Becoming a better you.

A better version of oneself is a real lifetime achievement and everyone both young and old yearn to improve themselves, to make changes and live for the better. A lot of people look up to others who have achieved as role models or even icons and legends. Some say, “wow I wish I was like him or her.” One thing they never realize is that they too can become better. It does not mean that to become a better person you have to hold senior positions at work places or even become president of a country but small things matter; even touching a soul and having the heart to give and help is in its own way becoming a better you. You want to become a better person but you are never willing to sacrifice or even go through some rough times to achieve what you really want for yourself. However, after a while of struggle and focus you become a new you. It is all about taking the first step. To become a better you:

1.Have an introspection about yourself.
Look at the man in the mirror, have a serious analysis of yourself. Find the real you and unwind your hidden talents. Do not compare yourself to anyone but rather take time to see through you. It is the world and you alone. Moreover, all that counts is just but a matter of time to determine whether obstacles will prevent you from achieving your goals and improving on yourself. Take time to analyze who you are.

2.Understand where you are.
Familiarize with your current situation, whether rich or poor, small-bodied or thick and you want to get fit, it does not matter. All that can change once you decide to work on yourself. Dig on those secrets you have been hiding for a long time to understand where you are.

3.Drop the bad and change them to good.
Never mind about the mistakes you made in the past or even some things that you didn’t do the right way. Change the bad in you to a good person and cover them with good deeds. Realize your mistakes and get out of the pity party. To human is to err and no one can ever be flawless. Just change for the better. Kick off the laziness and bad characters and remain a freed person.

4.Stop regrets
You can never move forward if all you think about is how you failed and messed in one particular area. The feet are never ashamed when the other goes forward as the other remains behind for they work together to move forward. However gross your mistakes were,ss there is always room for success. You can never recover lost time but you can redeem time. Avoid poisoning yourself and punishing yourself for the past mistakes. Leave them aside and be ready to walk, head high.

5.Look at the people around you.
Some good people are bad for you in the process of becoming a better person. Sometimes these people will never share your goals but become elements to discourage you from achieving what you want. If you sit around four millionaires you will become the fifth millionaire. Remain with those who will encourage you to work on yourself and those who will show you the way to go.

6. Get serious.
There is always time to laugh and joke around and time to get serious and work on your dreams. If you ever dreamt of publishing a book do it, want to perfect your talent that is the time. Never be available for everyone such that at the end you do not have time to improve and finish your goals. You can’t laugh from week to week and at the end of the month expect good results. Think about yourself and work on yourself.

7.Hang around people who challenge you.
Be with people who challenge you be better socially, academically, spiritually and all areas. Avoid the crowd which just want to have fun with you and joke with you. Stop hanging around mediocrity or middle class always aim to be at the top. Interact with people who make you feel naked, people who make you feel like you haven’t started living. Hang with people who are where you want to be. Say good bye to some people and sweat to achieve. You want to be wealthy and your mind is full of poverty, find people to guide you achieve and rebuke you when you go wrong.

8.Have four kinds of friends.
Have a person ahead of you who will show you how to maneuver and overcome all the hurdles until you get where you want to be.
A friend on your right-hand side, one who focuses on improving your strengths for you to get the maximum, always aim for the top, even the sky can never be a limit if you decide.
A friend on your left-hand side; the one who makes you shake off every weakness that you may have, turning those weaknesses to strengths.
A friend at your back; One who warns of dangers and encourages you not to lose focus.

9.Have a vision.
Every dreamer has something to talk about every time they make a step. You cannot achieve when you don’t know where you are coming from or even where you are going. Converse with the person on the mirror. Actually, you have to be a person under authority if you want to be a person of authority. Understand your vison and master it in your brain and at heart, make plans for it to succeed.

10. Do not be a people’s pleaser.
Make tough decisions to make yourself grow and develop, the world does not care whether you succeed or fail. Do not stoop low to people who will not help you in any way, never please them at the expense of your own success.

11.Be deaf to what haters say.
Haters are killers of dreams and effort, never give chances for them to infiltrate you with hurtful and discouraging comments. Focus ahead and never let haters decide your destiny for you. Only accept positive criticism and work on areas you are not doing well.

12. Keep building yourself and results will be seen.
Turn bad things into your own good and once you start improving never stop. Work in silence and results will be easily available. Let the world see your results, they never care about the pain you go through just let the outcome tell your story.

13.The greatest prison is the mind, unlock it.
Open your mind to opportunities and never say to yourself that you are not worthy, you behold so much power that you never can imagine. Always yearn to learn new things every day.

14.Accept and embrace things you cannot change.
There are things we can never change about ourselves. You are fearfully and wonderfully made, it is not wrong being tall or short, that’s who you are and love yourself and embrace who you are.

15. Shun procrastination.
Why wait until tomorrow yet you can do something today? Focus on the tasks ahead of you and schedule yourself, at the end of the day analyze what you accomplished and what you didn’t and make effort towards achieving your goal.

16.Pray.
Leave the crowd and always spend time with God. Meditate and take some quite time giving thanks for the achievements and ask for Gods guidance. Remember the Almighty knows everything and he blesses. Always make your prayer life better.
It is never easy achieving anything but effort and determination never fails. To become a better person focus, prioritize and work on your wants and dreams, no man is an island and we can always change to the better version of ourselves. it never matters when you start but what is important is starting, baby steps become grown up steps and lastly graduates to sprinter steps. The right time to change and become a better you now and not tomorrow, make the first step. The rule is; to succeed and succeed the more.