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12 Ways to Make Yourself Proud
Why do anything half-hearted if you have the ability to do it well? If you don’t do your best, you’re only developing bad habits, damaging your reputation, and letting your team down. Plus, you’re robbing yourself of the rewards that you truly deserve. So, make yourself proud. Give everything 110 percent. It’s the extra 10 percent that everyone remembers.
A To-do List to Make Yourself Proud:
Follow your passion. If you love what you do, you won’t view your job as work. You’ll wake up each morning excited to face a new day.
Give it a try. The next time someone says, “The odds are against you,” remember: If you don’t try, you automatically forfeit the opportunity to succeed.
Know your strengths. Don’t let your ego fool you into believing that you’re a know-it-all. Just because you’re an expert in one area doesn’t make you an expert in everything.
Focus your efforts. Trying to be excellent at everything leads to mediocrity.
Leave your comfort zone. Set stretch goals that challenge you to do your best.
Compete with yourself. Forget about competing with others. It only breeds animosity. Instead, compete with yourself and find new ways to better yourself. The truth is, when you compete with yourself, you both win.
Learn from the best. Identify role models from whom you can learn. Ask for feedback on ways to raise your game.
Practice, practice, practice. Excellence comes from practice. Period.
Give yourself a report card. Learn from your efforts. After every activity, ask yourself, “What can I do to perform better next time?”
Don’t quit. If you’re not proud of what you do, you’re not done. As Thomas Edison said, “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
Don’t let success go to your head. Celebrate success, but don’t let it change you as a person. Humility is a sign of strength, not weakness. People with humility are modest about their achievements, grounded in their values, and quietly proud.
Define happiness for yourself. Success in life begins and ends with purpose. People who live a life of purpose have core beliefs and values that influence their decisions, shape their day-to-day actions, and determine their short- and long-term objectives.
Do You Make Yourself Proud?
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Additional Reading:
Live with Honor and Integrity
Reputation: You Can’t Run from Your Shadow
Leadership Scorecard
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More great insights from a master.
You’re the best, Bob. Thank you 🙂
Frank
These to-dos are all excellent Frank. Thanks for pulling this together and including the infographic.
Considering the natural gravitational pull of self-doubt, I would add another item: Reinforcing your small wins.At the end of every day, ask yourself “what did I do (or refuse to do) that made me proud of my choice?”
Savor as well done those intentional choices you made–
– When you faced the temptation to take the easy road, but you didn’t.
– When you could have given up in a situation, but you didn’t.
– When you faced an anxious moment (took a tough test, had to make a speech), but didn’t give in to fear.
– When you made the extra effort or took a few minutes to give your full attention to someone who needed that.
If we don’t reinforce these small (hard, courageous) choices to act in accordance with our stated values, they seemingly evaporate and we can easily find our self-doubts rising into our thoughts, debilitating us.
Fantastic addition Patrick. As I like to say, “Make good choices because your life will grow to be the sum of those decisions.” Thanks for your thoughts.
Best,
Frank
Very good advice. I’d been wanting to be proud and free and you’ve helped me to achieve the goal I wanted, the goal to be free.
That’s awesome, Bess. I’m glad you like it 🙂
Thanks for taking the time to write.
Best,
Frank