Do You Really Want What You Want?
In my own life, I have had plenty of advice. Much of it has been good. It wasn’t however until I made a conscious effort to be 100% in charge of my own decisons that I experienced The Feeling of Success. My results are the reward of my own efforts and I have no one to blame for anything. No excuses! It’s a good place to be. I’m still grateful, I give credit where it is due and thank plenty of people for their efforts in helping me. I’m still 100% responsible for my own results.
Choose Your Own Dreams
If you stopped for a moment to consider the things you want in your life, you might be surprised at how long the list is. Whether they are things that will improve your lifestyle or that will simply provide you with pleasure, we all want a lot. Some of it, we may never have, but much of it we will if we work hard and focus on those items as goals. Before you start reaching for certain things in your life, take a moment to consider if the things you want are things you actually want.
Too often, we want things…
Because Others Want You to Have It
Our parents and friends mean well, but a lot of the time, they have ideas for our lives that may not be congruent with who we actually are and what we actually want. But if they tell us a number of times that we ‘need’ something or that we actually DO want something, we begin to put those things on our list of necessary achievements. For example, perhaps you don’t want a house and you’re content to live in an apartment. Just because others want you to have a house, and there is plenty of motivation for you to have that house, doesn’t mean that you really want it. Your interpretation of success if probably totally different to that of your family and friends.
Because You Want to Be Like…
Keeping up with the Joneses is something we struggle with on a daily basis. By taking the time to evaluate whether a certain item is something that we actually want for ourselves, we can begin to stop playing catch up and start bringing into our lives the things that really bring us joy. You want your own, truly unique, empowered identity, not the identity of someone else. Someone else will always have something that you want, but that doesn’t mean that you will actually enjoy having it in your life.
Chase The Lifestyle – Not The Achievement
Know what you want. Forget what others want you to have. It’s your life and as long as you stay ethical, your dreams and goals will be yours to enjoy. Stay focused and keep your mind on the end result. Your lifestyle will be much better if you’re doing the things you ‘really’ want to do. Opportunity knocks on everyones door.
Chase your own dreams… Success awaits us all. Accept it when it knocks on your door!
Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
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