Using Daily Motivation for Success in Your Life!

#1 - Adopt A Positive Life Metaphor
We all have different metaphors to encapsulate how we perceive life to be. Some people describe life as being a test or trial. Others view it as a grind or, even worse, as a bitch.

Whilst we are all free to hold our own opinions, none of these particular metaphors are tremendously empowering, and if you believe that life is a test, trial, grind or bitch then in truth that is what you will perceive it to be in your own experience.

Adopt a more positive life metaphor and you can immediately improve the way you perceive your life. View your life as a game and any problems your encounter will be perceived as challenges which you can overcome.

Label your life a dream and you will find it easier to detach yourself from any negative emotions you might otherwise experience. Describe life as a party and you will usually increase the amount of fun you get from each day.

Changing the metaphor you use to describe your life won't magically change what happens to you, but it will transform the way you perceive your daily experiences.

This being the case, make sure you set yourself up for success by adopting a positive life metaphor. Select one from the list below or invent your own, and note the positive impact it has on your day to day life.

Life Is...

A game
A dream
A ride
A gift
A stage
A party
A movie
An adventure

#2 - Seek Out The Positive
We all know people who go through life seeking the negative side. These are the people who focus hard on finding reasons why nothing will work and why things will always go wrong instead.

Tell them about your hard-earned promotion and they will tell you how tough it is to have so much responsibility. Tell them how much money you've saved and they'll point out that it won't buy you happiness. Tell them that you've met the love of your life and they'll tell you that they give it three months.

The people who achieve and enjoy true personal success in life don't do this. Instead they seek out the positive side of life as a matter of habit. When facing a problem they ask themselves, 'How can I get something good from this?' or 'What can I learn from this experience?'

They view the proverbial glass as half-full instead of half-empty. They take their eyes off the mass of any cloud and look instead for the silver lining which they know is always there.

Seeking out the positive side of life in this way might feel a little awkward at first - especially if you are used to focusing on the negative.

However, if you practice this principle each day, then in a matter of weeks it will become second nature and you will wonder how you ever managed to live without it.

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How do you stay calm and maintain self-esteem in a tough environment? Here are some tips you may want to consider as a starter guide to self-improvement.

Imagine yourself as a giant Dartboard. Everything and everyone else around you are Dart Pins. These dart pins can destroy your self-esteem and pull you down in ways you will not even remember.

The trick is not to let these pins destroy you or get the best of you. So which dart pins should you avoid?

Dart Pin #1: Negative Work Environment
Beware of the "dog-eat-dog" theory, which states that everyone is fighting just to get ahead. This is where non-appreciative people usually thrive.

No one will appreciate your contributions even if you miss lunch and dinner and stay up late. Often, you work too much without getting help from other people. Stay out of this trap for it will ruin your self-esteem. Be healthy enough to compete, but be sure to engage in a healthy competition.

Dart Pin #2: Other People's Behavior
Bulldozers, brown nosers, gossipmongers, whiners, backstabbers, snipers, people walking wounded, controllers, naggers, complainers, exploders, patronizers, sluffers -- these kinds of people draw in bad vibes for your self-esteem, as well as to your self-improvement scheme. Stay away from them!

Dart Pin #3: Complacent Environment
You cannot be a green bug on a brown field. A change presents a challenge to your paradigms. It tests your flexibility and alters the way you think. Change will make your life difficult for a while, but it will help you find ways to improve your self. The only thing that is constant in this world is change.

Dart Pin #4: Fear of Experience
It is normal to cry "ouch!" when you experience pain. However, do not let pain transform into fear. It might grab you by the tail and swing you around. Treat each failure and mistake as sources of lessons in life.

Dart Pin #5: Negative Worldview
Look at what you are looking at. Do not focus on the negativity of the world. In building self-esteem, you must learn how to make the best out of worst situations.

Dart Pin #6: Determination Theory
Your behavior and attitude are products of your inherited traits (genetics), upbringing (experience), and environmental surroundings such as your spouse, company, or circle of friends.

You have your own identity. If your father is a failure, it does not mean you have to be a failure too. Learn from other people's experience, so you will never have to encounter the same mistakes.

Sometimes, people argue that some individuals are born leaders or positive thinkers. Being positive and staying positive is a choice.

Building self-esteem and drawing lines for self-improvement is a choice, not a talent. God would not come down from heaven and tell you, "George, I now give you the permission to build self-esteem and improve your self."

The decision to change comes from within. It is a choice. In making choices, the three important things to consider are attitude, behavior, and way of thinking.

Building self-esteem will eventually lead to self-improvement as you more become responsible about who you are, what you have, and what you do.

How do you start putting up the building blocks of self-esteem? Be positive. Be content and happy. Be appreciative. Never miss an opportunity to compliment.

A positive way of living builds your self-esteem, which is your starter guide to self-improvement.

Maybe you've heard this one:
"What does it profit a man to have gained the whole world, and to have lost his soul?" - Jesus Christ

Inspirational quotes and sayings from the present day or centuries past, can inspire and instruct us. This is true regardless of the religious or spiritual tradition they come from.

Nor do religious or spiritully-oriented individuals have a monopoly on useful words. Quotes that strike at the truth of the matter can come from scoundrels, saints, and ordinary people.

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit" - Aristotle

"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old. Seek what they sought." - Basho

Why Read Inspirational Quotes?

Philosophies and arguments often use logic in an attempt to "capture" truth in a net of words to build systems of knowledge, or to satisfy egos.

Logic is important, but when misused it leads to confusion. Inspirational sayings cut through the fog and point at the truth, so you can see it for yourself.

Find more here " Why Power Words" are important.

"Continuous effort -- not strength or intelligence -- is
the key to unlocking our potential."

- Winston Churchill

"The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that is
difficult."

- Mme. Du Deffand

Most of us have heard the term personal improvement, but
what does it really mean to us?

Reference to this term seems to be confined to factors pertaining to such abstract terms as, emotions, success, mind, goal setting, health, and other such words; but not much is said about other factors that help to bring about positive development in a person's life.

I say 'positive' development because I must stress the difference in the meaning of the words improvement and development. These two words are not really synonymous and cannot generally be used interchangeably.

Something can develop from a good state into a bad one, or from a bad state into a good one; whereas nothing can ever improve from bad to worse!

At this point I must mention that there is also a difference between the terms self improvement and personal improvement.

Self improvement is personally enhancing your self; for example, your health, appearance, education, and such like; whereas personal improvement goes deeper than that.

It embodies all of self improvement as well as benefits gained from your personal possessions, belongings, and involvement which contribute to your well being and upliftment, thereby enhancing your personal life.

While personal improvement can aptly be defined by the abstract words mentioned above, and others such as, stress, inspiration, education, time management, to name a few more, I view it from a broader perspective.

According to the Dictionary, the adjective 'personal' means "concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality"; and the word 'improvement' means "a change for the better."

From the foregoing, when these two words are put together, they can only mean the effect that anything has on a person's life and personality in a positive manner; in other words, the term covers anything under the sun that can affect a person so as to bring about a change for the better in that person's life.

Hence, I feel that the meaning also encompasses your livelihood, possessions, encounters, surroundings, lifestyle, actions, and all other areas in which you may be personally involved; for, as long as you are able to attach a personal possessive adjective such as 'my' appropriately to anything, ownership is suggested; that
object becomes personal to you and some measure of benefit is, or could be, derived.

One might ask, "What does my work at home business, real estate, or electronics, etc., have to do with my personal improvement?" Think about it. Do you expect to improve your lifestyle by getting involved in any of these or any other business for that matter?

If you do, then you do expect some profit or personal benefit for your efforts. You work, obtain money, purchase whatever you wish - maybe a place of residence - and furnish it with whatever you desire so that you may enjoy the rewards of your labor.

Now, can that property have the experience of being owned by you or anyone else? It cannot care who lives in it, whether you pay for it or not, whether it is equipped with electricity, whether it has a roof or floor; it cannot enjoy the good things of life; it is never happy or sad. Why?

Because it is inanimate, it has no life; therefore, it cannot have emotions. Who becomes emotional? You, of course! Those things affect you personally.

If I sent you a personal letter, it may not have anything to do with your physical self, but it may have to do with your finances; therefore it is indeed personal; it does not affect your body, but it certainly could affect your mind positively or negatively. I guess that by now you have got
the point. No?

Take a look at science and technology. Would you classify them under personal improvement? Maybe not.

Now, think about it: Nothing can be accomplished by man without human involvement - hence, personal involvement. The inception and continuance of every venture is totally dependent upon the talent and ability of people.

Even after being put into operation, technology cannot be fully functional without
people and it is all for the benefit of the humana race.

God has given mankind dominion over everything in the world, so as long as we have life, everything in this world affects us directly or indirectly in some small or great way for good (or evil because of sin).

Needless to say that from creation, people have been
involved in every facet of life irrespective of what
category.

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