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The key to success and happiness

By: Rasheed Ogunlaru

Are you at a point where you’re keen to move ahead in your life, career, relationships, confidence, health or personal happiness? If so, that’s great. Too many people feel consigned to live unfulfilled lives or become sidetracked by other people, the scene, cynicism - or even worse - Eastenders.  Typically it’s lack of belief, focus, action and a whole bunch of thoughts, fears and ideas hold people back from the happiness and fulfilment they seek. It’s is no surprise because from infancy we’re all bombarded with all sorts of ideas and beliefs about who you should be, how you should look, what you should own and all sorts of other nonsense.  The good news is that if you’re keen to move ahead in your life some simple steps will help build the vision, belief and action that unlock greater success and happiness: Rasheed’s top ten tips 

1. Be yourself, no-one else (this is one the greatest keys to happiness)
2. Appreciate who you truly are (remember you’re the magic, rich, whole spirit beneath the ideas and fears you’ve been handed by society)
3. Take responsibility for your life / actions from now (let others do the same)
4. Focus on your life… don’t be sidetracked by those of others, celebrities or the characters in whatever TV show others may be hooked on!
5. Let go of negative relationships and build positive ones. Be kind to yourself and supportive of others.
6. Stop thinking about what you don’t want in life and start acting on what you do want (this is one of the key traits of happy and fulfilled peoplel)
7. Write down all your qualities, strengths and achievements and always work from your strengths
8. Make a list of the three people who inspire you most and why. Now identify all the ways /areas in your life where you share these qualities.
9. Find a quiet space. Picture where you’d like to be in your life, career, relationships, health and interests in three years time. Now jot down what steps you’d need to take to achieve them. Include all the skills, talents, resources and support you have now and all those that you’d need to seek out or develop.
10. Spend quality quiet time with yourself every day and live one day at a time. Move toward your goals at your own pace.  Be flexible, trust your instincts and learn from success and setbacks in equal measure. Flowers grow by both sun and rain.