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Squeezed, Pressed and Crushed: Essential Elements of Success

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There is no oil if the olive is not squeezed, No wine, if the grapes are not pressed, No perfume, if the flowers are not crushed... If you are undergoing the pressure of having to achieve your goals in life... it is just bringing out the best in you. 1. Squeezed :  You really have to use all your creative juices to be able to produce a wonderful idea.  In achieving a goal, you must use every possible idea so you have different options on how to reach your goal. 2. Pressed :  When you feel you can't move on because the challenges are just to great.  Allow that moment of being pressed because you will not remain forever in that position.  Afterwards, when the pressure is released, you will realize that all the effort is not useless after all. 3. Crushed :  Most of the time, the feeling of being crushed is equivalent to failure. If you have reached this point, you don't have to worry, the most successful people in the world went through failur...

Sail On

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As you sail through life don't avoid rough waters.  Sail on! Calm seas never make skillful sailors.  We learn how to deal with the challenges of reaching our goals by facing them.  The difficulties are part of learning how to reach your goals. 1. Life Skills :  You can learn life skills as you go through life.  You have evaluate your plans and organize them in order to re-align your efforts to reaching your goals. 2. Learn from other Sailors :  Other sailors have reached the shore of their goals.  Learn from their experiences.  You don't have to repeat the same mistakes of other people. 3. Face your fear.   The best way to handle the fear of going through difficulties is to face them and analyze them.  Learn how to deal with each problem one at a time.  Focus on solutions on how to overcome fear. Successful people are those who had gone through the challenges of reaching their goals.

Obstacles in Life are Tests...

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Obstacles in life are tests of who you really are.  If you don't like the results of a test, you can change your actions so the next test yield better results. Hence, we should welcome obstacles in life, especially when it seems like you want to give up.  Most of the things you have learned in life are the things you have learned in dealing with obstacles. 1.  Identify immediately the obstacle your facing .  Are the obstacles internal or external? Is coming from outside you or does it have something to do with yourself.  If the obstacle you are facing is something external the best way is to do everything possible to deal with obstacle.  You may seek the help of others.  If the obstacle is something within you and has something to do with yourself, you will have to be honest with yourself. Acceptance is the key to success. 2. Focus on solutions.   It will be a waste of time just focusing on the obstacle.  Think of ways how you can posit...