9 Steps to Self-Improvement
Everything that happens to us has a reason. And every now and then, one thing leads to another. Instead of locking yourself up in your cage of fears and weeping over past heartaches, embarrassment and failures treat them as your teachers and they will become your tools in both self improvement and success.
- Stop thinking and feeling as if you’re a failure, because you’re not. How can others accept you if YOU can’t accept YOU?
- Self-acceptance is not just about having nice slender legs, or great abs. Focus on inner beauty.
- When people feel down and low about themselves, help them move up. Don’t go down with them. They’ll pull you down further and both of you will end up feeling inferior.
- The world offers a great opportunity for lessons, not mistakes. Don’t feel unintelligent and hopeless evermore just because you failed. There’s always a next time. Make room for self-improvement.
- Take things one at a time.
- Set meaningful and achievable goals.
- Sometimes, we don’t realize that the little things that we do like a pat on the back, saying “hi” or “hello”, greeting someone “good day” or telling Mr. Smith something like “hey, I love your tie!” are simple things that mean a lot to other people. When we’re being thankful regarding beautiful things around us and other people, we also become beautiful to them.
- When you’re willing to allow change and go through the course of self-improvement, it doesn’t mean that everyone else is. The world is a place where people of diverse standards and outlook hang out.
- We must always bear in mind that there’s no such thing as an overnight success. We are all here to learn our lessons. When we open our doors for self-improvement, we increase our chances to head to the road of success
Seven Steps to Being Your Best Self
- Know your purpose
Are you drifting through life with little direction – hoping that you will discover contentment, health and wealth? Determine your life purpose or mission statement and you will have your own distinctive compass that will guide you to your truth north all the time. - Know your values
What do you value most? Make a list of your top three values. Check your goals against your values. If the goal doesn’t align with any of your top three values get rid of it. - Know your needs
Unmet needs will stop you from living authentically. Take care of yourself. List your top five needs and get them met before it’s too late! - Know your passions
You know who you are and what you truthfully like in life. Express yourself and honor the people who have inspired you to become the very person you wanted to be. - Live from the inside out
Commune with nature. Breathe deeply to quiet your distracted mind. Learn to listen to what your heart is saying. - Honor your strengths
What are your positive traits? Find ways to express your authentic self through your strengths. You can increase your self-confidence when you willingly share what you know with others. - Serve others
When you live authentically, you will find out that you develop an interconnected sense of being. When you are true to who you are, living your purpose and giving of your talents to the world around you, you give back in service what you came to share with others -your spirit – your essence. The rewards for sharing your gift with those close to you are indeed pleasing, much more if it were to be the eyes of a stranger who can appreciate what you have done to them.