Get Ready To Be Jolted Awake!

"Life happens"

You know what we mean when we say those two words. It means things just seem to start spinning out of control and we don't even know how to regain that control. Everything just seems to be happening to you. I've been there - in fact, very recently. The confusion is real and it just feels like you are in some kind of sleep that you desperately need to wake up from. If these 22 truths don't jolt you awake (like they jolted me), I don't know what will.

1. No one else can give you the exact answers you need to be happy and successful.

2. The things we do right are often NOT the right things to do.

3. The unhappiest folks are those who care the most about what everyone thinks.

4. The people you surround yourself with will make you or break you.

5. Being real and straightforward may not make you the most popular person in the room.

6. You will always be incredibly imperfect. 

7. The draw of comfort is the biggest dream killer. 

8. You cannot change what you refuse to confront. 

9. We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us. 

10. The only path between wanting and having is doing.

11. Your dreams come true only when YOU make them come true.

12. Winners win not because they’re allowed to, but because they decide to.

13. If achievement had no price, it would be of no value. 

14. Problems are part of every success story.

15. Focusing on petty problems is the greatest human addiction.

16. Failures are inevitable and necessary.

17. In life, what you want and what you get are rarely perfectly congruent.

18. You are exactly where you’re supposed to be at this very moment. 

19. You can’t change yesterday, but you can ruin today by worrying about tomorrow.

20. When you spend your time worrying and over-thinking everything, you’re simply using your imagination to create things you don’t want.

21. You can’t live a positive life with a negative attitude. 

22. Life changes constantly, and often unpredictably.

Via 22 Harsh Truths That Will Jolt You Awake

Be motivated to make changes and take that slipping control back. Live the best version of your life possible.


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