​Everything that happens to us happens in purpose. 
Sometimes, one thing leads to another. Instead of  staying in a cage of fear and crying over past failures and experiences, rather treat them as teachers and they may just become your tools in both self-improvement and success.

​Did you watch the film Patch Adams? Hunter “patch” Adams is a medical student who did not make it through the board exams. After months of suffering in melancholy and depression, he decided to voluntarily admitted himself in a psychiatric ward, seeking for medical attention. As he stayed in hospital for many months, he met different people.

He met a catatonic, a mentally retarded, a schizophrenic and so on. He found ways of treating his own problems and he realized that he needs to get back on track, that he still want to become a doctor. The positive attitude he carried himself with brought him self improvement and great success. 


Did he succeed? He became the best doctor his country has ever known.

Take these tips:
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•    Stop thinking and feeling as if you’re a failure, because you’re not. How can others accept you if YOU can’t accept YOU?

•    When you see hunks and models on TV, think more on self- improvement, not self pitying.

•    When people feel so down and low about themselves, help them move up. Don’t go down with them. They’ll pull you down further and both of you will end up feeling inferior.

•    The world is a large room for lessons, not mistakes. There’s always a next time. Make rooms for self-improvement.

•    Take things one at a time. There is no overnight pill. Self improvement takes time but eventually leads to success. Just take one day at a time.

•    Set meaningful and achievable goals. It hopes and aims to result to an improved and better YOU.

•    Little things mean BIG to other people. Just greeting someone with a pat on the back can mean so much to someone else.
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•    Remember there’s no such thing as ‘over night success

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Proper goal setting makes you the master of your own future. Tomorrow is directly affected by the actions you take today. And guess what? You did what you did today because of the goals you have set. 


If you set specified goals, you will determine where you should focus your efforts. It will also weed out the distractions that can hinder your progress. 


Unrealistic weight-loss goals are a bad idea as they will undermine your efforts. 


There are two types of goals for weight loss. 


The first goal focus on the desired outcome you want to achieve. This goal gives you a target but does not address how you will achieve it. 


The second goal is a process goal which focus on the steps to take to achieve the desired outcome. 
For example, a process goal may be to walk 30 minutes each day and to drink water with every meal. -process goals are very helpful for weight loss as you focus on changing habits necessary for weight loss. 


Set SMART goals
Both your process and target goals should be according to these criteria:
•    Specific
•    Measurable
•    Attainable
•    Relevant
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Long-term and short-term goals
To make your overall goal more manageable you should set long-term goals which is then divided into many smaller weekly and daily goals - like bite-sized pieces.
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Keep track
Keep track of your weight loss goals. There are many tracking tools available online or you may visit the app store for a goal tracking app.
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Set realistic goals within a reasonable time frame
We have good intentions but within three days we bury them in a bowl of ice cream. Setting realistic goals means to take real stock of what you can do within a said time.
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Adjust your goals as needed
As you make progress in your weight loss plan, you will sometimes have to change your goals. That is ok an allow for that.
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Allow for setbacks
Every successful person has experienced setbacks. That is a normal part of life and a normal part of behavioural change. 
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Stay open minded
To be open-minded means to be flexible, an important key to successful change. Remember that we cannot learn new habits overnight and that it will take time.

“Success is the sum of small efforts—repeated day-in and day-out.”  —Robert Collier

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