If you have a beating heart inside you, every beat of that heart is a gentle cue reminding you of the potential within you and your obligation to unleash your immeasurable capabilities.
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Fortune certainly smiles on those who are brave enough to pursue their destiny. Are you?
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There is no shortcut to career success.
Those who claim to have a formula for racing swiftly to the top of Everest are charlatans and false prophets, like the many snake-oil salesmen online who peddle various “hacks” as shortcuts to overnight success.
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Being a puppet on the strings of your habits is only beneficial if those habits are productive.
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Reflecting on your past, your desired future and your current dispositions, without getting trapped in any negative emotions or pessimistic thoughts, helps you remain the puppet master in your life/career.
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Oftentimes it’s the simple things that help the human spirit flourish.
Try to do something simple today that will bring a smile to a face, laughter to a heart and joy to a soul.
That soul could be yours.
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The bird spends all day flying, because the bird was born to fly; and it knows that.
The fish spends all day swimming, because the fish was born to swim; and it also knows that.
What do you spend all day doing, and what were you born to do? Do you know?
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Our hearts know us better than we know ourselves. And our hearts have skin in our game too.
So as you endeavour to craft your career destiny, it’s useful to also “think” with your heart—even if only every now and then.
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There are few things more rewarding than helping another human spirit to flourish.
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In times to come, some people will be sharing stories and legends about some great people and the magnificent successes they achieved. Which group of people will you be in?
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Knowledge and hard work are important for your career success, but your attitude is pivotal.
Having a positive attitude isn’t simply about the widely touted notions of “positive thinking”. It includes seemingly mundane things, like knowing when and how to take action and when and how to be patient. Sometimes the best thing to “do” is to do nothing.
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The journey to success often entails some tasks we may not enjoy. Avoiding them is a subtle way of killing your dreams.
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We all have the capacity to develop new skills or refine our capabilities. We just need to recognize the importance to our careers, and get whatever learning and help we need to unleash our potential.
Doing this is one of the best investments you’ll make in your career success.
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As you craft your career destiny, try not to rely exclusively or excessively on logic and rational reasoning or your five senses alone.
What you perceive inside—your sixth sense, intuition, gut instinct, your inner silent knowledge or call it what you will—is a powerful aid that can help you unlock your potential.
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We are all “experts” in something, in our own unique, individual way. So have faith in yourself—go ahead and strut your stuff. And don’t let anyone stop you
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It takes a determined mindset to excel, and concerted and persistent efforts at “doing the right things”.
It may not be easy, but it’s only ever as difficult as riding a bicycle was before you learned to ride one.
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Persistence, along with grit, passion and flexibility, is an essential trait to sculpt your career destiny to the shape of your dreams.
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Life is beautiful when you meet your destiny.
But you may need to part the curtains of fear and doubt to reveal the beauty and enjoy it wholeheartedly.
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Stress and fear are two of the worst adversaries that can impede your career success.
Stretch yourself so you can grow, but don’t overstretch and create stress.
And feel the fear because fear is natural, but don’t act from fear so you don’t stunt your career growth.
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Sometimes, the best refuge from the storm is the storm itself.
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Dreaming big is great and worthwhile.
Remembering that dreams don’t build castles and castles don’t build themselves is wise.
And channelling your energies into building your career castle is shrewd.
But pursuing your goals shouldn’t take over your life and stop you from enjoying the now.
So savour what you have already—the material and non-material; be thankful for your blessings and enjoy life as it is where you are here and now.
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Give your full attention to whatever you’re doing right now, even if it’s just breathing.
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The fruit will ripen when the fruit ripens.
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Life is an ever-ready teacher.
Just show up with your full attention. And let its wisdom permeate through you.
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Personal credibility is important for your career success.
You can establish greater credibility—perceived and actual—partly through sensible opinions, shrewdness, proficiency, trustworthiness, tactfulness and harmonic relationships.
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You can learn a great deal for your career success by studying “successful” people.
And you can learn a great deal more by studying yourself and listening to your inner guru.
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Your inner guru is a phenomenal companion that can help you rock to a sweeter tempo.
It’s a trusted adviser that is relied upon by many of the most successful people in all walks of life, people who are wiser, more experienced and more accomplished than me.
These top performers in varied fields have made it integral to their lives to habitually carve out time to scrutinize themselves and consider things properly, through the prism of life and learning.
You, too, should embrace this habit if you really want to thrive.
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Spending time with your inner guru periodically, checking under the hood and getting your house in order, is invaluable for your growth and success.
The time with your inner authentic self, in complete solitude without any distractions, is an opportunity to recalibrate yourself to your inner compass, to realign your everyday self with the special, unique gift you have inside, the spark in you that is your mojo.
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If you cultivate the habit of tapping into your inner guru, it will bring tremendous value to your endeavours on your career voyage. And over time, you’ll be astounded at how much wisdom lies dormant within you—wisdom which you awaken into an active and gainful state by habitually returning to hang out with the sage within you.
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Some people are creating their personal legend.
Others are building a career.
And some are simply dancing for dollars to someone else’s drumbeat.
What are YOU doing?
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When you discover who you are, you will know that you can’t run away from your destiny.
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Joy sometimes takes time to arrive—or it might seem so. Yet when it arrives, we often then realize that it was always there with us, just on the other side of our perception.
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When you can fill your day with nothing, then you have mastered “time management”.
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You cannot cling to the habits, attitude and mindset of a caterpillar and expect to enjoy the lifestyle of a butterfly.
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The clock inside you is more dependable than the one on your wall, your wrist or your phone.
It is never fast or slow, because it is the clock of life. It’s always in perfect time, ticking at an accurate pace that musicians call tempo giusto.
The more you sync yourself and your actions to its rhythm, the more you become attuned to your mojo.
