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| AMANDLA: Make it possible |
All of
us aspire to change certain things about ourselves. It could be losing weight,
stop smoking, stop drinking or improving or gaining a skill that will help you
go further in your studies and career. The challenge for most people is
maintaining the will power to achieve those goals.
Every
person is capable of changing, whether it is for the good or the worst. We all
know people that have lost weight, that are over achievers, given up smoking or
drinking and even people who have completed their university degrees. The
question is how did they do it? How did they maintain their will power?
I have
a friend who is a basketball player for the University of Johannesburg first
team. Her ability to be consistent
is a great lesson that I/ and all should learn. She trains whenever scheduled
to train. Successful sports people do not negotiate training time they just do
it, whether they feel like it or not.
They
are very much disciplined, they do not
listen to their feelings and they tell their bodies what to do, not the other
way around. You need to give yourself instructions that you could exercise and
put into action. Those activities will help you develop or improve a skill.
Perfecting
an art begins with knowing what you want and creating
goals. Do not just have goals, have visions as well. Having goals is
one thing but knowing what you want is another. Automatically motivation builds
up, helping you getting over all your fears and insecurities.
After
identifying your goals, identify strategies
that will help you to achieve your goals. They will be the things you are
committed to do. Strategies need to become habits and a pattern of behaviour.
We
all may go through tough times; not understanding what life is all about and
what it wants from us. Have self-control and the will power to make it.
