How to Find a Mentor
It’s easy for someone to tell you to get a mentor. It is another thing completely to go out to get one. Many in today’s world have forgotten the benefits of a personal one-on-one mentorship. Some choose to opt for more impersonal methods of self-development by watching videos, listening to podcasts, and reading blog posts and books.
Why Mentoring Matters
You should get a mentor. Have you ever been told that? Have you ever told that to someone else? I think we all like the idea of mentorship in a general sense, but a lot of people don’t actually know what a healthy mentor/mentee relationship should look like and why it’s so important to have those relationships present in your life.
Be Intentional With Your Time
This is the last post in the series 17 Strategies for Becoming the Best Version of Yourself. We’ve covered a lot of ground and discussed a lot of different ideas, and, for this final installment of the series, I want to share with you one last piece of advice for how to reach your full potential. This final word is really not the last in a line, but it’s instead the throughline that’s been running through the whole series.
Present Yourself With Distinction
This week we will be looking at the next to last strategy for becoming the best version of yourself. We’ve come a long way from discussing how to invest in your identity, but we have certainly circled back to that theme a lot throughout the series.
Customize Your Space for You
Last week we talked about absorbing your surroundings as a method of becoming the best version of yourself, and today we’re diving deeper into that concept. But we’re also getting a little more specific.
Absorb Your Surroundings
We’ve covered a lot of ground so far in the 17 Strategies series, with some strategies being more obvious and others a bit intuitive. The 14th strategy, which is what we’ll be covering this week, is on the less obvious side, but it is no less important than the others.
The Five F’s: Rules for Success
What is success? All of the great philosophies and religions of the world have tried to answer the question. Just walk into the self-help section of a bookstore and you will see dozens, if not hundreds of different opinions about what makes a successful life.
Run the Race
Motivation. When it comes to becoming the best version of yourself, motivation is the name of the game. Keeping up the stamina and perseverance required for self-help and self-improvement can be incredibly difficult. In quite a few ways, however, keeping up with your emotional and mental self isn’t that much different from keeping up with your physical self.
Create with Purpose
From the art on our walls to the spreadsheets on our desks and the buildings it all calls home, the human race has filled this world with the work of our hands, and most of it is pretty incredible. To go through life denying your own creativity is to deny something fundamentally human.
Choose Your Family
In my last post, we discussed the importance of focusing on giving back to the community and we stressed that this was to be practiced with strangers as well as friends and family. Well, now I want to zero in on the family part of that equation.
Give Back to Your Community
Last week I discussed our 9th strategy to become the best version of yourself which was to practice self-compassion and forgiveness. This week I want to bring up the importance of living as a part of a community as well as an individual with particularity; a point we have touched on but not entirely drawn out up until now.
Practice Self-Compassion and Forgiveness
This week we will focus on how practicing self-compassion and forgiveness in order to quickly and effectively move past mistakes and setbacks and push ourselves toward greatness. This means learning as you go and preventing shame or self-hatred from holding you back.
Nuture Emotional Intelligence
This week, we are looking at the importance of nurturing emotional intelligence in order to better yourself from the inside in addition to the outside. This, of course, will also translate
Cultivate Resilience
Accomplishing your goals requires resilience. Resilience doesn’t happen overnight; it requires work and practice, a good deal of effort. It’ll also require
Establish Your Marching Orders
The last month we’ve been looking at utilizing the tools you have in order to improve yourself, others, and your brand. Today, we look at establishing a marching order. To put it simply
The Importance of Dedication, Courage, and Mastery of the Basics: Why Delta Force Operators Succeed
If you had the opportunity to collaborate with a whole staff of highly competent, effective people who took the initiative to efficiently produce the best and highest-quality work, would you? I would jump at the opportunity, as I suspect most would. And while this might sound overly idealistic, I believe that it is possible to cultivate an environment of people that embody these
Develop Your Brand
Today, we are looking at how to build a strong network. Having a strong network is crucial to achieving success in the modern world. References and connections to higher-ups will land you that deal you’ve been working on or get you that job you’ve
Build a Strong Network
Today, we are looking at how to build a strong network. Having a strong network is crucial to achieving success in the modern world. References and connections to higher-ups will land you that deal you’ve been working on or get you that job
Optimize Your Environment
Often, your environment becomes something you do not see as a priority when trying to reach your goals. Or maybe you spend so much time trying to create the perfect environment
Cultivate a Positive Mindset
This week, we will examine how cultivating a positive mindset can help you achieve your goals. Before we get into any specifics, I first want to define what I mean by "positive mindset." A positive mindset is