SEC13 WK5: We are not perfect!
Just like Vince Lombardi from the contest picture says; perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
We were never created to be perfect but we weren't also created to lead or live a mediocre life either.
We were created to be the best versions of ourselves and that to me is enough perfection for one lifetime.
What I want from life. |
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A picture of me feeling happy and peaceful.
Steve Jobs once said and I quote, “The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it’s all that matters.”
From life, I basically just want to be happy. Breaking that down, a couple of things could give me this happiness and they are;
Doing or being part of a remarkable change, something positive to be remembered for, career or otherwise.
Contributing to the happiness of others.
To love and be loved genuinely.
To never stop growing, improving and being my best self.
Achieving any or all of these will make me happy and my happiness as earlier stated is what I look forward to achieving everyday.
My Fears. |
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As humans, we've nurtured some thoughts about ourselves or events in our lives which we dread.
This things turn out to be our fears and also the reason we take certain actions like working hard, being consistent and the likes.
To this, my fear as an individual is being a failure and reaching a point where I stop growing intellectually. Using the word failure in this context, I mean not achieving my set goals.
From the first question, I stated some things I want out of life. Achieving those listed goals is very important to me and not achieving them happens to be my greatest fear as an individual.
But then, I walk towards achieving these goals daily which in other words mean, I try defeating my fears daily.
My Strengths. |
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I've got a good number of strengths, they include; honesty, working hard for what I believe, passionate, caring, empathetic(I love this about me) and of recent I realized I'm quite optimistic which I also consider a strength.
Though they are my strengths, I consciously work towards improving them daily.
My Flaws. |
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My flaws otherwise called weaknesses are just two but they affect very important areas of my life.
The first is procrastination. I procrastinate a lot, even on important things I know I should do and can do. Most times I end up procrastinating until I don't get it done.
The other is self doubt. I know I'm smart and I know I will be great someday but I can't help but doubt myself and abilities every once in a while.
During this times I find myself asking myself questions like? "are you sure you can do it", "do you have what it takes to accomplish that?"
Whenever these questions come to mind, I always try never to dwell on them and to assure myself positively.
What I can do to become better versions of myself? |
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A picture of me trying to improve skillwise
A better version of myself I believe is a real or authentic version of myself which has total control of every aspect of my life, both the strengths and weaknesses.
To be a better version of myself, I could do the following;
Leave my comfort zone, this is very important as life changing decisions can't be made from a comfort zone.
Work on my time management skills.
Practice more self-love and compassion.
Keep learning new things daily.
Stop comparing myself to anyone or anything.
Finally, put in genuine efforts to achieve the above listed.
In conclusion, life is short and the worst thing we can do during this short time is not loving ourselves.
We should love ourselves the most, you can only give what you have so if you have love for yourself, you will definitely spread that love around.
Thank you @steemladies for organizing this interactive and educative contest.
For the contest, I'm inviting my friends, @quiaratiby and @yuceetoria to participate.
Thanks for reading through.
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Understanding one's own flaws can lead to an improved version of oneself. I hope with time you will able to gain confidence in what you are doing and stop douting on your skills and abilities.
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This so reminds me of the great words of Socrates we learnt in our philosophy class 2 years ago..... The adage says, "man know thyself" and the later half which is always excluded says "and know thine enemies".
The knowledge of your strengths (thyself) and weaknesses(enemies) helps you become a better person like you rightly said
Wow, I'm actually fond of hearing and seeing just the first part ("Man know thyself"), knowing the second part now gives more meaning and balance to it all.
It's interesting how you related the adage to our strength and weaknesses, truly knowing these is the first step in making any progress at all.
Thanks for reading through.
A truly worthy article, full of life lessons. I sure learnt a lot.
keep it up, we love ya
Adiós.
Thanks you so much for reading through and for the warm reply, it is well appreciated!
In Life, it's said that we can't be 100% accurate in our ways. The truth is that we have to improve on our strength and work on our weakness. Also, use your flaw in an anticlockwise way to create a flawless personality.
I love the last line..
Indeed, we shouldn't base our lives on our flaws but instead we should use it all for our good.
These flaws if managed properly will make us standout.
Thanks for reading through, friend.
It's my pleasure ma'am
Beautifully written @usoro01. Sometimes, I fear I will be stuck and left stagnant without positive growth. Life is all about growth, and every actions we take either takes us a step closer to what we want to become or take us back to keep regretting our past instead of working to better it.
Thank you for inviting me.
Thanks for the warm reply, I couldn't agree more with it.
Everything we do in life either has a positive effect or negative effect. Though we may choose to learn and improve from both, a positive effects is bound to bring about growth which is what we leave for...growth.
Hello, I see a person very sure of what he wants and I congratulate you for it, we all have weaknesses, the important thing is to recognize them and try to improve these aspects of our lives.
Being happy is what matters, then we must try to make our lives full of well-being, a big hug.
Thank you so much for reading through and for the warm reply!
It is indeed important we recognize and improve on our weaknesses and while doing so, we also prioritize our happiness.
Life is all about happiness, and the greatest feeling is to love and be loved yes you are right putting smiles on people's face and being a reason why they are happy is a really good i pray that life grant you your wish.
Disappointment is one of your fear in life as you want to achieve your goals as failure is your fear in life.
If you stop doubting yourself and start working hard and learning from your misstake then you will be a better person.
I wish you success 🙏
Thank you so much for the warm reply.
Indeed, anything is achievable with hardwork and determination. In this case, I just need to reminding myself that I'm better than what I think.
I know with time, I will get over the feeling.
Thanks for reading through.
Yeah, you are welcome 🤗