Time has a way of showing us what really matters.
Aside from living things, buildings are the most populous structures on planet earth. They provide shelter to living things hence there importance. Time has really showed us that what matters most in a building construction is the foundation. Several buildings has collapsed years back and to these present moment with the most popular and distinguished causes to be a function of the foundation such as the 2016 Lagos building collapse .
Foundation although unseen is the most important part of the building. It transfers the load from the building and its components to the soil. It is the inner strength of the building as well as the unseen inner beauty of the building. It is not appreciated and honored because most of it is in the soil.
Most of us desire a great future and beautiful life, to that beautiful life there must also be a beautiful and great foundation. The human life can be likened to a building with the foundation as the mindset. The mindset of any man determines how far/she will go, act in life and respond to life. You cant build a super-structure life with a weak mindset. Your mindset shapes your life just like the foundation shapes a building.
It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of a good foundation that will stand the test of time. - David Allan Coe.
STANDING THE TEST OF TIME
The strength of a building in standing the test of time lies in the foundation
Type of Soil
The main aim of the foundation is to transfer weight from the building to the soil hence the need to evaluate the soil as it primarily bears the load. In foundation construction, the soil is survey to identify the type of soil(wet or dry) and its attributes. Likewise we to need to to survey our mind because we are unique and different from each other. The human mind is the soil for good life building. Some are strong willed while others have a wavering mind. A foundation built on wet soil can't withstand heavy loads except for modification to the soil. A wavering mind will not be able to withstand the loads of a greater life because of the greater loads in terms of decisions making and care to people and things surrounding the person's life.
To a greater and blissful life, there is always a greater challenge, loads and responsibility.
Hence your mind must be able to withstand the loads of life. Build up your mind!!!!
Intended structure and its Load bearing capacity
The intended structure to be constructed also affects the foundation. A bungalow foundation is not constructed for a Sky-scrapper building or else collapse is inevitable. Evaluate your future life and construct the necessary foundation.
The foundation of a human life allows for modification, so no matter where you are now a good foundation is possible.
The structure engineer also considers the bearing capacity of the building as it will not be idle, it will welcome people of varying weight and the interior designs. Different people will come into your life at every point with varying emotional, financial and social weight.
Will your foundation be able to bear them all without being stressed out?
Will you be able to provide solutions to the loads/problems of any man coming to your life? Enlarge your mindset!!!
Depth and width
The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid-Thomas Kempis
A sky-scrapper will require a deep foundation, since most of us want a higher life our mindset must be deepened into our mind with no evidence of wavering. The width of a foundation is also known not to be short of the width of the building, if not there will be a tilt or even a collapse. Your life involves many sections(social, emotional and financial) , hence your mindset must cover all the section and not be short of any of it as people will stretch every section.
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Free from loopholes and able to withstand interferences
Interferences like wind are referred to as lateral loads and can tilt the building, and the ability of a building to withstand these interferences lies in the foundation. Your ability to withstand the wind of betrayal, abuse and confusion lies in the strength of your mindset. A foundation is not expected to have holes as this may be a point of absorption of moisture and weakens it, therefore you must not allow weakness in your mindset through the moisture of self doubt and low self esteem. However fillers are used to fill those holes that occurs as a mistake.
Use the filler of self confidence and fill those hole up!!! Ignore your mistakes
Hear this: A successful man is one who can make a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown on him-David Brinkley.
No matter where you are now, evaluate your mindset and strengthen it as it will determine your future
YOUR MINDSET MATTER MOST IN LIFE
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100% agree. I always tell people that get stuck or are not sure how to do what they want to do, or are worried that people will think they are crazy, or they don't think they are good enough to follow their dreams--that you have to create a foundation for your success and that begins with your mindset.
Somethings you can do to create a mastery mindset, so to speak, include overcoming negative self limiting beliefs, overcoming fear of failure and what other people think.
The problem is, most people are just going through the motions running on autopilot and it doesn't even register until something wakes them up and starts pushing them through desire to do get out of their comfort zone.
The majority of those people fail and then quit because of their mindset. Then those who take action and get stuck, a majority of them fail and quit because not strong enough mindset.
I once read that two things set the most successful people apart from those who continue to struggle to make any progress. Mindset and Grit/Perseverance. It's just taking focused action on your dreams/goals and then keep doing it. As long as you are learning and growing from your setbacks you will make progress.
Some things that help put me in a mastery mindset are;
Daily meditation, mindfulness exercises, and reading inspirational/motivational content.
Become self aware enough to recognize when I'm in a negative state and then do something to change it.
Put myself in an environment that helps me to grow (Groups, Forums, Blogs, Social Media, Steemit). People doing what I want to do.
Find someone who is where I want to eventually be and learn from them. Emulate what they do.
Develop habits of taking action of all those things every day.
Keep moving forward.
You are right sir
Thanks for the informative comment
Learnt some things
Thanks alot
You're welcome @tormiwah! Appreciate it :)