《Simplify my life》

If I had the choice of only 3 words around which I had to define how to move my life forward, I would choose these three: Patience — Focus — Boldness.

Let me explain.

Patience is about timeliness, moving into full action at just the right time. The moment the predator pounces. The predator always choses that moment carefully.

Patience is also about not giving up when you are not achieving the results you were expecting, just yet. And so you continue, you slog on, you keep up the effort, go with the grind and don’t give up, don’t give in. Stay steady, your time will come.

Patience is corralling the people around you, who accompany you to success and who may not have the zeal, motivation or energy you have. But you need their presence and verve, because these feed yours, and vice versa. From that combination, the synergy of 1+1 becomes 3, or 15, or 1000…

Focus is about not doing 30 things at the same time, and just to bring back the metaphor of the predator, she doesn’t choose 2, 5 or 50 animals for lunch. Just one will do. Decide on your first priority and get that to closure. Move on to the next.

Say no to the unimportant.

Do not engage with, or even worse, commit to whatever is not aligned with your purpose.

Boldness is going all out, aiming to grab what you cannot quite reach. Being courageous, going beyond fear and moving despite it. Being steadfast in the confidence that you have what it takes. And even if you don’t quite have what it takes, that you will find a way to get around it. And that, like a cat you will have the ability to land on your feet, and make it look easy.

If you feel you lack boldness, lack the courage, ask yourself this question: ”what, really, is the worst that can happen? And how bad would that be, really?” When you have then broken through your fear, gone all out and ended up in a place you didn’t want to be, analysis if you went too far, and what went wrong. Don’t stay stuck. Pick up the pieces and get going again.

Putting all 3 together is about channeling the energy, the power, the brains and the brawn, at just the right time towards glorious success. That is when true greatness occurs. Greatness that lights up your sky and makes you walk on clouds.

Well, those are my choice of 3 words.