One of the primary reasons why so many people in the world are not successful today is because they cannot think beyond the disadvantaged background they were born into. They’re restricted because they feel they cannot make it out of the environment they‘re right now.
This mentality is what keeps the real truth away from many, the truth is, your background is not responsible for the restriction you feel, your thought is the entire shackle holding you back from success.
“I like dreams of the future better than the history of the past” — Thomas Jefferson.
The secret to beating any form of disadvantaged background to achieve success is right within your powers, you simply just have to think beyond the history of your background and focus your efforts on the greatness that the future can offer.
If your mental strength is not focused on blaming and cursing the restrictions of your background and instead it is focused on how you can get out of that background and build a better life, before you know it, you will start finding ways to do better.
“Your destiny will improve based on what you use your might and grace to focus on” — T.I.G
If you focus all your time and mental efforts on blaming the background and how it can never help you, you will suffer the restrictions for the rest of your life and lack growth, on the other hand, if you focus on how you can rewrite your destiny for the better, you will end up doing better in life.
Here are some few ways to help you think beyond your background.
· Recognise that your background is an obstacle to you.
If you understand that your background doesn’t present you an advantage to move forward in life, you will focus on something else other than the background.
· Focus on yourself and discover your advantages.
Your background is not your life, direct your energy to discover what you’re meant for in life and how that can give you significant advantages to become better.
· Create a vision for yourself based on your strength.
The reason why so many people are restricted to their bad background is that they don’t have a vision of theirs to work on in life. When you create a vision for yourself to work towards, everything you need in life will be part of that vision, and your focus would be on that and not your bad background.
· Relentlessly pursue your vision.
Don’t be that person that comes to blame their background because they’re lazy or simply refuse to give what it takes to achieve their goals in life. You need to match your vision with the required work ethics and personal development; it’s all in your hands. Focus on this, and you won’t have time to complain about your background.
· Network beyond your boundaries.
If you know that your background doesn’t give you an advantage, you must continuously seek to network with other people outside of that background that can give you a chance. Your environment is a crucial element in you achieving your visions in life, get yourself into a better mental and physical environment.
Finally, you must focus on improving yourself at all time, let the focus be on what you can become and not the background you were born into, and the sky would only be your starting point in life.
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