Read This Before You Think of Giving Up
Have you ever thought of giving up on anything? Well, everyone sometime in their life gets into a situation where they really feel like giving up on everything and just hug solace, however, that is not the precise approach.
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” — Thomas Alva Edison
Now just give it a thought, if Thomas Edison would have considered giving up on his invention of the electric bulb, what would have been the situation today? Scary thought, isn’t it!
So, jog your memory and find out how you can have at least 0.1% of willpower as Thomas Edison had and not give up easily. Here we go -
“Understanding of life begins with the understanding of patterns.” — Fritjof Capra
Understand your need: Why did it occur to you to give up? Is it because it is not interesting now? OR Is it because you started only to please other people? OR Is it because you have other things which are more important than this? OR Is it because it is of less priority now than it was at the time? If any of these questions has an answer of ‘Yes’ in your mind, then, you should give up now. You should understand why in the first place you initiated to work upon it and invested your energy in it. You have spent your precious time, it should be something important otherwise why would anyone in this super busy world even give a thought to spending time, money, energy on things which he/she would want to give up at a later stage?
Think of the time when you first started to work upon this and how it made you feel. If you do not feel the same zeal now, and you are on the verge of giving up, then you should give up right away as this is not what you really want. On the other hand, if you still feel somewhere in your heart that you should continue, call a time-out and then start afresh!
Be positive:
You know this is not the time but you also know that this shall too pass. You have to have patience and have to think positively in every situation. A positive attitude is paramount for every turn in your life. Think positive and positive things will happen. If you are seeking a positive outcome you should first have a positive attitude. There is a great saying by Sir Winston Churchill
“A POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, FEELS the INTANGIBLE and ACHIEVES the IMPOSSIBLE .”
If you have to achieve your goal, you should feel and be optimistic. You Goals may seem a little higher now and you may not be able to reach that high at the moment, but you can keep looking up, keep believing in it, work for it, and ultimately you will reach a point where you will be grateful thinking that Thank God, I didn’t give up!
Think about the Outcome:
Now that you have understood the reason why you started off, imagine the outcome you would get once you accomplish it. The feeling of satisfaction, contentment, and most importantly the teaching you have got by working on it and not giving up is exceptionally wonderful. Ask yourself a question — Have you come this far just to give up now? No one would want to first invest energy on something and later on, on a random day think of giving up just because it is now working the way you had expected it to be? If you want to get the butterflies in your tummy with the end product which you are going to get after all the backbreaking work, you won’t surrender. It may not happen overnight but it WILL HAPPEN! And once you start experiencing the results, delighted by the outcome, it will become an Addiction to get more of it.
You Always Have Two Options:
To Give up OR To Not Give up, To Let Go OR Do not Let Go, To Move On OR Do not Move On, To Try OR Do not Try, To Accept the Opportunity OR To Reject the Opportunity.
The choice is all Yours, but one thing is for sure if you chose to Try, and not give up, accept the opportunity, then there is always, I would repeat always a chance that either you will win, Or if not, at least you will gain some experience and acquire skill from the things which you opted and worked for. There is always a guarantee that you are going to gain something out of it. If you are to choose the other option to sit and just not try and moan about things, sorry to say, that is what you would expect to happen to you which you will eventually regret at the end for giving up on things, opportunities, and goals.
Your mind is everything, what you think you become. If you choose on working on something, you are definitely stepping ahead to reach your goal, if you choose not to try at all and give up, you are there knowing that nothing can be done and the conclusion is clear a big LOSS!
Seek Help:
If you think you are stuck or need guidance, take help. Speak to your confidante or a professional or even a close friend. No harm in asking for help or taking suggestions, it will not make you feel timid, instead, it will help you realize your mistake (if any) and clear your doubts, and thoughts which would indirectly assist you in some way or the other. It is not going to make you weak at all. However, make sure that you don’t always ask for help. It should not become your habit. Again learn from your mistakes and don’t repeat the same mistake.
“You don’t need someone else’s recognition, don’t wait or expect from others, they don’t know your journey, your hardships, it is YOU!”
Pat Your Back:
At last, time to praise the person who has come this far. Give yourself the credit, you have come pretty far. You have to stop and take a look at what and how you have achieved things, and pat yourself on your back. Feel good about yourself and your achievements, no matter how small or grand they are. You don’t need someone else’s recognition, don’t wait or expect from others, they don’t know your journey, your hardships, it is YOU!, and if you can recognize your own hard work, your hard times, who is the best person than you after God. As you had faith in yourself about what you have achieved now, have faith in yourself and think how far you can GO!
Do not give up, the beginning is always the hardest.
Do not give up, the beginning is always the hardest. It is only when you won’t give up and taste the success (even a little bit), that you would really enjoy your triumph. When things go wrong, don’t go with them, instead, consider this as a trial and error method where you know which things you have checked off and what is next on the list to try until you reach your final GOAL Or even beyond that!
See you next time!
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