You need to understand one thing, you are on a mission. The journey of our lives is like a traveler on a destination. The journey maybe smooth and can equally be rough, too.
As we journey through life, so many things will come out as a threat, but we must never entertain the thoughts of giving up or quitting.
So many people are so used to the idea of threats being negative. Sorry, I think you need to know that there are positive threats too. The concept of threats being a negative thing has made people the type that gets unduly agitated or paranoid on every of their attempt to live life; their radar for noting threats are always on the lookout. Such people don't get to live life to the fullest, as what they are always about is what could actually go wrong.
On the positive side, we must note that threats are mostly positive too. This may sound strange, but have a critical mind. Threats pushes us out of our comfort zone. This is because as humans, one of our natural tendencies is to get complacent and become rigid. We gradually adopt the approach of people who are never willing to go out and explore more options when the prevailing circumstance is good enough.
WHAT THEN DOES THE 'POSITIVE' THREATS DO?
The positive threats, actually, when they come, don't come as one. They come as something that will move us away from some beneficial situations. The truth of the matter is, until we are threatened, our thinking is usually clogged. That is why when people face threats, they tend to get creative. It doesn't have to be a life-threatening one, it can just be as simple as someone with a better product taking our customers away. we want to avoid such, hence we are left with no other alternative other than creativity.
So much so, our complacency tendencies, when faced with one form of threat or the other, tends to show itself the door and get out of our lives. This actually mean that threats can help us attain success by eliminating our complacency. So if threats are catalyst for our accomplishing unbelievable feats, what then can we do to keep having them around so that we can constantly be steered towards greatness.
We can ensure that the following are the things we put into considerations:
(i) Simulate the Conditions: The threatening circumstances may not be available, so you need to create, as much as possible, something close to it. This may actually require that you use your imagination to paint a vivid mind picture. You trick your mind into believing that something is at stake.
(ii) Dedicate to the cause of Greatness: When you understand that at every point in time, you have a personal commitment to attain greatness, then the zeal and the passion you give it is not ever going to settle for something lesser. Thus, this will help you to avoid complacent.
(iii) Have a broader Perspective: When we combine knowledge and understanding that allows us gain wisdom, our actions brings us to the zone of being a threat to complacency. The higher perspective we have would allow us to keep striving, thus pushing us for greatness.
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The call is, never get complacent. No matter what!
Nice, i have never thought about it that way. :)
Lack of stressors do make people complacent. That was one reason I liked working temp jobs: every job was a new location and a challenge. You never knew when the day would bring, in terms of challenges, and you were never on the same job long enough for complacency to set in - generally only long enough to cover some regular employee's vacation. After that, it was off to the next assignment.
Sometimes I miss those days.
You made a great point
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