Use every experience to propel you forward
by John Assaraf | posted on July 8th, 2008 | Mindset for Success
Creating the life of your dreams requires you be totally honest with yourself so you can move forward in your life.
Everyone has made mistakes. Everyone. And all of us have areas in life where we know we are not as strong as we’d like to be. We all know that no one is perfect, but we still may beat ourselves up over these perceived weaknesses.
We can obsess about choices we’ve made that turned out to be “bad,” and we can bemoan our shortcomings, but this will hold us back. What we need to do is acknowledge them, come up with a strategy for managing them, then MOVE ON.
What if, instead of beating yourself up about the bad choices you have made in the past, you focused on what that mistake taught you? If you looked at every error in judgment as a learning experience, you would feel so much better about yourself and your past actions. You could say, “OK, I learned something valuable from that mistake, and I know not to make this same choice again.” And, most importantly, you
would be able to move on with your life and not dwell on the past anymore.
If you are always looking backward at your past, you cannot look forward to your future.
Consider your own life: Have there been relationships that ended? Business that went belly up? Or other, ongoing challenges, such as not producing enough cash flow to cover expenses? Not making your family a priority?
Examine these situations and consider what they have to teach you: what changes you should make in your life, what strategies you should adopt, what you should delegate, what you should just let go?
