Supercharged

In case you don't know, the term supercharger is vehicle terminology; it's a component added to a vehicle's engine which makes it better, meaning it gains more useable power. It does this by compressing intake gasses forcing more air into the engine (forced induction) at any given time which means more fuel can be burned and more power is produced...but this post isn't about engines.

Last week I met a chap who has taken the concept of a supercharger and applied it to his life.

He's not used forced induction of air to help him have more power though; instead, *he's used experiences and the lessons they have brought him, to supercharge his life, the present and future, meaning he's continually found better results, more happiness and contentment and enjoys a closer personal relationship with his own life; he's more engaged with it.

That sounds pretty fucken good to me and the ethos aligns with my own, I've done the same, which is not surprising considering he and I have had very similar experiences.

We were swapping stories, it's incredible how close we came to crossing paths in the past but never quite did, and were talking about the importance of failure (and learning from it) in the process of development, growth and drive towards better results. People come across it and so many choose to give in to it, accepting the failure, getting beaten by it, then failing to learn and do things differently, which is a massive inhibitor to personal and professional growth, to happiness and to life itself.

Quitting because of a failure isn't how one supercharges life; it's done by accepting the failure, learning new things, adjusting goals, finding new strategies, and deploying a little thing I like to call "massive action" towards the ultimate fulfillment of those goals. Easy? Nope, not always, but worthwhile? Always!

I'm not going into the full extent of the conversation he and I had as it's not for Hive, however I thought I'd ask the question of you folks, see if any of you have taken steps to supercharge your lives and if so how; what does it mean to you and how has it worked out? Of course, if you have not, why not? Feel free to chat to me in the comments.