Living Beyond Dreams

My book “Living Beyond Dreams” is dedicated to my late grandmother, an angel who taught me how to do good deeds without expecting anything in return and that happiness comes from our inner world rather than external factors.

Whilst I am working on translating my book into English, here’s the chapter “In Essence”, almost an executive summary of my book, for my non-Turkish speaking friends and colleagues:

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Find meaning and purpose in everything we do. Act with passion.

Passion makes us successful and happy, gives inspiration to everyone we come into contact with. Passion is contagious.

We attract into our lives whatever we focus our emotions, thoughts and energy on.

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Focus our energy on creating positive impact. Be solution focused whenever we encounter problems. Live in a way that will minimize the impact of negative circumstances outside of our sphere of influence.

If we internalize the belief that “There’s a blessing in everything…” we increase the chances of positive outcomes from any situation that takes an unexpected course.

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Be open to learning new things, be curious and grow as a person. Have entrepreneurial spirit, be courageous and get out of our comfort zones. Let’s not fear failure. If we’ve never failed, we haven’t pushed ourselves hard enough.

Let’s focus on creating value and do things that benefit humanity.

Being results oriented is helpful, however success is a journey, not a destination.

Let’s always behave in accordance with strong values and not compromise long-term goals for short-term results.

Let’s remind ourselves to enjoy the journey. Challenges are opportunities for growth.

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Improve social skills; be strong communicators, good listeners and open minded. Treat others the way we want to be treated. Grow our network, seek help, give help and make ourselves and those around us happy.

Health comes first.

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Take care of ourselves. Love ourselves. Make time for loved ones and activities that make us feel good. Be caring, compassionate and forgiving both to ourselves and to others.

Let’s count our blessings everyday; the more we appreciate what we have in our lives, the more we will have to be grateful for.