to do everything we are capable of doing in whatever pastime we choose.” Whatever you are doing, do it with all your might. Because you will never get more than what you put into something.

So if you want the best, you must first do your best. H. Jackson Brown once said, “If you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.” Even if you fail, do it again. Don’t quit!

“When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.”

Success is not easy. It comes with lots of failures. And if you are not willing to fail, if you are not willing to face the impossible, then you are not ready to move on. No matter what you are facing right now, you are not alone. Don’t give up on yourself. No matter what, hang in there. Your time is coming. Mary Kay Ash famously said, “For every failure, there’s an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.” When what you are doing is not working for you, don’t be scared to try something else. Will you try it?