Simple Ways To Success

We live so much on the present. We think of the things we want to do every day. Most of us are living in blissful ignorance. You have parties for every after-exam-celebration and you start weeping tears when you don’t get a good result in your exam. If you want to live meaningfully, we must be able to live every moment of lives. There are some core values we must instill in our everyday life. 

Learn something new when it’s a brand new day. It doesn’t matter what you have learnt, as long as it is new. As much as you are willing to learn, you are motivated to move forward to a higher level. If you don’t keep going forward, you will either be left behind when the whole world is growing rapidly or you are just being ignorant by staying on the same spot with no improvement. If you got no new skills to pick up, you can always learn a new vocabulary. It is just a simple act you do for yourselves but it will make you a wiser person. In Malaysia, reading is definitely not a common hobby. People just need to start somewhere to increase their wisdom. Do something so you have a “new” day every day. 

The next core value is courage. You aren’t born with courage but you develop it as you grow. Without courage you barely can achieve anything in your life. It takes courage to pay respect, it takes courage to take risks, and it takes courage to confess. If you are conscious of the right things to do, you will have the courage to step outside your comfort zone to achieve something new. Knowing it will lead us to the right path, we must have the courage. Be clear that, “failure is not fatal, success is not final” Winston Churchill once said. 

You set your goals and reflect them every day. Have you ever tried working extremely hard but it didn’t bring you to anywhere worthwhile? Goal setting is the starting key of every success. You must have a destination in every journey. So there is a starting point and you walk towards the ending point. That is the whole point of goal-setting. Your goals must be achievable and be precise of what you want to achieve during the whole process of doing it. At the end of the day or after every event, you probably want to do some reflections so that nothing leads you astray. Self-awareness is essential to ensure your journey is smooth. We don’t just focus on our strengths but weaknesses. We must recognize our flaws as we reflect. We are responsible of our flaws; hence it’s our responsibility to acknowledge them. I believe if you can have a little responsibility of yourself, you can improve your relationships in your workplace and with your family. 

The quality of being integrity locks you to all the core values in life. After years of understanding, I realize that integrity is the foundation of character. In our teens, the desire of acceptance has clearly destructed all the values and the lost of integrity. We are not mindful of what we are doing. To achieve any goals in our life, whether it is for a better relationship or being successful in your career, we must always be firm of our ethical foundation. You know exactly what the right values, being able to hold on them and embrace on your righteous mind is the highest level of integrity. The trust the people have on their leaders is based on integrity. Would you want to follow your leader if he or she isn’t sincere to all the followers? If you have the highest sincerity, you don’t have to increase your reputation in your society but the people around you will make you well-known.