Life is a journey. Too often, we concentrate on our goals, and forget to enjoy the journey. The famous “I will be happy when I will achieve this goal”, “when I will make so much money”, ” I will be healthy again when I am done with this work project”. These are very bad ideas.
It is exhausting, and may push you to sacrifice too much. And actually push you away from your goals. Because it is so hard !
At SuccessfulHabitsCoach.com , we promote a holistic approach to life. Being very successful in your business, but sacrificing your marriage is a very bad idea. What about working on your business success while being happy in your marriage ? I know it is an unconventional concept. Everywhere, we read that we have to sacrifice so much to be successful in business for example, or that you have to experience a lot of hard emotions to lose weight,…
The fact is that none of that is true. You can be successful in your business AND in your marriage AND having a healthy body AND being spiritually mature.
The truth is that you don’t have to choose. There is a process that we promote at SuccessfulHabitsCoach.com that relies on the power of small daily habits in each arena of life : Work, money, family, marriage, body, spirit,…
And one key of success is to enjoy the journey, to look at the progress you make every day, and being grateful for it.
Think about how you act as a parent, as a friend to a loved one. You are proud of the efforts and progress that your dear one makes, no matter how small they are. Why are you not like that with yourself ?
Look at yourself as if you were someone else, but someone who really cares about you. Imagine the pride, the words of encouragement, the happiness you would have for yourself.
Enjoy the journey my dear friend. Life is a beautiful journey. Hard. With a lot of setbacks. But that doesn’t matter. Because everyday you are making small progress, bringing you closer to success. And while you are not arrived yet, there is so much you can enjoy right now.
I love running. 2 weeks ago, I ran an ultra-marathon race of 50k in the heat and humidity of Columbia, SC. It was a very very very long and exhausting race. I realized very quickly that if I were to focus on my goal of finishing the 50 kilometres while I was just at the beginning of the race, I would feel discouragement, exhaustion, and the race was going to be horrible. Instead I realized the more I was focusing on the race itself, on the steps I was taking, on the beautiful scenery I was witnessing, on having some deep reflections about life, the faster time was going by and the better I was at reaching my goal.
Enjoying the process of running was much more efficient than focusing on the goal of finishing the race. It is the same thing in Life.
Enjoy the race.
Anthony Perdrix
SuccessfulHabitsCoach.com
