The Self Development Blog

Your mind is the most resourceful asset you possess. It can turn thoughts into reality. With the right mindset, you can be assured that you are well on your way to achieving greatness. However, if the mind has been trained to not realize this, then only frustration awaits those trying to accomplish significant goals.

Making progress in your life is directly linked to your everyday actions. Because if you imagine not getting out of bed for an entire week, what possible progress could you have made during that period? The people that are yet to become successful have a lot more opportunities to grow than they realize. Here are some opportunities you may not be taking advantage of as well as you probably should.

Relationships are the foundation of our society. We have them in our homes, schools, and even work. We overlook opportunities to grow important relationships that could easily lead to our success. Why? Because people don’t want to be around us. They don’t want to listen to us, teach us, do business with us and this is something we cannot fix without considering the other person. So here are 8 strategies to help you get started on becoming a person that people want to succeed with.

One thing you may not know about a lot of the successful people you admire is that they are fearful. Just like you. And believe it or not, many of the things that scare them aren’t different from the things that scare you. But are you using this fear to help you make significant progress in your life? Because they are.

Sometimes, saying that life is tough, feels like an understatement. There are just days that seem brutal and unforgiving. Worse is when those days go on for prolonged periods of time, days or weeks. And usually, it’s not your fault or a result of anything you did. This is typically what life throws at us every so often. And how are we possibly expected to succeed during such trying times?

If there’s one thing you and I share in common, is that we are all trying to succeed. We may have different goals, but our desire to achieve them may not differ that much. One of the strategies we must use if we hope to ever accomplish our dreams is that we have to keep learning. I have learned much this past year. Hopefully, this is something that could be of use to you as well.

I have seen so many people attempt to pursue their dreams and quit right before they gain any significant progress. It’s well known that becoming a success story is no easy task. However the strength to press on and overcome the obstacles you will face, greatly depends on just how much of your heart and mind is invested into that dream. So here are 5 questions you need to ask yourself before you begin the journey towards accomplishing your dreams.

Opportunities and good fortune present themselves in many different ways. And depending on the industry you’re in, luck can find its way to serving you in a way that almost feels like Santa Clause knew exactly what to get you for Christmas. For instance, a photographer gets a chance to cover a celebrity event. Or a school owner getting a huge donation of computers for their labs. How interesting is the idea that maybe we could be able to cause the luck we need to take us closer to our goals?

I have come to believe that the path to success, begins with adopting the mindset of a successful version of yourself. You are whoever and whatever you think you are. However, it’s often challenging to really break down just what that entails. In this post, I look at what adopting the mindset of the successful means and I offer 3 suggestions on how you can begin adopting that mindset as well.

So often we get discouraged to pursue what we think we should strive for because we already feel overwhelmed with the lives we live. We have daily commitments to our jobs, school and even the families were trying to grow. Making it difficult to even think of adding one more item to our already full plate. But is there something you could do about that?

Drive is essential in keeping you going in the never-ending battle to become successful. I look at drive as being a combination of motivation and vision. You can hardly accomplish much when you lack motivation. And you cannot work towards achieving something if you can’t envision the results you want. Things get hard, confusing really fast and you might end up getting discouraged to continue. Fortunately, most of us don’t suffer from a lack of drive. But unfortunately, many of us focus on the least effective type.

Success has many definitions. In fact, one person’s understanding of success could be totally different from what you think it is. To some, success is having a huge house and owning 6 cars. While to others, success is being able to say that because of your efforts, your family can now have 3 meals a day instead of just one. These two situations may seem similar, but fundamentally they are not. So what drives you to wake up early every morning?