Many people are so afraid of the potential consequences of imagined failure that they spend all their time, energy & effort in trying to avoid them.
The problem is that in doing so, they fail to avoid the consequences of real failures that are completely within their power to avoid today.
Please consider this well; to squander your life out of fear would be a terrible waste.
The more you live every day in such a way as to earn your own approval, the less important it becomes to seek the approval of others.
One reason people assiduously avoid profound self-reflection is that it requires a great deal of effort and yet seldom delivers the immediate & tangible ROI they’re mistakenly anticipating.
The thing is, it’s worth it!
1 – Identify – Identify precisely what the specific issue is that you need to address here & now.
2 – Understand – Look at your present context & understand the real reason you need to fix this now.
3 – Learn – Critique your way through a few reasonable ways to get the job done given your present circumstances.
4 – Apply – Choose your best option and boldly implement your strategy with confidence!
Think. Commit. Succeed.
When you are looking for energy to fuel conviction, take care to draw upon only positive & principle-based sources; avoid the trap of tapping into negative drivers like defiance or resentment, no matter how powerful they may seem.
From time to time, as your constitution permits, try to live in such a manner as to enjoy a special kind of pride: the pride of a person who in a foolish moment accepts the impossible dare – then pulls it off to perfection.
There may be times when circumstances dictate that you absolutely must compromise.
Whenever this happens, make the best of it by engineering a scenario where what needs to be sacrificed is simply some perceived comfort, traded off for the benefit of strategically adapting to your current context.
Just have a care that you never permit compromise to be a matter of relinquishing or sacrificing your principles. Ever.
Consider this deeply: Treat intelligently managing compromise as investing in your future, not acquiescing to your present.