2012 Resolution #13: Live Life as a Challenge
Posted on January 14, 2012 by Maria McInnis, One of Thousands of Life Coaches on Noomii.
#13 in this series on Resolutions, written today by David McInnis, on how to turn weaknesses in strengths.
Resolve to live life as a challenge.
Life is full of little challenges: some bigger than others, but all things that force us to consider our own strengths, weaknesses and values. Living life as a challenge means to allow yourself to expand your thinking and find yourself facing troubles not as obstacles to be overcome, but as chances to do your very best.
“Experience is the teacher of all things.” – Julius Caesar
The problem with experience as a teacher is that, sometimes, it teaches us things that we don’t really want to learn. We can learn that we’re not capable of doing things, even if we really are able. In forming these limiting beliefs we do not allow ourselves to reach our full potential. This will often happen when we start to look at the challenges in life as problems, or insurmountable obstacles.
Living life as a challenge is all about your point of view: Life is a complex combination of twists and turns caused by our decisions and how we approach the challenges we are faced with. It can sometimes be difficult to see the direction we are going in, and we misread the warning signs that let us know there may be trouble ahead.
What you do with the trouble when it arrives becomes paramount in the outcome that you receive. It helps to stop and figure out where you want to get to, and look at the tools at your disposal.
With the right approach and resolve, the challenges you’re faced with can take on a whole new light: The thing we tell ourselves we just can’t do can easily become a game.
“Practice makes perfect.” -English Axiom
Who does anything perfectly on the first try? No one expects us to sit down in front of a piano and play Mozart on the first try, or paint a master piece with no prior experience. You can see the canvas of life as a problem of not knowing, or as something to aspire to create.
When we start to live all of life as a challenge in this way, we also begin to improve and expand our capabilities. If you BEGIN TO DO THIS RIGHT NOW the ‘I cant’s‘ in life quickly and easily transform into the ‘I will’s‘.
Living life as a challenge means to have a personal competition with your own inner nag so that you can show yourself just how much more you really can achieve. So consider this a challenge to do just that, and experience just how quickly you will find your self thinking in all new, rewarding and useful ways.
