Most people strive for success in life, but how do you actually achieve it? After five years in law school, I have discovered three things everyone can do in order to achieve success.
Intro
This is the third and last part in my success series.
The objective of the posts is to help you all become successful and achieve your goals and dreams. If I can play a little role in helping you along the way, well then it has been well worth writing the posts.
In part one and two I covered networking and how to work smart and hard. This last part will cover an often-overlooked aspect on the road to success, namely that you should live in the present moment.
Being mindful
We are often busy thinking about the past or worrying about tomorrow. The past is gone and the future is yet to come, so stop what you are doing and live in the present moment and make the most of it.
What kind of life do you want to live?
Do you want an amazing and abundant life?
Then you should start being mindful and live in the present moment.
Everyone can be mindful, and it only takes a couple of minutes a day to be effective.
When I’m practicing mindfulness I try to do it through meditation.
Here’s an easy how-to.
- Stop what you are doing
- Try to clear your mind from any thoughts
- Sit upright (you can cross your legs if you want, the important part is to have a straight back)
- Close your eyes
- Breathe in for about 5 seconds
- Hold your breath for about 3 seconds
- Breathe out for about 5 seconds
- Hold your breath for about 3 seconds
- Repeat
Disclaimer:
Be careful if you have a medical condition and consult your MD if you have any doubts or issues.
Be consistent
If you consistently do this routine on a daily basis (or a similar one), I bet you will start seeing positive changes to your life.
- You will start living in the present
- You will emphasize the positive aspects in life
- You will have a great connection to the world around you
- You will discover what motivates you and what your true dreams are
- You will become more successful
All this from closing my eyes and breathing in a funny way?
Yes, it’s as simple as that actually.
It’s all within you to discover for yourself.
Just trust me and try it out, you won’t regret it.
Sharpen your axe
I would like to finish of this series with a little story about a very busy woodcutter.
A very strong man was hired as a woodcutter in a timber merchant.
The woodcutter was determined to do well and told his new boss that he would be the best woodcutter that ever lived.
The first day the woodcutter felled 10 trees and brought them to the timber merchant.
The previous record was 8 so the boss was very impressed.
Feeling optimistic the woodcutter went to work the following day. But by the end of the day he had only managed to fell 6 trees.
On the third day the woodcutter worked harder than he ever did before. But he only managed to fell 2 trees and it bothered him that he was doing worse and worse for each day.
The woodcutter went to his boss to apologize for his poor results and to ask for advice.
The boss acknowledge that the woodcutter was strong and had worked hard, and he asked the woodcutter when was the last time he had sharpened his axe?
The woodcutter answered that he had been to busy cutting trees so he hadn’t sharpened the axe since the first day.
People are so busy in their daily lives that they often forget to relax and sharpen their axes. They don’t reach their full potential and more important, they forget to have fun.
This concludes the series I hope you found it useful.
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