Nothing feels better than living life on your terms:). It is LIBERATING!
I can tell you this from my own experience and I will share my story at the end. Stay tuned!
If you haven’t experienced it, you must make an active decision and unstoppable commitment to yourself RIGHT NOW that you are ready to live the life the way you want.
The reality is that if you don’t decide your destiny NOW, someone else will decide. The choice is yours! My mentor Sam Cawthorn often says ” The biggest gift God has given us is “CHOICE”.
A lot of international students fall into the trap of working in the same industries and very often the same workplaces where their friends and people from their own community work. I am not saying it is wrong or bad but sometimes we need to DISCOVER. My biggest encouragement for students is to explore and strive to do what they love. It is Absolutely Possible! If you really wish to do what you want, you will find a way out regardless of what immigration and other government rules are.
DIRECTION TO THE MOST EXCITING TIMES OF YOUR LIFE
I believe that when you actually STOP following the Rat Race, you start discovering more about yourself. By rat race, I mean doing pretty much the same things everybody else is doing without actually giving a serious thought about what YOU really want. Once you stop the rat race, you start realizing what your true strengths are; you tend to figure out your standards and the values you hold. This is so important because it is a great Self Analysis opportunity. The self-analysis will further give you more Clarity and Clarity is Power. If you feel that your life is dull and boring right now, I would highly encourage you to STOP… THINK…ANALYSE and make an important decision RIGHT NOW to live the life on your terms because life is much more Exciting and Amazing!
MORE HAPPINESS AND SATISFACTION
The biggest myth is that success leads to happiness but the reality is that happiness precedes success! So how can you expect to be happy and successful if you are doing something you don’t like?
In Einstein’s words “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”
You have to feel good and happy before you succeed in your goals!
I can tell you that it is rare to find a person who is negative and feels pathetic most of the times and achieves success!
I have personally experienced higher levels of satisfaction, fulfillment, and happiness while doing the things I completely love.
TRICK: If you want to find out what you love, It is very simple. Just find out what is it that pulls you so much that you are excited to see the final result. The final result is so exciting that working towards your result or goal is effortless. When I write my blogs, I put my heart out and I am really excited because I can literally visualize people reading my book and changing their lives positively.
LEAVING A LEGACY
I always say to all the young graduates and senior students that you must work on at least 1 single project that will allow you to build something of your own so that it serves not only you but also your family and your future generation in the long run.
You must work on something you are completely and utterly in love with. I completely understand that you may not be in the position to suddenly and completely stop what you are doing and start working towards what you really love but I have no doubt that you can RIGHT NOW start working at-least few hours every single day towards something that really excites you and makes you happy!
Start small my friends but START! Slow Progress is better than No Progress!
When you do what you love, you become more creative. You innovate! You will see your hard work manifesting!
Action Plan: Get slightly more organized! Get in touch with people who had the courage to start their own ventures and have done quite well in building a legacy. Ask them questions! Cut your learning curve by learning from their mistakes followed by MASSIVE ACTION! Do not forget this. Ideas don’t have any value unless action is taken upon on those ideas.
The moment you decide that you want to start creating something for yourself, I can assure you that you will automatically start coming across people, opportunities, and circumstances that will help you to live your life on your own terms.
MY STORY
I worked as an assistant accountant for 3 months and I had the most terrible time of my life. I clearly remember that every morning I would dread going to work. Sunday evenings seemed to be horrible. All I had with me was “FEAR”. A fear that I will be yelled upon for some reason. I don’t want to completely blame my colleagues for their attitude and behavior but hat I understand now is that when you pursue something you don’t like, all you experience is fear, sadness, failure and even bullying sometimes.
Today I live my life on my own terms. I run an institute for training international students in English and communication. I do work but I decide my own hours. I speak, write and I express. It was not plain easy but the challenge was worth undertaking.
My biggest encouragement to all of you would be to take some bold steps and step out of your comfort zone. See the reward on the other side. Do what you love! Stop the RAT RACE!!! MAKE A DECISION TODAY. Tomorrow never came and will never come.
“IN THE END, IT’S NOT THE YEARS IN YOUR LIFE THAT COUNT. IT’S THE LIFE IN YOUR YEARS”
-ABRAHAM LINCOLN