SOUL TO SOUL SUNDAY: GETTING MORE FROM LIFE

 

Life is not meant to be something like a to- do list. As katharine Hepburn rightly said 'if you obey all the rules you will miss all the fun' unfortunately that is what the majority of us do. We concentrate on applying ourselves to rules all the time missing the fun of living. Getting more out of life should be a thriving for equilibrium in all your dealings. You don't want to have a lots of money and yet have a broken health or relationship do you? So the need to understand the dynamics of maximizing living is an advantage.
Getting more out of life requires you first and foremost articulate what you wants most from life and who you will want to become. This will free you up and allow your imagination to carve out your future. This is how to do it.

CREATIVITY 

Each time I think of creativity I remember Albert Einstein who says 'imagination is better than knowledge' this is so awe-inspiring. Imagination lets you become what you want to become before you become it. You are creatively designing your life. The greatest individuals don't occupy their minds with facts, rules or just information they are creative. Thinking out of the box always and disrupting the status quo with their creativity. You should aim at this also. Ask yourself how you can add more values and energy to what you do. Creativity demands you become a high energy person and this is only possible when you use your imagination often than your knowledge.

YOU ARE NOT A SECONDHAND

This is so important to note if your goals is getting more from life. When you see yourself or what you do as inferior to the other person you become discourage and finds no reason to thrive for more. For most people this is the bane of their life. To cure secondhand mentality Eleanor Roosevelt words come handy ' no one can make you feel inferior without your consent'. Refuse to believe your work is not good. Successful people are not lucky, they encounter challenges but just won't give up. Michael Jordan arguably the greatest basketball player was cut off from his high school basketball team because 'he wasn't good'. The Beatles were rejected from the studio because they 'have no future in show business'. Countless successful people were rejected but what made the difference was because they didn't considered themselves inferior or secondhand. Winners don't quit that is why they win. 

MOMENTUM

Don't mistake momentum with speed. Speed is being the first momentum is being the best. Being in a hurry is a trap most people have fallen into. 'There is more to life than increasing in speed' Mahatma Gandhi who made this comment understands that being in a hurry can cheat you from getting more from life. If you must succeed then there is need for you to exercise your patience. Learn to leave your house early enough so that you can drive at low pace leisure to work. When you do not understand that momentum and not speed (being in a hurry) is the most effective way of living you will continuously miss the fun of life.

LESS THINKING MORE ACTION

 Don't be caught in too much thinking without action. Carefully plan your day and work. Consider all your option before making choices but don't be caught in limbo. Disallow yourself to be in a constant state where you only plan but do not act.  Paralysis by analysis sap energy like nothing else. Get all the information you need, review them and then get to work. Think and act this way you will get more from life.