How to Cultivate an Attitude of Gratitude

Unearth the power of a determined spirit that is unstoppable. Explore how determination propels individuals to overcome obstacles and achieve greatness.

“A Determined Spirit is Unstoppable.”- Lailah Gifty Akita

Inventions and discoveries are the result of determined efforts. Lifesaving technologies that we see today are the result of determined efforts by someone.

Achievers whom we see in front of us are highly determined and strong-willed individuals. The fact is, a determined spirit is unstoppable. Throw them any obstacle, and they keep pushing it aside. They keep going.

People who are determined know how focused they can get on finishing a task. Energy and effort will never be wasted when there’s a strong determination. And Determination is not being stubborn. It’s a strong, positive resolve to follow your dreams.

Determination is not just for the big things in life. For instance, take our daily. Consider ‘waking up early ‘to be productive, ‘making healthy food choices,’ and everything related to your wellness.

It all needs some kind of determination to practice every day. We can see people pursuing what they like even when the world around them disagrees. They do it because they are determined.

The point here is that a determined spirit never fails and never stops. With a clear goal in hand, people become determined to achieve it.

Is determination only about achieving goals? The answer is ‘No’. Determination is in everything. To be productive, polite, helpful, and supportive are a few ways people have determination.

Determination is good. Make sure it doesn’t cross the line and become an obsession. The determined spirit will need more positivity. Determination in life mends success and achievement.

“Treat everyone with politeness and kindness, not because they are nice, but because you are.”

- Roy T Bennett, The Light in the Heart

We remember people we meet in the walks of our life for two reasons. Either they were good to us or they were bad to us. In the long run of life, we ignore or forget the bad ones. But, we will never forget the ones who did us good. Likewise, we will never forget the ones who made us feel good. Just a random act of kindness from a stranger could last a lifetime. It invokes wonderful memories and positivity every time we think about it.

A world-class achiever can just go down to the ground within a matter of one act of impoliteness. People who treat their fellow people with politeness and kindness prevail in time. You don’t have to be remembered for success, money, social status and other premium privileges. Be remembered for your good. That’s what matters the most. Everything else falls in line when you treat people with respect, politeness, and kindness.

Another thing about life is, People always remember how you treat them. One simple act of kindness that you could do can change a person’s life. Always treat people well. It doesn’t matter whether they deserve it or not, you treat them well. It shows your character.

It hurts when someone treats us impolitely. Let’s not give it back. Let’s not make people feel how we once felt due to impoliteness. Therein lays our character. Let’s treat people with respect, kindness, and politeness not because they are nice people. Let’s do it because we are nice people.

“I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.”

- Dudley Field Malone

Life is not about surrounding yourself with people who agree with you all the time. You never learn if folks around you keep harmonizing with whatever you do. You need to have people who can stand up to you when you do wrong. Only you can make this possible.

First, make yourself approachable. It helps people around you to express what they feel. It’s easy to gain genuine views of what’s going on around you.

Second, listen. Listen when people say you are wrong. Listen when people don’t agree with you. It’s a healthy space to learn what’s happening. Genuine people will not hesitate to point the mistakes when you listen. They don’t sugar-coat or brown-nose. It gives a space for you to overcome the mistakes further. Same way, while arguing, you can get to know what’s good on the other side that you couldn’t see. If people keep agreeing with you all the time, have care. Either they want you down or they are afraid of you.

Good Learning in life becomes meaningless when people agree with everything you do or say. There’s nothing much left to learn when you think you are right all the time. Don’t be.

You need to be challenged by the people around you. It’s important to have healthy conversations and arguments to learn about different perspectives. You never gain anything in life when all you have is people who say “Yes” to you all the time.

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“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that but, the really great make you feel that you too, can become great.” - Mark Twain

It’s a wonderful quote to live by. Let go of all the negative people in your life. At least, make sure they don’t influence you in any way possible. You can see a big difference in your life. The next ones to eventually avoid in life are those who keep belittling you.

The act of Demeaning people is a bad personality trait. It’s better to say nothing than say something demeaning or belittling.

People who belittle other’s ambition, dreams, characters, and goals forget one thing. Their behavior is affecting people mentally to a big extent. That too, the ones who have difficulty in handling emotions will find belittling to be a great personal defect.

It becomes hard for them to come out of it. To come out of this influence and achieve the dreams that you had is a big success.

Our life is filled with good and bad people. Especially, the ones who demean others are often found in all spaces of our life.

Be it professional or personal life, small people like them are unavoidable. Be with people who value your dreams and goals.

Great people will support you; encourage you to do more instead of demeaning. Be with people who make you feel great. Surround yourself with people who lift others as they lift themselves.

“Challenges are what makes life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.”

- Joshua. J. Marine

When asked how they want their life to be, the answer would be happy and peaceful including me. Is that it? Just a happy life is sufficient? Well, not really. Life also feels the same way. Life hits us with bricks and throws us puzzles when we least expect it. Life without challenges is kind of boring don’t you think!

Straight lines are not as exciting as curved artistic lines. Life is the same too. You need challenges in life. A difficult and challenging time in life has made people realize their true potential. We know how beautiful a diamond is right? In reality, it’s just a piece of carbon that survived under heavy pressure. We are like that too.

Every challenge we face and every difficulty we go through is what makes us strong and interesting. When faced with a challenge, our mind works like never before. It keeps looking for solutions and ideas to overcome the challenge.

Clarity comes concerning what’s good, & what’s bad. Same way, separating ‘right from wrong’, ‘need and want’ becomes clear when you are going through challenges and difficulties in life. When you overcome your challenges, you get a sense of content that no money and success can bring you. Overcoming difficulties will bring a self-trust and self-confidence.

Accept what life throws even it is unacceptable. Take it as a challenge. I know it’s easier said than done. But, when you overcome it, you can see how interesting & meaningful your life can be.

“Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.”

- Joe Clark

Don’t take your defeats personally. Don’t swallow it. Take the lesson, learn the mistakes, and let it go. Your Defeat will only look like experience now. Else, if you take your defeat personally, your ‘will’ breaks down completely. Taking Defeats to the core has made many people pull off from their dreams. People don’t realize that success could be just one step ahead after all these failures and defeats. I also understand how defeats could be. It’s hard to overcome. The next thing to do will be unclear. That’s why the defeat tastes bitter unless you don’t swallow it.

Have you analyzed how taking defeats personally have hindered you in multiple ways? It will break your will. You could feel like every eye is on you. Ideas of ‘what went wrong,’ ‘where did I lose it’ will not be on your mind. Instead, it brings the feeling of fear, embarrassment, and guilt.

Most importantly, the efforts you made so far will not come to your thoughts. Only the failures will be on the mind. Step away from it. Take some time to recover from the defeat you had in life. Understand that the time you take should reflect on what went wrong. Not in taking your failures to your core.

Everything depends upon how you take it in life. Consider your failures and defeats as just another stepping stone, and keep going. You are very near to success. On the contrary, if you take defeats personally, it will feel like forever to get out. Don’t take your defeats. But, take your time to get in terms with it.

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength not a lack of knowledge but rather a lack of will.”

- Vince Lombardi

Take every book that you know that talks about successful people. Read every story that you could gather about achievers and performers.

What do you see?

Not all are genius. But still, there is one thing common in every story and every book. It is their ‘Strong Will’. They keep their ‘Will’ up with whatever it takes and never let it down. With every test, they made their will stronger than ever. This is the key to success in everything.

The quote here is a wonderful detail about success and motivation for us. Don’t worry about knowledge or genius levels. Success takes more than that. True success comes with a strong will. If you have a strong will towards achieving your dreams and following your passion, nothing can stop you.

Questions like ‘Why everyone couldn’t achieve success?’, ‘Where people lag?’ comes. Lack of will is where people struggle to get up and do things. Moreover, success has a different scale for everyone.

In the end, if we do what makes us happy, it’s a big success. Whatever you feel like a success, it only needs determination and will to get. Unless there is a strong will, every attempt to get up after you fail will be absent.

Even to bring a simple lifestyle change and healthy habit, you need the will to do it every day. Imagine the level of willpower it takes to achieve huge success.

Successful people have a strong will. With others, the difference is the lack of will. Don’t let your will down amidst what life throws at you.

Read the quote "Luck is the dividend of sweat" and learn its significance in embracing hard work and seizing opportunities. Experinec the power of determination and effort.

“Luck is the dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.” - Ray Kroc

Luck favors efforts. Luck favors the brave. Looking for luck or waiting for luck will take forever. Instead, if you take a step forward in life with all your efforts, you will know what you need.

There is one undeniable fact though. The harder you work the more luck you seem to have. Maybe there is a thing called luck. But how far can it take us is a big question.

Let’s think about it this way.

Imagine there’s a door. It opens to a ‘good life & successful life’. Some people walk to get to the door. Let’s say people who believe in luck could think that they got to the door quickly. But, the buck stops there.

To open the doorknob, you need to give your effort. Luck’s not going to do it for you. Life is the same. To unlock life, you need to bring hard work and the best of your efforts.

You need your efforts to walk past the door. Hard work and efforts will pave the way inside the door. As the quote says, the more you sweat the luckier you get. This luck stays with you for on and on. Also, if we see, the ones who are brave enough to pursue their dreams get luckier in every step they take.

No offense to luck. But, true luck seems to be a product of sweat and effort. Finally, you know what; Luck often disguises itself in your hard work. Think. You’ll realize this for a fact.

“When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard’, I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’.

- Sydney Harris

If you think you are the one with problems, you better think again. Everyone you see has their battles to face every single day. Take a step back and see for yourself.

You’ll know that people who are less fortunate than you are more here. Problems that we only thought could happen in a movie plot, could have already happened to someone. We tend to blame life for many things happening around us and for us.

In reality, we keep forgetting that every good and bad start from us. It becomes easy to blame life and say it’s hard. When it comes to the question of ‘compared to what?’ there’s a pause from us. Life is not as hard as we think.

When compared to troubles people face to make their ends meet for the day, life is not hard for us. When compared to those who have challenges to face physically, life is not hard on us. From rags to riches, life treats us all the same. Life gives ups and downs.

The challenge it throws us can make and break us. Those who have nothing are happy and those who have everything are unhappy. Successful people today were all broken by life yesterday. Yet, they are here inspiring people around them.

If all those achievers thought ‘Life’s hard’, they wouldn’t be where they are now. Life’s not a bed of roses. Same time, life is not a bed of stones too.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the one’s you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.”

-Mark Twain

If you don’t do things that you like, or if you don’t pursue what your heart says, you will feel incomplete. The regret you will bring to yourself could be huge. Don’t allow for it. Rather than thinking about what you did, your mind will keep thinking about ‘I wish I could have done it’.

If you have a dream, don’t hesitate to take the first step towards it. Sometimes, we will not be in a luxury to pursue. Obligations and commitments are realities standing before us. Taking care of them will be our priority. But, to balance and overcome everything to pursue what you dream is a great thing.

Indeed, it’s a life’s biggest deal if you ask me. Not just dreams. Starting from conveying ‘sorry’, ‘appreciations’, ‘thanks’ to people, we tend to go in a hurry forgetting it. When we sit back relaxed, our time could have been lost already. Thoughts of ‘I wish I could have spoken earlier’, ‘I wish I could have apologized earlier’, ‘I wish I have taken the risk’ brings more regret and disappointment to us.

For some people, the hesitation of ‘what if everything goes wrong’, ‘what if it fails’ stops them. Let me say a word. If there’s one thing that you don’t want to have in life, it is the ‘Regret’. Don’t end up feeling disappointed about things you didn’t do or could have done. It is better to face failures, risks, and challenges instead of regretting doing nothing.

1. Become a Volunteer

Turning into a volunteer for a reason you have faith in can give indistinguishable favorable circumstances from taking a class — meeting others, being part of a group, making new practices — and also brings the advantages of altruism, and can help you find more purpose in your life, both of which can bring bigger happiness and life achievement, as well as reduce loneliness.

In addition, working with others who have less can assist you to feel a more mysterious sense of thanks for what you have in your own life.

2. Find Support On the Internet

Because loneliness is a somewhat popular issue, there are many personalities online who are looking for people to connect with.

You do have to be suspicious of whom you meet over the internet (and, obviously, don’t give out any personal data like your bank account number, etc), but you can find a real guide, connection, and lasting attachments from people you meet online.

3. Increase Strength Of Existing Relationships

You reasonably already have people in your life that you could get to know properly or relationships with a family that could be increased. Provided that this is true, why not call companions all the more regularly, go out with them extra, and find other ways to enjoy your current relationships and increase bonds?

4. See a Therapist

A study has shown that loneliness and depressive symptoms can act in a synergistic impact to decrease well-being, meaning the more lonely you are, the sadder you feel, and vice versa.

1. Politeness goes a long way.

“There’s no one here but us roasters.” This is one of my preferred lines from the book by Thaddeus Golas. Beneath the deep facades of the high fliers are the same set of emotions we all are born with. Celebrities experience from stage fear and sadness too.

You have the ability to offer loving kindness and humanity of the soul to all you come into association with. It isn't instinctual to be caring for outsiders or individuals who frighten you. Be that as it may, it is a decision. It is a decision that Jesus and Gandhi utilized deliberately. And in the long run, it is a champion choice. The choice, being mean or selfish with those you don’t know well, can get you a reputation as a Scrooge.

2. Be persistent even if a distinct group does seem to be a dead-end for you, try another.

Everyone should try six distinctive groups to find one that suits you best. If you are determined, challenging the assuming and feelings that tell you to give up and leave yourself to a life of loneliness, and showing up and being interested and helpful to others and more and more groups, the chances are in your support.

3. Join a Class

Whether it’s an art class, a workout class, or a class at your local town college, joining a class automatically opens you to a group of people who share at least one of your interests.

It can also give a sense of relating that comes with being part of a group. This can excite creativity, give you something to look forward to during the day, and help to decrease loneliness.

1. Find there many others like you.

Nowadays there are more devices than ever before to find out where the knitters, hikers or kiteboarders are meeting so that you can get together with those who distribute your interests. This makes it more easygoing to know groups with which you will have something in general, a natural basis for starting a friendship.

2. Regularly show up when meeting up with others.

You don’t have to run for director of the knitters' society at your first meeting. But you do have to show up. I have been telling others to exercise yoga for 20 years and ensuring I would do it myself for just as long, but besides the occasional coincidental yoga offering at a retreat, I didn’t take the difficulty of finding a class I could attend daily until a month ago. Now I am liking it and it was not that difficult. I have put a note in my phone to retire from the procrastinator’s society.

3. Be interested, but don’t expect fulfillment or praise.

Each time you show up is an analysis, a micro-adventure in social bonding. If you are curious about and excited about others, they will be attracted to you because you are giving them notice. So you will get recognition in return. Interest in others also takes your focus away from those uncomfortable feelings that tend to make you hide and lower.

1. Realize that isolation is a feeling, not a truth.

When you seem lonely, it is because something has begun memory of that feeling, not because you are in reality, hidden and alone. The brain is created to pay consideration to pain and risk, and that involves painful scary feelings; therefore loneliness gets our consideration.

But then the brain attempts to make sense of the feeling.

Why am I sensing this way?

Is it because nobody loves me?

Because I am a sufferer? Because they are all mean?

Opinions about why you are feeling lonely can become frustrated with facts. Then it becomes a bigger difficulty so just understand that you are having this feeling and accept it without exaggerating.

2. Move out because loneliness is distasteful and can distract you into thinking that you are a loser, an outcast.

You might respond by withdrawing into yourself, your thoughts, and your lonely feelings and this is not essential. At its best, the awareness of loneliness might encourage us to reach out and improve friendships, which is the best activity to perform you are sad and alone.

When you are a child and your sorrow causes you to cry, you may extract a comforting response from others. If you’re a grown-up, not so much.

3. Get a Pet at your home

Pets — mainly dogs and cats — carry so many advantages, and stopping loneliness is one of them. Protecting a pet combines the benefits of altruism and friendship, and leaves you with various loneliness-fighters.

It can attach you with other community — walking a dog opens you up to a people of other dog-walkers, and a cute dog on a leash tends to be a people attraction. Additionally, pets provide complete love, which can be a great remedy for loneliness.

Practically everyone encounters loneliness from time to time, many people displaying feelings of loneliness around the vacation season, Valentine’s Day, and during times of severe stress. While the quite number of people who undergo loneliness is quite large, individuals don't generally discuss feelings of loneliness. They don't normally have an idea of how to manage these emotions.

16 ways to cope with alone time

1. Realize that isolation is a feeling, not a truth.

2. Move out because loneliness is distasteful and can distract you into thinking that you are a loser, an outcast.

3. Notice your self defeating thoughts.

4. Make a method to fight the mental and emotional practices of loneliness.

5. Concentrate on the demands and feelings of others, the shorter concentration on your lonely thoughts and feelings.

6. Find there many others like you.

7. Regularly show up when meeting up with others.

8. Be interested, but don’t expect fulfillment or praise.

9. Politeness goes a long way.

10. Be persistent even if a distinct group does seem to be a dead-end for you, try another.

11. Join a Class

12. Become a Volunteer

13. Find Support On the Internet

14. Increase Strength Of Existing Relationships

15. Get a Pet at your home

16. See a Therapist

1. Have a mantra throughout everyday life

As indicated by analysis, when you repeat a mantra, it could dispose of your pressure a little bit at a time. One mantra thought is "unwind, discharge, ease." If you have an inclination that you're worried effectively, simply rehash that mantra. In some cases, you have to urge yourself up to be alright.

2. Spend time with yourself

It’s okay to make time for yourself. You can truly relax and rest whenever you’re alone. It'll permit you the opportunity to be with your internal identity and at whatever point you sense that you're stuck it's a lot simpler for you to realize out.

3. Re-read the book that once motivated you

Books could take care of your spirit easily. In the event that you have an individual book that you haven't re-read at this point, take every chance you have to read it again. Stories that could inspire you can restore your optimistic self.

1. Call your brother or sister randomly

It doesn't make a difference on the off chance that you were a lot of like Tom and Jerry when you were still children. What esteems right presently is that you know about your siblings.

Siblings are a couple of the most faithful companions you'll ever have in your life. They may be the most exceedingly awful with regards to discovering deficiencies in you, however, consistently recall that they're simply doing that to your benefit.

2. Brainstorm an answer for your issues

Discover the base of what's not causing you to feel great. Stress can be found in your environment. It might be your disturbing neighbor or your friend. Figure out how you can leave negativity behind you and move forward, whatever that means for your situation.

3. Sleep before your regular time

Getting enough sleep can help reduce stress. Before sleeping, attempt to clear your mind first, perhaps through reflection, and dispose of every one of those annoying issues so you will have the option to lay down effortlessly even only for a night.

4. Take a break and find time for yourself

After all the tasks that you’ve finished, it’s great to make time for yourself. If you can, plan a trip.

5. Stop comparing yourself with others

There are things that you can do however your counterparts couldn't do. That is how reasonable life. You have to have another standpoint throughout everyday life If you think that other people are better than you.

6. Listen to your much-loved songs

Do you want to listen to those 90’s songs? You can do anything you need. On the off chance that you believe you're excessively old, simply recall that you'll get more established on the off chance that you'll simply let your pressure ruin you.

1. Compose empowering words for yourself

Have a journal for yourself. Record all the beneficial things that transpired on a specific day. In this journal, avoid taking note of the sad experiences, just focus on the good. Each time you find a good pace with what the universe is providing for you, read the diary to advise you that it's only an awful day, not an awful life.

2. Shading or Cut your hair with any style you need

Presently is a satisfactory time for you to get that hairstyle that you truly like. It doesn't make a difference if others won't care for it or you'll be punished for it. It's your life, in any case.

3. Watch your preferred film alone

So imagine a scenario where you will re-watch that old flicks. So what if you’ll sing along with Taylor Swift’s Songs? Old movies make you retain your childhood and all the laughter that you had while growing up.

4. Buy your venerated image's product

How about we let it out, pretty much all of us is a follower of somebody. Purchase the most recent collection of your preferred craftsman or buy that shirt to rep them.

5. Re-associate with your old companions

Reminiscing is such a good feeling. Now because of social media, it’s easier than ever for us to talk with our childhood friends. Message your oldest best friend and ask if it’s okay for the two of you to meet up for lunch.

6. For a day, Get yourself free from all gadgets

As indicated by an inspection, cell phones can expand feelings of anxiety. There's probably never a day that you're not holding your phone. Help yourself out and be phoneless for a day. Have a calm life away from your screens occasionally.

1. Watch your plans

Your reasoning will never be 100 percent positive. You should figure out how to disregard the negative thoughts and stay open to other ideas that will help you move in a positive direction. Begin recognizing negative thoughts and utilize your mind to overcome them.

2. Summon the quality you have inside

Learn to approach and direct your strengths to the highest good for all concerned. Believe that your intelligence and strength can help you deal with anything. Remember that you have survived worse.

3. Learn to love and care yourself

Your life is not scripted, You do not have to be who you are today. Changing how you feel about yourself means gathering some new tools, creating a strategy, creating a strategy, and making yourself into the person you want to be. A good way to begin is to stop doing things that hurt.

4. Try not to need excessively

Determination can be a powerful motivating tool, but wanting something an excess of can be extremely painful and extravagant, so don't maintain an unsustainable lifestyle or desire the unattainable. Look for your craving, however, keep your honesty.

5. Don't get offended

It is wise to be unsentimental about critical comments. Figure out how to react as opposed to responding, and don't show your anger. Recognize that disappointment is part of life. Even the most successful people have to tackle failure, but they've mastered how to use it to get to the next level of life. The method is to channelize your emotions, then take some sort of movement.

6. Manage your feelings of fear

Getting control over your fear makes you stronger. It assists with understanding and concedes your feelings of dread. At that point, you can kick them to the check.

1. Cry

Tears indicate the body to discharge endorphins or "feel-better" hormones to show a feeling of calm and prosperity. It not only allows your body to discharge stress hormones but at the top of an honest cry, the body assumes a calmer state with a lower heart and breathing rate. Engage in beneficial crying. This is crying that permits you to release stress and bottled up emotions and doesn't interfere together with your daily functioning.

If you seem that your crying is interfering with your work or home life or you cannot control it or how often you cry, this may be an indication of a bigger problem, like depression or an anxiety-related condition. Consider seeing someone like a therapist or counselor who can encourage you methods to control crying that is interfering with your day by day working.

2. Take time to breathe deeply

Taking deep breaths can help you begin to feel better. Deep breathing enhances oxygen supply everywhere in the body, which can help to unwind muscles and decrease your blood pressure when you’re upset or stressed. Deep breathing produces a calming effect by activating your parasympathetic nervous system.

3. Keep moving

Always remember that most extenuating circumstances are temporary, don’t let life's changes throw you off track. Increase greater clarity by continuing through to the end and diverting your energy a privilege and positive way.

4. Trust yourself

Believe in yourself, no matter what, and you'll grow from the experience. Give yourself a brief period and have tolerance.

5. Become a friend of life

Remember that the world does not punish you. You do that to yourself. Learning to focus in another direction or on other opportunities can give you some perspective.