Posts tagged Surprise
Become a Good Finder
Jan 3rd
Do you really want to improve the quality of your life?
Then become a Good Finder – this means, you actively look for the good in people, and in situations.
Children have the capability to see the good in everything. They hardly recognize people’s faults, or see the negative side of any given situation.
But when children grow up and become adults like us, they tend to lose this childlike quality of innocence. They begin to see people, situations, and life from a different perspective.
All is not lost, your can regain your childlike innocence. You can re program your mind to only see the good in people and things. This will improve your relationships, as well as your emotional, mental, physical and spiritual well-being. Saying that it would drastically improve the overall quality of your life, is an understatement.
You will become more likable, because you now admire people’s unique qualities, and tend not criticize them. You will come from a perspective of understanding them, you now approve of them, and affirm them.
This alone will open up may doors of opportunity for you. Is it any surprise why people will want to spend more time with you?
People and life give you what you expect of them. Expect to see the best in people, and you will get the best out of them. Expect the best out of your circumstances, and you will experience the best life has to offer.
Dwell on the good, and you’d get the good. Dwell on the bad, and you may end up with an avalanche of trouble. (Don’t say I didn’t warn you).
Improve the quality of your life, and the lives of those around you. Look for the good, and add some Sunshine to your life.
Work on Your Weaknesses First
Oct 23rd
We all know somebody who’s excellent in some parts of their lives, but performs poorly at others. You might be such a person yourself.
They are also the lowest-hanging fruit on the self-improvement tree. To develop basic skills in some area usually has a much bigger payoff than to improve in an area where we are already skilled. It’s often the first few lessons in any endeavor where we learn and improve the most.
The advice is simple – step out of what you’re most comfortable with and concentrate on improving those things that directly affect you and that you’re really bad at.
Perhaps you have poor social skills, or maybe your financial literacy isn’t that good. Maybe your fitness level needs some work, or your self-discipline is poor. Have you always been terrible at managing money, or is your numeracy not as good as it could be? Perhaps your personal appearance and hygiene could do with some work, or your education level is much below what you’d like it to be.
Whatever your greatest weakness is, you probably already know all about it. But instead of fixing what’s clearly broken, you may instead prefer to tinker with what you’ve got that works.
Don’t make the mistake of only working on what you’re good at.
Decide today what the greatest weakness you have that needs improving is. And make a plan to improve yourself in that area. You may want to write your plan down, or merely work it out in your head. It doesn’t matter so long as you take active steps to address it.
Your ultimate goal should be to turn your weakness into a strength. Surprise those who know you by filling in the gaps in your character and excelling in something that they always thought you were terrible at.
And surprise yourself by improving the area of your character you have always secretly been ashamed of.
