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What are SMART Goals and How do they help you?

If you are looking for the answer to this question, What are SMART Goals? Then you are in the right place. In this blog post, you will find what are smart goals and how they help you. You will also find how to know whether the goals you set for yourself are Smart goals or not. So, stay till the end.

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Everyone sets goals for a better future.

You make plans, you make strategies to make everything work perfectly, but life doesn’t always happen the way you wanted.

You work so hard to make things happen and to get results, but sometimes you fail to achieve the goals you set for yourself. You make several excuses for why you failed, why things didn’t work out, what didn’t work out, and so on.

But have you ever wondered that it might be the point you started was wrong which eventually led you to get no results?

Tell me one thing… Can working in the wrong direction lead you to the right results? It cannot happen, Right? It’s like pushing a wall and expecting it to move. It’s a waste of effort.

Think about it this way, if you want to reach a destination and because of X reason you put the wrong address in Google Maps. Now can you expect to reach your destination without troubling yourself? No, you cannot. The same is the case with Goal setting.

Goal setting is the most important exercise that everyone must do if they want to accomplish something in their life. I don’t know why, but many people don’t pay much attention to this, and then complain about not getting quality results. I mean it’s foolish.

Goal setting and most importantly smart goal setting is the most crucial part when it comes to getting good quality results. And in this blog post, we are going to talk about the same.

Let’s start with figuring out what actually smart goals are.

SMART Goals are nothing but the goals that are set to achieve quality results in a given period of time. Usually, they are a group of small tasks, which together help you go one step ahead to achieve the major goal you have in your life.

Let’s get into this a little deeper, imagine your goal is to write an article. Now, there are several things that come into consideration when we talk about writing, and that are research, case studies, keyword research, grammar check, making the article inspiring, and so on.

Now, if you sit to do everything at once, you will go nuts and nothing valuable will come out of it. So it’s better to divide this goal into smaller tasks or short-term goals which eventually contribute to writing the article.

These small tasks that you set for yourself like keyword research are what we call a smart goal. Now the question is, how will you find out if the goal you are setting is a smart goal or not?

There are 5 criteria that come into consideration when we talk about setting smart goals and it’s nothing but this acronym

S – Specific

M – Measurable

A – Achievable

R – Realistic/Relevant

T – Time-bound

How to know if the goals you set are smart goals or not?

S – Specific

The goal you set for yourself should be specific. This is the first and the most crucial part of setting a smart goal. It’s like, if your aim is not right, then how can you expect to get the right results?

Now, let’s talk about what makes a goal Specific.

Imagine you have a website and you want people to come and visit it which will eventually contribute to the growth of your business. Now, if you plan and strategize to increase your website traffic then it will just be a goal, but if you want to make it specific then switch it and decide the number of visitors you want on your website. Is it 5000, 10000, or 50000 visitors per month? Just select a number and start working towards it.

If your goal is not specific that means you don’t have clarity about what you want to achieve. In a situation like this, you won’t be able to decide what to do, and when to do and you will get nothing in the end. Setting a specific goal basically gives you a clear direction to where to land.

M – Measurable

The goal you set for yourself should be measurable.

When I say measurable, that means getting the results that you can count in numbers. As we all know numbers are very easy to track and you can use them to figure out what’s working and what’s not. According to this analysis, you can make the necessary changes to your plan.

If we take the previous example of increasing your website traffic, then setting a goal to get 5k, 10k, or even 50k visitors is a great way to track your growth. You can track the no. of visitors to your website using Google Analytics which is a free tool used by almost every marketer in the world. By tracking the no. of visitors to your website, you can make decisions on what to do next.

A – Achievable

The goal should be achievable.

Set a goal that you can achieve by putting in your efforts and hard work. Don’t set a goal that is unachievable because it will do nothing but make you feel horrible when you fail.

Like setting a goal to get 5 million subscribers on YouTube overnight. It’s not achievable and to some extent, it’s insane. Yes, you can do it providing you post some extraordinary content that goes viral and makes you a star overnight. But in 99.99% of cases, it doesn’t happen. So don’t set a goal is which you cannot achieve.

If you really want 5 million subscribers on Youtube, then plan everything in advance. Put in all your efforts and make good quality content, built-up your audience, and then scale it over time. You surely can do it providing you do all your work perfectly.

R – Realistic

The goal should be realistic and relevant.

You cannot set a goal that is impossible to achieve like becoming a swimmer who can breathe underwater. Obviously, you can do it with all those oxygen cylinders that you can carry with you but you cannot do it on your own. It’s beyond human potential. It’s not realistic.

Setting an unrealistic goal is just a waste of time and effort. You don’t get results and you feel bad about it too. So, what’s smart about it? Just think to yourself.

T – Time-bound

The goal you set for yourself should have a time limit. When you set a goal without any time limit, you are more likely to fail to achieve that goal.

When you set a goal and have no time limit, you tend to procrastinate and keep delaying it because you don’t have any pressure on yourself to take action. It’s not your fault, it’s human nature. You will get involved in your daily household chores and will find gazillions of reasons why you couldn’t take action. But let me tell you this doesn’t help you get any further to achieving your goal.

If your goal is to write a book then set a time limit and commit to yourself that you are going to complete the first chapter in a 2 or 3-month period. Because if you don’t do that, you won’t be able to complete that book ever. It’s a fact, and it doesn’t matter how much you are committed to writing that book.

So whatever your goal is, set a time limit to complete that goal and try to follow up with that.

How setting SMART Goals can help you?

Setting smart goals can help you in many ways.

It gets you quality results

I believe this is the main difference between setting a goal and setting a smart goal. Smart goals help you get quality results. You can track them and can tell what’s working for you and what’s not. And then you can make changes to your strategies accordingly. This is what you cannot do by setting a random goal.

It increases your productivity

You often have heard from others that they can’t find momentum and the rhythm to keep going. But when you set a smart goal and get quality results for yourself, what actually happens is you create momentum for yourself.

You put in the right efforts and you get quality results and the cycle goes on and on. Though it’s not as easy as it may sound but it’s not impossible too.

It gives you mental peace

When you are stress-free, it gives you mental peace; there is no doubt about this fact. You feel a great level of satisfaction when you are stress-free.

Smart goals are easy to achieve because it is not something that’s unrealistic. You can achieve them without any stress on your mind. It works like this, you set a goal, you achieve it and then you move forward and this just keeps happening, providing you don’t miss putting in the effort.

Conclusion

Goal setting is the easiest and the most difficult thing, both at the same time. If you know what you are upto, then it’s the easiest and if you don’t then it’s the most difficult thing to do.

In the above post, I talked about what are smart goals and how to know whether the goals you are setting are Smart goals or not. Also, we discussed how they can help you.

Now, do let me know in the comments below, what your takeaways are and what techniques you use to set the goals that work for you.

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By Nisha Kohli, 2 yearsSeptember 23, 2022 ago

GOALS

5 Secrets to achieving goals

Achieving goals…Sounds like a hell of a big deal. Isn’t it?

Many people get scared just by the thought of it, which eventually makes them give up so easily on the goals they have. They get so overwhelmed and intimidated by this whole thing and they go like, Ohh… It’s not my thing. I can’t do it.

But tell me one thing, do you want to be one of them? I know you don’t want it and so do I. I don’t want you to be one of those who give up so easily because it sounds scary.

Yeah… it does sound scary. You can also say it’s hard and sometimes very very hard but it’s not IMPOSSIBLE. You can achieve anything you think of; you just have to believe it. It’s like the first rule when it comes to achieving your goals. Because if you can’t believe it, you can’t achieve it.

After all, if YOU don’t believe in your goals and dreams, how could you even think that someone else will? No one will give a damn to it.

Here in this blog post, I will give you 5 secrets that will help you achieve your goals. Know that these secrets are not actually secrets but the mental shift that you have to do within yourself and obviously putting on effort.

These 5 mental shifts might sound easy to you at first but it’s not. I’m not trying to scare you by saying this but think of it yourself if this would be so easy, then everyone would have been successful by now and they would have accomplished all their goals. So first, prepare yourself for this mental shift, and let’s begin with

1. Mindset

There are two types of mindsets. The first one is Fixed Mindset and the other is Growth Mindset. And the main difference between them is, the belief that YOU CAN.

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People with a fixed mindset always get excuses about how NOT to do something, and on the contrary, people with a growth mindset find ways how to do the same thing.

Now ask yourself, which one of them is you? What type of mindset do you have?

To save you some time, let me tell you this, it doesn’t matter what mindset you carried till now, you can always change it. And to accomplish your goals and become successful, you have to develop a growth mindset.

The growth mindset starts with this belief that everything you think about and everything you want to achieve in your life is actually possible. You can do or get anything in your life if you set your mind to it. It’s the starting point of everything you wish to achieve, before even starting it.

It doesn’t matter how big or small your goals are, mindset is the first thing that you got to develop because, without that, you cannot even imagine starting anything.

Here are some books that you can read to develop a growth mindset.

Mindset – The new psychology of success by Carol S. Dweck
Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Linchpin by Seth Godin

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2. Grit

Everyone wants to accomplish their goals and want to live the life of their dreams, but why are only a few of us able to actually make it possible?

How are these people different from the others? What do they do that others are not doing? What is it that actually makes them different from the crowd?

There can be so many answers to these questions. One of them is Grit. Grit is the sense of mind that a person develops in him/herself to not give up at any cost. It tells that it doesn’t matter what challenges you are facing in your journey toward success, you got to be courageous enough, become fearless and fight against them.

If you are a person who is losing sleep dreaming about the goals that you wanna accomplish in your life, then you gotta be gritty. You have to become a person with a strong mindset who says no to giving up. A person who is passionate about his/her work and is ready to take risks and become limitless.

3. Perseverance

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Where failure lies, success flows.

The journey to success cannot be completed without failures. They are like twin sisters. You cannot expect to become successful without failing. Every successful person about whom we read in books and listen to their inspiring stories today, failed once, twice and so many times.

We all know J.K. Rowling; she got rejected 12 times before she got Harry Potter published. Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, they are the world’s most successful and wealthiest people. They didn’t get success in one go. They tried and they failed; some even faced huge losses too. Their stories are surely different but one thing is common between them and all the other successful people on the planet. That’s Perseverance.

When you Google the term perseverance, you will get this: to keep putting effort without regard to discouragement. If you really want to accomplish your goals then you have to keep pushing yourself, even after failing multiple times. Learn from the mistakes that you made in the past and keep going. Always keep an eye on your goals and envision them becoming true one day.

You can read stories of people who went from failures to successes here.

4. Resilience

As you now know that failures are part of your journey towards success, you have to learn to deal with them. You cannot sit and cry for the mistakes that you have made or for the things that didn’t work out the way you wanted.

Problems and difficulties are part of your life, they are gonna come whether you like it or not. Now it’s up to you, how you take them. Do you let them affect you or will you stand strong and fight against them? The choice is yours.

Life always gives you two choices at every given point. Leave it or Live it. Many people just do the first one, they leave it, and then they complain about how things are unfair to them. But the people who choose to live it are the ones who are incredible. They are the ones who create wonders, they are the ones who are different from the rest of the crowd.

You have to learn to make yourself comfortable with the loss and the mistakes of the past. You have to make yourself comfortable dealing with these uncomfortable situations. So, don’t lose hope. Fight against the odds and be resilient.

5. Discipline

Discipline is one of the most important things when it comes to achieving your goals. If you have big dreams and goals, you have to be disciplined enough to pursue them.

Let’s take an example of a boy who aims to become a world-class swimmer. Now, being consistent or disciplined means that he has to make an effort every single day that will help him get one step ahead of his goal. Being disciplined or consistent applies in every part of your life, whether personal or professional.

I know it is very difficult to develop the habit of making efforts continuously, especially when you are just starting out and you don’t see any results coming. But you have to fight against this battle going inside you. Commit to yourself that no matter what, you just have to take action.

Many times we just focus on our goals and plan everything but fail to execute it. In such a case, instead of focusing on the theoretical end which includes all the planning and structuring, focus on developing the habit to take action. If you want to become a writer, then nothing will help you achieve that goal but to practice writing; and to practice writing, your clear goal should be to write every day. You have to be disciplined to write every day which eventually helps you become a master of writing.

Here’s a quote by Tony Robbins, he says, Repetition is the mother is the mastery. So, be disciplined and consistent enough to pursue what you dream of.

Conclusion

Let’s end this blog post with this quote,

Success is no different than any other skill. Duplicate the actions and mindsets of successful people and you will create success for yourself.
– Grant Cardone

You just have to find the ways that HOW you are going to do it, what you want to do. And in today’s digital world with Google and YouTube, it’s not that difficult. Also, read a lot of books to learn from someone else’s experiences.

But the HOW part is secondary when it comes to achieving goals. First, develop a mindset that will lead you to take action. Because without taking action, there will be no difference between you and the one who doesn’t even know what we are talking about.

So, which of these mental shifts are you going to try first? Do let me know in the comments below.

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By Nisha Kohli, 2 yearsSeptember 16, 2022 ago

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5 tips to convert your dreams into reality

Hey, Are you a dreamer; who always dreams about accomplishing your dreams and goals? If yes, then read this blog post till the end as I’ll be sharing 5 tips that will help you convert your dreams into reality and live the life you always wanted.

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Imagine, you are a successful business person who is generating a good amount of annual revenue, driving your favorite Lamborghini, and living in your dream house. Tell me how you’re gonna feel?

Surely, not only you but anyone would feel great. It’s like dream comes true. Isn’t it? But you know what’s sad, most people don’t even believe that this really Is Possible. And if you are among them then I want to tell you this – When you set your mind to something, Everything is possible, Everything is achievable.

A dream is not the thing you see in sleep but is that thing that doesn’t let you sleep.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Well, there are several tricks and strategies that will take you to the other side of the story. And here I have mentioned 5 of them that you can use to convert your dreams into reality.

1. Believe in yourself

Everyone dreams. Some dream about becoming a successful businessman, some about achieving financial freedom, some about becoming a world-class athlete, and so on. But how many of us are actually able to accomplish them?

You guessed it right; a very few. Only about 7-8% of people in the whole world actually achieve their goals and the rest keeps on dreaming. Do you know the reason behind it?

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Although there are several factors why people fail to achieve their goals, and to start with the most important and probably the first one – it’s the lack of belief. It is the lack of belief that stops you from accomplishing your dreams and turning them into reality.

How do you think you can achieve your goals if you don’t believe in them?

People with a lack of belief always think and act negatively when it comes to their goals. They don’t believe in themselves and think that it’s just a dream and they won’t be able to accomplish it ever. They made a lot of excuses why they can’t do it.

And if you are among them and want to get out of the status quo, what you need is a belief that everything is possible and you can achieve anything. A belief that you are capable of doing anything you set your mind to.

Here is a saying that says, ‘If you can believe it, you can achieve it.’ And the opposite is also true, ‘If you can’t believe it, you can’t achieve it.’ When it comes to turning your dreams into reality, believing in them and believing in yourself is the first step you have to take.

So, start Believing in yourself right away.

2. Always be positive

There are two types of vibes and energies that exist in this universe: Positive and Negative.

You might have heard about the Law of Attraction which says you will only attract something that you put yourself into. When you think positively and surround yourself with positivity, all that you get is positivity. It’s like you are attracting positivity from the universe for yourself.

On average, a human brain creates around 6,200 thoughts in a single day which is a blend of both positive and negative. Thinking positively calms your mind and relaxes your nerves. It also promotes the release of Dopamine: a ‘feel-good’ hormone in your body.

On the contrary, thinking negatively increase your stress level which serves you in no way. It makes you feel that you have zero worth which doesn’t let you focus on anything. And it’s just obvious that if you don’t feel good, you can’t do any good which serves as a hindrance in your growth.

So, when it comes to becoming an achiever and accomplishing all your dreams, being always positive and vivacious is what you should focus on.

3. Don’t wait for the right time

Oftentimes, you think the timings are not perfect yet and you keep on waiting for the right time to take action. You keep on delaying things because of your insecurities and fear of being judged.

You just keep telling yourself things like, ‘I’m not ready yet, so I’ll do it tomorrow. Every time you think about taking action, you just get caught in this vicious cycle that has no end.

Keep this in mind that it doesn’t matter how much you wait for that perfect timing, it is not going to come and there will always be a reason why you can’t do anything.

Waiting for the opportunities to come at you is not what achievers do. They make things happen for themselves by taking action and by being proactive. They don’t wait for opportunities to come to them, they go out there and create for themselves.

Time is the most valuable thing to them and they can’t afford to waste it. And hence, waiting for the right time is not on their list of actions.

And if you also want to become an achiever, then don’t sit around and wait for the right time. Come out of your comfort zone and make things happen for yourself.

4. Take action

One of the most common reasons why people fail to get what they want for themselves is that they don’t take action. They get the whole plan ready for the whole month but they don’t take action. Now, it doesn’t matter how amazing and actionable plan they came up with, it’s just a waste of time, effort, and energy if they don’t take action on that basis.

There are several reasons why it happens, some are only daydreamers who only enjoy dreaming about it and don’t give a damn about anything else. Some are afraid of what others are gonna say, some have their own insecurities and fears, some complain that they don’t have time, some procrastinate and keep on delaying because of no reason, and so on.

If you really want to convert your dreams into reality then make sure that you don’t fall under any of these categories. You have to do 2 things: 1. Take Action and 2. Take Action NOW!

Keep on doing what you get to do without over-thinking. I know there are some days when you don’t feel like doing anything, but that is the only difference between a man of actions and a man of words. Remember, nothing is going to happen if you don’t take action.

5. Never quit

Failure is a part of the journey towards success; without failing you can never succeed. When you look at the most successful people in the world, none of them got there without facing challenges and failures. Each and every one of them made a tremendous amount of effort, sacrifices, trials and errors to get where they are today; that’s what makes them different from the crowd.

The methods they use, the efforts, and the sacrifices they made can be different for everyone, but one thing that is common in all of them is to say no to quitting.

I don’t know why people talk about accomplishing dreams and goals when they choose to quit. If you really want it, then quitting is not an option.

When you choose to follow your heart and accomplish your dreams, challenges and hardships walk with you forever there’s no end to it. You have to fill yourself up with that courage, grit, and perseverance that will help you to come up with a solution every time, problems hit you.

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.
Nelson Mandela

Conclusion

If you really want to convert your dreams into reality, don’t waste your time sitting around; go grab it with both of your hands, work hard and turn them into reality.

Believe in yourself and do take action. I believe in you.

What do you dream about that doesn’t let you sleep and which of these tips are you going to follow to make them come true? Tell me in the comments below.

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By Nisha Kohli, 2 yearsJune 28, 2022 ago

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5 things to do to change yourself to achieve your goals

Everyone wants to achieve their goals and wants to live the life of their dreams. But not everyone could make it possible. Do you know why? Because for your life to be changed, you need to change yourself first.

And in this post, I’ll share 5 things that you need to change, if you want to accomplish your dreams and achieve your goals and live your life your way.

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Change. It is a crucial part of life. It’s gonna happen, whether you like it or not. No one can stop it. And you can’t even imagine your life without changes.

It’s an old saying, ‘Change is the only constant thing in the world’.

And I can bet on this, that there would be something in your life that you want to change.

It can be anything. It can be as small as changing the route which takes less time to your work or as big as changing your career. You might want to change a bad habit and want to develop a good one.

It can be anything that just clicked your mind a few days back or something that you are thinking about for a very long time, but somehow you couldn’t make it.

Let’s say, you are not feeling motivated to get started or you might want someone to give you a little push or maybe you are just procrastinating and wasting your time watching those cat videos.

And after giving so much time thinking about it, you decided to get up and take the first step. So now you start exploring the internet. The HOWs, the WHYs, the ways to get this, the ways to get rid of that, and whatnot.

But if you are just watching videos after videos for the sake of getting motivation. And taking a hell lot of courses to develop a skill or a habit, but are not taking any action. Then I’m sorry to tell you that it ain’t gonna happen. Yeah, it’s never gonna happen.

Here’s a reason why you couldn’t make it. It’s because of this fact that says, ‘If you want to change something in your life, you have to change yourself first.’

Many people are scared of change. It’s true, no one likes change. But this is not how a person who wants to achieve his/her goals would think. Don’t you think so?

If you want to get success whether it’s personal or professional, you gotta change yourself. Here are 5 changes that you must do within yourself if you want your dreams to be accomplished and you want to be successful in life.

1. Decide

When it comes to making a change. First, you need to decide ‘WHAT’. What do you want to change in your life?

Is it making a schedule for workouts? Is it following a healthy diet routine? Or is it about quitting a bad habit or developing a new one? Sometimes there are a lot of things that you want to change in your life but couldn’t make it because you are so confused. You don’t get how and where to start.

So first, you must decide what you want to change.

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Deciding what change you want is the same as defining your aim. How would you take an action, if you don’t know what it is for? How would you take the first step, if you don’t know where to go?

Therefore, deciding what you want to change in your life is going to be the first thing you do.

If you are someone who has a long-term vision, then don’t worry. You don’t need to decide each and every step at first. Just decide what are you going to do first and focus on that only. Rest, just keep them at the back of your head and work out later in the future.

Always set short-term goals and analyze the progress quarterly, half-yearly, or after a particular time period. It will also help you to increase your productivity.

2. Say no to excuses

Making an excuse is the easiest thing a person can do. You can make excuses for anything, literally anything. But this is not what the achievers do. Right?

In general, people make excuses for something, they don’t like to do or they are bad at, or things that make them suffer in some way.

There is a reason why you do it. It’s because the human brain always finds a way to survive. It is designed this way. Every time you are stuck somewhere, it will try to save you from the upcoming trouble and pokes you to ignore the problem. That’s the reason why we do it.

That’s the reason why you always find ways to ignore the problem, rather than solve it. But if you practice and train your brain to go to the next level and find the solutions to the problem, you can achieve anything you want.

You have to muscle up your brain to get the most out of it. Make your brain feel excited and involved in the task that you are doing. This way your brain will work harder on its own and finds new ways to solve a problem.

So, next time when you are stuck somewhere, don’t make excuses to ignore the problem but try to find the solution.

3. Believe in yourself

Question: What type of person are you?

The answer to this question totally depends on what types of beliefs you have.

Beliefs are so powerful. Your beliefs are something that has the power to make or break you. If you want to change yourself and achieve your goals and become successful in life, you must believe in yourself. Believe in each and every possibility that you see for yourself.

Start by reminding yourself that you are capable of achieving whatever it is that you want to achieve in life. You have the ability to do it. You have the power to make things work in your life the way that you want them to.

Don’t let anyone or your own insecurities let you down and make you give up on your dreams.

Never say things like ‘I’m not good at this, I can’t do that, or I won’t be able to make it happen.’ When you keep saying things like that, your brain starts to absorb it and makes you believe what you just said. So, never say negative things, not even in a joke. Rather say, ‘I’m able to achieve anything I set my mind to.’

Practice this for a week, and you will start to observe the difference in the way you feel, and that ultimately will change the results.

4. Switch to positivity

If you want to change yourself to achieve your goals, then you need to switch your thoughts to the positive. This is the most powerful tool that you have.

If you think positively and practice gratitude regularly, you are more likely to do and feel good and positive in every situation of your life. You will experience the same energy and vibes everywhere you go. You attract the same things into your life.

On the contrary, if you think negatively, similar things start to happen to you. You see negativity everywhere. You will start to pick up only negative things in everything you come around with. And without even realizing it, you will be a statue of negativity.

This is because of the Law of Attraction. According to which, whatever you think and give yourself into, similar things start to happen to you. The universe provides you with the same kind of things. So, when you think and feel good, good will happen to you. And when you do the opposite, you know the results now. It’s very simple.

5. Become fearless

Being successful is a journey and failure is part of it. You can never be successful without failing.

Every person in this world, who has accomplished their dreams and are successful today, is because they failed so many times. But that’s not what matters, what matters is how many times you failed and stood up to try one more time.

You have to develop a thick skin for this and commit to yourself that you are not going to give up. Think of it this way, if you failed at something, it means you actually came one step closer to your success.

If you fail, try something else; again you fail, try something else; again you fail, try something else, and so on until you find a solution to the problem.

There is no one recipe for success, there are a lot. Every individual is different, and so is their way of thinking and analyzing stuff. And your job is actually to find your way to success.

You sure have heard of the saying, ‘Diamonds are made under pressure.’ And it’s so true. If you wanna become that person that you’ve been dreaming of your whole life; if you wanna shine like diamonds you have to bear the pressure.

Conclusion

Only you have the power to change yourself. You must have heard the saying which goes like, One small change can make a big difference. So, change yourself and achieve whatever you want in life.

Are you ready to do whatever it takes to be what you want to become? Are you ready to change yourself to change your life?

Let me know in the comments below.

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By Nisha Kohli, 3 yearsMay 3, 2022 ago

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50 Motivational Quotes from 5 Successful people

If you are someone who is stuck somewhere in your life and needs motivation then this post is for you. Here is a collection of 50 motivational quotes from 5 successful people.

Let’s start with the quote itself.

People often say motivation doesn’t last. Neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.
Zig Ziglar

Oftentimes, life doesn’t happen as you wanted. It’s like riding a never-ending roller coaster which is sometimes smooth and sometimes full of ups and downs, highs and lows, and a lot of crap.

But let me remind you this, life is a beautiful journey so better to enjoy it and learn from your mistakes rather than whining and complaining about them.

There’s always a solution to every problem you are facing, you just have to keep digging.

Here I have gathered motivational quotes from 5 successful people that are full of inspiration, motivation, and whatnot.

Now, let’s hear it from the people who’ve made it to the top.

1. Elon musk

Elon Musk is the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. He is the founder of The Boring Company and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI. With a net worth of around $273 billion, he is the wealthiest person on the planet.

Wanna know more about Elon Musk? Read books like

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance
Zero to One by Peter Thiel
Elon Musk: A Biography of Billionaire Entrepreneur Elon Musk by Robert Hanson

Motivational Quotes by Elon Musk:

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.
I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.
Don’t confuse schooling with education. I didn’t go to Harvard but the people that work for me did.
Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.
Take risks now and do something bold. You won’t regret it.
Constantly think about how you could be doing things better, keep questioning yourself.
Life is too short for long-term grudges.
Your will is the most accurate way to predict the future.
I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.

2. Warren Buffett

Warren Buffet is the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He is one of the most successful investors of all time and has a net worth of over $125 billion as of April 2022, making him the world’s fifth-wealthiest person.

He has also been referred to as the ‘Oracle of Omaha’ by global media. Warren Buffet developed an interest in investing at a very young age and bought his first stock at the age of 11.

He is a philanthropist who has pledged to give away 99 percent of his fortune.

Source: Wikipedia and Forbes

Motivational quotes by Warren Buffet:

Honesty is a very expensive gift. Do not expect it from cheap people
Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.
If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.
Money is not everything. Make sure you earn a lot before speaking such nonsense.
The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.
We don’t have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest.
It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.
You can’t make a good deal with a bad person.
The best investment you can make is an investment in yourself… the more you learn the more you’ll earn.

3. Grant Cardone

Grant Cardone is an American entrepreneur, real estate investor, sales coach, motivational speaker and author of The 10X Rule, and creator of 21 bestselling business programs.

He owns and operates 7 privately held companies, named as the #1 marketer by Forbes. He is also the founder of The 10X Growth Conference which is the world’s largest business and entrepreneur conference.

Books by Grant Cardone: The 10X Rule, Sell or be Sold, The Millionaire Booklet, If You’re Not First, You’re Last, etc.

Source: Grant Cardone

Motivational Quotes by Grant Cardone:

You will not have a successful life, surrounded by negative people.
I failed a 1000 times and no one knows it ’cause I refused to quit.
Never lower your target. Increase your actions
The world isn’t going to come and make your dreams come true.
Success is no different than any other skill. Duplicate the actions and mindsets of successful people and you will create success for yourself.
You can’t reach your potential without haters.
You can’t get rich thinking poor.
People will say that your dreams are ridiculous but that’s only because they have given up theirs.
Cut out the nonsense. Remove activities that can’t reward you.
10 times the actions, 10 times the goals, and you’ll get everything you’ve ever dreamed of.

4. Richard Branson

Richard Branson is the founder of Virgin Group which today controls more than 400 companies in various fields.

He expressed his desire to become an entrepreneur at a young age. At the age of 16, he made his first business venture with a magazine called Student. In the 1970s, he founded Virgin Group.

Books by Richard Branson:

The Virgin Way: Everything I Know About Leadership
Like a Virgin: Secrets They Won’t Teach You at Business School
Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur and many more.

Motivational Quotes by Richard Branson:

You’ve got to take risks if you’re going to succeed. I would much rather ask for forgiveness than permission.
If your dreams don’t scare you, they are too small.
Screw it. Let’s do it.
Don’t be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.
Building a business is not rocket science, it’s about having a great idea and seeing it through with integrity.
Every risk is worth taking as long as it’s for a good cause, and contributes to a good life.
Whatever your goal is you will never succeed unless you let go of your fears and fly.
If you spot an opportunity and are really excited by it, throw yourself into it with everything you’ve got.
There is no greater thing you can do with your life and your work than follow your passions in a way that serves the world and you.
You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over.

5. Gary Vaynerchuk

Gary Vaynerchuk is a Belarusian-American entrepreneur, speaker, author, and Internet personality.

Gary is the chairman of VaynerX and the CEO of VaynerMedia. He has been featured in The New York Times, Inc., Entrepreneur, Fortune 40 under 40, Forbes, and many more.

He is also the author of books like Crush It, Crushing it, Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook, Twelve and a Half, etc.

Source: Gary Vaynerchuk

Motivational Quotes by Gary Vaynerchuk:

It’s simple, be a good person. And good things happen.
Look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself, what do I want to do every day, for the rest of my life? Do that.
Stop whining, start hustling.
Ideas are nothing. Execution is the game.
Spend 0% of your energy on things that don’t matter.
Even if your ambitions are huge, start slow, start small, build gradually, build smart.
Do what the 99% are not doing.
Whether you are 9 or 90. Stop trying to fix the things you’re bad at and focus on the things you’re good at.
Stop hanging around people who don’t want to win.
There’s is no reason to do shit you hate. None

The list doesn’t end here. There’s a bonus for you. Some more quotes by huge personalities.

It always seems impossible until it’s done – Nelson Mandela
If you can dream it, you can achieve it – Walt Disney
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. – Albert Einstein

If people are doubting how far you can go, go so far that you can’t hear them anymore. – Michele Ruiz
Everything you can imagine is real. – Pablo Picasso
Do one thing every day that scares you – Eleanor Roosevelt
Your passion is waiting for your courage to catch up. – Isabelle Lafleche
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. – Walt Disney
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you’ll be criticized anyway. – Eleanor Roosevelt
No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again. – Gautam Buddha

Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress; working hard for something we love is called passion. Simon Sinek

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. – John D. Rockefeller
No one is to blame for your future situation but yourself. If you want to be successful, then become successful. – Jaymin shah
Keep going… everything will come to you at the perfect time. – Gautam Buddha

Look, It’s never enough to keep listening to quotes, podcasts, attending events, watching TED talks, etc. It’s never gonna happen if you don’t take action.

Feeling low or down is temporary, don’t make it permanent. It’s gonna come and go like…. It’s better to get used to it and don’t let it affect you. Just keep going and I know you’re gonna make it.

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By Nisha Kohli, 3 yearsApril 19, 2022 ago