On a life-long commitment to self-improvement
Friday, April 22, 2016
Why build on your skills? You should build on your skills
because there is always room for improvement, no matter who you are.
Make a commitment to yourself. To always be open to the
world. To always be open to life. Promise yourself today that you will always
participate through your interest of being a lifetime learner. Why become a
lifetime learner? I suggest, encourage becoming committed to identifying as a lifetime
learner because there is a whole world out there that you know nothing
about, systems and ideas and art and cultures waiting to be discovered and
revelled in. For everything you do know, there are a million more things to be
learnt.
Edx.com has a plethora of topics waiting for you to explore.
There are many sites out there where you can dive into learning. Some are free
and some require a small fee, either monthly or yearly. I have looked at
skillshare, and have bought a course from the ShawAcademy but due to poor time
management was unable to complete it and receive a diploma. Time management is
a tricky skill for some, myself included. Learning to work on my time
management skills is vital for any improvement of myself in any field of my
life.
Give up something that is not contributing to making you
more knowledgeable, more aware, more interested and involved. Give up things
with no time=value earnings for your
part. Time spent on empty activities, with no benefit or improvement of
anything after time spent completing the activity, identify them and limit them
to absolute minimal. Become super stingy with your time. Your time is not
endless, so don’t act like it is. Manage your time. Analyse your days, the time
spend doing what. Are you spending enough time working on you? Working for you
and your bigger picture? Every day spent
well contributes to the achievement of your dreams. Even days of rest which
are well-deserved. Take days off to connect with nature, and to re-align and
evaluate your progress and your projected future path. Adjust if necessary.
Realise that your time is VALUABLE. The time you take
reading this. If you don’t find value in this, please, do not let me waste any
more of your time. No, really. Time is so precious. Please do not spend your time on things that do not have any form of
value to you.
You should be working on building skills, building good
relationships, building systems to support you in the future, building
credibility, building on your dreams. Dream and then do the work. Dream and
dream some more and then find a dream and write it down and analyse it and
figure out why you want to achieve this particular dream/goal and then pursue
it. Run with it. Almost every good business idea, every good book pitch, every
good creative endeavour, began with a dream someone refused to let go of. Latch
onto your dreams. Think of the things you believed you would be going for as an
adult when you were a child. Stick to those core values. The greater good. The
bigger picture. Refuse to be an adult disconnected from their core values.
Refuse to give up on your dreams. Live your days in alignment with your core
values and your dreams and you will live a life you will be proud of.
I wish everyone would
keep the memory of their childhood-self alive. Little kids would actually be
the best life coaches. Let your inner kid remind you of the adult you are
capable of being. The adult you should be. Don’t let that kid down.
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