PUSHING FOR THE TOP
Determination is a cemented intention, a direction of choice and wilful decision, which gives us our purpose to achieve goals, even when the odds are stacked against us. Developing a strength of character, awarded and further strengthened through our taking the tougher, less travelled routes through life, will ensure we hold fast to our vision of success.
The Stubborn Mule
Making our minds up to embark on a journey, is the first step towards achievement. We can all take on greater challenges to push ourselves on towards lofty heights. And staying true to a tightly held belief or opinion, can come to mean many things to different people, depending on the individual and from where they are standing.
Following our chosen path can be honourable or it can also be foolish. For when our steely resolve to act on a decision, affects our wellbeing or those we hold dear, this grasping of an idea, with no clear benefit to ourselves or to those around us – transforms our determination into a stubbornness to relent.
To avoid being stubborn for the sake of a mis-understood goal, we must be wary of the how, why and where an idea has originated from. For our beliefs in an idea, may have been planted or based upon another's set of ideals. Defending an ideology without first identifying the validity of the concept and from whence the roots were planted in our minds, is something we all need to be more mindful of when enforcing our wilful determination.
“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” – Steve JobsA Cause And Effect
We all have the power of choice – to do or not to do. We can question what it is to make both right and/or wrong decisions. The affect we have on others, is within our power to decide. We choose to act on or we are acted upon – it's something we can predetermine through careful, considered thought or allow to reactively occur in the moment.
Being conscious of our choices, is a step towards making the better decisions, for both our personal and mutual gains. The only way we can really make these decisions properly, is to start from a place of mindfulness. This means, we have to set an intention for the day, defining a clear focus on the way we'd like to approach the coming period of wakefulness and how we choose to act upon it. This can originate from the moment we wake or better still, set in motion from the quiet period before we go to sleep. It's in this period between falling to sleep and wakefulness, that our superior inner intelligence goes to work. We act on this subconscious reasoning the moment we emerge from our slumber and it becomes our base, our gut-felt intuition, which guides correct decision making throughout the day.
Making good, mindful decisions is very hard to do when we are absent minded. Unfortunately, it appears we are all being distracted in increasing ways, which are further contributing to a world mindset, whereby the clearly wrong decisions are being made over and over – even when the information presented in front of our eyes, is steering us to consider the alternatives. This lack of focus is what is contributing to a general malaise and it can be said that our increasingly poor decisions are collectively defining our current status quo and altering the minds of our future generations. How can we be so misguidedly determined in decision making?
Creating A Determined Mindset
In order to halt poor decisions from manifesting, we need to create space in our minds. This means some preparation is required for obtaining the right mindset. Bad decisions come from being absent in the process of thinking and this will stem from having poor sleep, making rushed or lazy decisions on the fly, possibly influenced by having a dulled brain. A combination of poor nutrition, ingesting intoxicants or through the very environment we inhibit – frenetic, loud distractions and information streams being channelled through subversive influences, contribute towards thoughtlessness. We need to create a new, productive and conducive environment from which to originate our intentions.
The nest step is to assess the mind-state and what we wish to achieve in this condition. There are times when our energy can be better used. First thing in the morning is when many are at their best. Acting on determination when the energy levels are diminished, is mostly counter-productive because we're so easily affected by the environment and its influences considerably more than we can control when lacking in energy.
Defining Thoughts
The very concept of determination not only depends upon a clear objective to act out, but on having the power of mind, stemming from a strength of character, which is built up through the ongoing evaluation of one's integrity, the application of continued self-discipline and complete honesty when disclosing the findings. Without the energy and preparations to act on intelligent, rational and considered thought, the determination to achieve, has no foundations to work from. Simply put – these qualities will stem from within us and all it takes, are our choices which we ultimately have control over, to help facilitate the change.
