Self Improvement And Success go hand in hand.

Everything that happens to us happens for a  purpose. And sometimes, one thing leads to another.
Instead of locking yourself up in your cage of fears and crying over past heartaches,
embarrassment and failures, treat them as your teachers and they will become your tools in
both self improvement and success.

I remember watching Patch Adams – its my favorite movie, actually. Its one great film that
will help you improve yourself. Hunter “patch” Adams is a medical student who failed to
make it through the board exams. After months of suffering in melancholy, depression and
suicidal attempts – he decided to seek for medical attention and voluntarily admitted
himself in a psychiatric ward.  His months of stay in the hospital led him to meeting
different kinds of people. Sick people in that matter. He met a catatonic, a mentally
retarded, a schizophrenic and so on. Patch found ways of treating his own ailment and
finally realized he has to get back on track. He woke up one morning realizing that after
all the failure and pains he has gone through, he still want to become the a doctor.
He carries with himself a positive attitude that brought him self improvement and success.
He didn’t only improved himself, but also the life of the people around him and the quality
of life. Did he succeed? Needless to say, he became the best damn doctor his country has
ever known.

So, when does self improvement become synonymous with success? Where do we start? Take these
tips, friends…

*Stop thinking and feeling as if you’re a failure, because you’re not. How can others accept
 you if YOU can’t accept YOU?

*When you see hunks and models on TV, think more on self improvement, not self pitying. Self
 acceptance is not just about having nice slender legs, or great abs. Concentrate on inner
 beauty.

*When people feel so down and low about themselves, help them move up. Don’t go down with
 them. They’ll pull you down further and both of you will end up feeling inferior.

*The world is a large room for lessons, not mistakes. Don’t feel stupid and doomed forever
 just because you failed on a science quiz. There’s always a next time. Make rooms for self
 improvement.

*Take things one at a time. You don’t  expect black sheep’s to be goody-two-shoes in just a
 snap of a finger. Self improvement is a one day at a time process.

*Self improvement results to inner stability, personality development and dig this ….
 SUCCESS. It comes from self confidence, self appreciation and self esteem.

* Set meaningful and achievable goals. Self improvement doesn’t turn you to be the exact
  replica of Cameron Diaz or Ralph Fiennes. It hopes and aims to result to an improved and
  better YOU.

*Little things mean BIG to other people. Sometimes, we don’t realize that the little things
 that we do like a pat on the back, saying “hi” or “hello”, greeting someone “good day” or
 telling Mr. Smith something like “hey, I love your tie!” are simple things that mean so
 much to other people. When we’re being appreciative about beautiful things around us and
 other people, we also become beautiful to them.

*When you’re willing to accept change and go through the process of self improvement, it
 doesn’t mean that everyone else is. The world is a place where people of different values
 and attitude hang out. Sometimes, even if you think you and your best friend always like
 to do the same thing together at the same time, she would most likely decline an invitation
 for self improvement.

We should always remember that there’s no such thing as ‘over night success’. Its always a
wonderful feeling to hold on to the things that you already have now, realizing that those
are just one of the things you once wished for. A very nice quote says that “When the student
is ready, the teacher will appear.”  We are all here to learn our lessons. Our parents,
school teachers, friends, colleagues, officemates, neighbors… they are our teachers. When
we open our doors for self improvement, we increase our chances to head to the road of
success.

To the success of each and every one of you.

From the desk of Nichole Craney- Success Coach & Mentor for Free