Self  Improvement and Success

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

I remember watching Patch Adams the movie. 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 for 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 not only improved himself, but also the life of the people around him and their quality of life. Did he succeed? Needless to say, he became one the best doctors this country has ever known.

So, when does self improvement become synonymous with success? Where do we start?

Here are some suggestions.

*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 and how you have grown.

*When people feel down on 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 great place for lessons, not mistakes. Don’t feel stupid and doomed forever just because you failed on a task. There’s always a next time. Make room for self improvement.

*Take things one at a time. Self improvement is a day at a time process.

*Self improvement creates inner stability, personality development and SUCCESS. It comes from self confidence, self appreciation and self esteem.

* Set meaningful and achievable goals. It hopes and aims to result to an improved and better YOU.

*Little things can be big things 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. Jones 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. It is contagious.

*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. Remember the Golden Rule, treat others you would be treated.

We should always remember that there’s no such thing as ‘over night success’. We all want our desires to come about quickly, but it takes time. Perseverence is important, if you keep changing your mind it will take even longer. There is a quote says that “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” I can tell you first hand that this quote is true. We are all here to learn our life lessons. Our parents, school teachers, friends, neighbors… they can all be our teachers. When we open our mind for self improvement, we increase our chances to head down to the road of success.

 You Can Do It. Others have, You can too!

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