10 Steps to originality

If you are tired of going with the flow and not enough in the life of a drive, then it's time to turn off the mediocre road and go down the path originality. How to do it, tell John Eykaff, a man who has long been on you with His outstanding.

1. find mediocrity

Decided to part ways with mediocrity? Perfectly. The first step is find it. See what areas of life you have "let us down"? Write them down. It is useful to us soon.

2. Ruthless honesty to yourself

On the path of change - leave self-deception and sweet illusion. Look straight - who are you? You can start with the social roles of son, father, brother, friend. Determined? Now think about what you can constrain or limit - mortgages, loans or maybe military service. Ready? Now a nice stage thinking - think about their achievements and benefits (believe anything, even an honorary diploma Kennel Club). Honest and detailed answers will show a clear picture of your life.

3. dream boldly

Let the future does not scare you. Do not listen to the inner voice, if he keeps telling you that you'll never be a great musician and Your game bongos - a waste of time (inner voice loves us convince unreachable desires). Dream, write down all their incredible desire. In the following weeks you will make a hundred steps toward your dreams.

4. Look for a balance

Easy way to originality will not. Do not wait. But there will always be a contradiction between the realities of life (paragraph 2) and the insane dreams (paragraph 3).
Admit it and stick to the "golden mean" - do not dive in care, forgetting about yourself, and do not turn into an egoist, focusing on personal desires.

5. The purpose - not the end point of travel

Trying to find a purpose in life - one of the most thankless job. And if at the same time to think that the goal in life is to be one, you have to decide it in his youth, or that the target will give meaning to life - all at risk to get bogged down in the mire of mediocrity.
Forget about the fact that it is necessary to find its target. It is an endless process that will devastate you. Instead, live with purpose. Do what you think is important, something from which enjoy.

6. Start

Trite, but each path really begins with the first step. Go back to the list, which is made at the beginning and write a list of the first steps for each item. Do not need a global - a small step. Start. Update your resume, wake up 10 minutes earlier in the morning to lose weight a pound. The first step is half the battle.

7. A little better than nothing

Keep these words in a visible place. Take a magnet with this inscription, and attach it to the fridge. Affix sticker with these words to the mirror in the bathroom. If you do not have time to explore 20 new English words - learn five. Once run five kilometers - a nurse. A little better than nothing.

8. Finish - always unknown

No one knows where he will be tomorrow. Do not expect that will be able to predict the consequences of your actions, and that each step takes you to where you planned. Do not think about it. Just start. And do not stop.

9. Cut a path

The path to the originality of the complex and ornate. But the opportunity to reduce it to a couple of hundred steps is always there. The easiest way - to find in the person's environment, which has already passed on the same road as you. And ask him to share advice. Do not forget to thank him later!

10. Fame ≠ originality

Originality is not determined by fame, money, and a crowd of fans. Originality wrote outstanding books, even if they had not read it. Sings, even if no one hears. Because it can not do otherwise. The most important thing - to go on in the way that you like. And try to do it skillfully.

If you live this way, the external trappings of success will be the sauce for the main course - the joy, not the missing ingredient. Get it and start life with this uncommon seconds.

Based on the book "Start"

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