Motivation Monday: Best Version

Striving to be the best version of yourself is no easy feat - it's a daily battle/struggle/challenge but the idea of working towards being the best you can be equates success. Just "trying" counts in my book.

Thanks to Anne Naylor from the Huffington post, here are 10 tips to being your best. Check it out!

1. Know what you want. Maybe you have a talent you have longed to express and develop. If not, you probably know how you would like to be experiencing your life - perhaps with more happiness, better communications with the ones you love, greater fulfillment in your work. Knowing is deeper and stronger than wishful thinking or hoping. It is a conviction so solid that you can base your life on it
2. Engage with your intention. Daily nurture your vision - see, feel, hear how you will be experiencing the fulfillment of your the life you want, both inwardly and in the world. Use your imagination.
3. Practice your passion - take action. If you have a talent, keep working with it. If you would like to be happier, do things that make you happy. Better communications? Be willing to learn, practice, improve - and make mistakes from time to time. Your intention will speak volumes. Fulfillment? Adjust your attitude. "Nothing will work unless you do." [Maya Angelou]
4. Raise your energy - turn up the heat. Love yourself and be grateful for all you have in your life, right now. Pay attention to your blessings. Look up. Learn to forgive and laugh at the mistakes you make along the way. Each day, feel the enthusiasm for your vision, as if it has already happened. Stay open for the remarkable to take place. It will. "There are two ways to live your life - one is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is a miracle." [Albert Einstein]
5. Gather positive people around you. At the very least, spend time with people who are supportive and for you. Enrich yourself by getting to know others who are actively creating the best for themselves, and learn from them.
6. Get rid of what is unnecessary. Clear the clutter! Live lean with only that which you need around you. The feeling of freedom you gain will liberate you closer to what you really want.
7. Organize yourself for success. Find ways of dealing with life's necessities so that you are not distracted by them. Only agree to do what you will actually do. Learn to say no to what does not fit for you. "If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves." [Thomas A Edison]
8. Set no time limits. Learn to live in the present moment and respond to your intuitive guidance. There are times when to act; times when to hold. You will get to know which is which.
9. Believe in yourself - believe in your vision. Feeling doubtful? In these challenging times, young children may teach us something. As adults, we can also be persistent in going for what we value.
10. Treasure yourself. Do the things that show you care for yourself: eat foods that serve your body; drink plenty of water; get enough sleep; exercise regularly; make time and space for fun; stay focused on your vision and intention. Taking care of your health is a wise investment of your time and attention.