Hi friends, I'm here to share with you some words of motivation. Please follow me as I write.
"Every great and commanding movement in the annals of the world is the triumph of enthusiasm"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
People are such that whenever anything fires their souls, impossibilities vanish. It's a cliché to say that every journey begins with the first step, yet it is true. Successful people don't wait for everything to be perfect to move forward...they don't wait for all the problems or obstacles to disappear. They don't wait until their fear subsides. They take initiative. They know a secret that good leaders understand : momentum is their friend. As soon as they take the first step and start moving forward, things become a little easier... If the momentum gets strong enough, many of the problems take care of themselves. Initiative closes the door to fear. *"To fear is one thing* *To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another*. We all have fears. The question is that whether we are going to control them or allow them to control us.
Initiative opens the door to opportunity. *"To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions."* People who take initiative and work hard may succeed, or they may fail. But anyone who doesn't take initiative is almost guaranteed to fail...
I'm willing to bet that you have...
a decision you should be making,
a problem you should be solving,
a possibility you should be examining,
a project you should be starting,
a goal you should be reaching,
an opportunity you should be seizing,
a dream you should be fulfilling.
No one can wait until everything is perfect to act and expect to be successful. It's better to be 80% sure and make things happen than it is to wait until you are 100% sure because by then, the opportunity will have already passed you by. *"Life is difficult."* That's not most people's problem. Their response to life's difficulties is. Too many people wait around for their ship to come in. When they take that approach to life, they often find it to be hardship. The things that simply come to us are rarely the things we want. To have a chance at getting what we desire, we need to work for it.
*"Nothing is so fatiguing as the hanging on of an uncompleted task"*. The longer we let things slide, the harder they become.
The hardest work is often the accumulation of many easy things that should have been done yesterday, last week, or even last month. The only way to get rid of a difficult task is to do it. That takes initiative.
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
"Don't let yesterday hijack your attention"
"Don't let yesterday take up too much of today."
I've never known a person focusing on yesterday who had a better tomorrow.
Too many people yearn for the past and get stuck in it. Instead, they should learn from the past and let go of it.
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
Successful people forget. They know the past is irrevocable. They're running a race. They can't afford to look behind. Their eyes is on the finish line.
If you desire to make the most of your talent and achieve success, then you need to make what you're doing now your focus. Striving for achievements is a lot like driving a car.
It's a good idea to check your rearview mirror occasionally, but not to give it your complete attention. If you do, you will eventually be incapable of moving forward at all. *"Focus on the present."* Just as you should keep your focus off yesterday, you shouldn't have it on tomorrow. If you are always thinking about tomorrow, then you will never get anything done today. Your focus needs to remain in the one area where you have some control...today. what's ironic is that if you focus on today, you get a better tomorrow.
***I try to do certain things every day to help me in this area. I read daily to grow in my personal life. I listen to others daily to broaden my perspective. I spend time thinking daily to apply what I am learning. And I try to write daily so that I can remember what I've learned. I also try to share those lessons with others*** , so the reason I'm m sharing this with my fellow steemians. You should do something similar. You can't change yesterday. You can't count on tomorrow. But you can choose what you do today. Giving it your focus will pay dividends.
steemit rocks.