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December 2019

How To Close Your 2019 Year

As the year winds down to a close, the temptation is to slow down.

And it can be easy to forget that a new year full of plentiful opportunities is about to begin!

As we move into the holiday season, it’s also the season for businesses to close their books for the year.

Businesses close their books to make sure that all the financial information about their business is accurate and entered correctly.

For a business, it is an opportunity to get it right before preparing final annual financial statements and corporate taxes.

As we draw our year to a close, what can we learn from business and their year-end closing process?

Let’s define precisely what is meant by a year-end close.

In business, it is an accounting procedure to close out business from the previous year, carry forward balances of the prior year, and open posting accounts for the upcoming year. 

 

Annual Operations

The Year-end close is part of a company’s annual closing operations.

It is used to generate the company’s financial statements.

Effectively, the business will review their year to set themselves up for the next year. 

And we could learn from business and apply our own year-end closing operation because we must keep going. 

The close of the year does not mean that we stop doing what we are doing.

In fact, we should accelerate if we can. 

That means make that extra call. 

Ask for the sale one more time. 

Offer an additional product or service. 

Aim to finish the year strong, so you maintain your momentum into the next year. 

Remember your physics lessons, it is much easier to keep moving than to stop and then start.

All we have to do is to keep going. 

If we stop or slow down, we have to accelerate again next year. 

That is more work.

And it is hard work to get moving again.

Go even faster

Put your foot on the accelerator now. 

As 2019 winds to a close, go even faster.

To make sure 2020 gets off to a fun and enlightening start, let’s look at all the influences of our 2019 experiences.

What were the books, movies, and other media that made an impact on you?

What did they inspire in you?

Did you remember to capture that inspiration so you can shape it into new goals for yourself?

That’s what the year-end close is all about, reviewing your year to give you great insights.

 

Task 1

What went right?

This part is fun, and it motivates you to keep going.

Trust me, you will be astonished when you realise what you did accomplish.

If you are struggling, get in contact, and I will give you tips to guide you through exactly how to trigger these memories to learn what you did, how you were inspired, and what themes you want to carry forward…themes you might never have noticed before.

 

Task 2

What went wrong?

This is an honest assessment of things that didn’t go right over the past year.

Guess what?

This is good news!

You don’t have to do it again!

Doing a year-end close helps you avoid repeating things that don’t work for you.

How To Close Your Year

Task 3

What can you learn about yourself?

How can you improve your life in the next year?

This is what we call “collecting the pay” from your year.

You work on improving yourself all year.

Doing this year-end close means that you actually learn from that experience, giving you a solid foundation for levelling up in 2020.

I hope you’ll join me and do what may be the most rewarding activity of the year, a comprehensive review of our year, setting ourselves up to make the most of 2020.

The end of the year marks an exciting crossroads, AND You have a few paths forward:

 

PATH A: 

Dig yourself deeper for the next few week more procrastinating and missing targets, passing all responsibility to

“Future You.”

Magically hope that Future You will have all sorts of additional free time and motivation to achieve your goals.

I do not recommend Path A. It never works. Ever.

 

PATH B: 

Do your best and figure things out on your own.

This works for MOST people and is a fantastic path for somebody that can self-motivate and keep themselves accountable. 

(I think Path B is excellent for most!)

 

PATH C: 

Work with a pro that is really good at this stuff, and start 2020 with a crazy amount of momentum rather than dread! 

(Path C is an excellent fit for the right person!)

As you might know, our mentoring program has helped thousands of clients transform.

You can find more details here.

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  • 30 December, 2019
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Be A Flexible And Accurate Thinker

Resilience requires flexible and accurate thinking and the ability to see differing perspectives.

Flexible and accurate thinking allows you to find multiple solutions to a problem. 

We know how life is full of unexpected detours and roadblocks, so being able to develop alternative plans is a vital aspect of resilience.

This is backed up by research from Albert Ellis, Karen Reivich, Martin Seligman and others that show it’s your thoughts that drive your emotions and reactions to a specific event. 

Our ability to assess a situation accurately is influenced by our thinking traps, our core values and deeply held beliefs, and our downward spiral thinking.

When we know how to identify these factors that interfere with our accuracy, we will build self-awareness and a more realistic thinking style.

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“Thinking is more interesting than knowing but less interesting than looking”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Every situation we encounter bears at least a million different intricacies to consider and as many or more memories to compare them to. 

We would have to process a vast amount of information to make a completely accurate judgment of any event.

That is something we are just not capable of. 

That is why two people are highly likely to feel differently about the same event.

Simply because one highlights and focuses on different pieces of the available information than the other. 

 

Mindset

Much of this is dictated by mindset.

Someone with a more positive mindset will concentrate on specific aspects of a situation that someone with a more negative mindset will not.

But neither of them is necessarily in the wrong. 

Wanting to adopt a more positive mindset doesn’t mean you have to lie to yourself or get brainwashed.

What it does mean is that you have to focus on different aspects of the situation selectively.

Your state of mind determines how you predict future events and also, how you evaluate events as they are happening. 

These two factors work symbiotically to reinforce each other.

Our predictions about the future are derived from the information we have stored about past experiences. 

When compared to pessimists, optimists tend to evaluate their daily events from a more positive perspective.

This means they are continuously creating positive memories and beliefs to influence their predictions. 

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The cycle perpetuates itself

You can see how this cycle works.

The more optimistic the outlook, the more positive evaluation of daily events, the more positive the memories, and the more positive the expectations about the future.

And it continues to perpetuate itself.

And good predictions are priceless, the act of expecting an event to happen makes it much more likely that it will happen.

In other words, if choosing between an optimistic belief and a pessimistic belief, know that the optimistic one will usually lead to measurably better outcomes.

Because optimists make more positive predictions, they are more likely to be successful than pessimists.

Which means they have the opportunity to store even more positive memories and reinforce better beliefs.

There is an easy way to become more positive.

Start now to evaluate events as they happen from a better and more positive perspective.

That way, you slowly build up more positive memories and beliefs.

 

We evaluate events according to three dimensions: 

  1. Internal or External 

Whether we think the event was inside our control (Internal) or outside our control (External). 

  1. Stable or Unstable 

Whether we think similar events in the future will turn out like this (Stable) or are subject to more variable factors (Unstable).

  1. Specific or Global 

Whether we generalise it to other events (Global) or keep it specific to this event (Specific).

Not surprisingly, optimists and pessimists tend to use different combinations of these three dimensions to explain events.

An optimist who just failed an exam might think: 

“I did the best I could (external).

I’m sure I’ll do better in my other exams (unstable).

And this was just a blip (specific)”.

Instead, a pessimist is more likely to think: 

“I am so dumb (internal).

There is no hope I am going to fail all of my exams (stable).

And I will never graduate or find a career (global)”. 

Of course, other combinations are possible.

Consider these as the best and worst-case explanatory styles to explain a negative event like failing an exam. 

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Massive impact

How you evaluate the events in your life has a massive impact on you.

When you evaluate life events as internal/stable/global the impact of the event is intensified, rather than minimised.

That will have more significance to you and your life than if you evaluate it as external/unstable/specific which tends to brush the event away. 

Optimists tend to apply the first combination (internal/stable/global) to positive events and the second one (external/unstable/specific) to negative events.

The optimistic model is to not let negative events affect them too much and emphasise the meaning of positive events. 

Unsurprisingly, pessimists do the opposite. 

When pessimists ace an exam, they are still likely to use the worst-case explanatory style.

“The questions were easy anyone could have passed (external), I got lucky this time (unstable), with my luck this will never happen again (specific). 

Compare that to the best-case evaluation.

One that influences your predictions in the most positive way and gives you the most confidence.

“I deserve this A+ grade because I studied hard and I am good at this (internal).

My next exams will turn out just as well as long as I put the time in (stable). I am confident about my abilities, and I know I will be successful in the future (global).”

 

The most realistic explanatory style

So, what is the most realistic explanatory style? 

Two of the dimensions have a clear objective alternative: unstable rather than stable and specific rather than global. 

If you explain events in unstable and specific terms, you concentrate your evaluation on this event only.

You don’t generalise.

This means for all negative events, the optimistic explanatory style is the more objective and realistic one. 

If you explain events in stable and global terms, you generalise your evaluation of this event to future events.

“And this is the rubbish that I can expect from now on.”

Taking all of that into account you would be led to believe that for positive events pessimists would, strictly speaking, be more objective.

However, that is not the case.

This is where the self-fulfilling prophecy comes in.

If you generalise positive experiences they will influence your beliefs more and improve your future predictions.

All it takes is to choose to evaluate positive experiences as more meaningful and exemplary. 

When you do that your generalisations will eventually become reality.

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Thinking is hard work

I am not telling you that this will be easy.

Thinking is hard work. 

Let’s take a moment to realise how amazing you are.

What you’re doing right now is quite extraordinary. 

You’re taking a series of squiggly black lines and extracting meaning from them.

No other creature can do that like you can. 

And you can probably achieve it with relative ease.

You see the words in front of you and process them in an instant, never thinking of the words themselves, only what they represent.

Remember that time when it wasn’t always easy to read?

It might be ages ago, but when you were first learning to read, you would have had to put a lot of effort into it. 

Unusual words would have been obstacles.

You would have stumbled, concentrating on the individual letters and how they are pronounced. 

It’s impressive just how far you’ve come.

Most learning follow this trajectory.

You learn and that learning requires effort. But the knowledge you form afterwards becomes easier to use. 

We have all been a student of life for many few years now.

We have picked up many skills along the way.

Think about it, we can read, talk, walk, use cutlery, brush our teeth, and all with little effort. 

Most of our daily activities can be done while we are entirely detached from the activity itself.

This is pretty darn incredible.

What’s more, you probably have unique skills and knowledge that most people don’t have.

Maybe you have an interest in math or physics or math, cooking, or psychology. 

 

Your thoughts make you YOU.

Your mind is like your fingerprint, it’s yours and only yours.

You are a unique mixture of abilities, concepts, facts and memories.

Your thoughts make you YOU.

But you had to work to get here.

You had to work to become you. 

And, you’ll have to work to become your future self, too. 

And you will only undertake that work if you see the benefits of doing it.

Learning is refining the mind, making it more accurate, efficient, and versatile. 

As beneficial as it may be, learning isn’t always a pleasant experience.

To become our future self requires some discomfort.

 

  • 23 December, 2019
  • Personal Development, Professional Development
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New Year’s Resolutions to Boss Your 2020

Many of us make New Year’s Resolutions in the wind up to New Year’s Eve, and then by the end of February, they are long forgotten.

The most common broken resolutions are to get out of debt, lose weight, quit smoking, and be more relaxed.

According to a University of Scranton survey, around 45% of people make New Year’s resolutions.

However, only 8% will accomplish them.

A common reason we fail to accomplish our resolutions is because we set goals that are almost impossible to reach.

The truth is, many of us still have to become the person that is capable of achieving our audacious goals.

This is not the time to give up hope!

Instead, in the coming year, we can focus on the tangible actions that will bring us closer to achieving our New Year’s resolutions.  

Here’s a list of 13 action-packed resolutions we can use to transform each one of us into that person who makes their dreams come true:

New Year's Resolutions

1. Make a new friend each month

Human connection with others is one of the most important aspects of being human.

And having friends increases our sense of well-being.

Commit to getting to know an acquaintance, a co-worker’s family, or join a meet-up group for a hobby that you are interested in.

 

2. Do something nice on a daily basis

It can range from something small like paying someone a compliment to something significant like giving blood.

Knowing we are making a difference increases our own happiness and sense of achievement.

Commit to being the person that makes others feel special.

 

3. Let go of needing to be right

Everyone can learn from opening our minds and genuinely listening to what other people have to offer.

Practising humility is a sure way to change our need to be right and prove others wrong.

Practising humility does not mean that we have to accept their beliefs and ideas.

When we have true confidence in our own choices, we don’t have to prove anything.

Commit to keeping an open mind.

 

4. Save a little more

Most of us don’t have a pension fund or a substantial sum of money in our bank accounts.

Making automatic investments is a small step we can make to remedy this problem.

When we receive a bonus or pay increase, we can put that money into our savings.

It’s easier to invest that money when we don’t have to think about it and when it’s automatically taken out.

Commit to making sure that a portion of our salary is deposited into a savings account and/or pension fund each pay period.

New Year's Resolutions

5. Change your retail habits

Shopping is a difficult pleasure to give up for many of us.

Instead, look at where you are spending the most money and then limit your shopping to those places.

When making a purchase, opt for quality over price.

Good quality items last longer and will not need to be replaced as frequently as a lower-cost one.

Other great ideas include using coupons or discount codes and go thrift and consignment shopping.

Commit to spending less and saving more.

 

6. Start a new routine

How boring to do the same thing every day. But that is what we typically do.

What can you add to your daily routine to make it more fresh and exciting?

It doesn’t have to be anything drastic, it can be something as simple as changing your route to work or reading five pages of a book each morning.

Commit to adding something new to your daily routines.

 

7. Avoid elephant traps

If we want to be more productive in 2020, we can start by putting away our phones and closing the internet browser on our computers.

The vast majority of text messages, e-mails, phone calls, and social media updates can wait.

This discipline gets us focused on our essential tasks and limit our tendency towards procrastination.

Commit to focusing on the important and not urgent.

 

8. Do something on your bucket list

Doing one new thing each year of our lives from now until we die, will have lead to us living an incredibly fulfilled life.

Let’s prepare to scuba dive with tropical fish, climb that mountain all the way to the summit, go tandem skydiving, or mentor an at-risk youths.

Commit to doing one new thing each year for the rest of your life.

New Year's Resolutions

9. Turn off technology

It’s a beneficial idea to turn off our phones while at important meetings, while we are sleeping while spending time with someone, or when trying to focus on being productive.

Our phones are a more significant distraction than we will ever admit to.

While we’re playing on our phones, life is passing us by.

Commit to being fully present.

 

10. Start journaling

We all have feelings, thoughts, and things that make us happy, but many of us commit the mistake of sharing it all on Twitter or Facebook.

The best thing to do would be to start a journal.

It’s private to you, it’s easy to re-read and reflect on, and it doesn’t offer unsolicited advice for our problems.

Commit to journaling your thoughts and feelings daily.

 

11. Believe that obstacles are part of the plan

Life isn’t easy.

The challenges we have to overcome in life serve to develop us and assist us in personal growth.

Each hardship we go through shapes us into a stronger, more resilient person.

Commit to trusting that whatever we are going through is part of a bigger plan instead of resisting and attempting to control the order of life.

 

12. Speak to yourself kindly

Surely, we can try to be our own best friends each day?

The best friend that gives ourselves empowering compliments.

The next time we let a negative thought fester in our thinking, let’s take a moment to consider what our friends would say about us.

It is only when we learn to treat and speak to ourselves more kindly that we become better partners too!

Commit to talking to yourself as if you were talking to a valued friend.

 

13. Get to know yourself

What qualities do we express when we are the best version of ourselves?

And what qualities at our worst?

What brings out the best in us?

And what brings out the worst in us?

What can we do to avoid situations that bring out our worst qualities?

Commit to determining your strengths and weaknesses and see how your character traits are best used for success.

 

To boss your 2020 you need to act on your resolutions and here you have thirteen to get you started.

If you make a resolution commit to accomplishing it. Choose to be amongst that elite 8% who accomplish their resolutions.

This year, focus on the tangible actions that will bring you closer to achieving our New Year’s resolutions.

Do that and you will transform yourself into that person who makes their dreams come true.

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  • 16 December, 2019
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Find Your Smile

A lot of people out there need to find their smile. Because while going through life, they lose the ability to laugh, to laugh without worry.

The change is gradual and subtle.

You might brush it off because you don’t even notice yourself changing.

That is what happened to me.

I woke up one day to realise I was taking life too seriously. 

Growing up, I had disappointments, as we all do. But despite that my hope for the future outweighed all of that.

Of course, I encountered some disappointments and obstacles, and my future didn’t play out as I imagined it would.

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A cycle of blame.

I entered a cycle of blame.

Blaming myself for not being wiser to make better decisions.

Blaming myself for not being smarter to catch my wrong decisions.

And when this cycle of blame made me feel miserable, I blamed myself for feeling miserable.

After all, resilient people don’t waste energy or time feeling miserable.

Then I got angry but worse, I felt I was entitled to my anger.

Through feeling wronged and directing my anger outwards, I stopped being able to experience joy, and of giving it too.

 

1. A ritual.

Having a ritual, any ritual helps give me a sense of grounding and stability.

When we follow rituals that are aligned with our beliefs, values, and life purpose, it makes us feel calmer and more in control over other areas in our lives.

I chose the ritual of saying, “Thank You!” three times after waking up. Something I copied from Wayne Dyer.

This simple act of gratitude in the morning uplifted me and gave me the assurance that I could develop other habits and rituals to change other areas of my life too.

2. Smiling more.

Research shows that our external expressions act as a continual feedback loop to reinforce our internal emotions.

So, we don’t smile when we are happy, we need to smile to be happy.

Yes, smiling more even when we are down in the dumps will gradually make us happier. 

True to this, smiling at other people takes us beyond our own world and has us focus on another’s happiness.

If smiling made me feel good and smiling is contagious then by smiling at other’s I was making them feel good too.

We all have activities that elevate our mood.

It might be listening to music, dancing, cooking, reading, cleaning, or being in the company of relatives.

Make time to do things that give you more opportunities for “smile-time.”

smiling girl

 

3. Everyone, including yourself, is only human.

One trait that contributes massively to our well-being, fulfilment, and happiness is forgiveness. 

Everyone in the world has been hurt or let down by somebody they trusted.

Or at a minimum, wishes they had been treated better.

We are all standing at one single point in the massive learning curve that is life.

When I use ‘we’ that includes yourself and the people that hurt you.

And our actions spring from our perceptions from that particular vantage point.

If you want to learn the skill of forgiveness, then spend more time with kids.

They manage to practice the art unerringly.

 

4. Start somewhere.

We put off our plans because we think we are not there yet, not ready to start.

We’re too judgemental of ourselves and as a consequence are afraid of showing our imperfections to the world.

We all make the mistake of waiting for the perfect time to start or launch something.

Mother nature took millions and millions of years to get to where the world is today.

And amazingly, the world will continue to evolve for millions of years from now.

If that is the case, why do we have to be perfect today?

 

5. Breaking the pattern.

When we feel angry with somebody, it is because we associate something negative with them.

When we consciously associate positive things with them, like the time they helped me or remembering the skill they are really good at, the negativity will melt away.

Of course, the negativity can come back, but the more you counter it with positive thoughts, the less power it has.

The next time you find yourself getting annoyed with someone, remember a positive thing about them.

It makes a world of difference.

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6. Make a decision.

There is a difference between making a decision and taking a decision.

It is an essential but subtle distinction.

When you make a decision, it is a process that happens over time.

It is when the decision is constructed or made.

It is about how you get to the decision, ensuring you understand the whole process.

When you take a decision, it occurs in an instance.

The decision is taken from the options available options.

Consider that a decision is taken at the moment the choice is made. 

Decision making, precedes the decision being taken.

What often happens is that we rush the decision-making.

And some may still be undecided, unclear, or even unsure.

The likelihood is that they might be unclear what the consequences of the decision are or unclear what actions are required following the decision.

You need to be crystal clear what decisions are required and how you will make them.

Whenever you are faced with a significant decision, making it is an enormous emotional leveller.

Make a decision to find your smile. When you do, it will clear the old clutter and restart happiness.

You will feel invigorated, even if it is hard work.

 

7. Be aware of the triggers.

Our health has a significant effect on our mood and vice versa.

When I am stressed, my diet suffers, and my body fails to run optimally, and this, in turn, causes my mood to suffer further.

I would then procrastinate, which made me feel bad about myself.

I am cautious about over-scheduling myself, so things don’t pile up.

When they do, I feel inefficient and inadequate.

Our body is continuously giving us signals. Even when we try hard to ignore them.

Maybe it is time to start paying attention.

To find your smile and have renewed happiness, you need to invest in yourself.

Be kind to yourself and take time to understand yourself.

Spend time doing the things you love and remember to afford yourself time to heal, no matter how painful it is right now.

 

  • 9 December, 2019
  • Personal Development
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Make Friends With Your Imperfections

We all have imperfections and there is so much pressure to get ahead these days that it’s easy to lose sight of what’s essential.

Everywhere you look, there are reminders to set and reach stretch goals, to look to the next challenge, the next promotion, a bigger house, and a better car. 

It might be tempting to give up, even maybe feel like you’re a failure for not having an Instagram-worthy day every day.

Here are some suggestions for embracing your imperfections. 

 

Own your individuality and your flaws

It’s time to cut yourself some slack and make friends with your imperfections.

It is not only human to be imperfect; it’s what makes you an individual. 

All those little quirks, the crooked smile, the cowlick, even the frown when you’re concentrating, all make you irresistibly you. 

It’s the same with skills.

So you’re not good with figures, or your ball skills are lame.

No one is good at everything, and no one goes through life without making mistakes. 

Owning your flaws will make you more relatable as a person and more compassionate in your dealings with others.

Practising some self-compassion will make you a kinder, more accepting person. 

Imperfections

 

Get some perspective

Learn to be objective about your mistakes and how important they are in the big scheme of things.

Often making mistakes or failing can be a big aha moment. 

You learn what didn’t work, you change course, and you move on. 

Reset your expectations and learn to think of mistakes as stepping stones to long-term success, not as damning indictments of you as a person.

The sooner you detach yourself from identifying with your failures, the better! 

It’s how you respond to failure that defines you, not the mistake itself. 

 

Be kind to yourself

Perfectionists tend to lose sight of the real issue.

Did you do your best?

Did you give it your best shot? 

So many things are out of your control and have the potential to support or derail your projects.

If you did the best you could at the time, and you have learned from the experience, that’s enough. 

Instead of locating your self-worth in other people’s opinions or the success or failure of a project, find success in how you behaved and what you did. 

Make friends with imperfection by seeing yourself as a rounded, complete human being. 

Imperfection is necessary to keep growing and learning and discovering new and exciting things about the world and its possibilities. 

 

When You Embrace Your Imperfections

Did you know that as soon as you stop trying to be perfect, beautiful things happen? It’s true! 

Choose to step away from continually striving to get ahead, to achieve an impossible ideal, and you will see life open up like a flower. 

Here are some of the blessings of embracing imperfection.

Imperfections

 

You realise your uniqueness

Tone down the critical self-gaze and suddenly those little quirks stop being flaws and start being beautiful things that set you apart and make you your own, unique, beautiful self. 

No one else has your smile or your frown of concentration.

No one else can write the way you do or make your style of French toast. 

 

You can stop comparing

Embracing your imperfections releases you from the destructive cycle of comparing yourself with other people.

Your Inner Critic can stand down because being better than the next guy suddenly stops mattering. 

Seeing your flaws as unique characteristics making up your self also releases you from needing external validation.

So, what if you don’t have a thirty-inch waist or your legs don’t go on forever? 

Real validation comes from within and what other people think or how they look doesn’t matter. 

 

You become more positive about yourself and others

Stepping out of the competitive measuring up changes your mindset.

Instead of being judgmental and self-critical, you focus on the things you like about yourself. 

And as soon as you stop beating yourself up, you become more relaxed about other people. 

You become kinder

People who are okay with their less than perfect aspects tend to be more forgiving of other people’s flaws. 

When you embrace imperfection, your standards become more realistic, and in turn, you take a kinder more compassionate view of yourself and others. 

 

You lose your fear of failure

Once you’ve become more okay with imperfection, failure shrinks down to more realistic proportions.

You can see mistakes or missteps as an inevitable part of being human. 

Failure is an essential part of learning, a stepping stone on the path to success. 

And because fear is no longer a catastrophic prospect, it’s a lot safer to take some risks, to stretch your challenges and who knows, even have more significant successes. 

 

Your self-esteem grows

Accepting that failure is okay, and that imperfection is inevitable means that you become happier with who you are and how you’re doing.

It doesn’t mean you don’t work hard or stop having goals, but it does mean you are less hung up about doing everything correctly. 

All your characteristics and experiences become aspects that make you the beautiful individual you are.

And that’s pretty wonderful.

We all have imperfections and when we learn to embrace our imperfections we become more resilient and keep focused on what’s essential. 

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  • 2 December, 2019
  • Personal Development
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