Life is not a bed of roses, and even if it was, are we forgetting that even roses have thorns too? This is why living life is a delicate process and one which we can never fully learn about, but we can try. Life won’t always be full of ups and neither would it be full of downs but as an entrepreneur and someone looking for personal development, the best processes to adopt so that you don’t always get let down by the bad times or go overboard because of the good times are summarized in this life hack below.
1. Be independent
If you live your life thinking that when the going gets tough, you can always rely on friends, then let us be the first to break it to you that you are treading a very dangerous path. It is not bad to have friends. In fact, it is one of the best things to happen in thelife of man but like you, they are also humanand they can disappoint. Pick up a few skills to better equip yourself in the days you are let down so you’ll be able to cope better alone
2. Pursue your passion
Never let life dictate the path you would take, rather, dictate the path of your own life. Everyone has a job, everyone has a career and everyone also has a hobby and passion. If your passion happens to be your job, congratulations, and if your passion happens to be something outside of your job description, who said you shouldn’t take some time out to satisfy this passion of yours. The days when you are low, memories like these would keep you going
3. Accept challenges
To be a better personal round – emotionally, physically, spiritually, financially and the likes – you need to be able to constantly accept challenges and follow through. This way, you are sending your inner man to the gym where it would get stronger and better
4. Socialise
There is a difference between being alone and being lonely and it is good for you to not confuse these and comfort yourself in an unhealthy relationship with yourself. You need to know that alone is a physical state while lonely is emotional. Socialise and make sure that you are never lonely but when you need to think, you can choose to be alone. again, be alone, not lonely.
5. Lower the bar
I have noticed that many of the people that experience a lot of disappointment are those that have set their bars high, maybe even too high, in the first place. Learn to lower your expectations of people and things so that when they do not turn up, you don’t get hurt much and when they do, your joy knows no bound. More happiness, less sadness.
6. Praise yourself
You know that saying where they ask you not to blow your own trumpet? Well, many other people are busy cleaning their own trumpets and buying new ones to care about blowing yours, so sometimes you just need to give yourself a treat and congratulate yourself for a job well done. Make yourself feel good from time to time and this reward mentality would make you look forward to achieving the next goal, so that you can get rewarded again.