Start winning.

Find you and do you.

Getting ahead in life takes serious discipline and dedication, including a few bumps in the road. Thus it should be clear that it is much easier to suffer for something that you love than for that which you do not. Therefore, the first step in succeeding in anything at all, is finding who you really are.

It may come across as clichéd but knowing who you are can save you a lot of trouble. The reason that most people do not make it far in life, or at least to their desired destination, is that they are easily thrown off track by life's daily challenges, and this is a result of not being completely certain about the path you are taking. Self-awareness gives you the ability to find your purpose and finding your purpose gives you the strength to move forward when days get dark. As I have frequently mentioned, life will never be easy. However, when we fight for what we completely and wholly believe in, things are made easier for us.

Commitment also plays big role in becoming the people that we want to be. When we commit to our purpose, we lay down every burden that life has ever placed upon us and we focus completely on making things happen. This does not mean that we will not encounter any difficulties along the way. However, when we do, we will have enough motivation to get back up and carry on working towards our goal.

So, we need to be utterly honest with ourselves; To take a while to forget about the norms of society and who we have to please so that we can focus on what pleases us. From there on, we need to commit to our passion and focus on fulfilling it.

P.S. Always remember to finish what you start because you can never tell the ending if you only went halfway.

You are powerful... Only if you believe it.

Maintain those high standards.

Keep your expectations and standards high.

Far too often we have been told to lower our expectations in order to avoid disappointment. In other words, we are told to know what we want but we should not really want it because we face the horrible possibility of not getting it... And that is nothing short of ridiculousness. So I think that it is time that we develop a new understanding of ''expectations.''

I believe that expectations play a big role in achieving our goals; If we fully understand the desired outcomes in all of our endeavours it should not be very difficult to pursue them and we will never agree to lower our expectations.
You must be fully convinced that what you want is nothing short of everything that you dream of and you need to keep those standards high. Our expectations should push us to work harder and the only real disappointment should be failing ourselves by not pushing hard enough; not that we expected too much.

You see, instead of lowering your expectations, you need to increase the understanding of your worth. When you know what you deserve you will never settle for less. If you lower your expectations each time that you do not get what you want, you will end up being less than a tenth of who you really are.

Expectations go hand in hand with who we want to become. They are an idea of our desired destination and it should not make sense to change or lower them. If life were an experiment, expectations would be a constant. Know your worth and keep your standards high. Do not lower your expectations. Change your situation instead.

Be optimistic

Open your mind. Achieve greater.

Knowing what you want in life and how you want to get there is a great thing. We also understand that making our dreams come true will not be a speedy process. However, we are sometimes faced with the complexity of doing everything by the book and not really getting any progress. Well… Perhaps it is time that you changed the book, especially if you are the only author.

I think it is quite obvious that if you are doing the same thing over numerous occasions and not receiving the results that you desire, you need to change your strategy. Our problem as people is that we are often so convinced that our way is the best way such that we shut our senses completely from opposing views, without even taking them into consideration. Maybe it is about time that we stop being so consumed in our own world and we start taking the time to hear what somebody else has to offer.

I believe that we were created in our differences in order to be contributing factors to our fellow man’s success; one man’s weakness may be another man’s strength. I also believe that if everything had to be done in your way alone, we would not co-exist. Therefore, we need to open our minds to new and greater possibilities and the only way to do that is to be willing to accept guidance from somebody else.

Instead of seeing life as a race to the finish line, we need to start seeing it as a team effort. One where we are not afraid to ask for help when we need it and also be able to admit when we are wrong. The desire to acquire success should not make us power hungry monsters who cater for themselves only. Instead, it should instill values in us of hard work, determination and most importantly-humanity.

We also need to be open to change. Situations will not always be the same. We must understand that in order to move forward in life, we must always be ahead of the time. We need to be able to adapt to change so that we are constantly moving forward and not stuck in the past thinking ‘‘If only.’’

Open your mind in order to achieve greater. Seek help when it is needed. Do not allow pride to come in the way of your success because sometimes, what you think is insignificant could be just what you need for your breakthrough.