TAKE
ACTION IN WHATEVER YOU DO
You
will not know what you are capable of doing until you make a move. Most people
have the perception that they do not have what it takes to soar high and
achieve their dreams and aspirations in life, when in the actual sense they
have not taken any action in the direction of their anticipated expectations.
Not until you take action and work on your aspirations, you may not come to
full realization of the enormous potential that lie within you. If you take
action in the right direction, you will discover to your surprise that you have
what it takes to achieve your set goals and fulfill your dreams and
aspirations.
Your
potential is not limited to one path or talent. Most people are only using
fifteen percent (15%) of their natural born talents or potential. The other
eighty five percent (85%) falls into the category of “might have been”. You may
not feel you are living up to your potential now but have you started the
journey to discover what really lies within you.
Hereon are three simple tips for acknowledging and
living up to your true potential:
1. Its Dynamic (changes):
Your
ability to progress successfully in life is largely dependent on your
perception of yourself, your skills and talents. It changes as you uncover new
aspect of yourself. The fact is that you have a choice. Don’t frustrate
yourself by looking at your weakness or simply declare that today you are
living up to your true potential. That you are doing your best with what you
have now does not mean that’s your limit. Human beings are dynamic and changes
on a daily basis and our potential tends to match the challenges we meet along
the way.
2. Take Off The Pressure:
Think
how you would feel about life if you stopped expecting so much of yourself
today who you are and what you do. If you were able to say to yourself “I’m
doing a great job now, and I’m not going to expect any more of me”. Maybe you
could take a break from the worry, the hassles and the pushing, and have a
taste of what prosperity is like. It’s all about being satisfied with whom you
are and what you have created in your life using the ability you currently
posses. Again, it doesn’t mean your life is going to remain dormant. As you
expand, so do everything in your world
3. Let Go:
Do
you worry yourself meeting someone else expectations of you?. Are you
striving to climb a ladder that is leaning against the wrong wall for you?
Often, these images are brought about by past experiences, a guardian, teacher
or even your parents who put you under pressure to achieve more and more; maybe
they want you to fill their void and reach the height they never reached.
Whatever the reason let it go; your destiny is in your hands and you know the
best way to achieve it. You are unique and your full potentials will power
through when you begin to accept that you are a resourceful person capable of
meeting any challenge that life presents.
VISION
“Vision is the inspiration behind every
action channeled towards a particular purpose”
(Henry Ugwu)
It is important for you to create a vision for yourself
at the early stage of life. Vision is the ability to think about or plan the
future with great imagination and intelligence. It is the inspired and
idealistic ideas about the future. Vision therefore, is likewise the picture of
what you want to be in life. It is a key factor to your life’s calling. It
gives you a sense of direction to a purposeful living, thus; giving your life a meaning.
Factors For Turning Big Visions Into
Concrete Realities
Ø Motivation
Ø Determination / perseverance
Ø Courage
Point
To Consider When Creating A Vision
Ø Know exactly who you are, and
what you want from life
Ø Dream & dream big
Ø Map out strategies towards
reaching your dreams
Ø Focus on things that will help
you reach your dreams and ultimately
give your life meaning.
Ø Put no limits
“Spread your wings
like the eagle, soar to
Greater heights
far beyond the horizons
Of the ordinary.
Get to the extra-ordinary”
DISCOVERING
YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE
"to give life a meaning,
one must have purpose larger than
oneself"
( will Durant )
One key factor to achieving
greatness, fulfilling your dreams and aspirations, and accomplishing great
things is to fully discover your life's purpose and how to use it as tool for
success. Every human being is endowed with unique potentials channeled towards
his or her life calling.
Now watch this two children, they
have a purpose of been to this place
"Great minds have purposes,
others have wishes" (
washington living )
In the beginning, God created all things
by giving commands. He said, "Let there be light", and there was
light, But when it was time to create man, God said "Let us make man in
our own image and likeness". Thus, God made man in his own image, breathed
life into him and man became a 'living soul',
Man
was placed over all creation. This therefore accounts to man's uniqueness and
complexity among other creations. Man is built up of potentials channeled towards
achieving a particular purpose in life. The greatest challenge in life is your
ability to identify your life's purpose. How to get to your life's purpose
and
how to use it as tool for success. Here is a person's life story.
His desire to address this problem and
come up with a solution stems from his personal experience. Although he knew
his long and short term goals at various points in life; it took him many years
to fully discover his life purpose and how to use it as a tool for success.
From his childhood, he knew that he must love his work,
but
as the years rolled by, he found himself unable to identify just what that he
would be. Although he went to college after high school, he dropped out after
two years
Owing
to financial constraints. For two years, he drifted from job to job. Then, by
what turned out to be a stroke of good luck, he came across a job advert
requesting for the service of a clerk in a manufacturing company.
He
applied and was hired. However, the nature of his job allowed him to move
closely to discovering his life's purpose. Working as a clerk in the warehouse,
he developed management skills and was eventually put in charge of the
warehouse operation. To his surprise, he found himself working creatively with
groups of people and learning
That
leader does not need to be authoritarian. Before he knew it, he was discovering
values-driven leadership. He was however always commended for his
industriousness and creativity. He not only rose in position but also completed
his college degree.
Although he enjoyed his work with the
company, he felt something was missing. While searching for new ideas, he
started working for a master's degree in education administration.
Unfortunately, during that time, his company filed for bankruptcy, thus
shedding its workers. He spent some months looking for job which he also
Thought
would be his life's work.
Some months later, he landed a job as a
teacher in a collage. He not only taught students, but also trained other
instructors to teach. Now, he was getting closer to what he really wanted to
do. For the first time he saw that classroom learning could be made relevant to
the workplace. He later continued with his educational pursuits' In the
university.
As
he read and reflected, he gradually came to realize that he had found his
life's purpose; it would be to help other people find theirs. Most people
haven't thought much about what they love to do. As a result they find
themselves doing jobs that they dislike. However, it is almost always possible,
if you start early in life, to
Combine
what you love to do with making a living. Many philosophers and other great
thinkers believe that a person's life calling is usually whatever creates the
highest level of joy. It's quite unfortunate that many people live their whole
lives without ever finding their life's purpose. These people go to their
graves with their dreams and aspirations unfulfilled
Sometimes you need to ask yourself;
what is the true purpose of life? “Now
watch”
Every human have in God-given natural
inborn talents-unique potentials for creative expression. At birth, we have all
we need to become all we can be. To achieve success, there is need for us to
figure out how to make a living using our uniqueness, and how to connect who we
are with what we do.
"Success is a potential
failure well managed and
Failure is a
potential success badly handled"
( Broda Martins )
This diagram can tell you more on
how to discover your life purpose:
Point To Consider
1. Try to identify what matters to you; it will
help your life's purpose.
2. You need to have a clear vision of your
life's purpose.
3. You need to have a sense of direction
4. Your life's purpose must be properly defined
5. You need not
worry about competition when you are living your life's purpose ( Thomas Herold )
6.
Give zero tolerance to all impediments to your life's purpose.
