How To Elevate Yourself When Times Are Tough

???Treat each day as a new beginning. Don’t get caught up with all the failures from the past. Forget about prior indiscretions, feuds, animosities or something a family member said to you 13-years ago that you forgot what it even was, but you still won’t talk with them. This is history. History is over. You are not that person any longer. You are the person living in the here and now.

???There are no “what ifs” only “what’s next.” So, you made the wrong choice over which college to attend and chose the wrong major. You didn’t have a mentor or get the big break. We have to move on and forget about the “what ifs.”?It is a new start.?There are so many successful people who have made it big later in life. They learned from their mistakes and then?catapulted their careers.?Some people made all the so-called "right choices," did well at first and now are just flatlining. Your life and career are long-term marathons and not sprints.

???Be the person you always wanted to be. It’s never too late to become that person. Don’t live to solely impress others or live out someone’s dreams. Even if you fail, it will be on your own term—as your own person. You don’t want to look back when you are 90-years-old and say you should have done x, y, or z. Do the hard work now to make the 90-year-old you happy and proud.

???Follow the career choice that is right for you. Acquiescing to a job or profession because you think it will make your parents happy and get them off your back or to impress your friends is not a long-term recipe for success. You will end up being miserable. As an executive recruiter, I can’t begin to tell you how many lawyers?I have spoken?to that made their career decisions for the reasons mentioned and are now terribly miserable. Find a career path that aligns with your values and suits your skills, temperament and abilities. Also, make sure you can make a living.

???Complaining is a waste of the short, precious time that we have. Life is unfair; it’s short and brutal. We die at the end of our movie. Usually, it ends quite badly. Since we all know this, why trouble yourself with complaining and whining? It doesn’t help. It actually makes you feel worse and bothers anyone who listens to you. Accept what you can’t change and spend the time you've allotted to complaining toward?modifying what you can actually change.

???Don’t sit around waiting for something to happen. Act. Make something happen. Be assertive and active. You’ll sleep when you're dead. Make your own breaks in this world. Create your own opportunities. You can’t wait for opportunities to drop into your life.?Nobody cares if you fail and nobody will hand you a life; you need build it yourself.

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