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5 Tips for Personal Transformation
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You don’t have to be born with any specific talent, but you must be prepared to work to rise to the top of your personal capabilities. Here are 5 tips to get you started:
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TIP #1: Embrace the Pain
As you journey towards your goal, there will be things to overcome that may slow you down. Never give up. You will be a stronger person in the end.
The Terminator once recalled his bodybuilding days and said, “The last three or four reps is what makes the muscles grow. This area of pain divides a champion from someone who is not a champion. That’s what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they’ll go through the pain no matter what happens.”
Make the personal vow to embrace that pain right now and you will be one step closer to superstardom.
TIP #2: Take Off the Lid
The vast majority of limitations are self-imposed. Carefully monitor your own thoughts. As you will see in time, once you stop questioning what you can and cannot achieve, you will frequently find yourself performing feats that you never thought possible.
TIP #3: Understand that Obstacles are Part of the Journey
Nobody gets a smooth ride. Every now and then we all face challenges, and we all hit walls. While facing death, Professor Randy Pausch explained in his now famous last lecture that those walls are there for a specific purpose.
They are made to keep all of those who don’t want it badly enough OUT. You however are the exception. You will find a way to continue forward and make it past that wall.
TIP #4: Be a Beginner and Be an Expert
Always be humble, you are never too advanced to learn something new. When working at developing any skill, bear in mind you’re never above the fundamentals, yet keep your ears perked for expert level tips as well. Keep an open mind and be ready to learn at every opportunity.
Tip #5: Dream BIG
Make small goals that are more digestible. But recall the 2nd tip, don’t limit yourself. Find the balance of the incredible and the realistic.
Take a moment and ask yourself “What did I want to be when I grew up?” Did you answer an astronaut or professional sports player? You need to reactivate the dreamer part of your personality.
Have the courage to use your imagination and dream up those ideas, otherwise how will you ever make them a reality? You are the exception. Now go get it!
