Advice? It shouldn't be a "do what I say, not what I do" message.
One of the prompts released for this week asks an interesting question about some advice that's worth giving to someone out there who’s trying to do this life thing right. The advice can be work-related advice or general life advice. If you read on, you will get to see a few of the advice I will be highlighting in this post for the learning pleasure of everyone.
This isn't a "do what I say, not what I do" post. The advice I give are exactly the ones I live by and practice in my day-to-day life.
I try to do things that I will look back on and be proud of myself and the actions I've performed. Saying the truth? That's something I put into practice. Working hard? Pushing myself to do things I may not want to do, but have to do them? Yeah! I'm all about that life.
I wake up each day and I do things that help me grow into a better person. Not because I enjoy doing those things. Nope. I do them because I will end up wasting too much of my time and subsequently live a mediocre life if I run from doing those things.
To be fair, I would genuinely advise folks to do the same and do things that will help improve their life. it makes me happy to see people give their best in that area. And, I will be highlighting 3 things that are worth practicing for anyone that's planning to do this life thing right;
FIRSTLY, be the type of person who responds positively when people share good news about their lives. This doesn't even cost anything to put into practice. It won't cost you a penny to have a genuinely positive reaction when a colleague says "I got promoted" or "I smashed my sales target for the week".
Since we are interactive beings, it's highly unavoidable that we will have people who will experience good things and they may want to share it with you. Being the sort of person who receives their good news and reacts positively to it would play a big role in making you someone they can trust. Practice that and see how it will improve your relationship with those around you.
SECONDLY, straighten yourself up and learn how to be articulate enough to share your thoughts with people. In this case, I want to emphasize the importance of being able to express yourself and share your opinion through written or spoken words. The importance of this skill is that it helps you to say things in ways that are better understood by the people you are dealing with.
You sure wouldn't want to be misunderstood and you wouldn't want the intentions behind your words to be misinterpreted. That's why it's important to be articulate enough to craft your words carefully and share your intentions. This isn't too hard to do. You can improve this side of yourself by surrounding yourself with articulate people. Writing out your thoughts also helps. Same as reading.
THIRDLY, never underestimate the importance of saying the truth. I just feel like this has to be said out loud because a lot of people see lying as the easy way out of a lot of things. It's not hard to see why people think of it that way. Saying the truth isn't the easiest of things to do, especially when there could be some consequences that come from doing it.
However, if you are going to open your mouth to say anything, it would be best to say the truth or stick with saying nothing at all.
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This is right on point, being positive is every response, this jas helped me allot because being positive affects the mindset, positive thinking would always produce positive results
That's true. Having that positive mindset and positive reaction when we hear goodness about people is a good approach to take
Personally I avoid people who can’t be happy for for me when I’m winning because what’s so difficult about that?
And I also don’t see why people lie
I was telling my friend that I don’t know why people lie because who will beat you if you tell the truth? We are adults.
True. Being genuinely happy for someone who's happy and feeling some element of genuine concern for someone that's going through shit isn't a hard thing to do. It's just hardly done because people always see each other as competition.
The one about lying has become a grand anomaly. I don't see why people enjoy doing that.
Being positive can really influence how you see things, and thinking positively often leads to good outcomes.
That's true, bro. Positivity is a very good approach to take in everything we are doing
There is a particular quote that got stuck in my head ever since I watched a movie called "3 idiots" years ago. It stated "Nothing hurts more than finding out your friends succeeded in areas you could never attain". There are somethings that kind of pops up naturally in a human mind, the feeling is called envy. It is natural but it is left to each individual to learn how to control that feeling and channel it towards something positive. the moment a human is overwhelmed by that feeling it becomes stuck in their subconscious. In the sense that they exhibit this attitude without even knowing. That is why some people find it difficult to feel good whenever they hear of other people's achievement/goodnews.
In the history of conceptual definition of terms, one of the most complex term to define is communication. It has a lot of definition attributed to it but its significant can never be undervalued. For some people it comes naturally for them to express their feelings and emotions in way that is understandable to others but for some people they find it difficult to find the right words that can better describe their feelings (sadly I belong to this category of people) for people like me it takes considerable amount of efforts and learning to communicate effectively without being misunderstood.
My dad would say, i could tell a lot about a person from how honest he/she is. It might not seem like much but honesty is one of the core himan trait that boast mutual trust.
These are amazing advice you have highlighted here, i have learnt one or two things from it and i enjoyed reading it.
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Envy is a big part of us and it's there in everyone. It's not the best of things to show wildly and that's why I concur with your idea of channeling that towards something more positive. It really isn't easy to rejoice with someone else who's excelling where you seem to be struggling. However, it's something we have to learn to do genuinely.
The one about communication is a tricky thing because we may be trying to make someone understand us and our opinion when the person isn't slightly interested in any of that. It's a big concern. However, we can start with the basics which is "saying the truth about what we feel, what we have to say and what we think needs to be heard".
If we attempt to do that, we can then take steps further to learn how to make our message more clear and understandable.
It's nice to get your thoughts on this. Thanks so much for your inputs