As you may
all know, I am the author of my debut book “Let it be Known.” Before I released
this project I made an honest assessment of some things that I felt I needed to
work on within myself. One thing that didn’t fit well (pun intended) was that I
had gained a substantial amount of weight. I began to feel physically sluggish to
go right along with the aches and cramps which I knew was the result of this weight
I was carrying. I was always an athlete so not moving my body for so many years,
I realized this was the penalty I was now enduring. With responsibility and
continuously working non-stop in your daily grind, eating the wrong foods, not
exercising, we lose ourselves in the process and the weight gain seems like it
comes from out of nowhere. It’s said that you can acquire wealth but if you’re
not healthy, you will spend that same wealth on your health. After feeling heavy and my body began to ache,
I came to the conclusion that I had to make some personal improvements to go
along with some the goals I was working hard to execute with business. The
first thing I did was detox my body, change my diet and start an exercising
regimen. A year later I am fifty-pounds lighter and feeling a thousand percent
better with myself and probably added ten more years to my life by making the
commitment and dedication to do better. Today, I continue to live a different
and conscious lifestyle of better health practices because I refuse to not be
my best. I share my own journey through “Self-Improvement” because we tend to downplay
just how much we become our investments.
Overall,
improvement is a necessity by all means but Self-Improvement
is non-negotiable and should be the utmost priority in your world. We sometimes
end up neglecting our own advancement by stifling our own development by
investing in outside entities FIRST. By doing that, we are placing ourselves
second and possibly last which not only defies self-preservation but it defeats
our own relevance. I firmly believe that strong relationships are contingent on
a strong personal relationship that starts with the person in the mirror. You
can’t have any healthy relationships with anyone if you are not in a
relationship with yourself. Keep in mind that we are all under construction.
With that understanding, we are not perfect and there are things that we all
should be diligently and consistently working on to make ourselves better. Identification
facilitates in converting our weaknesses and flaws to strengths. There are some
that live in a delusional state by fooling themselves into believing that there’s
absolutely nothing wrong with them. Each day should consist of becoming the
best person possible. By making those strides we are able to convert our
current challenges into future triumphs.
I wanted to share a few areas that you may
need to consider improving in;
·
Health- If you are not healthy, nothing
in your life will be.
·
Mindset- Keep in mind that you are your
thoughts.
·
Objectives- Don’t neglect your own dreams as
you work your job and steadily invest in someone's dream.
·
Character- Strengthen your weaknesses by
focusing on those areas that pose a challenge and discomfort. Being the best
person will attract the best.
I
hope that I can inspire just one person to make some self-improvements starting
today!