3 Signs You Are On Wrong Track …Take Charge Of Your Life

If you have been keeping up with the Kenyan news lately, it has gotten depressing.

Let’s be frank here, when was the last time you watched Jane Ngoiri or Lulu Hassan or wherever you like to catch up with the happenings of the day and there wasn’t some news of how scores if Kenyans had lost their lives.

Road accidents, natural causes, name them. Left, right and center, they remind us that life is short. It’s times like this and think of the time we waste immersing ourselves in needless distractions that steal our attention away from the things that actually matter.

If you feel like you’re on the wrong track with what matters most to you, here are three warning written by Marc Chernoff and I thought of sharing them with you.

1.All the decisions you’ve made were made by someone else for you
There are people who live their entire lives on the default settings, never realizing they can customize everything.  Don’t be one of them.

You have to live your own life your own way.  That’s all there is to it.  Each of us has a unique fire in our heart for something that makes us feel alive.  It’s your duty to find it and keep it lit.  You’ve got to stop caring so much about what everyone else wants for you, and start actually living for yourself.

Find your love, your talents, your passions and embrace them.  Don’t hide behind other people’s decisions.  Don’t let others tell you what you want.  Design and experience YOUR life!  The life you create from doing something that moves you is far better than the life you get from sitting around wishing you were doing it.

2. You have chosen the easiest possible path
Nothing in life is easy. Don’t expect things to be given to you.  Go out and achieve them.  Good things come to those who work for them.  Some have natural talent, while others make up for it with tremendous heart and determination, and it’s almost always the latter group that succeeds in the long run.

There is too much emphasis on finding a ‘quick fix’ in today’s society.  For example taking diet pills to lose weight instead of exercising and eating well.  No amount of magic fairy dust replaces diligent, focused, hard work.

Working and training for something is the opposite of hoping for it.  If you believe in it with all your heart, then work for it with all your might.  Great achievements must be earned.

There is no elevator to success; you must take the stairs.  So forget how you feel and remember what you deserve.  NOW is always the best time to break out of your shell and show the world who you really are and what you’re really made of.

Start right where you are, use what you have, do what you can, and give it your best shot.

3. You are working hard, but making zero progress.
To achieve success and sustain happiness in life, you must focus your attention on the right things, in the right ways.  Every growing human being (that means all of us) has resource constraints: limited time and energy.  It is critical that you spend your resources effectively.  You have to stay laser-focused on doing the RIGHT work, instead of doing a bunch of inconsequential work, right.

Not all work is created equal.  Don’t get caught up in odd jobs, even those that seem urgent, unless they are also important.  Don’t confuse being busy with being productive.