If you want to reach your full potential, you need to level up your life. You need to take your life to the next level. And you need to do that constantly.
I know this is easier said than done, but the reward makes it well worth the effort. You will have a fulfilling life. You won’t have any lifetime regret.
So, how can we level up our lives?
I believe there are three key actions you should take for that. The three actions are:
- Upgrade your beliefs
- Be disciplined
- Take risks
Let’s look at them one by one.
1. Upgrade Your Beliefs
Your beliefs are the force behind your actions. They are powerful because they influence your actions subconsciously.
Your beliefs are like trees and your actions are like the fruits. As long as the tree is there, it will keep bearing fruit. That’s why it’s important that you change your beliefs if you want to change your actions.
To do that, you need to identify the negative beliefs that hinder you. The beliefs could be about your ability (“I can never do that”) or your environment (“the situation is hopeless”). What are they in your case?
Next, you need to replace them with positive beliefs. A good way to do that is by changing your self-talk. Make affirmations that fit the positive beliefs.
2. Be Disciplined
Your habits can make you or break you. That’s why it’s essential that you build good habits in your life.
Building good habits requires self-discipline. Why? Because you will need to overcome your mood. That way you will do what you are supposed to do regardless of how you feel.
So build your self-discipline. Learn how to be miserable. As Mark Twain once said:
“Do something every day that you don’t want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.”
3. Take Risks
While being disciplined is about doing regular things, taking risks is about doing new things. Being disciplined is like making your root grow deeper, but taking risks is like spreading your branches to new places. You need both of them to live a full life.
Without taking risks, you will only stay in your comfort zone. You will only do things that you are comfortable with.
Let’s say you don’t feel comfortable meeting new people. In this case, taking risks means going out there and meeting new people. That’s uncomfortable, but you do it anyway.
Your belief plays an important role here. If you see taking risks as a way to embarrass yourself, you wouldn’t do anything. But if you see it as an adventure, you would be eager to do new things.
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Those are the three key actions to level up your life: upgrade your beliefs, be disciplined, and take risks. Do them and you will be on your way to reaching your full potential.
Mr. Donald , Good day.
” Your beliefs are the force behind your actions. They are powerful because they influence your actions subconsciously ”
Your wordings are so Impressive, but How to generate good beliefs & thoughts in the mind ( Brain ) .
Kindly share Useful & Practical methods/ Procedures for generating good / Positive thoughts / beliefs apart from Yoga & Meditation .
You can start with feeding your mind with the new beliefs (e.g. through reading or listening) and then change your self-talk accordingly. I might write more about it in the future.
Like, I have always said. Your articles real are a must read to me and every one who wants perfect life.
Thanks for the kind words, Moses!
Hello Donald: Thanks for posting this wonderful article!
I greatly appreciate the sparks of enthusiasm and positivity in your posts.
Really sad to hear about the recent Tsunami-earthquake disaster in Indonesia.
I hope you and your family are safe.
Take care & thanks once again.
Thanks for your concern, Dilesh! All is well here with me and my family. But yes, it’s sad that there are many victims.
Dear Donald,
Hope you are doing wonders and miracles,i very well like your articles and i read them from A-Z as you know very well that here in Africa,if you want to hide something, put it in writing.But to tell you the fact your articles are addictive.
And i like the way you bring out each and every point for even the ordinary person to understand,you explain deep in the lay language for all of us to be on the same page.I salute you for that.
Otherwise you very well know how to communicate.Thanks for making me part of your team.God bless you.
Hi Doreen,
Thanks for your support! I’m glad you find the articles useful. I wish you all the best!
Hi Donald, thank you once again for the super easy-to-read and to-the-point post.
I particularly like your analogy with the beliefs being like the tree and action being the fruits. And what I’d love to add is that those fruits are what we consume, we are what we eat and our actions form habits, which control our lives.
I look forward to your next post, until next time!
Hi Seneca,
I agree that the “fruits” form our habits. Thanks for stopping by!
You indeed good.more knowledge from God to you…
Thanks, Uti!
Dear Donald, thank u so much taking ur time writting atticles that can change our lives.
Aftet resding and check into your self. Ypu can not remain the same. God continue blessing u as you serve him and bless others.
My pleasure, Harriet! Blessings to you too!
I like your every article. Mr. Donald yes our beliefs playing an important role in our life and I’m agree with your article that we need to upgrade our beliefs. In our society people are feeling fear to do new things. And they are not accepting the change. Mostly in our Pakistani government organisations people are feeling fear from change.
I agree l thinck the most important thing is our beliefs . Beliefs to ourself to our talents and abilities when you believe yourself you can do whatever you want
these are really good 3 key actions .Thank you so much Donald.I have to implement them as resolution for 2019
Thanks for stopping by, everyone!