How to Improve Your Life, One Thing At a Time
To enjoy greater success, put the past behind you and focus on your future.
Do one thing at a time.
How often do you hear this advice?
Well, I hear it many times. And I have advised others (and even myself) to follow it and focus on one thing before moving on to something else.
Apply this technique to not just your work life but to every aspect of your life, such as your relationships, life goals, etc.
Today, I’ll discuss how sorting one thing at a time can be exponentially great for your growth.
Let’s create a new attitude for a new day.
If you want to enjoy greater success, you must put the past behind you and focus on your future. You can move beyond your failures and disappointments to create a new, amazing life. Remember, attitude is everything.
“What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” — Napoleon Hill
If you continue to dwell on your past failures, losses, and disappointments, you won’t advance. Spending time thinking about them will have a negative effect on your emotions and will immobilize you from taking action.
Everyone has — at some time or another — experienced this negative feeling. In fact, anyone who has been willing to venture out of his or her comfort zone has experienced huge disappointment and failure.
Where do you stand today?
Are you still haunted by the past?
Are you preoccupied with the memory of negative experiences?
We must not beat ourselves to death with past mistakes, faults, failures, and losses. The greatest opportunity today brings with it the opportunity to begin the process of change.
–Jim Rohn
Learn from the past and improve your life
- Acknowledge your mistakes
When you make a mistake, accept responsibility for the decision that led to the mistake. Denial leads to the repetition of the same mistakes and sends your self-image into a downward spiral.
- Identify what drove you to make the mistake
Often, mistakes can reveal a new part of you. Address them and make needed changes. Don’t be discouraged if this process takes five minutes, a couple of hours, or perhaps even days.
- Don’t stay mired in the muck
Holding on to disappointment can cause you to be bitter and depressed. Instead, learn from your disappointments and get excited about becoming the person you need to be to achieve your goals and live the life you desire.
Create Your Future
- Maintain a positive attitude
Look at challenges as opportunities to become a better person. I’m convinced you can work through any challenge that comes your way if you look at it as a chance to improve.
- Develop self-control
This will require a conscious effort. Every time I catch myself thinking about one of my failures, I have a firm conversation with myself: “I can’t change what has happened. I’ve learned all I can learn. I refuse to think about it any longer.” Then, using self-control, I change my thought process.
- Don’t compare yourself with others
No matter what you have experienced, there are people who have had it better than you, and there are people who have had it far worse. I’ve seen some very gifted people miss golden opportunities because they were concerned with what other people were doing and how they were getting ahead. Concentrate on your own growth potential.
Separate your past from your future and begin focusing 100 percent of your emotional energy on creating a fulfilling life.
Dwelling on the events of yesterday causes you to miss the fun and excitement of today and the anticipation of what tomorrow may bring.
Thanks for reading. I hope you found this post helpful!
Reference: Little Things Matter Book by W. Todd Smith
Authored by Prerna Dhulekar
This article first appeared on justmorealive.com.
