SUCCESS RECIPE:Making Your Life Count

YOU will never make your life count until you make your day count. You will never make your day count until you make every hour count. You will never make every hour count until you make every moment count. You will never make every moment count until you make your actions count. You will never make your actions count until you make your words count.

You will never make your words count until you make your thoughts count.    Life counts when you are aware that every day is a countdown to your departure on earth. Life counts when you make a decision to make it count. Your decisions can never count until you possess the discipline to make it count.

Les Brown reveals, “Success is a habit you embrace on a daily basis, and the earlier you get into that mindset the sooner you will be able to give birth to possibilities you might not be able to imagine.” Therefore, until your habits count your life cannot count. Let’s unravel the successful habits that must be practiced daily in order for life to count.

Your destiny rises or falls according to the gauge of your life attitude. Until you develop and maintain positive life attitudes daily, life goes down in the drain of the gutters of mediocrity. Attitude is a fundamental course in the school of success.

Positive life attitudes - 

Positive Life Attitudes is the gateway to effective living and it constitutes; the way you see yourself; the way you see and relate with others; and your outlook on life. Happiness is a responsibility that cannot be delegated. Thinking positively about yourself and your abilities; thinking and behaving positively towards others; talking positively in your conversations and being around positive people will make your life gravitate towards the domain of success.

The use of your time determines the usefulness of your life. The value you attach to time determines the value you will create in life. Successful people prioritize their life; they plan their day carefully and follow through on their plans. Life counts when you operate on the foundation based on Universal Law of Value which states: “Do not waste your time on thoughts, people, or actions which are not worthy. Do not waste your thoughts on ideas that are not worthy. Do not waste your energies on activities which are not worthy. Do not waste your money on that which is not money”.

Therefore, prioritizing your life on a daily basis in the light of your vision will lift you from the shores of failure to the mountain top of success.

As the saying goes, “health is wealth” is undisputable. We all want to be successful but not at the expense of our health. Staying healthy is an asset that must be maintained through proper nutrition and eating habit, exercise, cheerful disposition, rest and the ability to handle stress effectively. Therefore, positive lifestyle that promotes good health should be cultivated.

One of the major habits that guarantee success is commitment. Your daily decision to stay committed set you apart from the half-doers in the game of life; those who never finish what they start and who wait for all the conditions to be perfect before they begin to play their part on the stage of life.

Maintaining your focus - 

Remember, life will test how committed you are before handing over to you its vault of valuables. Therefore, count the cost; determine to pay the price; strive for excellence; maintain your focus; and be disciplined; no retreat till the star within you emerges.

Your life can never count until you are value-driven rather than crowd-driven. What do you stand for? Are you being swept by the current of people’s opinion and actions or do you stem the tide by choosing to “stand out” even when “everybody blends in”? Developing positive values and living it out on a daily basis give you a solid foundation for your destiny to be built on and also sustains it from wreckage.

Growth is a word that is indispensable in the vocabulary of success. Personal growth encompasses improving oneself; spiritually, mentally; relationally; emotionally and financially. Have a personal growth plan; read books that will upgrade you; attend seminars, trainings; seek and gather every good input that are available to you to improve your life. Be a constant learner in the domain of life.

Your life can never count if you don’t add value to other people’s life. In the domain of success; effective relationships is king. Place a high value on people; respect and care for them. Greed, hatred, envy, revenge and selfishness are success poisons. Unconditional love is the soil in which success thrives and blossoms. Give the highest priority to your family in the scale of relationships.

Therefore, life counts when you practice successful habits every day.

By UDEME ARCHIBONG