How To Constantly Challenge Yourself

"No matter how bad things are, they could always be worse. Start finding gratitude for what might have happened, but didn't."
*-- Mac Anderson

"Gratitude is the sign of noble souls." 
*-- Aesop

"Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it."
*-- Robertson Davies

Motivation works on so many levels and varies so much from person to person that it often becomes difficult to pin down the factors that influence motivation for all people. Let us all face it.  As a normal human beings, we can be creatures of habit.  For that matter, every living creature I can think of is either a creature of habit or instinct.  The human advantage we enjoy is having access to judgment and choice. But how often to we access that advantage?

It can really serves us to leverage our past learnings.  Without that continuity, we would all be 'reinventing the wheel' every moment of every day. We wouldn't get accomplish much in this way.

Our difficulties  arise when we allow the past to dictate (even unconsciously) what we can do in the present. Our own belief in the past limits our own perspective. It constrains our own actions.  It stymies our ability to conceive of what's possible.

There are three concrete, specific things you can do to expand your consciousness and live on the edge of possibility. Use these ideas to soar to new heights, accomplish forsaken dreams, live life more fully, enjoy your time on earth more.

Dream and set big scary goals 

When you are looking towards the future, you disengage from the past - sometimes. You have to keep challenging yourself not to be constrained by what you think is possible.  Your own sense of 'possible' is likely all past-based taking into account what your brain 'knows' you can do. Don't always succumb to that old thoughts.

Sign up for a course that need express your creativity 

A couple of years ago, I purchased a book titled, Drawing with the Right Side of the Brain. While reading it and doing the exercises within, it forced me out of my habitual way of seeing the world. It had encouraged me to focus on new things, new perspectives of items that were right in front of me.

Consulting people who will challenge you 

Find and surround yourself with people who are out to accomplish the impossible themselves.  The fleeting life we are given are often wasted watching endless characters on TV play out scripted or artificial 'reality'  lives.  Learn to setup your own destiny.  Make your own mark in this world. Vow to do more than pure survival.

Yes, you can break out of being a creature of habit.  It is all about making a choice to live outside of your box then taking actions consistent with that choice.

Good luck and may success be with you.

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