Turning Discouragement Into Determination

Discouragement has been regarded by many as a major setback in the pursuit of happiness and fulfillment.However, discouragement to the discerning is a major weapon of self assessment and evaluation to enable us muster strength and determination.  Below are a few tips to turn your discouragement into determination.

1. Make time to study the  attitudes and actions of those    who have earned great victories in  your world.  Read the biographies of men and women who have overcome adversity and gone on to great success. The more you see how other people experienced similar struggles in their early years, the  more you will reinforce your determination to push past whatever discouragement or setback you are experiencing.


2. Find a coach or a mentor who will help you keep your attitude where it needs to be. A good coach or a mentor will help you keep both failures and successes in perspective.

3. Creating written values, mission and vision statements which spell out who you are and what you want your life to become. Also keep them handy for regular review. When a setback has kept you momentarily disheartened, pull out your written statements and remind yourself of who you are and the emotionally compelling vision you are working to achieve. This will help you refocus on your ultimate destination and reconnect with your passion.

4. Develop a method that enables you put things in perspective at will.Whether you take a drive,listen to soothing music, go for a walk or engage in strenuous exercise. You should develop a mechanism   offers you a way to return your thought to a place where mental clarity and confidence in your vision and restored and reinforced.

5. Finally, the most important way to turn your discouragement to determination is by developing the right attitude towards failure. A failure should trigger a careful moment by moment examination of the thinking, planning and actions that led to the failure.     Painstakingly seek to identify what has gone wrong, so that when you face similar circumstances in future you will be   more effective. You will always learn more from failure than from victory.
                       
In conclusion, if you allow mistakes to stop your from moving forward, you have allowed failure to have the victory. Why in the world would you give the potential of failure of failure itself that much power over your destiny? Don’t do it!
Harness the power of failure and continue to pursue you dream.

To your Success,
Seun ‘Taddy’ Duro-Fadipe
     
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Ensuring Your Dreams Come True

Ensuring your dreams come true entails setting goals. Goals have been said to be dreams with deadlines. Without setting goals our dreams are mere wishes. 

Goals must contain three elements:

1. Goals Must Be In WritingYour goals must be in writing. If they are not in writing then simply call them what they actually are: desire, wish, hope, one day…
2. Goals Must Be Better Than Your BestYou cannot have a goal to earn $5,000 every month. You can, however have a goal to earn $60,000 this year.
3. Goals Must Be ObtainableCan you relate to it? Because if you can relate to it, you probably can achieve it…
4. Your goals must be: a) written out word for word, b) written in present-tense language, and c) your words must create a strong visual image in your mind’s eye.

The 12th Secret: Ensuring All Your Dreams Come True is realizing that you must,

1. decide what you want
2.  create a plan to achieve what you want, and
3.  your plan (or goal) must be in writing, better than your best, and obtainable.

Assignment: Stop kidding yourself! Either: Invest time to:

1. decide what you want
2. come up with a reasonable plan to get what you want and
3. go to work on the action steps + the acquisition of knowledge (the getting-better-personal-development-part) to get what you want… Or just be honest with yourself and acknowledge the fact that you really don’t want it that bad. Because it really is as simple as Either – Or! Because only when you go to work on your plan, and begin gaining the knowledge, only then will you fully understand what I mean….


All the best,

'Seun Taddy Duro-Fadipe




Courtesy of Michael Clouse Library..