Are you giving life your best shot?

Are you giving life your best shot?

On friday night, I stumbled on a song "Do It by Pitbull ft. Mayer Hawthorne" and I picked three nice phrases from the song:

Everyday above the ground is a good day so I celebrate

She said "do you own Nike?"

I said "not yet", she said "then just do it"

"Give it your best shot"

I think the words in the sentences are very clear. Appreciate everyday and celebrate it because life is a privilege and a gift from God. Secondly, if you want to do something, DO IT. Everything will never be perfect for you if you want to do something, perfection comes when you are doing it and learning from your mistakes. Thirdly and most importantly, are you giving what it is that you want to do your best shot? Are you giving life generally your best shot? Is this the best you can offer life? Is this the best you can offer the people around you? Or do you want to be a mediocre for life? Are you the best at what you are doing currently? Do you believe you cannot be the best? If you die today, will you be happy and satisfied that you gave life your best shot? Try not to also be selfish and realize that your life can be an inspiration to someone whose morale is down and who has no hope again. So is your life inspiring people around you?

Remember and never ever forget that "ANY wage you ask of life, life would willingly pay" and "Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but soon or late the man who wins is the man WHO THINKS HE CAN!" The mind is very powerful.

So for everybody including myself I think we should constantly ask ourselves everyday especially at night and in the morning and in everything that we do

Am I giving life my best shot?

Happy Sunday! Have a wonderful week ahead!

8 Rules to A Positive, Happy Life

1. Be Optimistic - This is the first and most important rule. You have to constantly think and believe that good things will happen to you and if you do, it sure will. Even if a bad thing happens, believe that it happened so that something very good will happen as they say "If one door doesn't close, another one won't open". Also be mindful that bad things or experiences make you stronger, they also help you to learn to avoid it and sometimes there is a good thing inside every bad thing or experience. So next time try to discipline yourself to find the good thing in the bad and what you would do better next time.
2. Feed your mind with positive/inspirational/motivational materials first thing in the morning and last thing at night before you go to bed - When you do this it feeds your subconscious mind which works while you are asleep and helps you to wake up positive and work positive throughout the day. Remember your thoughts are very powerful... You can read this for more understanding and more tips in http://wikihow.com/control-your-subconscious-min
3. Stop asking How Far? How you dey? Or What's Up? Except for people that you know are very positive stop asking those questions as you would most likely get negative answers and in the process of trying to sympathize with the person, you may become or start feeling negative. So instead ask What interesting thing has been happening with you or has happened since the last week or last time we saw and if the person says none, you can bring up an interesting thing happening around you or to you and tell the person about it or a good moment you both shared together. The important thing is when you leave the person, you want both of you feeling positive vibes.
4. Always always remember that your life is a gift and your present situation is somebody's prayer point. So be thankful and be hopeful remember "When there is life, there is hope."
5. Smile Often - This is important as it releases endorphins which is a chemical in your brain that leads to feelings of happiness. It also makes you look happy and in turn attracts happy people to you and makes other people happy.
6. Laugh Often - This is very important as this is the best medicine you can give to your body. It triggers healthy physical changes in the body, strengthens your immune system, boosts your energy, diminish pain and protect you from the damaging effect of stress. You can just stay and force yourself to laugh or remember an incident that was really funny and laugh your lungs out. You can also watch comedy videos on YouTube and Instagram. For YouTube I recommend searching for Basketmouth, Dan D'humorous, I go die, night of a thousand laughs. For instagram follow or check iamkanmi, oluwakaponeski, dontjealousme, thefoxhimself
7. Practice Positive Self Talk - If you say to yourself, "I can't do this, I'm going to fail", you will fail. However, if you say "I can do this. I know I can!” you're more likely to succeed. This process is known as "affirmation". Say to yourself aloud. I will be rich, I am happy, I will succeed etc.
8. Find something you can do and like doing and work to be very good at it that everybody or at least a lot of people will know you for that thing which could be a profession/soft skill/talent or trade. It will give you unlimited amounts of self-confidence and you will unconsciously become so happy because you know that you are very good at doing something and people recognize and appreciate you for it especially when it meets a need. Search for Brian Tracy - The Science of Self-Confidence on YouTube.