Being in a job is not as bad as everyone claims it to be. If you're passionate about something which someone already has a business in, why not work with or for them. The thing is, we get it all wrong. Working for someone does not mean you just finish things assigned to you and leave. If you're doing such a job, leave. If you go to your office and look forward to it, then you are doing good. You are bringing something extra to the workplace. Your passion. When you have a passion for something, you don't need motivation to show up everyday.
On the other hand, if you have a certain idea which your company isn't providing, you can either suggest it and take over its development. Or quit and start your own firm. But always know the amount of work and consistency it requires for both the choices.
Ingredients to Keep it Interesting
Being Proactive
Proactive is when you act on things you believe in rather than waiting for things to happen. Do not confuse proactive with reactive. Reactive is when you wait for things to happen to you and then you react to them. Jumping in the puddle with a rubber boot is being proactive, wearing white and then complaining about car running through puddle near you is being reactive.
Circle of Concern- Circle of Influence
If you see the image below. Imagine the outer circle COC, consists of all the things you care about. It can be what people say about you (if you care), how government is not taking care of the crime rate increase, fire in nearby building, school, office, bed sheet your husband put, shoes in the bed room, rain, heat, etc., you get the idea. Now all these things are not and can not be under your direct or indirect influence. So, we make another circle, COI which consists of all the things you can and do influence, for example, the shoes your husband/wife left in the room, what you eat for dinner,
When you are a proactive soul, your circle of influence increases. I'll explain this in my later post here.
Mindset
For being successful or achieving anything in life, this is the first word which comes to my mind. Doesn't matter how much hard work you put in or how consistent you are, but if you are not in the right mindset, nothing will come to you.
Now what is a mindset and what type of mindset would you need to be successful and achieve your goals. Mindset is the way you view life and perceive things. Success mindset is when you see world as beautiful and every failure as opportunity and every person you meet as a reflection of yourself with a story and every success as a reward for all the previous failures and consistency and when fights and people's opinion doesn't bother you. In short, when you act according to your COI.
On the other hand, if you have a certain idea which your company isn't providing, you can either suggest it and take over its development. Or quit and start your own firm. But always know the amount of work and consistency it requires for both the choices.
Ingredients to Keep it Interesting
Being Proactive
Proactive is when you act on things you believe in rather than waiting for things to happen. Do not confuse proactive with reactive. Reactive is when you wait for things to happen to you and then you react to them. Jumping in the puddle with a rubber boot is being proactive, wearing white and then complaining about car running through puddle near you is being reactive.
Circle of Concern- Circle of Influence
If you see the image below. Imagine the outer circle COC, consists of all the things you care about. It can be what people say about you (if you care), how government is not taking care of the crime rate increase, fire in nearby building, school, office, bed sheet your husband put, shoes in the bed room, rain, heat, etc., you get the idea. Now all these things are not and can not be under your direct or indirect influence. So, we make another circle, COI which consists of all the things you can and do influence, for example, the shoes your husband/wife left in the room, what you eat for dinner,
When you are a proactive soul, your circle of influence increases. I'll explain this in my later post here.
For being successful or achieving anything in life, this is the first word which comes to my mind. Doesn't matter how much hard work you put in or how consistent you are, but if you are not in the right mindset, nothing will come to you.
Now what is a mindset and what type of mindset would you need to be successful and achieve your goals. Mindset is the way you view life and perceive things. Success mindset is when you see world as beautiful and every failure as opportunity and every person you meet as a reflection of yourself with a story and every success as a reward for all the previous failures and consistency and when fights and people's opinion doesn't bother you. In short, when you act according to your COI.
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