Travel Light to Success
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Have you ever met people who pack too much even for a weekend getaway? It is likely that you may have questioned their rationale or how long they really were going away for. Travelling light is both stress free and more economic. It is more fun with less hassle. Just make sure you carry all the essentials for the journey. If you want to succeed in life, you have to travel light. Get rid of excess baggage and enjoy yourself fully.
Success is a journey not a destination …(although it is also a Suburb in Perth, Western Australia, where my friend James and his family live. Hello James if you are reading this). You can immensely enjoy the journey of success by packing less stress, ignorance and debt. If you do, your journey will be faster and with less pain.
I used to work in an ice-cream factory in a section called “the chiller room”. That room was as cold as you can expect in an ice-cream factory. We had to wear heavy winter clothing at work even in summer. I reckon my outfit was as heavy as a primary school kid. Atleast it felt that way. But hey, that is what it took to work there. Everyday at 4pm after clocking off work I would get rid of that outfit and feel really liberated. Nothing gives me more joy than to cast my burdens away. You will feel so good if you cast your burdens away, get rid of your extra baggage as you get into the flight to success.
What extra baggage must you get rid in order for you to succeed in life?
- Emotional Baggage
- Negativity
- Ignorance
- Debt
- Self Sabotage
- Excess Weight
- Fear
- Clutter
- Time Drains
- Bad Memories
1. Emotional Baggage
Get rid of all emotional baggage that you may have. If you can do it all in one go well and good otherwise, apply the power of baby steps. Get rid of one bad emotion at a time. List down all your your emotional problems on a pierce of paper, or in your head.
Examples of emotional baggage are: jealousy, victim mentality, emotional roller coasters, guilt, rage, embarrassment, worry, anxiety, envy, hate, self pity etc.
2. Negativity
You are either planting positive seeds or negative seeds at any moment in time. You become what you focus on most of the time. Cultivate a habit of thinking positive thoughts. Negative thoughts are an emotional drain that will drag you down and prevent you from reaching your potential.
Negative friends are also excess baggage. People or partners who put you down will keep you from success. You can try to change them or be ruthless and get rid of them (legally). Associate with people who lift your spirit and desire for success.
3. Ignorance
Ignorance is the state in which a person lacks knowledge, sophistication or intelligence. The word Ignorant is an adjective describing a person in that state. Get rid of that state by learning from the best. Learn whatever it is that it will make you succeed.
The bible says “My people perish because of lack of knowledge”. Acquire knowledge in life and in your field of specialization. Very few things will keep you from success as ignorance would. Fight ignorance by reading, attending seminars, learning from experts etc.
4. Debt
If you owe people something then they own you (or atleast own a part of you). Be careful about taking on debt. Credit card debt and personal debt can ruin your financial position and ability to become financially free.
Don’t spend more than you earn. Remember to have a debt elimination plan if you are already in debt. Getting rid of debt will lift alot of weight off your shoulders and give you clarity of purpose that you may have lost under the crushing weight of debt.
5. Self Sabotage
It is hard enough when others doubt you and try to block your road to success. Don’t join the conspiracy against your own success. Self sabotage lowers your drive and motivation for success. It is the twin sister of low self esteem. If you don’t believe you are good enough, then you will sabotage your success so that you can be right. Work on building your self esteem and self confidence. The best way to do it is by building one success on top of another. Experience the power of compounding in your life and self sabotage will take a back seat.
6. Excess Weight
There are a million and one disadvantages of being fat. It does not look cool, it interferes with your self image, self confidence and most importantly your health. If you have not been paying special attention to what you eat, start watching your diet to help you control your weight. Do not over indulge in the dinning room department.
You should also consider doing regular exercise. If you job involves sitting in front of your computer, find some activities that keep your body active. Running, aerobics, cycling, swimming, walking, sports etc are a few ideas you should consider making part of your lifelong lifestyle.
7. Fear
The fear of failure makes people not take action. I was afraid that my writing would not be good enough for the Internet. I knew that I wanted to inspire people but my fear kept me from launching this blog. Then I decided to confront the fear and just do it. I decided to use this as a way of learning and growing. Instead of fearing failure from my perceived weakness, I turned this into an opportunity. An opportunity to grow and learn.
Is fear keeping you from attaining your true calling in life? Are you afraid of something or someone? Put fear in its place. Fear can be a good emotion when used wisely, but don’t let fear be the guiding principle for your actions. You have not been given a spirit of fear, but a spirit of love and a sound mind. Use it to your advantage.
8. Clutter
I am still working on this one. For some strange reason I still have electricity bills from 1999 and university assignments first, second and third drafts from 2001. They are mixed up with some really important documents that I need to sort out and shred the junk. If you are a hoarder of stuff, get rid of it. Stuff you own ends up owning you. I wont preach too much on this one, someone might accuse me of preaching water and drinking wine. Buy yeah, now you know.
9. Time Drains
What do you spend your time doing? Personally I love being on the phone. Chat chat chat. I have learned to cut that down by a couple of hours daily so that has given me the required time to keep posting on this blog. What is draining your time? What could you do if you did not waste too much time? Could you cut your aimless web surfing or channel surfing on your TV? Do you have a couple of friends who just take a disproportionate amount of time from you? Get this baggage off your back as you get on board on your success journey.
10. Bad Memories
Why is it that some people remember all the bad things that happened happened to them as children or in past relationships? And use that as their excuse for failing in life? Why focus on only the bad? Are you carrying the baggage of bad memories. Time to unload. Forgive people who wronged you. Forgive yourself for past mistakes and move on. You have places to get to. You have a mission in life. You just don’t need those bad memories. Move on.
Summary
We some times carry too much extra baggage in life. Baggage that prevents us from attaining our goals. Get rid of that extra baggage and begin enjoying your journey to success.
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The fear of failure makes people not take action. I was afraid that my writing would not be good enough for the Internet. I knew that I wanted to inspire people but my fear kept me from launching this blog. Then I decided to confront the fear and just do it. I decided to use this as a way of learning and growing. Instead of fearing failure from my perceived weakness, I turned this into an opportunity. An opportunity to grow and learn.” That is your best part in the few articles that I have read. Somebody in face book introduced me to your blog yesterday and wow, man there’s something in your articles. reminds me of last week’s sermon from my home church, 2nd Timothy7,” not a spirit of timidity, but of power, love and self discipline.Hey! u can improve immensely by getting rid of simple typing errors. Blessings!
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The brains that came up with these words of wisdom ought to to be congratulated without any limit.They set a standard that is not only worth emulation but also envy.May the lord expound your knowledge so that “we” young scholars can learn from you.
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a bit of correction. dont want u to feel lyk all is good, no. id be lyin. No. 2 should have been 1. At least from my position. Coz if i get rid of negativity, THE REST IS JUST BUMPS ON THE WAY. OOD JOB COMRADE.
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Another winner dude! Let’s put in the time and effort to ditch our excess baggage to be more free to succeed.
I agree with you, Paula. I also believe in God, so I asked him to help me forgive people who upset me, be more compassionate, empathetic… and He answered my prayers. Emotional baggage I held for years felt like a heavy weight lifted from my spirit. Often it took a while to heal, but I kept at it. It was worth it.
Cheers,
Nyomi
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Am new to your blog but i have really liked it.you know its one thing to clean a dirty room and another to clean ‘clean’ one(if it makes sense).i dont know exactly what am doing but it feels good.
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When I saw the title of this article, I was firstly very annoyed with the writer as I could not understand why he should discourage you my friend (and mama Kayai’s friends ) from coming to my suburb (Success, Western Australia) when they travel like true African -laden with gifts. I can’t remember the last time any of them came calling without a carton of ‘xtra Dry’.
I did not realise he was engaging us to a very serious and important topic.. Success.. the only reason WE ALL came so many kilometres away to chase. I believe am right to say we are all at different stages to that elusive destination. And when I look at that list of 10, I can only node with agreement that getting rid of just a couple of those baggages can certainly give us a boost in our quest for success. What is required is the will to make ’structural’ adjustments. And what a better time to start than now when we are experiencing economic meltdown in our pockets.
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Jesus even said we should take to Him all our burdens and He will carry it for us. I am wondering just like Dan noted above, how can you be on vacation with amm these burdens? We all need that special moment in life when we put aside all the heavy weights and move ahead lightely
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