Some people spend their life
waiting for things to happen and, hoping for the best. They tend to always be
on the defensive because they are not in control of what happen to them. These
people spend their life reacting to life instead of acting on it. When you get
into this state of mind, you will find yourself most of the time on the back
foot. If you are not in charge of your life, you are leaving it to someone else
to control it and they might run it the way you want. The winners in life are
those who plan and execute it to get the result they want.
How do become a winner in
your own life? You have to understand that winning the game of life required
the attitude of someone who is always on the offensive; you cannot sit back and
wait for things to happen if you want to succeed. If you want to play the
waiting game with life, it will pass you by and you won’t even notice it. You
have to be looking for something to find it, which is the mistake many make in
search of the so called better life. They set out to look for something without
knowing exactly what they are looking for and how to attain it, they waste an
enormous amount of time going to all the wrong places because they have no
direction to follow. The most logical outcome is a life of struggle and frustration,
due to lack of clear goals and proper planning. That is the reason Benjamin
Franklin said:” By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail”.
You want to be in a position
to seize your opportunities in life but to be able to do so; you have to recognise
them for what they are. Many people spend their entire life looking for things
they don’t really want until one day, through sheer persistence and tenacity
they get them only to realise that it was not exactly what they were looking
for. A man wanted to own and drive a Bentley, one of the most expensive cars in
the world. He decided to get the kind of income that would allow him to achieve
his dream of buying that particular car. He saved for many months until he was
almost ready to buy the car in cash but, before doing so he had the presence of
mind of going for a test drive.
The test drive lasted for
forty five minutes and, he left the car dealership feeling completely and
utterly disappointed. He had just discovered that Bentley was not the type of
car he wanted to drive let alone buy outright, for such a large amount of
money. This story is an indication of what happen to those who don’t take the
time to identify and set their goals, plan how to achieve them before going out
to execute the plan. If want to consistently achieve your goals, learn not to
react to life, be proactive and act on it. When you learn to plan your goals,
it makes it easier for you to achieve them by keeping you in charge. Instead of
waiting for things to happen before you take action, you want to be the one
making things happen by proactively taking the appropriate actions.
CHRISTIAN
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