How to Succeed at Life Without Really Trying
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Hey, so you don't want to do the hard work? Me either, so let's get on it. You can be a success by simply going with the flow.....
Steps
- Get rid of the idea that life is hard. Life is what you make it. So let's make life what you want it to be. Take a moment, and write down a sentence about what life should be. ex. 'I think life should be a non-stop party', and hopefully some excellent ideas arise and maybe you'll enter another room and sit down to work on that idea with colleagues.
- Now, you have your 'mission statement'. Now, let's verify it.
- Think about your life.
- How do you live it?
- Do you live by this sentence?
- When I look back.. well, yes, I've tried to make my life a never ending party, with meaningful diversions with colleagues occasionally. And sometimes I need to be alone. But I like the idea and I'm gonna roll with it.
- When I look back.. well, yes, I've tried to make my life a never ending party, with meaningful diversions with colleagues occasionally. And sometimes I need to be alone. But I like the idea and I'm gonna roll with it.
- Think about your life.
- Let's see what's missing. Take a moment, and write a thoughtful essay and how your life got to be the mess it is and what you're going to do to pull yourself out of it.
- Remember, do not judge what has happened. You are not a bad person, simply someone who has fallen on some bad luck, okay?
- You have written the essay and found out a few things about yourself.
- Remember, do not judge what has happened. You are not a bad person, simply someone who has fallen on some bad luck, okay?
- Sit down for a while and think about how to make your mission statement come to life. The one you said just off the top of your head. Like mine, about the party, is what I want from my life, it's simply a matter of living it and that's what it means to be successful for me. I won't need to try it'll be effortless.
Tips
- Be cool with who you are deep, deep down, all the way, and you'll see you're substantially stronger than you ever knew.
- Don't worry if your life seems so huge and so messy you'll never get out. The one thing that will redeem us all is the knowledge that there is good in this universe, and to affix your mind to good will draw you to it every time.
Warnings
- Just be careful not to hurt anyone so badly that you'll never be able to make it up to them.
