Design Your Own Life

“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much” by Jim Rohn. 

If you have no plans for your life, do not wander that you are flowing with the crowd or following somebody else’s plan for you. I think we go nowhere, because we do not know who we are and what we want. You need to find out who you are before you can develop some strategy for your life. Ask this question and find an honest answer. Then, you can move where you want, not where others direct you. You will also find out that this kind of lifestyle satisfies you more than being manipulated by somebody else.

Being Miserable or Motivated

“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice” by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer. 

A lot of circumstances can make you upset. When you find yourself in the midst of them you have two choices: stay unhappy or inspire yourself to go forward. It is your choice! A lot of people find themselves in very similar situations, yet some choose to complain, feel sorry for themselves and be angry against God and others decide to find something positive about those situations and encourage themselves to move forward, because they believe that any cloud has a silver lining.

True Source of Strength

„Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength“ by Arnold Schwarzenegger. 

Do you become strong when you win or you win when you become strong? It’s like, which was first, the egg or the hen. Well, winning might increase your inner power and reestablish your self confidence and self esteem, but before you succeed you need to make a decision not to surrender in difficult times. Who is not struggling or suffering these days? Everybody does to some extent. It is your decision and attitude towards hardships that makes you strong or weak!

Challenges Strengthen Us or Run Us Over

“The challenges in our lives are there to strengthen our convictions. They are not there to run us over” by Nick Vujicic. 

If you want to grow your muscles, you need to work out. Pressure helps you to build your muscles. The same can be said about challenges. They build your spiritual muscles. They are not meant to destroy you or dishearten you, or make you powerless. No, on the contrary, they can make you into a spiritual giant if you accept them and use to your advantage to make you stronger. If they have worked for the author of the quote (he is without limbs), they can work for our benefit too.

Do not Let Others Shape Your Destiny

“Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you become your reality” by Les Brown. 

People impact our lives for better or for worse. It is good if they impact it for better. However, even if that’s the case you need to determine who you are, what you want and develop a strategy to achieve it on your own. Others should not think instead of you. They cannot know you as much as you know yourself. You do know what is inside of you and only your opinion about yourself should impact your future self. Let others take care after their destiny, not yours.

How Bad Do You Want to Succeed

“When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you will be successful” by Eric Thomas. 

Wishing for victory is not the same as being desperate about it. We need to reach that state when we would not tolerate any thought about unfavorable outcome. What you concentrate on, it will manifest most often in your life. Achievement has very little to do with luck. You don’t need to be born lucky to become great at something or to gain what you badly want. Intensity of your desire will bring about change that you dream about. So, intensify your thirst for the result you are after.