Hi All!
Hope you’re doing well. As always, here’s your weekly On-Track advice, a list of tips and tricks to help you move closer toward personal success.
1. “When who you are and what you are is not decided by any external forces, then you are in dignity.” – Jaggi Vasudev
There’s a truth that some people are unwilling to accept: Many of the things that happen in life are out of your control.
You don’t have any power over the weather, traffic, or last night’s football game score. Sure, you can get upset if they don’t go your way, but that will only set you up for frustration and misery.
Fact is, you can’t prevent bad things from happening. Learn to let go of expectations for events dictated by external forces.
2. “You get what you work for, not what you wish for.” – Unknown
It’s true that you only have power over so many things in life. One of those things is your effort. You are the one who decides how hard you are willing to work toward something.
Your success is not decided by your friends, classmates, or neighbors. They probably unaware of what you want to achieve and focus more on themselves anyway.
Your dream does not become reality through wishful thinking, but through sweat, determination, and hard work.
3. “Judgement of any kind comes when we least expect it, and it is ultimately our response that determines how it affects us.” – Mike van der Poel
You can’t always count on other people to treat you well, but it is up to you how you react. Judgement is an external force you have no control over. There’s only so much influence you can have over people and you can’t prevent other people from disliking you.
If you’d like to learn how to stop caring about what other people think, I suggest you check out this week’s article, “5 Ways to Stop Caring What Other People Think”. Take a read now if you’d like.
Until next week,
P.S. This week’s article has an audio version…
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