Try looking at uncertainty not as a gun to your head, but as a surfboard for riding rogue waves; now hang ten!
you don’t “get” principles, you cultivate them
Developing your Principles requires consistent effort over time. The substance of your Principles – maturity, insight, and their development – cannot be “crammed”, as if for an exam.
Every opportunity to develop your principles is singularly unique, and once gone it cannot be recovered. Hence the saying: “Negligence is an extreme thing.”
So remember, each day is full of opportunities to develop your Principles – make the effort to seize every one!
how to make the most of past mistakes
There are two ways to look at unavoidable obstacles created by your past.
You can look at them as chains dragging behind you, or see them as obstructions that you now get the opportunity to move beyond. T
he former viewpoint erodes your confidence; the latter builds it. Easy choice!
conviction should be fuel, not fodder
Conviction should never feel like a dead weight. Rather, it should feel like and function as dynamic fuel for excelling yourself.
emotionality – I’m just not feelin’ it…
Don’t bother trying to replace “bad” emotions with “good’ ones – you will find it a continual struggle, and not really worth the uphill battle. Trying to corral your bad emotions doesn’t work either – they can consume you if you try.
Instead, work to purge yourself of emotions that are of no use to you. A good start is to say to yourself: “Y’know, at the end of the day……”, and then see what really matters in terms of getting the results you’re looking for.
This is a simple but effective way to make your emotions work for you rather than against you.
shift gears and achieve your goals
Try shifting your thoughts regarding goal achievement from “I Have To!” to “I Want To!” and see what happens.
making the impossible impossible
Think of a few potential personal achievements that feel really inspiring to you, and list them on a piece of paper.
Try imagining that they are POSSIBLE.
Now, you may find that you are having trouble doing this because part of your mind is screaming: “But that’s not realistic!”. Okay, so then try imagining that they are IMPOSSIBLE. Can you do it?
If imagining that they are IMPOSSIBLE is not possible, then imagining that they are POSSIBLE must be possible! So get to it and enjoy!