Just Make It Better

Very recently a friend quit the reliable writing job he had with a national entertainment publication. He’d been quite successful given that he’s managed to make a wage interviewing movie stars and reviewing music. Now past his twenties he decided to take a chance and try to live his dream of becoming a screenwriter. Amongst the roar of our congratulations he pessimistically grumbled his thanks, appearing not to expect much from his endeavor. His talent is obvious, indicated by his writing success thus far and the commendable achievement of being one of twenty or so invited to attend USC Film School. Yet, despite these encouraging factors he was captious and cynical. He needed some inspiration, some fairy dust to brighten his step because without hope and faith his goals would forever be just a dream.

Since fear is the root of failure and the fear of failure is the creator of it, the excuses and frustrations we concentrate on when faced with the struggle of getting what we want is essentially the core killer of our successes. In spite of our capabilities many of us create limitations as to why we cannot strive for certain things. Believing in your own greatness while carrying confidence and the hope that it could be is the one thing that will take you there, because without it you’ll be tripping over your own bullshit the entire way.

People don’t necessarily change, they grow, and if you’d like to shift your attitude from the cynical pessimist to the positive go-getter you’ll need to work on it first. How do you work on it? What do you have to do?

Here’s a list of ways to get started:

1. Read or watch something that inspires you. There are many different types of self help books out there, I am sure if you look around you’ll find some that fit your fancy. Not all of them are laden with commercialized saccharine.

Movies such as Stranger then Fiction and Life is Beautiful and Ratatouille are sure to leave you with a splendid afterglow.
2. Spend time with those that encourage you. You know those haters that talk about statistics and pretty much deflate your enthusiasm with as little as a raised eyebrow? Yeah, stay away from them or don’t mentioning your new life. You’ll need reinforcement at times like this so stop the self-hatred and drop the meanies.
3. Seek out other risk takers. Nothing is more inspirational then seeing those that already succeeded. You can find them pretty much anywhere, but it seems the blog world has a lot of them. Besides having something nice to look up too, you can learn from their mistakes along the way and get some pep when you’re feeling like crawling back into your shell of resistance.
4. Write down your accomplishments. While trying to perform new goals, there can be many learning curves (or life) that will affect your progress. In order to keep yourself focused, make a list of everything you’ve done that day. No matter how trivial it may seem everything does count when on your way to the land of positivism.
5. Learn some damn gratitude. In every situation there is good and bad, but we only seem to notice the shit we step in. Every time you catch yourself thinking about destructive commentary, stop and shift. Mentally write down things in your life that are wonderful, and all the ways you are a blessed person. No matter how bad you think it is, it’s always much better.

The only thing that stops something from forming is your own dumb ass. Get out of your own way and learn to find the brilliant, fabulous person you are (or could be), because once you’ve found them, you’ll find success.

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