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Accept Your Strengths and Weaknesses as They Are

Rules That Will Help You to Be Yourself

By [email protected]Published 4 years ago 5 min read
Accept Your Strengths and Weaknesses as They Are
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Trying to be someone else is simply getting lost. Keep your personality - ideas, beliefs, beauty. No one else has them, so why lose them?

Be as you know yourself - the best version of everything possible and not on other people's terms, but your own. And above all, be true to yourself.

Here's how:

1. Set your priorities correctly

In fact, in twenty years, you won't care what shoes you wear, what your hair looks like, or what brand of jeans you bought. What matters is how you loved, what you learned, and how you applied that knowledge.

2. Be responsible for your goals

If you want good things to happen in your life, you have to contribute to them. You can't just sit back and hope for someone's help. He doesn't think your fate depends on other people's activities. Undoubtedly, there is a connection, but only we are committed to the future.

3. Know your value

Some people may treat others as a tool to solve their problems. Asking for help is the desire to withdraw tasks or obligations. That's why you have to look at people carefully to understand if you want to say as much to a person as it does to you.

Don't let anyone use you. Do not be afraid to refuse - this is not pride, but self-respect. Surround yourself with selfish, negative people - don't expect positive changes in your life. Know your price and what you offer people. Never settle for less than you deserve.

4. Choose the right perspective

Perspective is in everything. For example, you often encounter long traffic jams and long traffic jams. In the meantime, a person can walk in two ways. The first option is - upset, disappointed, or even annoyed.

The second option - will perceive this situation as an opportunity to think about your life, to dream, or to focus only on contemplating the world around you, because in the daily hustle and bustle it is not so often possible to enjoy the same meditation.

As a result, in the first case, the person will increase the pressure on negative emotions, and in the second - the mood, at the same time the consciousness will expand.

5. Don't let old problems interfere with your dreams

Learn to give up what you can't control. Do not allow outbursts of anger - reckless spontaneous actions can erase dreams forever. Every time you want to think about an unfair situation, try to redirect your thoughts to another channel. Don't let the problems overwhelm you and you will embark on a direct path to a brighter future.

6. Choose what matters

Some things don't have the meaning you can give them. For example, the contents of the car you are driving. Does it have a role in your life plan? Not at all. And the contents of your heart? Play. And so on. The problem with most people is that they do not care about what is important in life. Instead, he focuses on the small, distracting things from real life.

7. Love yourself

May they love you for who you are. Often people find themselves wrongly unattractive, they feel that they do not deserve anyone's attention. Let someone give it to you. Will you be left alone first, then will the circle of friends expand?

8. Accept your strengths and weaknesses as they are

Don't be afraid to be yourself. We often spend time analyzing other people and comparing ourselves to them, we want to become someone we are not. Each person has both advantages and disadvantages, so you don't have to look for an ideal in someone. You should become an ideal yourself, but only after you accept yourself as you are will you succeed.

9. Get up for your sake

You were born to be real, not perfect. Each of us is here to be ourselves and not what others want us to see. Don't let others change this setting. Don't be afraid to get up and fight back. Look boldly into the eyes of your enemies and say, "Don't judge me until you know me. Don't underestimate me until you challenge me. Don't talk about me until you talk to me. «

10. Learn from others and move on when needed

It never assumes that people will change. Either you accept them that way or you start your life without them. Don't be afraid to end the relationship. If something ends up in life, then so be it. Don't be sad about it - perceive it better as a valuable experience. Any event is good and does not enrich you with experience and makes you wiser. Also with people: someone comes into your life to bless, and someone learns a lesson.

11. Be honest in your relationship

Don't lie. When you are truly in love, loyalty is not a sacrifice, it is a pleasure. If you're not happy, you dare to say it directly - this is the only sure way.

12. Learn to find a way out of uncomfortable situations

Everyone knows that life is unpredictable and can change dramatically at the most unexpected moment. Unexpected communication can develop into a strong friendship, a career that occupies the most important place in life can be lost with the hope of rehabilitation.

Some situations can make you uncomfortable, frustrated, and devastated, but remember that it is temporary. You will not always feel "out of place", but the efforts to get rid of it. Do not be afraid of change, get rid of what is causing you discomfort and your life will be transformed.

13. Be what you were born to be

It is important to understand as early as possible that the path of life is not only long but also wide. No matter how many years you live, long life will not make sense if it turns out to be empty. In order not to regret later for the wasted years, do not deny your wishes yourself.

Live the way you want. It is better to live a short life according to your own rules than a long life according to others. Follow your heart, but don't forget.

14. Never give up

This is your life and you can only live it once. So why let someone decide for you? Be strong and support your interests. Power is not just about remembering your dreams and goals.

The power is also in the ability to start again if the previous attempts failed. It is very important to find strength in yourself and take revenge because everything you dream of is achievable. Realizing a dream is only a matter of time, so don't give up on referring to failure, bad luck, or "middle age".

Remember: it's never too late to become who you could be. Keep learning, work, fight every day, every minute. You may not immediately find yourself on target, but you will be closer to yourself than you were yesterday.

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