How To Accelerate Your Personal Growth By Choosing What You Control
It's easy to feel powerless, but the truth is we can control a lot more than you might think. All it takes is looking at life as a chess board. How? Start by making a list of what you already have control over and then try to figure out how those things align with what you want in life. In other words, if your long-term goal is financial freedom, then maybe controlling your purse strings and working on budgeting for the next six months will get you closer to that goal.
If this sounds like an intriguing challenge, then click on this link for our step-by-step guide on how to start assessing what you have control over with respect to your goals. The key is to start with something you can easily control, like the number of calories in the food you eat, and then expand on that area.
So whether you want to start building a rock solid credit score or stay out of jail, this process will help you get there sooner. And it can be an incredibly empowering process once you realize that whenever you don't make your goals happen—you're choosing what doesn't ever happen. But if choose wisely, then your choices will lead to a life full of meaning and purpose.
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How To Accelerate Your Personal Growth By Choosing What You Control [ARTICLE START] by Terrance Williams The next time someone tells you "it doesn't matter what you put out there, the world will give you what you deserve," think of this article and reconsider. If we are the sum of our choices, then it is important to choose wisely. While this might sound trite, it is anything but. Deciding what you control is an incredibly powerful way to accelerate your growth as a person. That's why we recently created this guide on how to start assessing what you have control over with respect to your goals. The key is to start with something you can easily control, like the number of calories in the food you eat, and then expand on that area. When people are deciding which direction to travel in their lives, they tend to focus on the controllable or the noncontrollable aspects of their situation. But in order for someone's life to take a positive turn, they need more than just these two options. They need to focus on a third choice, which is the controllable aspect of their situation. So if you want to escape from your 9 to 5 job and create a business that gives you freedom and time with your loved ones, then you will have to take control over an aspect of your life that has the power to free you from your current situation. A lot of times when people think about getting control over their lives, they start thinking about the noncontrollable. The noncontrollable is things that are out of our control such as bosses, family members, other people's actions and our own actions twenty years ago. The noncontrollable can also be every other external factor in life such as the weather or traffic jams. In the case of our article, one thing that will most certainly not be on your control is the environment and how other people perceive you. Many people think that if they could just get out of their current situation then the rest will just fall into place. But when our lives aren't working for us, it may be because we aren't focusing on what we can control (and are actually choosing what we don't want). So let's dig into exactly how to use this process to accelerate personal growth. Choosing What You Control: The simplest way to start applying this process is by identifying which aspects or areas of your life you always feel in control of, and then changing them over time until they align with your goals. Let's use a simple example. If your long-term goal is financial freedom, then maybe controlling your purse strings and working on budgeting for the next six months will get you closer to that goal. After a year of getting control over your money, then you can start looking into how to create multiple revenue streams that can free you from having a boss. In other words, once you choose what you want to control, then the process becomes easier. Instead of trying to get out of the rat race by taking on debt or giving up all your hard earned cash, you are controlling only one aspect of your life (your finances) and working it until it's in alignment with your long-term goals. If you still don't like being dependent on others for your income, then maybe you can choose to control another aspect of your life. For example, maybe you want to take control over the credit issue in your life by building a rock solid credit score. Now that you have chosen what you want to control, then the hard work is all about making those changes happen. Because we all know when it comes to any type of change, we are the only thing standing in our way. Once we take action and make those changes happen, then our lives start feeling like they were meant to be lived and not wondering how it will turn out.
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A Quick Guide To Go From Fear To Freedom In Your Life [ARTICLE START] by Terrance Williams I believe that there's a little bit of fear in all of us, because fear is what keeps us alive and saves our lives. But if we try to live a life that is dominated or controlled by fear, then our life will be miserable and we will get nowhere in life. In other words, if your long-term goal is financial freedom, then maybe controlling your purse strings and working on budgeting for the next six months will get you closer to that goal. After a year of getting control over your money, then you can start looking into how to create multiple revenue streams that can free you from having a boss. In other words, once you choose what you want to control, then the process becomes easier. In fact, the key is to start with something simple and turn it into something bigger. For examples, I know plenty of people who have wanted to start their own business for years but they're too afraid of not succeeding or not having enough time. The solution is simple: First get your finances in order so that you are financially independent from the next six months (which will happen whether you succeed or not). If after six months you have achieved your financial goals, then you can start building your business which will free up time that is normally used for working for someone else. Another example is people who want to travel the world but they're afraid of not having enough money. The solution is simple: Get rid of your monthly bills and any other debt that's holding you back from traveling. Once you've eliminated the element of money from the equation (and are debt free), then you can start saving up so that you can travel the world. Here are a few other examples on how to convert fear into freedom: If your fear is about getting rejected by someone, then get over it by asking for help from more popular people who have influence in that area.
Conclusion
If you want to change your life, then start by taking some small steps to get control over your life. Then work on those steps until they align with your long-term goals and vision. With enough effort and some small sacrifices, you will be free from the prying eyes of the people who control your life and will be able to live a different kind of LIFE.
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