Worrier or Warrior?

I saw a post a few weeks ago on LinkedIn.

It was a post that stated on average people spend about two hours per day, worrying about matters affecting their lives. The post reminded me about information Earl Nightingale - the dean of Personal Development - shared ages ago.

He stated that only about 8% of the multitude of things we are inclined to worry about, are actually worth worrying about - in the respect that thy constitute circumstances likely to bring to fruition, that which you are worried about.

The vast majority of the things we worry about, represent fears that are never likely to come to fruition.

We worry that we are not good enough, that we cannot achieve the success we want, we compare ourselves negatively to others, and for some strange reason, believe that others can do things, we have no belief at all, that we can achieve.

This inclination to lack confidence in yourself, and to worry and doubt your capabilities, rarely if ever serves you.

Instead it persistently acts against you.

Worry and doubt are the silent destroyers of your dreams.

Doubts and worries masquerade as innocuous aspects of our lives, but they crystallise into indecision and fear, and act as major barriers to the progress, we want and need to make in our life.

Worry and doubt prevents you from following through, on opportunities open to you, from taking the actions you need to take, when you need to take them.

They act to undermine your health and prospects for a brighter, more successful future; dampening the fire of your enthusiasm, until eventually the fire is extinguished altogether.

Worry, doubt, indecision and fear are all negative states of mind, that insidiously affect your thinking process and results.

They channel your thoughts down avenues focused on failure instead of success.

In the interests of clarity, I'm not arguing that worrying and doubt have no useful role in your life, but to allow them to be the main focus of your thoughts and actions is never going to be helpful to you.

When preparing for your time in the witness box, for instance, this is a stressful enough event that demands of you, the ability to manage your doubts and worries.

You have to be able to channel your energies and thoughts along positive paths, such that you are willing and able to provide, evidence that is convincing and preferred over the evidence of others.

To do this you have to - despite your doubts and worries - possess the belief and confidence in yourself to present your arguments in a clear, passionate, forceful manner, that grabs the attention of the judge.

In my opinion, you cannot provide credible, cogent evidence if or when you allow your mind to be dominated by worry and fears.

You have to acknowledge your worries and fears and then consciously and consistently act in complete accord - not with them - but with what you want to achieve.

Half hearted thoughts and actions, will not produce successful outcomes.

Decide instead, to commit yourself to controlling your worry - to master your fears, and to give it all you've got to succeed in a big way.

To control your thoughts and actions, channelling them in a committed, positive manner or attitude, focused solely on your success, is what is demanded of you.

This rarely, if ever, occurs overnight, it requires a resolute decision, backed up by continuous effort, belief and faith in yourself.

To be sure, this is not the path trodden by the worrier; it is the much less trodden path, reserved only for the warrior, in you.

Be the warrior, doing all in your power to safeguard children and to improve and upgrade yourself, so that you can be the best person you can be.

The world badly needs these type of warriors!