“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
How many times do you hear people complaining about their lives? M.Scott Peck, author of The Road Less Traveled, started his entire book with the premise that, and I am paraphrasing here, life is made to have problems. The sooner we understand, and even welcome, our challenges as opportunities for personal growth, the better off we will be.
A few tips for embracing the unfairness of life and moving on:
(1) Own your part of the problem. If you are really honest about it you will find that your bad habit or pattern of behavior contributed to the issue you are dealing with.
(2) Learn from the problem. We are all on this earth to learn life lessons. What can you learn about yourself from addressing with this challenge?
(3) If the same problem is showing up again and again, get some professional support to tackle it. If a money issue keeps popping up, maybe you need the advice of a wealth coach. Need a different job? Try seeking the advice of a career coach. Has another relationship crashed and burned? A therapist could help you so you do not repeat past mistakes.
(4) Change your thinking, change your life! Visualize the positive outcomes you want for each problem rather than dwelling on the "Life is not fair!" negative thinking. Create a new habit of stopping your negative thinking and replacing it with positive, productive thoughts. This will do wonders to improve your attitude and build your success.
Life really can be a bowl of cherries! We just have to remember to look for the pitts before we take a bite!
Complaining is the absolute worst possible thing you could do for your health or your wealth. The worst! … For the next seven days, I challenge you not to complain at all.” ~ T. Harv Eker from Secrets of the Millionaire Mind< Do you complain a lot? Are you a whiner? Do you know what you're doing when you complain? You're being a victim. That's right. You are telling yourself a victim story and living it. Remember, "There is no such thing as a really rich victim."To help you with this, why not try a little exercise T. Harv Eker suggests? The next time you complain, take your finger and slide it across your throat - just like you're slitting your throat. Feels terrible, right? Exactly the point. Because that's basically what you're doing every time you whine and complain!!! "You can be a victim or you can be rich, but you can't be both. Listen up! Every time, and I mean every time, you blame, justify, or complain, you are slitting your financial throat." ~ T. Harv Eker from Secrets of the Millionaire Mind