“Failing to plan is planning to fail.” Now how do we plan to fail? Apparently, we don’t. Sometimes, we let everything slip into its own place making everything a total mess enough to call it an epic fail. These are actually no-brainer do-it-yourself steps so I bet you either don’t need to read this or you even outmaneuvered me or anybody else you know:
- Pretend to be somebody else. You wake up every day and face yourself in the mirror. Look at yourself. What you see is what you get. The family you have, the lifestyle you do and the status where you’re at right now; these things make who you are. Unless you accept and live the life with honesty and acceptance, you would succeed in failing.
- Take Relationships for Granted. A wise woman I know said, “Be nice to the people you meet today because the people you meet today may be the same people you meet tomorrow.” Now, if you are going to look at your friends, your family as trash bin materials, you will definitely fail. Who knows? May be in the future, you’ll need their help as they need yours.
- Always think of yourself. When you walk down the streets, do you ever feel that everyone’s looking at you? Do you ever assume that you are always the center of everyone’s attention? Well you got it! There is a thin line between loving yourself and being egocentric. When you think that everything is all about you, then you’ll definitely fail.
- Lose your Grit. Grit is, in my opinion, your passion and your long-term motivation. Sometimes, we do things for the sake of doing it. Why do you work? Why do you sacrifice your sleep for money? There is always a reason behind everything. There is always that driving force. Now, if you don’t have any motivation or any fuel, then you always end up giving up so easily because you think what you do is in vain.
- Go with the Flow. Bandwagon is always the best propaganda technique. You enrolled in nursing because many do. You took up education because your mom told you so. You don’t have a voice for yourself. You are like a bottle toss around by waves. You are an aimless wanderer. When you do things just because people or most of us do it, then you’ll never succeed. Yeah, you’ll succeed in failing.
Have you done these steps yet? If yes, I bet you’re unhappy. The great news is, life is a never-ending chance of redemption. You may have succeeded in failing today; maybe tomorrow you’ll fail in failing.
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