SME Investor Magazine Jun-Jul 2017 | Page 23

Invest In Yourself Empower Yourself E  verything that happens to us happens with purpose, and sometimes, one thing leads to another. Instead of locking yourself up in a cage mistake or “failed” at something. of fear and crying over past heartaches, See how your experience is a embarrassment and failures, treat these situations lesson to learn from. Everything has a silver lining—noexceptions. as your teachers and they will become your tools in both self-empowerment and success.  So, when does self-empowerment become synonymous with success? Where do we start? T a k e the s e tips:    Stop thinking and feeling as if you’re  Take things one step at a time. Don't expect massive changes overnight. Self-empowerment is a process of taking lots of small steps that ultimately add up to something amazingly beautiful and profound. Self-empowerment results in inner a failure, because you’re not. How stability, personality development and can others accept you if YOU can’t SUCCESS. It comes from self- confidence, self-appreciation and self- accept YOU? When you see others who you envy for any reason (beauty, wealth, etc.), focus on your own self-empowerment, not self-pitying. Self- acceptance is not about how you fit into other confidence.  peoples' idea of theworld, it is about accepting yourself in the world regardless of how others view you. When people feel down and low about themselves, help them up. Rather than join others in feeling low, choose to help them out through leading by example. The more you radiate confidence, the moreothers will also feel and start to absorb that confidence themselves. things that mean so much to other people. When we are appreciative and grateful of The world is your classroom. Don’t feel stupid or doomed forever just because you made a  all that is around us, it eventually reflects back inwardly and we become more appreciative and grateful for who we are and our experience here on Earth. Even though you’re willing to accept change and go through the process of self-empowerment, it doesn’t mean that everyone else is. The world is a place where people of different values and attitudes hang out. Sometimes, even if you think you and your best friend always like to do the same thing together at the same time, be aware that not everybody realizes the value of a path of self-empowerment. . We should always remember that there’s no such thing as ‘overnight success.’ Be grateful for every moment of your life which has brought Set meaningful and achievable goals. Self-empowerment doesn’t try to make you an exact replica of your probably heard the classic quote, “When the idols or role models. Self- student is ready, the teacher will appear.” you to this moment here and now. You have empowerment is the process by which you dissolveall of the false ideas you've adopted over the years, and you learn to see yourself for the  amazing person you alreadyare Little things mean a LOT to other people. Sometimes, we don’t realize that the little things that we do like a pat on the back, saying “Hi” or asking somebody “How are you?” are simple We are all here to learn our lessons. Our parents, school teachers, friends, colleagues, officemates, neighbors… they are our teachers. When we open our heart and mind to a path of self- empowerment, we increase our chances of happiness, success, and lasting inner peace. See our next issue for further details on this subject.