10 Virtues To Stay On Top Of Your Game

Who doesn’t want to stay on top of the game. It’s my desire and It’s a desire of millions of people too. The most important or I can say the bottom line of success journey is that it starts with a thought which leads to action. When we do each thing full-speed ahead with the best of our ability, doors open.

So go as far as you can see, and when you get there you will always be able to see further.

I knew a boy who worked in the grocery store across the street. During covid time, most of the stores used to keep limited inventory and most of the shopkeepers were borrowing from one another. This boy used to run from one shop to another so that they can serve the customer. One day when I visited the store I asked one of the shopkeeper why this boy always run everywhere he went. So this shopkeeper replied that he is working for a raise, and he is going to get one, I then asked him how he knew that he is going to get a raise, and the shopkeeper replied “If the man this boy is working for won’t give him one, I will.

When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid more for what we do.

Maintain five attitude in your life and you will be well on your way to the top. First is self esteem, feeling of your own worth influences every facet of your life. The second attitude is Love, attitude towards others, real love always thinks in terms of what is best for the other person. The third is faith, attitude towards God, it will influence your attitude towards people around you. The fourth attitude is hope, attitude towards your future, it is the realistic expectation that something good is going to happen. The fifth attitude is forgiveness, which deals with our past. The ability to forgive others.

Maintaining the right attitude is easier than regaining the right attitude.

Sometimes little mistakes and failures come in our way that are not earth shattering or life changing but they cause a momentary stop in our progress. So what do you do? First thing is acknowledge that you are in a trouble. Step two is recognize that this is neither permanent nor life threatening. Accept responsibility for improving your circumstances and you will realize that you have turned a small tragedy into a big win.

Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.

A study of three hundred world class leaders including Mahatama Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Sir Winston Churchill Jr, Martin Luthur King, revealed that 25% of them had serious physical disabilities and an additional 50% has been abused as children or were raised in poverty. All of them responded positively instead of reacting negatively towards their situation. Remember, It’s not what happens to you, It’s how you handle what happens to you that’s going to make the difference in your life.

Where you start is not as important as where you finish.

Merlin Olsen, an American football player, who played in NFL Pro Bowl fourteen times as an American defensive player. Once his mother asked him a question, “What would you like to be”? he said “I want to be big and and be athletic. His ambition doesn’t seemed practical then as everyone in his family were small in stature and because he was clumsy he was never chosen to be part of the game. But rest is history.

Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.

The proper utilization of our time and resources involves some truth which are so simple and basic that many people miss them completely. We need to understand that there is no point in doing well those things which we should not be doing at all. When you take on a task , you should ask yourself, if this is something you should be doing? Focus on effective use of time, rather than efficient use of time.

Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things.

Good habits must be grabbed firmly, forcefully, with a strong commitment. Regardless of how you feel at the moment, any decision reinforced by your will to take action on your commitment, will produce some marvelous results in an amazingly short period of time.

If you want to change your life for the better, you must start immediately and do it flamboyantly.

Most people who fail in their dream, fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment. Commitment produces consistent, enthusiastic effort that inevitably produces greater rewards. Commitment, discipline and responsibility keep you going when the going gets tough.

You are the way you are because that’s the way you want to be. If you really wanted to be any different, you would be in the process of changing right now.

It is a fact of life that you need to know where you are and where you want to be. The goal setters earned an average of twice as much per month as the non action group. Action group tended to be more enthusiastic, more satisfied with life and work and have happier and healthier life.

It seems universally true that people who have direction in their lives go farther and faster and get more done in all areas of their lives.

Inspired by Zig Ziglar

This blog post is written for SpeakEasy 3.0 hosted by Dipika Singh (www.gleefulblogger.com) and Ruchi Verma (www.wigglingpen.com)