How Much of Hope do You Have?

Dear Loving People,

Do you recall when you first started attempting to build your life? And you hit obstacles. Living Lectures would like to give hope to others by putting our success stories in one place for all to read. Did you ultimately build your life through headwork, struggles, meritocracy, or other methods? We all have a story to share. Please post your story to Living Lectures. Today I share with you some insights about hope in this adapted article originally published by Paulose.

Clement of Alexandria (150-211) said, “If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.”

Hope has much to do with success. It gives an attitude of success even in the beginning of any attempt. Hope that you have a chance can shatter any hindrance that comes on the way. Hope is the backbone of any success. Living Lectures has created a platform through which day-in and day-out, we listen to others as they cope with challenges, address their problems, and strive to live more fully; we encourages people to utilize their optimum potentials and to excel.

 

Whether your genuine hope is just a feeling in your hearts, your souls, or in your brain, it encompasses positive energy that helps you persevere and have positive outcomes in your endeavors. Success oriented people must deal with situations that involve the power of hope on a daily.

This might be what pushed Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) to make the statement that “to find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: "Leave no stone unturned."

Hope includes empathy during challenging moments. It is empowering, and suggests an optimistic outcome in future. Hope carries you through exciting challenges and difficult times. Emily Dickinson compared hope to a feather, perched in the soul. She said it has a sense of weightlessness.

As you hope for a successful future, there are few things you must keep at the center of your mind:

1)  You can find ways to get out of any tight Conner. It is true that when one door closes, nine other doors are opened. Just believe this and look for ways to get out of the trouble.

2) Trust that your past experiences are helpful lessons to get your success. Never doubt that your past experiences will probably not help you. They are always an asset of ideas for the future.

3) Most problems have many solutions. Just sit calmly and think of the solutions. You may feel if you are led away by emotion or tension.

4)   Faith is a powerful element in building up hope. It stands by you in times of great distress, when life seems too cruel to tolerate. Prayer is a therapy to build up hope and give you comfort in distress.

5)   Believe that setbacks are sign of success. They give you clear idea about the situation and try something else.

6) Love to learn new things and enlighten your mind. That broadens your vision and gives you ideas to try different options. You should always be aware of your limitations also which means that there are problems that you may not be able to solve. But you should not lose your hope of success.

7)   Taste the success experience when you get some success. It gives you further incentive to work harder. Success is the offspring of hard work. The harder you work, more pleasant you will find the success.

8) Enjoy your work when it takes you to new situations. That is the secret of any success.

9)   Believe in your own capacity. Your inner energy is great. Every human being is provided with immense power of energy. Researchers say that only little amount of human energy is utilized and most part of it is dormant. In difficult times this energy comes out to help you.

10)Utilize the help of friends and reliable persons. Their reliability can be learnt by experience. It is a fact that there is always a woman behind any success of a man. Remember the saying ‘friend in need is a friend indeed’.

11)Never forget to create a Fulcrum of Success if you don’t have one.

To Your Success !!!

Dear loving people,

Unlike the other days, here is a very short note full of power for your inner enrichment.

No one in life sets out to fail, our principal objective and motivation in doing anything is that we are going to succeed. But how many people think of this from the outset? Consciously planning not to fail from the very moment you set out on an adventure can make all the difference you need.

This might have been the thinking of Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) when he said “It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”

Do you know that planning not to fail is a strong ingredient of good leadership? It humbles you up and makes you a pacesetter. This explains why I strongly agree with Henry Miller (1891-1980) when he said “The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.”

Pointing the way to others can only happen when you are strategic in your approach and become a risk taker. In your personal life and in the process of your quest for greatness, you are bound to overcome adversities. Such and experience empowers you to be able to help others to avoid your pitfalls. In support of this, George S. Patton (1885-1945) says “Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.)

Isn’t this good food for the mind? I often say that internal transformation is a requisite process for profound success in life, the choice is yours.

To your success

Do You Have a Positive Self-Image?

Dear loving people,

Your self-image unquestionably determines the degree of success you can achieve in everything that you do in life. The way you view yourself affects your self-confidence, your expectations, and indeed what you believe is possible for you to achieve. This correctly and directly implies that your beliefs play a central role in the way you perceive yourself.

Your way of life is associated with the results you will achieve in life. An honest man for example will perceive cheating in his life with guilt, unless his honesty is a smokescreen. Guilt, whether political, moral, or religious, ultimately leads to self-sabotage. Living a congruent life without violating your values leads to happiness, fulfillment, and greater success. This is because it generates self-motivation which is the much needed adrenaline for success.

Take for example the case of a young lady who walks by a group of men and suddenly they all start laughing as she passes by, how will she feel? What will she be thinking? If she’s the type who thinks negatively of herself – that she’s ugly, has big ears or whatever. She may want to do everything to get beautiful or reduce her ears such that the next time, they should rather adore her. She might even go as far as giving up on a number of ventures such as, making her voice heard or being assertive all because she thinks people will laugh at her supposed ‘big ears’, ugly face, large nose, poor language etc.

Now do you know there are all the chances that the group of men did not notice she passed by? One of them might have said something funny in their conversation that made them laugh just at the time the lady walked by. It could all have been a coincidence but look at the interpretation and ramification in the life of the lay all because she’s negative about her self-worth.

One of the ways to increase self-confidence is through self-discipline. Dale Carnegie says in instances as such “Act As If”. You have to discipline yourself to act positive and ok at all time, even in the face of all challenges. You cannot feel sad and depressed when you are well dressed, groomed and in good physical shape, blustering around with a smile on your face, saying positive things, and encouraging others. It’s just not possible!

The simple truth is that it’s hard to be pessimistic while surrounded by winners and optimists. While sowing abundantly, one is assured that the harvest will be forthcoming. Associating with the right people is essential for your success in any venture.

I know somebody who owned three huge supermarkets that were doing great. He along the line had five friends. Two of them had crumbled out of business, one was struggling with a road-side kiosk and the other two were professional womanizers with an extraordinary liking for prostitutes. They all shared one thing in common; all of them were senior drunkards. The outcome of the friendship was that my old friend did not only crumble out of business but went as far as selling his house to repay his loans. If you take a closer look at the kind of people a man associates with, you will understand a lot about him.

As somebody steadfast on the road of success, you must adopt a positive self-image at all times in all situations and align your philosophy with one that is friendly towards the creation of wealth and abundance, discipline yourself, and associate only with winners and producers, and watch your life soar to unprecedented heights of success.

To your success!