In life, there are several situations wherein we are forced into situations that may not be a smooth sail. The sea is calm when seen from the shore but its roughness is felt once we voyage into the sea exploring what it has to offer. Life doesn’t come with a roadmap, showing us the right path which will lead us to where we want to go and achieve our dreams. Life is like a rose, beautiful on the outside but there are thorns to protect ourselves as well as they throw challenges our way pricking us so that we learn from our pitfalls and make better informed decisions. Life comes with twists and turns, filled with challenges teaching us to get back up on our two feet and move ahead with our head held high. The following are five important quality traits that I think are important to face our challenges, learn from them and lead a happy life.
- SELF INSPIRATION TO GET THE JOB DONE
Self Inspiration is a very difficult quality trait to develop. Several people live life without inspiration moving forward day by day doing what they have to. There are very few people who are inspired and have the courage to do what they want to and aspire to be. I call upon all of you to get inspired, dig deeper and find what you are passionate about, and take the leap of faith to convert your dreams into reality. Take the courage to be inspired and don’t let fear paralyze you. This is challenging and not an easy task but as the popular saying goes, “As we sow, so we reap”, the benefits of taking the first step towards success today are exponentially greater than ever before.
- FOCUS ON WHAT WE WANT TO DO
Focus is the driving force behind everything that we do in life. When we are focused enough to do something, fifty percent of the job is done. We need to find the purpose that will push us forward to focus on the ways through which we can achieve success. The purpose has to be meaningful to us and we should be passionate about it to give it our undivided attention. When we give our absolute focus to what we want to achieve, the path is ours and the fruit it bears is also ours to relish.
- PERSEVERANCE TO GET WHAT WE WANT DONE
Perseverance is an essential quality trait to succeed in life. Life is not a cakewalk where we just walk in and we get our cake. We’ll have to select what cake we want to make, buy the ingredients, go through the process of making it and then finally when we devour the cake, the satisfaction that we get out of it is unlike any other experience that we would have, The power of perseverance is to endure and persist all along the way to finally be able to live the day when we achieve our goal and then feel that we finally carpe diem.
- CONSISTENCY IN HOW WE DO THE JOB
We can obtain nothing in life without consistent effort. To do anything that we wish to do consistently over a period of time yields better results than doing it haphazardly. The secret to achieving consistency is to have a goal that inspires us. We need to be passionate about it for us to sustain our consistency. It is important for us to not give up. To consistently follow up and track it down to the T is the formula path to solving any problem. The most complex issues can be solved by simply consistently following it up. This is what great business leaders do and it has led to guaranteed success.
- BUILD RESILIENCE TO GET BACK UP
Resilience is very important as it’s our ability to spring back up overcoming the difficulties we face and recovering quickly to face head on everything that keeps coming our way. It is essential to build resilience early on in our lives, to adapt to the adverse situations that may arise, and develop the mental strength required to do the same. Life is all about having faith and believing in ourselves. This belief helps us to cultivate the attitude of resilience which would enable us to go places in life.