Looking for self improvement motivation? 10 tips for changing your life for the better
We all need a little self improvement motivation from time to time, and I want to offer some to you today.
The following 10 principles can work wonders in your life if applied.
They are from Denis Waitley’s book the psychology of winning.
#1- be empathetic. Learn to feel how others feel and consider where they’re coming from before criticizing or passing judgment. It’s a key to positive self awareness.
#2- be aware of the children and elderly. Remember that childhood is that wonderful, special classroom in which the adult is developed. Listen to their dreams. Observe their special talents. Ask for their opinions and reactions. Also, remember that becoming elderly is inevitable.
#3- look for the true and speak the truth. Don’t let the ads and fads make you one of the countless victims of greed. When you read something that impresses you, check the source. When in doubt, call the research department of a national publication you trust or a major university you respect. If it really works wonders, it will be available everywhere like aspirin.
#4- take 30 precious minutes each day for you alone. Relax and breathe deeply from the pelvis and stomach up into your lungs when you inhale. Exhale slowly. Meditate and let go as if you were lying in the center of the waterbed the size of a football field. Float freely. Give yourself at least one beautiful half hour out of every 24 to be completely aware that your life belongs to you and that all that exist in your life is seen with your eyes and experienced by your mind and body.
#5- look at yourself through your own eyes objectively. This is easier said than done for all of us. If you want to test this exercise, try standing in front of a full length mirror with no clothes on, but only a grocery bag over your head, with eye holes cut out. It’s an experience you will remember for weeks to come.
#6- look at yourself through other people’s eyes. Imagine being your parents. Imagine being that person married to you. Imagine being your child. When you walk into a room or office, imagine that people are thinking two descriptive adjectives about you-such as “well dressed, confident” or “aloof, nervous.” What would they be in each case about you? Why?
#7- make a list of “I Am’s ”-two columns. Assets or “I am good at” in one column. Liabilities or “I need improvement in” in the other column. Pick your 10 best traits and your 10 traits needing most improvement. Take the first three liabilities and schedule an activity or find a winner will help you improve in each of the three areas. Forget about the rest of the liabilities. Remember, relish and dwell on all 10 of your best assets. They’ll take you anywhere you want to go in life!
#8- break the daily and weekly routine you have set. Get out of the comfortable rut. Unplug the TV for a month. Go to work by a different route or by another mode of transportation. Take the kids to a symphony or puppet show. Plan a skiing trip to Chile on the 4th of July. Have your children give one of their best toys to an orphan this Christmas. If you take showers, take a bath for a change. Instead of taking a Valium, take a walk near flowers and trees!
#9- Be more curious about everything in your world. Read book digests, so you can share all of the bestsellers. Listen to audio cassettes. Take your librarian to lunch! Go to seminars and lectures concerning a healthy mind and body. Seek out and gain counsel from the most successful people in your profession and hobbies.
#10- schedule and comprehensive annual physical with your own Physician or a reputable clinic. Get a prevention checkup and tune up. Call now or in the morning for the physical exam. Don’t put it off-do it!
I hope you enjoy applying these powerful principles of self improvement motivation in your daily life.
Remember the most important work we do in this life is the work that we do in improving ourselves.
You can be anything you want to be as long as you work from the inside out, and that is where self improvement motivation comes into play.
Decide what you want to be, have and do, and then make the commitment to grow into the person who you need to be in order to do so.
When you develop from the inside, you outer world will match accordingly.
Use the power of self improvement motivation to build a better life starting today!
