Declare war on mediocrity

Life is a game of ups and downs, yet sometimes it is when we are at our worst that we discover our path to achieving our greatest ambitions. It is only through discovering the depths of the lows that plague us that we can uncover the obstacles that restrain us and therefore devise a plan to defeat them. It's just like a comparison to the movie star character that at his lowest most vulnerable state drives through adversity to defeat evil. But the truth of the matter is it doesn't just happen, the only way to strike back at adversity and defeat the obstacles that stand in your way is to ask yourself a few very important questions.

Why? Well the men (or women) who learn to ask questions of them are directing their actions towards making improvement towards their goals.
By learning the right questions they learn the right answers that will drive them forward. Give it a try, when you’re feeling low or simply want to move forward ask yourself:

What is limiting me and how can I overcome it?

How can I set myself apart from others or my competition?

What can I do that will help me improve my situation today?

If I could set apart an hour today towards my goals what would I do? (aim to do it )

Who do I really want to be?

What can I do to get closer to being who I want to be?

These are just a few examples of how you can direct yourself to creating a better you and a better life, the real power is left in your hands, ask your own questions and live up to acquiring your desires
 

Living is experience

As I'm writing this I'm sitting in the departures terminal of Brisbane airport, it's 9.56am and my flights been delayed by 25 minutes, I'm on my way to Canberra via a connecting flight from Sydney, the reason I'm filling you in on all this is to illustrate my next point; experience. That amazing little word is accountable for the majority of how and why we go on to live the lives we do. The truth is without experience you probably wouldn't be living the life you are now, imagine if no-one had to opportunity in life to instil confidence or principles in you, you would struggle through life afraid to speak up or unaware of where you stand. So you can begin to see why experience plays a heavy role in our lives. Not that I needed to tell any of you people out there, you’re smart and probably worked that out yourself, but a reminder of where we all stand never hurts. I know a trip through the airport is not the best example but it’s still an experience in learning independence, self reliance and humility, and often it can be more, for example on my way through security I was met by a very polite security officer who asked to swab my bag for explosives, something I was not expecting and yet another experience that I can say I have engaged in and look back and laugh at. What I'm trying to say is, don't ignore or avoid life's experiences, go out and experience as much as you can!

(EDIT: reception was lousy so this post ended up only going up today, five days after i wrote it)

Learn to fail

Today we'll take a look at learning how failure can create success, and how that success can help you avoid the bad types of failure.

Failure is a natural part of life, particularly in the beginning phases of learning anything; you're never going to get something absolutely perfect the first time around. Think about the first time you ever set foot in a gym, the experience probably left you a little disheartened, but after a few trips your bruised ego wasn’t feeling so bad.

Here comes the big fix, prepare yourself for failure, don’t try and avoid it.
If you prepare yourself for failure and have an analytical eye about the mistake's that you made you ensure that the next time around you'll have learned from your experiences.

Break that down:
Prepare to fail
Learn from your failures

It is only through failing that you can see your errors and learn how to fix them. In this way you can ensure you are always keeping an open mind to your abilities and progressing forward in whatever you do.

Move forward with the confidence that you’re not afraid to fail.