“Nurture great thoughts.
For you will never go higher than your thoughts.”
- Benjamin Disraeli Do you aim high?
It sounds like an obvious question — and maybe it is — but if you do, that’s great.
Because most people set their sights below their capabilities.
Most people play it safe.
I get it.
Amidst the turmoil of a global pandemic, this doesn’t exactly seem like the time to push
the boat out.
The safe option seems like a pretty good one.
And goals do need to be rooted in some sort of reality otherwise we’re wasting our time.
You can’t be an Olympic sprinter if you’re not built for it.
You can’t write a (good) novel if you don’t enjoy playing with words.
But we too often play small because we’re afraid of being judged.
Or laughed at.
Or failing.
Or — sadder still — because we don’t think we deserve it.
Which is wrong.
We all deserve the best life has for us.
But we can’t sit back and wait for “The Good Life” courier pack to turn up on the
doorstep.
We have to play our part too.
Here’s how.
To Have the Great Life You Deserve, Do These 6 Things.
1.
Believe you are worthy Seriously, if you don’t believe you deserve
good things — and a good life —they won’t come to you.
You will (unconsciously) sabotage what’s good in your world — and you’ll end up
settling for less.
This is true of work, money, relationships — everything.
You deserve good things and good people in your world.
Own it.
2.
The Universe is your ATM I credit author Kathrin Zenkina for this line.
It’s true BUT only if you make deposits — a lot of them.
If you sit back and expect the Great ATM of Life to keep spitting out the goodies at you
(without you putting in any hard yards), you need a reality check.
Life is a give, as well as take, arrangement.
More give.
So aim to do some good in the world.
Be a friend.
Or do a favour.
A kindness.
An act of service.
In one way or another, it will return to you.
3.
Create time to think and dream Thinking and dreaming doesn’t just mean
staring into the void — although most of us have done plenty of that in the past year.
Active thinking and dreaming is more productive.
So set aside some time to think and dream into a notebook, your laptop or your phone.
Capturing your ideas is important.
They won’t always be great ones, some of them will be awful, but — somewhere in there
— you’ll find a golden nugget.
4.
Minimise the toxic input We all devote too much time and energy to
things — and people — that aren’t good for us.
So run a critical eye over your own landscape and note what, and who, is hurting you or
holding you back.
It may be hard to wipe toxicity out altogether but at least point yourself in the right direction
by cutting back on it.
You’ll be amazed at how freeing it is.
5.
Get off the couch and act Over-thinking is a rabbit hole.
As humans, we have a tendency to spend too much time in our own heads and paying attention
to our own wayward thoughts, which, ultimately, just spins us around in circles.
Action is the best circuit-breaker for this.
When we take action on our ideas or goals, we drag our thoughts and feelings along for
the ride.
And that ride takes them to a healthier and more productive destination.
6.
Know who the real judge is We too often limit our lives by worrying about
what others think of us: Whether they will criticise us or talk about us behind our backs.
Which is weird because people will do that anyway, even if we do nothing much with our
lives.
But the sad thing is worrying about the opinions of others stops us from dipping into our own
curiosities, and venturing into the unknown.
So throw off the shackles and live the best, and biggest, way you can.
The only person you should allow to judge you is you.
And, even then, you shouldn’t be too mean.