Is This the Prosperous Life You've Always Desired, Or

Is This the Prosperous Life You've Always Desired, Or

Have you ever asked why it is that you keep living your life the same way even if you are not happy with it and you know you want things to change?

Experiencing who you really are may have a profound effect on your level of contentment and joy in life.

You could respond, "That's fantastic, but why does it feel so hard to arrange my life such that I can express myself completely the way I actually want?"

Also, there are certain perfectly normal and natural parts of you that act as roadblocks to growth and development. In spite of the fact that we all possess the potential to alter our circumstances as we see fit, we often give in to the "forces" inside us that want to maintain the status quo.

Not knowing what you're up against and how to handle it is a major contributor to your feeling trapped, anxious, depressed, low in self-esteem, and stressed.

Consider these key reasons that have contributed to your current situation.

Already a Huge Hit

Let's start by establishing the fact that, whether or not you recognize it, you are now an unqualified success. The fact that you are now experiencing such a rich and fulfilling existence is proof positive of the fact that you have always been successful at living.

You create your own reality with your ideas and deeds, and you do this constantly. No matter what you decide to label it!

And the end consequence of every idea and deed is the proof of that thinking and deed.

Is it fair to ask whether you've achieved complete happiness and the life you've always imagined for yourself?

And if you aren't, then how can you claim to be?

Finding alternative ways of thinking and behaving that lead to the desired results is the crux of the matter here.

While it's helpful to learn from what could work, one of the best ways to really get the outcomes you desire is to mimic what's worked for others.

Challenges to Progress

It's also worth emphasizing that you and I are not the only things that are in a state of flux; rather, everything in the universe is. However, it seems that the reverse is what we seek: a continuation of business as usual.

There's also a component of our human nature that actively seeks to shield us from all sources of discomfort, including disturbance. The ego is the component of our minds that helps us maintain a healthy self-image and defend our vulnerable sense of self.

This ego also plays a role when you attempt to alter a part of yourself that it perceives as unsettling, either because it is unfamiliar or because it threatens to disturb established routines. The ego is trying to protect you from pain.

How can you bypass, go around, or go through your ego to bring about the desired changes in your life?

With this, you'll have to consciously exert control over your own mind. Expect some mental and emotional resistance since your ego has had free reign up to this point.

You'll find the motivation to stick with the adjustments as you take control of your ego if you come up with persuasive reasons for making them.

Discovering what has worked for others gives you the assurance and resolve to achieve your own goals. If what you are doing has at least been successful for others, you may proceed with greater confidence.

Once a Moving Body

According to scientific consensus, it's expected to keep moving.

Just because something works doesn't mean you should keep doing it.

Your way of thinking, seeing, and interpreting the world is the sum of many little decisions and experiences that have built up over time.

What you know is what you have learned through your life and serves as the foundation for everything you do.

So it's understandable that you'll probably keep doing things the same way you always have, because that's what you're used to and what's easiest for you to process intellectually and emotionally.

To add insult to injury, your mind will continue to use your past experiences regardless of how much you want change.

It's not unlike a mile-long train moving at 60 miles per hour along the rails. It's on a roll and won't deviate from its current course any time soon.

You'll need to identify and adopt practices that work better for you and your goals. The challenge is that your preconceived notions will continue to color your view of the world. When this involves topics with which you are not already familiar and experienced, it may be difficult to choose the best course of action.

If you want to know what to do, one reliable strategy is to model your actions after those of successful individuals. This way, you won't have to rely only on your previous knowledge and the 'tools' you've amassed to solve problems.

Patterns That Recur

Everything you do, think, and feel is based on habits; you can judge these habits as beneficial or detrimental, but the fact remains that they are habits.

Inertia means that your ingrained patterns of behavior will only get more entrenched if you do nothing to disrupt their cycle of perpetuation.

Habits are just connected patterns of thinking and behaving that run automatically in response to cues such as rewards or punishments.

Most people are content to let them operate on autopilot since the alternative would make life much more complicated.

Most of the time, though, we've let a lot of things become habits that we either aren't conscious of or don't believe we have the power to alter.

Now the issue is, if you're tired of your current situation yet desire a change, what should you do instead?

It's natural to wonder whether the new routines you imagine are really worth the time and energy they'll need to implement, much less if they'll provide the desired outcomes.

Looking at what others have done is the simplest way to discover acts with positive outcomes.You have evolved much of your present way of thinking and acting in this way. The majority of it has happened without your knowledge or consent.

By observing the actions of a person who has achieved your desired results, you may learn what you should take on for yourself. Now is the time to make a deliberate decision about the kind of life you wish to live.

Having a notion of the kind of life you want to lead is the easy part.

The challenge comes in developing the novel ways of thinking and behaving that will bring about the outcomes you want. Especially when your present habits, as well as your accumulated body of information and experience, all work to maintain the status quo rather than bring about the change you want.

Initially, it will require some will to wrest control of your thoughts from your ego, which is vested in maintaining the status quo and guarding your comfort.

You may ease your resistance to change by adopting tried and true ways of thinking, routines, and personality characteristics.

The study of others who have already achieved your desired results may teach you a great deal that can help you on your own journey to change.

If you've experienced success with something before, you'll be more likely to keep at it.

You're not only making use of what you already know in order to come up with fresh ideas.

Learning through examples is the most intuitive strategy your brain already employs.

As a result, you may now pick and choose which phenomena to model in order to predict the desired conclusion.

It's possible you'll learn something new here that hasn't entered your mind just yet.

Put the pedal to the metal and speed up your development.

Fear is mitigated when one realizes that others, like oneself, have succeeded.

A quicker rate of decision-making and implementation of strategies that have been shown to work.

There will be fewer delays due to uncertainty and second-guessing.

What you should see in your own mind.

Become more self-aware and inspired.

Gain a more optimistic outlook and more confidence in yourself.

Imagine if, instead of improving upon previous models, automakers were forced to start from scratch every year.

Why waste your life in this way when you may benefit from what has already been found and proven?

If you want to achieve the same level of success that other people already enjoy, the best place to go for guidance is among those who have already achieved it.