3 Simple Strategies for Rising to The Top

LLife is full of ups and downs and sometimes has a few sideways thrown in too. Is it possible then to still rise to the top?

When things don’t go as planned, it can be tough to deal with. After all, we all want things to go well and to end up as winners.

But life will always throw challenges at us, and we can’t control everything. Nor should we try. It’s not what happens to you but what you do with what happens to you that makes the difference.

Here are three easy ways for you to always come out on top.

Focus on Your Strengths

We’re a bunch of contradictions – sorry to break it to you. We are sometimes happy, sometimes sad; sometimes hopeful, sometimes pessimistic; sometimes childish and sometimes mature.

We also have a whole load of strengths and weaknesses. But we tend to put more focus on our weaknesses and not our strengths.

A strength is something that you do consistently well or at a near-perfect level of performance. It’s something you’re just able to do well and you get an inherent satisfaction from doing it.

It could be tackling and solving complex problems. Or, empathizing with people, having a lively imagination or being able to make the perfect omelette.

Focusing on what you do well rather than what you’re not so good at makes all kinds of sense. When you look at what you’re not good at you feel bad about yourself and your ability.

But when you focus on and play to your strengths, you’re guaranteed to get results, and can even eliminate any negative effect your weaknesses might have.

Set Things Up Ahead Of Time

Sure, there will be times when you can just head into something and do it brilliantly.

But other times you might blunder forwards, wing it and not get the result you wanted.

Whatever challenges or opportunities you’re facing you’ll stand a much better chance of getting a great result if you set things up to succeed ahead of time.

So, what exactly do you want to happen?

What solution, outcome or result would be great? Get really clear on the outcome you want.

Then start breaking it down – what can you do to set things up so that your desired outcome happens?

What needs to be put in place?

What will help to make what you want to happen, happen?

And to ensure the best outcome, what are you willing to do?

Whatever faces you, it’s possible to get the result you want. Be being crystal clear about the kind of result you want.

Put effort into setting things up so that it happens. Look at it this way. You’re infinitely more likely to get your most wanted result by putting time or effort into setting things up ahead of time than if you don’t. Your choice.

There’s No Such Thing As Losing Anyway

What’s life all about, really?

Getting a good job, getting married, feeling valued, having fun?

It’s about different things to different people.

It boils down to doing the best we can to be the best for ourselves and those we care about. Sometimes it’s a struggle and sometimes it’s a joy.

But what is constant through it all is our capacity to learn, develop and grow. Humans have an unparalleled ability to learn and adapt. Which is why we’re able to do the best we can and find ways to have, do and be more.

That’s why everything you do takes you one step forward and it’s only by doing one thing, then another and another that the most astounding things in our world come about.

As Thomas Edison said while he was on his 207th prototype for the electric light bulb – ‘I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.’

He’s absolutely right – everything you do that doesn’t work out is another tick in another box and another step forwards, because you know one more way not to do something and what not to do next time.

You’ll never get to 100% without going from 1% to 99% first.

In all that you do, whether it turns out how you wanted it to or not, there’s the capacity for learning. That means that it’s all part of the process and everything that you do and learn is an important step forward. There’s no such thing as losing, only learning and growing. So, here’s to your continued success!”

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Jean-Pierre M. d'Avoine

Jean-Pierre M. d’Avoine is the founder of The Nutrition Salon website and experience, and a “healthy ageing” enthusiast and advocate.

After experiencing numerous physical health struggles throughout his life, he was introduced to a philosophy which he adopted and it totally changed his life for the better.

The key to living a healthy and happy life is 80% nutrition, 20% exercise and 100% mindset.

This has been the philosophy he's lived by for the past 18 years, and he is happy to say that it has worked so well that now in his retirement age he is enjoying a reasonably good state of health which allows him to be quite active with his grandkids without the worry of aches and pain.

And best of all, this state of health has been achieved through natural ways.

Now, his mission, his goal, and what he gains enjoyment out of, is helping other people achieve the same results.

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