Mindset And Motivation

Do you believe that the University guarantees success?

I once weighed up my options and really considered University as at the time, it made more sense.

I had completed my sports diploma, and going down that route seemed the obvious and best one for me.

Doesn’t everyone go to uni though, that is what I used to the thought.

Mainly because most of the people around me were doing just that.

Of the modern age and why I am writing this article, many people are considering University a scam, of which I can see why.

When we are young, as we go right through the education system, we are conditioned, and you could say brainwashed into thinking Uni is the only route.

If you are set on a specific career, let’s say being a doctor, dentist, engineer, etc.

Then I would say maybe Uni is a good idea, however, only a small minority actually know what they want to do.

When I was 16/17 and a year away from what would be my first year of uni, if I went, I didn’t know what I wanted to do.

In fact, when I went to college, I froze when I saw all the courses as it was the first moment where I was pushed to pick something I had an interest in.

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So you are feeling stuck or have found yourself watching way too much TV.

What ever it may be that is a making you feel dissatisfied starting up a new hobby could be the way go.

In order to take up a hobby many tend to believe you need to have x amount of hours available to do it.

While that is true anyone can start a hobby even if its spending a few minutes on it when you come home from work or sacrificing your weekend instead.

Over the years I have taken new hobbies, along the way I have dropped some that I realised weren’t for me but I have found new ones also.

I’m going to take you through some ideas on hobbies you could start now.

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When trying to reach your goal at anything, you will reach a point where things don’t go your way.It has happened at many times to me over the years, and it is a perfectly reasonable thing to go through.Depression is no joke and is something that can affect someone if going through. Many people put it down to being sad or just having the will to do anything but that is not the case.I didn’t start my first online business until I was 17, and you could say I was a baby at the time.I made plenty of mistakes which upheld me from succeeding quicker, its all part of the learning experience.Anyway, towards the end of the last year, I went to the doctor and diagnosed with both Anxiety and Depression.The depression caused me not to want to leave the house and fall out of touch with friends.So trying to manage an online business while going through this became especially hard.Enough about me, I am writing this post to let any of you going through the same problems know that you are not alone and that there are ways to combat it.

Don’t Push Yourself To Do Anything

I used to hate being told this, especially from people who didn’t understand what I was going through.People who don’t go through it think you can brush it off or will say to you to pick yourself up.But it’s much harder than that, and there is a lot more to it.If you are going through depression, your productivity will take a big hit.You most likely won’t want to do any work because you no longer see the point.This is why you have to take it at your own pace.A lot of people won’t get why you are going through the problems you are, and this is one of the frustrations I have expressed in the last few years.Taking a step back sometimes and just going one step at a time is the best way to go about it.That is why having your own online business is Ideal if you are going for depression has there is no pressure to continue to work a 9-to-5 everyday like most people typically do.You have that flexibility and can ultimately choose when you want to work.So if you are having that day where you’re feeling off and the depressions hit you, then you can take a step back again.The only issue and why people do get depressed of online businesses and running them is that early on being successful in those results that you want can be hard work can take you time.You will go through times where you feel you are never going to make it and this will just drive you crazy.

Realise Its Not Just You

One thing that helped me was the realisation that I wasn’t the only one going through it.When you are depressed, you feel its just you in this world going through it alone.However, that is not true as millions are going through it as we speak.While it may be tight at the time you have to no doubt, things will get better, and that’s it is only temporary what you’re going through at the moment.That is something I have personally learnt to understand over time, and that is that you will go through horrible situations ones where you feel like you may not be able to get past; however, so is brief.

Play Some Sport

Another good thing to do if you are suffering from depression and struggling to any work done is to place in sport.

Exercise is proven to help you and Comes with a range of different benefits.

Not only is it great for you, but it also helps take your mind off your current struggles.

If for example your playing a sport you can have fun you can lose yourself in the game and almost take a break from what’s going on your mind.

Admittedly after you have played on, you might get back into a depressed state when you get home.

However, exercise is a great thing to get yourself out the house and maybe play with a few buddies of yours take a break.

This is something I’ve done over the past one or two years especially as I have joined a local men’s team football where I can go and play semi-pro football.

 I would recommend any of you out there who has an interest in sport and would like to get involved in doing more exercise.

Try To Maintain A Balanced Diet

Now this point helps you mentally as Keeping a balanced diet will help you with your moods this.

One thing I noticed is that when I eat a lot of sugar that my attitude and emotions would be all over the place.

I knew it was because of all the rubbish and crap that I was putting into my body.

I know it’s a chore and to some people, it’s hard to motivate, but if you can create a meal by scratch, then it will be much more benefiting for you.

Whether that is pasta, Salad or something else as long as it’s a nutritional meal that you can cook.

Don’t Be Afraid To Seek Help

The last point I want to talk about is not being afraid to ask for help.The last thing you want to do is isolate yourself, as this will only make you feel worse.Especially when I started I wanted to make money so I wasn’t skin had no money, so I put immense pressure on myself to make this work.However, this only made me more depressed has some of you may know when starting a new business or trying to like I said stride towards a new goal it won’t be easy or straightforward and it also most likely won’t take you a day or so to complete this.For example, if you wanted to become a football player you couldn’t play for a day and all of a sudden be good enough to play pro.

It takes a lot of hours and a lot of practice to succeed, and that goes for anything in life.I’m moving away from the point, but the point is here don’t drive yourself to a point where you are having depressive thoughts each day, and you get through each day.There are a lot of support groups in most towns and cities, especially where I’m from in the UK where you can seek help if everything does get on top of you.You may have friends or family; there will always be there to help you. So if you’re blog/online business is causing you to get stressed out then take a break take a step back and come back to it when you’re ready.

Conclusion – Take It A Step At A Time

I hope this has helped any of you who are and has experience any depression the person may be going through right now, these tips should be of good use to you like they were for me.

As always if you have any questions or comments you’d like to leave on this post then do let me know by leaving one just below the conversation.

Talk to you guys soon

Josh

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Something I spent a lot of my time worrying about earlier on in life was my purpose.

As cliche as it was, I had no clue what I wanted to do as a career.

Until I was 18, I never really thought about it, I just went with the flow.

For a great deal of us, no matter how old we are struggling to find that purpose and passion that we want to pursue.

That is completely fine, as everybody is moving at different paces and are on different journeys to each other.

You might go from job to job, and you may even work some dead-end jobs on your way too.

However, the one thing I have learned is that as you grow and get older, you learn more about yourself.

So today, in this post, I want to shed light on seven unique ways that I have found that will help you find your purpose.

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I have never been a fan of the 9 to 5 cycle.

However, to make money and primarily survive in life, you need to work, so doing that work cycle becomes a requirement.

At first, you may be chuffed to the bits to get started with your new job.

You may even share the news on social media or with friends.

But after a while, you will get fed up with it.

That is how it always becomes.

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If you have decided to step outside the norm, whether that is through YouTube, Blogging, etc. then there is a chance your parents may not be on board.

At least at first, until you can prove that what your doing will pay off in terms of money.

I have seen this happen so many times, as parents want the best for you.

So when you take the gamble on doing something like setting up your own business.

They are not sure about it and whether you are doing the right thing.

That is something I have gone through myself.

When I left college, my parents saw two options,

Either I went to Univerisity to continue my studies, or I get a proper job.

There wasn’t another option in the equation.

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I’m sure you already know that having the right mindset is detrimental to your success.

It can be the difference to whether you spend your life succeeding or failing over and over again.

Now don’t get me wrong failing is all part of the process. Without it, you wouldn’t be able to improve as a person.

But if you approach everything with the wrong mindset, then the odds of achieving your goals will drop massively.

When I started on my journey in online business, I would always have my mentor saying how I needed to fix my mindset.

I wanted to succeed then. I wanted to see results in a week.

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If you are an entrepreneur, the chances are that you have experienced ‘Entrepreneurial Burnout’ at some point.

Being someone who got into the world of business reasonably young, I have experienced my fair share of it and still to this day.

Making a business isn’t easy, especially when you aren’t seeing the results you were expecting.

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Achieving more than average is the motto I have hence the name of my site and is something I wan’t to help a lot of people do.

Many come across the issue of feeling ‘average’ and not knowing what to do in order to improve themselves.

The problem is more feeling you are useless and you feel you could achieve more.

And the reason why a lot of people stay feeling this is because they have likely accepted that what ever there doing especially if they don’t enjoy it is what there life is.

For the majority of us we are almost waiting for something to happen that is great instead of going out our way to find it. That’s how I used to think.

For instance in my life and many other I was taught the same things you go to school, go uni and get a job. We are shown only that way. 

And for many they almost feel comfortable to follow it because they don’t see another route.

The truth behind it is to never settle for average, if you think you can achieve better then go do that.

However its not as easy as people think and often requires you work hard and change the way your currently doing thing.

What I always say is first have a realistic goal and you are willing to put in the necessary amount of hours to achieve that then go for it.

Today I am going to talk to you about some of the steps you can take to start achieving more than average today.

Do What The Ordinary Don’t

Do you ever think why some of the most successful people got to there position.

Admittedly some do inherit fortunes from there familys but for the rest of them they have had to work hard.

Whether that is getting up earlier, doing extra work in your spare time make sure you are giving yourself the best chance of reaching your goal. 

I remember a few years back when I attempted to build a business not only was it fairly half-hearted but I also struggled to find the motivation.

This is why you should also be pursuing something you actually enjoy, as if not eventually it will catch up with you.

Now when I say don’t do what the ordinary don’t, try to make smart decisions with everything you do.

When you look at owners of companies and successful people one thing they all have in common is they work smart and hard at the same time, not one without the other.

I used to work so hard I would get burn out however I wasn’t working smart because I didn’t have all the knowledge I have to day.

Cut Out Social Media And Netflix

This links back to the last point is that you need to cut out time wasting activities you do. Doing things like binging netflix series and scrolling endlessly on social media won’t help you achieve your goals.

The only time that I recommend those activities is when you have had a full productive and have time where you can just relax.

But if your doing those things all day or frequently through out, are you making the most of your time.

This is only recently hit me as I noticed in particularly how much on screen time I have on social media apps.

It made feel bad at the amount of hours I was wasting essentially looking at other people doing cool stuff and achieving there goals.

So it became a toss up for me between watching other people or doing something that will benefit myself. Easy answer in the end.

But this doesn’t apply to just social media but to any bad habit and there are many out there. You just have to question yourself on whether your spending way too long doing it and if it has any benefit on you.

Drop Bad Influences

What I had to do when I started my online business was drop people out of friendship circle. 

This is not because there bad people at all. Is was that some people just didn’t understand what I was doing. 

Society is for people going out doing the norm, getting a 9-5 job working x amount of hours a week until maybe 65. Thats normal. However I knew when I was back in school that it wasn’t what I wanted to do.

The work aspect was never the problem, I was fine with that, I knew there was another way of getting it. That is where I came across the idea of making money for your self and being your own boss.

Now because I started a online business years ago with the idea of building it up nearly everyone around me was skeptical about it and thought I was doing the wrong thing.

I was even told ‘you need to get a proper job really’.

A number of people said this, friends, family, close people but what it did was give me greater ammunition to prove them wrong. 

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