What do you do when you are in search of motivation
Hi steemians my name is Samuel Dickson, I'm super excited to join in time for this amazing contest. Thumbs up to the organisers @steem-ghana for the great work.
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Obviously my biggest challenge in life is making money and becoming successful. Whenever I read books of great men like Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Aliko Dangote etc, who started with relatively very little and still ended up as billionaires, I'm always motivated by their stories.
I remember when I wrote my first aptitude test to enter into tertiary institution, I had high hopes of becoming a pharmacist but unfortunately for me or should I say fortunately for me, all my friends got the admission exception of me, I was so demoralised and even felt like committing suicide but God helped me I didn't. I was so down I started listening to motivational quotes and reading inspirational books till I came across this quote by John C Maxwell
"You don't overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger".
I tried again the following year but still couldn't make it, I just had to believe in myself by drawing motivation from other people who were successful in it. Thankfully after my third trial I was given the admission. This made me know that when once the passion is right nothing is impossible. though it can only take some time.
this was my first year in pharmacy school
The greatest strategy I often employ when faced with life challenges is drawing inspiration from other people who had similar challenge and scaled through. Oftentimes I tell myself if some other person had the same challenge and succeeded then I'm no different, I also can. This should be everyone's mindset in tackling life's challenges
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Ever since then anytime I come across any challenge in school be it monetary or book related I just have this confidence that I can overcome them. This has really help shaped my life as I no more depend on people to solve my problems but to stand tall and face it.
Irrespective of the life challenge I find myself in its more like an ideology for me, yea a routine activity that keeps me believing in myself no matter the situation. Only very few people get what they want in life, the rest of us, we only get what we fight for.
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Conclusion
Where there’s no will, there’s no way. One of the best ways to improve your personal effectiveness is to master your motivation and find your drive.
The mind is also a powerful tool and when you are able to tap into its power and put your focus towards what you want to accomplish, anything is truly possible.
If you can master motivation, you can deal with life’s setbacks, as well as inspire yourself to always find a way forward.
Thanks sir i really appreciate