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Life is ridden with adversity and challenges but what the unsuccessful fail to realize is that what's behind them is opportunity. Thomas Edison once said, "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work". This is a quote we can all learn from. As we face adversity and challenges we need to remind ourselves that they are simply an opportunity for us to grow and our attitude should be one of optimism.
Why Optimism? Well, Thinking optimistically can be the difference between easily reaching success and falling short. When we look to our challenges with optimism we are providing ourselves with a chance to grow in those areas. It's that optimism that enables us to hurdle our biggest obstacles and project us into success. Learning to control your actions can be a major key to the optimism you have when facing challenges, obstacles, and adversity.
Write Down Your Thoughts and Track Your Progress: Set your goals in writing, this serves as a constant reminder of why you're doing what you're doing. It greatly benefits your brain to visually see what you're working towards. It's certainly ok to have fears, doubts, and disbelief but write them down with a plan to get past them. When you write things down you provide yourself with the clarity you need to reach your goals.
What we measure is what improves. Knowing that you are tracking your progress will help you remain vigilant and focused on your opportunity. Sometimes measuring success is easier than others. While tracking things like debt or spending habits may be easy, it may be more difficult to track things like how we respond to others in a difficult situation. In either case the data you track will help you stay optimistic about your opportunities.
Take Immediate Action: Meeting your opportunities with head-on action will help stimulate the results you're looking for. Reaching those goals can be quite intimidating; however, when you take immediate action you leave no time for the pessimist in you to reveal its self. You're positive thoughts will plough the way for your success.
A wise man once said, "worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere. Stop wasting your time and energy worrying about the challenges your facing or will face in the future. The realization that worrying serves no purpose will better enable you to let go of the negativity and focus seizing your opportunities.
While realism will constantly remind you that failure is possible you shouldn't focus on it. When you worry about failure you are simply inviting failure into your opportunity. Stay positive, think big, and focus on the positives behind the opportunity at hand. Worrying will only hurt you in the present moment and prevent you from taking the positive steps that will make your opportunity a positive in your life.
Expect the Best: Take control of your situation by knowing what your desired outcome will be. Simply put, take the "what ifs" and throw them away, the minds desire to reach its desired outcome is more powerful then you know. When we expect the best we produce the best! When you start to catch yourself thinking negatively look back at your list of positive outcomes.
Your attitude in the situation is everything, and everything in the situation is about your attitude. When we stay positive in situations we can bring down the biggest giants we face, remember David brought down Goliath with a single small stone and his belief that he could do so. The key to overcoming challenges can be as simple as sending your brain the right message to keep your thoughts focused and optimistic.
Maintain Your Commitment: We only meet with failure when we stop trying. Success is found when we make the conscious decision to constantly move forward. Setting goals that matter to us will help us maintain optimism when focusing on getting the most out of our opportunities. Always be patient with the process of your opportunities and always align what you're doing with your vision and dreams. Remember you'll get there!
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”
~President Calvin Coolidge
Harness Your Imagination and Seek the Silver Lining: It's no shocker that opportunities will present challenges for you. Remember, everything happens for a reason, get creative with your approach and resolve. Always do your best to learn from each situation and examine your opportunity for the best path forward.
There is nothing more amazing inside us than our creative nature. Have confidence in yourself, be courageous enough to use your imagination and you'll discover there isn't a single obstacle you can't overcome. Don’t let pressure own you, own pressure.
You already know that life will give you different challenges everyday, but you have to realize that you can overcome them. Realizing that challenges are normal makes them all the easier to deal with. Keep an optimistic attitude about your challenges and they will become manageable.
In Conclusion: Your optimism will directly affect the outcome of your opportunities. How you chose to look at your situation is the resolve you will receive. Remember to write your goals down, take immediate action, expect the best, maintain your commitment and always use your imagination & seek the silver lining. Your mind is a powerful tool and when opportunities present themselves you can choose to set a plan to achieve your goals or let your pessimistic side tell you why you won't get it done. Stay optimistic my friends!
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