KAIZEN FOR LIFE

Although it is important to have times where we ask others for help, guidance and support, we should be able to stand on our own to feet and depend on ourselves. There will be times in life when you need others and cannot do something yourself and that is okay – it is not weak to ask or need help – it is simply reality and it is weak not to accept that.

However, we should be comfortable in our own company, confident in our own decisions, happy with who we are. At the end of the day, you only truly have yourself. Every second of every day you are with yourself and your thoughts. I know you’ve heard it before but you need to learn to be kind to yourself, because what you think about with yourself will be reflected in your actions and behaviour, which will be received by others and is a determining factor in how you are viewed and treated. You have the power to act and behave as you wish. You cannot entirely control your thoughts but we manipulate them and rethink things.

For example – if you are thinking that you are not as pretty as someone – you can ask yourself questions to challenge the thought and alter it – what is the definition of pretty? Have I had romantic partners in the past who have thought I am attractive? Did I feel pretty before I saw this person? Is pretty a ‘one person’ definition or is everyone pretty in different ways? Does it matter that I’m not as ‘pretty’ as someone else? Etc.

Learn to accept and then like and then love who you are – you are going to have flaws, but those need to be accepted (although you should constantly be working on them) just as your strengths should be accepted. You are who you are. You are who you were always meant to be. If you do not feel you are living up to your potential or being the person you would like to be – the power to change that is in your hands. Only you can do it and that is a beautiful thing. You are powerful when it comes to yourself.

So be strong alone – accept who you are, embrace who you are, improve who you are, like who you are, love who you are and be who you are.