Written by Harry Croose
"You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be."
We are all the Masters of our own destinies. As the water flows, we can as easily change the direction of our own personal paths. For too long with have focused too much on the unnecessary complexities of life. Jumping over hoops and completing tasks without complete consciousness of our actions. Is the very reson why we ourselves can become lost. Time flies and then you wonder where the months, and years have gone and all you can see is the fading memory of yesterday and the worried anxieties of tommorrow. But there is a greater ilusion than even this, hiding in our very design. We have been programme by society that masters are in the few. Yet in reality we are all the masters of our own life, wether it be conscious or unconscious. The greatest concern you should have is doing things without reason and purpose. Here is some more insights on how to master your own destiny.
1. Focus solely on the Present
Their is a reason as to why we are as a society are levels of aniety have increased furhter. It is not necause of the external things as many people believe. Of course, to blame an external thing like social media is a great way to trick the mind by projecting blame onto a technological trend. The problem is not social media, video game – but rather it is our inability to be present with ourselves. the prlbem it is when these external things re used as coping mechanisms to fill internal struggles and challenges. Allowing the focus on the present moment through things such as meditaiotn, yoga and journalling. Allow the at first challenging but later blissful abit of creating a integral path to emotional mastery – which in turn reflects on your decisions rationally – and helps raise your psychological homostasis (normal level). Getting into the body and understanding the breath – and developing good posture can create massive changes in your life.
2. Never give up
I understand things happen in life that can be to be frank absolutely terrible and disgusting. But like the yin-yang symbol understand and reflect that no matter what goes on in your life there will be good and bad things that happen. But the difference is how you REACT to these events. One bad event, whether it is a lover cheating, a death, a mistake by you-you have the ability under all this stress and pain to harness a hero’s power. NEVER GIVING UP. These short-term negative emotions can help you build the foundation of your long-term positive paradise. I am not saying you cannot move on, or stop something that isnt working. Just never lose faith in your dreams. Otherwise your dreams will stay dreams and you will be sitting in 25 years time saying why didn’t I start then?
3. Chase Legacy, not Money.
Dont ever chase money solely. Of couse, in a capitalist society we need enough money to pay the bills, and our expenses. But, using money as a sole motivator is leaving your happiness levels in your career on a lottery draw. This is why you need to have a strong ‘why’, a life purpose if you will. These will carry you through the darker days, and will give you that glimmer of hope, solace and excitement of the journey ahead. We are all our own heroes in our lives, it would be the most boring story – if it was pure positivity. In fact, imagine being positive all the time for every waking second. Or being in a state of pleasure for the rest of time. It would literally be torutre. We need that duality, so we can differentiate with our internal compass on what is right and what is wrong. But I will tell you this, that 99% you should prioritise legacy over mere financial currency. People have spend their days chasing money and nothing else – but it cost them their love, health and more importantly their legacy’s that they never got to told. All the millions they had was completely worthless.
4. Look after your Health
I touched upon this largely in my first point, with regards, to psychological health. But this also includes the importance of exercising, dieting and nutrition. The crown on the well person’s head is only visible to those who are ill. Do not take this crown for granted. The sooner you strat monitoring your health the better and the less time, effort and stress it will cost you in the long run. It may improve your chances of longevity. As much as I am excited for the technological age, I wouldn’t let theose industries be responsible for maintaing your own wellbeing. Yes, that means less fastfood. Of course, you dont have to boycott everything – awareness alone would be better than the majority of the population. But creating and applying a helathy habit may save you not only money but buy you days to live due to your wise health choises. That my friend is priceless.
5. Build Confidence and Self-Esteem
Building sufficient confidence and Self-Esteem is so important. This is the bedrock of success and happiness. If you perceive yourself to not have very good confidence and self-esteem. Firstly, you are confident and do have Self-Esteem – let me explain before you go jumping to conclusions. It is just that you have been convinced that you don’t by your external environments justified by your past experiences.
I have a deep belief, that we all have great levels of confidence and self-esteem. You know that memory-player in the back of your mind reaffirming what you believe to be – that is what is controlling your confidence and self-esteem.
This here is an important insight, “your THOUGHTS are not the same as FACT.” Just because you say, ‘you’re stupid’, ‘you’re not good enough’ does not mean it is true. In fact, all it is is a bad radio station and all you need to do is change the frequency. Which you can do easily! Let’s go backwards your confidence – comes from emotions, and your emotions come from thoughts. This is a very vital insight into your own mental psychology, that I hope you find very helpful. If you have the strong confidence in yourself – you will find that naturally your boundaries will be stronger and will be more protected from status-quo thinking, following the herd and victim mentalities which make you vulnerable to the effects on other people’s opinions. I have many blog other posts on Confidence and Self-Esteem so please use the search on the blog-menu and type in ‘confidence’. To find lots of posts, resources and mini-courses to help you.
Bonus Point. Start a Self-Reflection Practise
To give you some suggestions that really benefited me through this obstacle. I want to recommend for you to start self-reflecting. Whether it be through…
– Journaling
– Reading Self-Help Books
– Reading Fiction Books
– Meditation
– Write your own story.
This will allow you to get what you read in theory, into practice. I want YOU, yes I am looking at you! To have a successful and happy and prosperous life! 
Until the Next Blog Post! Take Care and Look after yourself!!
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