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Treasures are things that we hold dear to us and close to our hearts.  They are things that we as individuals place extreme value on. But they don’t necessarily carry the same valuation to others.

Wise men are careful with their treasures.  They know not everyone has mutual respect for the treasures of others. So they guard those things most valuable with extreme care.

There are many treasures that an individual may have, some material and other immaterial. However, the most valuable treasures are the immaterial ones, the ones that can’t be held with the hand but are held in the heart. Treasures, such as your dreams and goals, they are irreplaceable.

Goals and dreams are distinct treasures. They are extremely valuable because they represent your most intimate desires and are outflows of the heart and soul. Those goals and dreams represent who you are and intend to be. It will take some of your most intense energy and a wealth of resources to fulfill them. You pour all of yourself into making your dreams a reality.

Treat your dreams as invaluable. Recognize the value of your dreams and goals, and choose wisely who to share them with.

Only share your goals and dreams with people that you are sure will share in and help you reach your highest potential.

By all means, don’t expect everyone to value your dreams and goals.

Don’t expect everyone to get it or to get you.

Guard your goals and your success as you would the most valuable of jewels.

Don’t let anyone destroy them. In destroying them they are seeking to destroy you.

 

Light is important to achievement

Light illuminates and makes everything a little bit clearer.

The right light provides the clarity needed to make the changes necessary to improve and grow to newer levels

Sometimes people go through life not ever really knowing why they are not excelling beyond a certain point.

To them, everything appears clear.

They have checked off all the checklists.

They have executed plans perfectly.

Yet, still, there is no progress

From every angle, it seems as if there is nothing that has been left out.

This is not the case

Sometimes we simply are not seeing as clearly as we think

 

Our vision is actually clouded and the light from which we are looking at things is simply too dim.

The sad thing is, sometimes we don’t even realize that our vision is dimmed

And, even when it seems that we are seeing things clearly, we are not seeing them as clearly as we should.

We need different lighting to ensure that we are on the right track, and this may require a change.

You may have to go to another place, talk to different people, change your patterns of behavior. Whatever the case you have to get a new perspective.

Often a change in light (perspective) is what you need to get you to the next level to elevate your progress.

Seeing things in a new light changes things,  it is transformative.

This was a lesson that I have recently learned.

Not too long ago, I underwent a change in my life. This change brought a new light that helped me to see things with more clarity. When my eyes were open by this new light I was astonished. All at once I felt as if I could finally see things clearly as I had been deprived of actual, real, illuminating light for quite some time.

Before the change, I was convinced that I was doing a great job, convinced what I was doing was working. I was convinced that my outputs were brilliant. I was proud of all my efforts.

From that current perspective, I had every right to be proud.

After the change, I saw more. I had a clearer vision. I saw that from that point of change my outputs were subpar at best. In the new light what I had done before was simply not good enough.

I felt sad that from my past perspective I could not see the flaws, that the light that I was using to look at things was so dim, that I took pride in things that were subpar.

What I really needed was a new perspective a new way to see things so that I could rise beyond where I was.

Now that I see different, I know different, I am challenged to do different and be better.

So I challenge you to take time to inspect your goals and accomplishments in a different light so that you can live up to your full potential.

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.