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5 beliefs that will make you stronger

Last updated on: May 08, 2014 21:38 IST

What are the beliefs that can alter your life and lead you to success? Read on for inspiration...

Be it the workplace or at home, we all live by certain belief systems that we are brought up with.

Inculcating certain beliefs makes us a much stronger person and helps us in carving out our true personality.

Living by them makes our lives, both at work and at home smoother and happier.

1. Bring with you, your passion

It was taught to us when we were kids, that no work is small or bi. If it is work it just has to be done.

To add to that, the work has to be done with all the passion that you can muster.

Right from sweeping your house to conducting meetings with clients, both need to be dealt with the same passion and enthusiasm.

Sweep as if nobody is a better sweeper than you; speak as if there is no better speaker.

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2. Control. Control. Control

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Control your desire for the unwanted and unnecessary.

There are five characteristics mentioned in the sacred texts for inculcating a sense of dharma within you; one of those is the essence to control or persevere.

Controlling the unwanted and unnecessary saves you from difficult situations.

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3. You are your choices.

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Your success or failure is determined by the decisions you make.

If you think you are the product of your circumstances, then you think wrong.

Your choices lead to the circumstances you find yourself in, and that in turn leads to you being you.

Choose wisely, live well.

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3. Stay committed

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You must be committed to the task you've undertaken.

Commitment is easier said than done.

Being committed to a task, till the end is something only few can achieve.

A sense of accomplishment prevails only when you are committed to a task.

Be it losing weight or meeting a deadline, it requires the same belief!

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5. Failures are not failures until you learn from them

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If you failed, understand why you lost before you make another attempt.

Do you know why you failed?

Understanding from failures or unsuccessful attempts is something which a true spirited person can break through.

Analysing the loopholes of the game you lost is important before you start playing again.

More importantly, stay true; stay yourself!

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