1. Being Busy Does Not Equal Being Productive
Success doesn’t come from movement and activity. It comes from focus—from ensuring that your time is used efficiently and productively.You get the same number of hours in the day as everyone else. Use yours wisely.
2. Great Success Is Often Preceded By Failure
You will never experience true success until you learn to embrace failure. Your mistakes pave the way for you to succeed by revealing when you’re on the wrong path. Success takes patience and the ability to maintain a good attitude even while suffering for what you believe in.
3. Fear Is the No. 1 Source of Regret
When it’s all said and done, you will lament the chances you didn’t take far more than you will your failures. Don’t be afraid to take risks. The worst thing that can happen to you is allowing yourself to die inside while you’re still alive.
4. Your Self-Worth Must Come From Within
While it’s impossible to turn off your reactions to what others think of you, you don’t have to compare yourself to others, and you can always take people’s opinions with a grain of salt. That way, no matter what other people are thinking or doing, your self-worth comes from within. Regardless of what people think of you at any particular moment, one thing is certain—you’re never as good or bad as they say you are.
5. You're Only as Good as Those You Associate With
Anyone who makes you feel worthless, anxious, or uninspired is wasting your time and, quite possibly, making you more like them. Life is too short to associate with people like this. Cut them loose.
6. Life Is Short
Remind yourself every morning when you wake up that each day is a gift and you’re bound to make the most of the blessing you’ve been given. The moment you start acting like life is a blessing is the moment it will start acting like one.
After all, a great day begins with a great mindset.
7. You Don't Have to Wait for an Apology to Forgive
The negative emotions that come with holding on to a grudge create a stress response in your body, and holding on to stress can have devastating health consequences. Researchers at Emory University have shown that holding on to stress contributes to high blood pressure and heart disease.
8. You're Living the Life You've Created
The circumstances you’re living in today are your own—you created them. Likewise, your future is entirely up to you. If you’re feeling stuck, it’s probably because you’re afraid to take the risks necessary to achieve your goals and live your dreams.
9. Live in the Moment
You can’t reach your full potential until you learn to live your life in the present.
To help yourself live in the moment, you must do two things:
- Accept your past. If you don’t make peace with your past, it will never leave you and, in doing so, it will create your future.
- Accept the uncertainty of the future. Worry has no place in the here and now. As Mark Twain once said, “Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.”
10. Change Is Inevitable -- Embrace It
Life doesn’t stop for anyone. When things are going well, appreciate them and enjoy them, as they are bound to change. If you are always searching for something more, something better, that you think is going to make you happy, you’ll never be present enough to enjoy the great moments before they’re gone.