PUSH YOURSELF BEYOND YOUR BOUNDARY
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There is more to succeeding in life than limiting yourself to your comfort zone and refusing to face the necessary challenges for more better achievements. Successful ones are not born, THEY ARE MADE. Success is the reward that comes with dissecting your passion into achievable goals, and working rigorously to achieve them irrespective of the pitfalls you might face. For this to work out, you don’t light the candle of your goal and hide it under a bushel. Your silence might be the major factor killing your capacity. Get over the worries, get over the fears of being unheard. The most important thing is to START and the best time is to start NOW.
FOUR MAJOR STEPS TO UNLOCKING YOUR ABILITY
1) Quit dreaming and start living
It is good to dream and fantasize, it is okay to imagine who you want to be and where you want to be future. But you suppress the power of your dreams when you refuse to start implementing. Our world is full of dreamers. It is not uncommon to see a person who had once announced to himself or herself and to those around him or her that their dreams is to become a doctor, a lawyer, business owner or someone of great profile live far below these dreams.
It is quite painful that world is littered with aborted dreams. The problem is certainly not in the dreams, it is in refusing to wake up and start living. If my dream is to become a renowned writer in the future and I still haven’t learnt to start putting pen to paper and write an article worth reading, how do I get into the big picture? All achievements are borne out of great dreams. What made them achievements is because the dreamers learn to convert them into achievable goals and take the necessary steps.
Never underestimate the extent you can go. Quit thinking that you don't have all it takes and stop being unsure of what you want to do or when to start doing it. If you are waiting for better days before converting your ideas into goals, you might wait too long to even remember them.
2) Never rely on others
The key to making yourself a better version of yourself lies within you. To rely on yourself and your ability is the first step to independence. The truth is, the incessant excuses you keep giving to justify how discouraging your situation is are not the real roadblocks or barriers to your success. The day you quite giving excuses and shift your attitude to success as something you can control and something you can achieve, your entire outlook change.
I am not a millionaire yet, far from it, I am also a starter in this journey to achieving success. I have also been through the stage of blaming people for my failures. I have allowed myself to be seen and treated like a penned chicken for too long. But I can boldly say that from the little I have made, I realize that whenever I hit a home run, it is solely because of my unwavering focus and ability to use my skill and talents. It isn't because the Mr A or Mr B I relied on handed over the latch key to me. In fact, most successful people we see today are product of self-reliance. The best way to live your life is to take matters out of the hands of others and take them into your hands.
2) Make good use of any platform you are.
Amazing platforms such as LinkedIn is not a place where miracles happen without working for it. As you work yourself into achieving your goals, make extensive use of any platform you are. Get into the limelight, irrespective of how discouraging your beginning might be. Be encouraged and don’t relent. Post constantly. Post constructively. Your post reveal the hidden secrets of your capacities to potential clients. It act as a mirror to what you can do. The beginning might not yield the desired effect, but the more you keep going, the more awareness you are creating.
3) Expand your horizon
I have no special talents, I am only passionately curious — Albert Einstein
You become a cliche when you refuse to extend what you can offer. There is nothing wrong with learning one or two skills in relation to what you can offer. When you relax in your laurel, you might end up in a rut. But when you advance your skill, your level of productivity and performance take a leap. It adds more value to your profile and to your business. Also, a unique combination of skills gives room for a unique selling point and this, paves way for a unique kind of achievement. Expansion makes you gain more ground and keep you afloat in the business world. Stay curious and feed your curiosity by learning more and advancing more. The easiest and most effective way to do this is to start by:
1) Reading few articles and books on areas you want to improve on
2) take courses that help you gain more insight into your capabilities
3) attend seminars and trainings that will help you grow.
