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One of the most celebrated holidays is upon us, which is referred to as the day of love or more commonly “Valentine’s day.”

It is one of the holidays where people tend to invest the most money in bequeathing gifts to the ones they love.

It was predicted that about $19.6 billion would be spent in 2018 alone on Valentine’s gifts (Roberts, CNN).

That can be seen as a very beautiful thing.

All of those gifts given because of love paints a lovely picture of love and selflessness.

While that is beautiful, there is something that is even more beautiful, that only pureness and genuineness can spring forth, that is demonstrating love for yourself.

Before one even considers investing in others, one should first invest in truly loving themselves.

The purest form of love springs forth from the person who has learned to love him or herself fully.  It is he or she that has an abundance of love leftover to give.

When he or she finally invests in self-nourishment and refreshment then he or she will understand the power behind the words, “Treat others as you would like to be treated”

How can one know how to treat and care for others if he or she does not take proper care of him or herself first.

A person can only truly give what they have developed within themselves.

“Often, unhappy people say they are sacrificing their own happiness so they can make others happy. But the rule is, ‘You cannot give away what you don’t have. You cannot make other people happy if you are unhappy yourself’ ” (Brian).

This Valentine’s day when giving out gifts to the one you love, do not forget to give to and invest in yourself.

Develop within you those things you most wish to give and receive from others.

Loving yourself is where a truly successful life begins!

Works Cited

Brian, Tracy. 2017. Million Dollar Habits. Entrepreneur Press.

Roberts, Amy. 2018. “A by-the Numbers Look at Valentine’s Day”. Web.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/14/us/valentines-by-the-numbers-trnd/index.html

 

Throughout life, we constantly reach to achieve, whether it be to accomplish some small daily task or more larger defined goals. Meaning, once one goal has been reached then we proceed to the next one.

Reaching for success is a perpetual exercise

 

Thus, we stand to gain the best out of life by setting ourselves up for perpetual success

As Cardone author of  The 10x Rule (2011) suggests;

“Your focus should be on the kind of success that build’s upon itself that which is perpetual and doesn’t happen only one time” (Cardone 25).

Surely, no one desires to be a one-time success.

Perpetual success means developing habits and thinking patterns that support such success.

“This isn’t about attaining one goal one time but rather about what one can persist in creating” (Cardone 25).

Thus, fine-tuning your focus is one of the most significant factors to becoming perpetually successful.

In whatever you set in your sights be tenacious in achieving it.

“The man who succeeds above his fellow is the one who, early in life, clearly discerns his choice, and towards that object habitually direct his power”- Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

Do not short change yourself

Focus your resources; your mental, and physical energies on accomplishing the goal.

 

Activating the law of concentration is a powerful agent here.

According to the law, As Tracy delineates in his book Million Dollar Habits   (2017), “Whatever you dwell upon grows and expands in your life.”

Thus, to expand your success potential, dwell upon what you want and what you must do to accomplish that goal. Then, take action daily. Repeat this action as long as it takes.

Remember, No one can stand in the path of you achieving excellence, but you have to want it bad enough.

Recommended reading (Works Cited)

Cardone, Grant (2011). The 10X Rule. New: Jersey, John Wiley & Sons.

Tracy, Brian (2017). Million Dollar Habits. Entrepreneur Press.

Establishing or rebuilding habits for success is not an easy task.

One is apt to fail many times before being successful at adopting habits to achieve the goals set.

However, excelling beyond failure requires one to develop a habit of consistently reaffirming your commitments daily.

This becomes extremely necessary If it seems you are establishing an habitual pattern of slipping or failing to do what is necessary to meet the goals you have set for yourself.

Consistent failure to keep a commitment to your self means that it is time for deeper introspection.

It is time to uncover your motives.

Do not be afraid of this process.

A very important step to being successful in any endeavor is examining your why?

Why did you select the goals that you set in the first place? 

Why are achieving these things important?

Deliberately take time with your self to determine the purpose behind every goal you set.

Purpose is what fuels tenacity (stick-to-itiveness).

Tenacity is what brings about results

Ensure that one of the primary rationales behind your newly established goals is you.

Don’t do it for anyone else do it for you

Those who are willing to put the most work in are those who have a passionate desire and drive to fulfill that which they have committed to for the sake of their own happiness.

If you don’t have a strong enough why drop the goal because you will never generate enough energy and determination to see it through.

Change comes by desire, not by force.

If you do determine that the goals you have established are driven by purpose and one of those primary purposes is yourself then every day take a few minutes to reaffirm, re-commit and remind yourself of why you are doing it in the first place.

One thing that links us all is the desire to succeed.

Achieving success requires more than a perfunctory desire.

Success is the result of work, or as Sophocles once said, “Success is dependent on effort.” Success requires an investment.

There is no better thing to invest in than in one’s self.

Many struggle with the fact that the achievement of goals is taking a little longer than expected. Thus, Some simply give up. And, when looking at what they have seemingly invested, and what the return has been thus far on efforts given, it all seems hopeless.

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Additionally, one must realize that one’s output is directly proportional to one’s input. When looking at long-term gains,  realize that it takes time for investments to mature.

Principles of investing are an excellent way to look at goal setting and achievement. Just as in financial investment, bigger returns require larger investments.

As individuals who seek success, we must recondition ourselves to give more than the minimum; more than the minimum time, energy, and effort.

As Elbert Hubbard once said  “A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. “

This year to see the results desired from the goals you set I challenge you, every day, to put in a little more effort.

As so eloquently stated by Les Brown, “Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed your own expectations.”

So it is the New Year and the Holidays are rapidly drawing to an end.

It is a time of reflection while also looking forward.

More importantly, it is a time for setting goals or making resolutions.  However, sadly, many have given up on making resolutions, supporting such decision-making with the familiar argument, “why waste time with something that you’re going to break anyway.” If this is you, I want to challenge you to change your thinking.

Develop a growth mindset.

Do not make any determinations about your outcomes prematurely. Take a chance and set a goal or two. What can it hurt?

Write down that goal and make the decision to be resolute.

Be admirably, determined.

Remember that small successes build up to major achievements. But, the first step to any achievement is always setting a goal.

• So, set goals
• Every day do something no matter how small.
• Don’t be afraid to mess up.

Perhaps the goal from the year prior went unfulfilled.

If that is the case, let me let you in on a well-known secret,  no progress is too small.

Even the smallest amount of progress means that you are that much closer to fulfilling the desired goal. Continue to build on that.

Everyone deserves success.

You must believe you are worth it!

Recommended Read:

The 1% Rule: How to Fall in Love with the Process and Achieve Your Wildest Dreams by Tommy Baker