The first step. Take the first step. Whatever you want to do in your life, it begins with the first step. Life begins with a baby step. Taking the first step is the most difficult things for lots of people. But if you don’t take the first step, you cannot take the second one.
If you want to achieve your goals, your dreams, you must take the BOLD step. No one is going to take it for you, but you. Take the bold step to achieve your dreams. Take the courageous step to reach your goals. It is hard to do, but if you do it, your life will never be the same again.
“Life begins with a baby step.”
You cannot achieve anything great if you don’t take the first BOLD step. You cannot be a successful business owner without first starting a business. You cannot be a graduate without taking the bold step to go to school. They take courage to do. If you have the courage to take the first solid step, you will reach your destination.
If you want to start something and you don’t know how to start, reach out to people who have done it, and ask them how they did it. Listen to what they have to say. Ask great questions about the things you are planning to do. Assess yourself for strengths and weaknesses. Read books about it, attend seminars, or take courses (if you have to). Once you have done all of that, then take the first step, and you will be surprise to see how talented you are. If you don’t try, you won’t know how great you are. Take the first step to make your life better, and you can. Let us go do it!
What are people telling you to do? Who are your advisers? Are they making sense? If not, why are they still advising you?
In order to make it in life, you need good advice
from other people- your friends, teachers, relatives, or your spouse. But what
are they telling you? Is what they are telling you helping or hurting you?
If you want to grow, to succeed, you need to listen to great people, you need to learn from great people, especially if they have done what you are about to get into. Their experiences will lead you a long way. Great people will not only talk to you on how to succeed, they will tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear. They know that what you need to hear is what you need to succeed, to grow, to learn, and to become a better person. They will tell you what you need to hear because they know you need good information to make the right decisions, to keep you in check when it comes to making hard calls, going through difficult times, or doing difficult things.
You need great people in your life, not fake people. Great people are more than your mentors, they are your protectors. They don’t hide behind anything. They will tell you what they see in you that are not promising. They will point out your strengths and weaknesses, and they will tell you honestly while they are your strengths or why they are your weaknesses. And they will tell you how you can make them better.
“Great people are more than your mentors, they are your protectors.”
Fake people, fake friends, fake relatives will
tell you everything that you want to hear. They are the first to tell you that
everything is fine, no mistakes. You are perfect! They are the first to
criticize you behind your back. If you want to grow, you don’t need these people
in your life. They are terrible. They will destroy your dreams by not telling
you what they saw. They will keep it to themselves because they want you to
fail. You don’t need these kinds of people. They are fake people.
Be around people who are honest, not fakers. Be around people who honestly want you to grow, who celebrate you, who see potential in you, and who push you to be your best self. If you find one or two, you will enjoy your journey to success. If you can’t find great people to be with, don’t waste your time looking for one. You can become one to someone, and that person, if you are lucky, will be the supporter that you have been waiting for.
What you need to hear is not always fun to hear.
It is uncomfortable. It is painful when something terrible about you is out in
the open. But if you want to grow, you must develop the courage to listen to
what you need to hear.
Sometimes people want to tell us what we actually need to hear, but we don’t want to hear it. We don’t like what it will bring out about us- weaknesses, cover-ups, insecurity, or low self-esteem. If you really want to grow, if you really want to be successful, find a way to ask for what you need to hear. If not, you are going to be your own mentor. If you have the courage to ask for it, to listen to it, to take and use it, you will experience a great change in your life.
People tell you what you want to hear because they want to keep the relationship going. If you want people to tell you what you really need to hear, make them comfortable to do it. Signal to them that you are ready to receive the feedback you are about to get. Signal to them that you are ready to grow, and that you will use it to improve your life. When people are comfortable with you, they will reveal a lot to you. It is your responsibility to create the room for the conversation to happen. People want to talk to us, but they don’t know how to do it. Help them, and they will help you in return.
