Shilpan Patel has written a lovely post on his blog "Success Soul" about 7 habits to cultivate to fight against odds. I have seen several ups and downs in my life and career and even now I am going through a phase which I wish would pass away soon. In any case his words came as a refreshing reminder of whats important -- staying course when delay completely freaks us out and makes us want to give up.
This is what Shilpan has to say:
When you’re down, it seems impossible at times to ever win the game of life. Your thoughts gravitate rapidly towards the abyss of despair and pessimism. Seemingly even a nice, sunny day makes you feel lost in the never ending tunnel of darkness. You pronounce that it’s over and tag yourself a loser. This all happen between your two ears...
When we feel a slump, there are three factors contributing to foments this downward spiral in our mind. Once we understand these factors and develop an awareness towards them, we can start looking up and push ourselves out of the abyss of despair.
- Our perceived result ~ Anything we do in life has to deliver a fulfilling, achievable result in terms of financial or spiritual reward that we seek from this effort.
- Our thoughts ~ Our desire to seek this reward is tied to our self imposed limitation by a factor called time.
- Our environment ~ This includes our family members, friends and others who influence our thoughts.
The nexus between our expectations and the time is one of the lethal combinations to spark the flame of slump in our mind....We can control what we seek. We cannot control the time it takes to achieve what we seek.
Worth Reading Shilpan's full blog post
Hang in there.
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