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How To Fully Commit To Goals That Terrify You - Thrive Global - Medium

Comparisons and mimicry

Comparing yourself to others (those at the top of the industry), being inspired by someone and learning from their mastery is essential to learning and growth. Mimicry, however, is a very bad thing.

Study the best examples and understand what worked out for them so you can quickly innovate and evolve beyond that. Don’t be an imitator. Be an innovator.

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How To Know If You'll Be Successful - Thrive Global - Medium

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Life is complex and messy. It can be extremely difficult to get traction, let alone find motivation. But motivation is something you can learn to create at will. Becoming deeply passionate is also within your creative control. As a result, you can completely predict your own success.

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If you want to remain mediocre at something forever, keep it to yourself

If you want to become extremely successful, then openly share your dreams with your loved ones. Friends and family will also hold you accountable to your dreams and goals if they see...

“It doesn’t matter what your vision is. It matters what your vision does.” — Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Disciple

Practice is all about perfecting skills

True practice and learning force you to deeply examine the chinks in your armor. You are only as strong as your weakest link. In a world that tells you to ignore your weaknesses, true practitioners do the opposite.

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Are You Living a Life of Endless Excuses? Here's How to Stop!

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He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. - Benjamin Franklin Do you ever catch yourself making excuses when things don't entirely go your way? Have you ever neglected taking responsibility for the events and circumstances of your life?

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Defining excuses

Excuses are rationalizations we make to ourselves about people, events, and circumstances.

They are invented reasons we create to defend our behavior, to postpone taking action or simpl...

The Fear Trap

We make excuses for the following key reasons:

Fear of Failure
Fear of Embarrassment
Fear of Success
Fear of Change
Fear of Uncertainty
Fear of Responsibility
Fear of Making Mistakes
Perceived lack of confidence or resources

To successfully eliminate excuses we must first consider removing all traces of fear. Fear paralyzes us and prevents forward movement in all areas of our lives.

'There’s just not enough time'

This excuse means a lack of desire, focus, discipline, and direction.
It suggests the wrong priorities or time management problems. It could also indicate laziness or procrastination.

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When Chaos Strikes and Life Strips You of Your Identity

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"Change can happen at any time, but transition comes along when one chapter of your life is over, and another is waiting in the wings to make its entrance." -William Bridges, author The Way of Transition I never thought it could happen to me. But it did. And I'm not alone.

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“Change can happen at any time, but transition comes along when one chapter of your life is over, and another is w..."

William Bridges

The Stages of Transition

The experience of Transition has 4 main stages:

Disengagement: the feeling of separation from what is lost
Disidentification: the destruction of the old identity
Disenchantment: tearing out of the old reality
Disorientation: the feeling of being lost and bewildered by the loss experienced.

Change is Inevitable

Change is the only constant in life.

It is always a certainty and failure to cope with change is not an option.

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