"Why should we be in such a desperate haste to succeed and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away."
-Henry David Thoreau
There are a few things that have helped me be successful in achieving goals and I will share them with you.
- Learn to listen to your emotions and release them in a healthy way. When you are experiencing any negative emotion it is difficult to focus on your goals and it is impossible to attract a good outcome. In fact, negative emotions will only magnetize more things that will cause you to experience those bad feelings. However, be realistic and patient with yourself. Having emotions is being human, appropriate in many cases, and also a necessity.
- Don't compare yourself to others. There will always be someone who is doing better, looking better and has more than you. You can't be number one at everything. You are on a different path than anyone else, and the key is to learn what that path is. Do not let your ego lead you astray. Your ego will tell you that you must get more, do more, be more because you do not measure up to others. However, your spirit will tell you that you are on a different path following a "different drummer." You are number one at one thing for sure. And that is in being you. There is no one else like you in this world. Learn to be the best you that you could be.
- Have goals, but don't be so attached to them that you ignore the happiness that every day could bring. Most people are only happy until they reach a goal and to top it off it is only short lived. This is why people who make goals are always looking for what is next as soon as they reach it. The rush of happiness they get when achieving their goal quickly dissipates. Life seems gloomy and hard when you do not notice every day reasons to be happy. Life is what happens when you are busy making plans.
- Take baby steps. Many people want to achieve their goals so bad that they try to sprint instead of taking baby steps. But in order to achieve success you have to take baby steps. When we see successful people we assume they became that way overnight. However, that is not the case. Every day they took baby steps to get themselves to where they are today. But people who do not realize this, try to go from point A to point Z without taking all of the baby steps in the middle. Not only is this overwhelming, stressful, and potentially dangerous, but also counterproductive.
- Be selective as to who you spend your time with. Many success coaches say that we are the equivalent of the five people we spend most of our time with. This makes sense when you consider that when we are with someone we give them some of our energy and take some of theirs in return. As I mentioned on yesterday's article this is called Phase Entanglement. If you spend much of your time with negative people who have no interest in improving their life and rather spend their time blaming external circumstances for what is not working, you will have the same negative energy resonance that they have which will only repel your desires from you.
If you would like more keys to success, please contact me at carbajalzulma@gmail.com. The first session is free, which could be all that you need. Also, I am an expert contributor for www.first30days.com You will find several of my articles related to this topic under the blog section. I often give advice under the "Talk to Us" section as well.
Look to this day
For yesterday is but a dream,
and tomorrow is only a vision,
But today, well lived,
Makes every yesterday a dream
of happiness
An every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day.
- Sanskirt proverb
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