10 monumental quotes to aid you in finding your true self, and therefore, living your best life.
Living Your Best Life
The idea of living your best life is different for everyone, and it is incredibly hard to singularly define. Here, however, is a great attempt,
Your best life is one that encompasses reaching new levels of self awareness and self growth, that ultimately leads to taking actions that help you to discover and hone into your interests, talents, and passions.
Living your best life does not always mean glamorous cars, money and 24/7 travel. It certainly doesn’t mean endless happiness; there will always be ups and downs that have to be navigated.
It simply means a state of continuous improvement, joy and growth.
These 10 quotes from authors, sportspeople and entrepreneurs may aid you in reaching, and maintaining, this state.
I. On Success
Jim Rohn on the fundamentals of true success.
“Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals.”
II. On Contentment
Philosopher Socrates on the futility of wishing for things you do not have, linking closely to contentment.
“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.”
III. On Controlling The Mind
Buddha, on how to truly live a great life, one must first control their mind.
“To enjoy good health, to truly bring happiness to oneself, ones family and peace to all, one must first discipline and control ones own mind”
IV. On Action
Ollivier Pourriol, in his book ‘The French Art of Not Trying Too Hard’,
“Acting doesn’t mean making one large, irrevocable decision, but rather constantly making small decisions, according to the knowledge we either do or don’t have. To do is to never stop doing, and to always be trying to do better”
V. On Direction
James Clear, in a later chapter of Atomic Habits,
The key is to direct your effort toward areas that both excite you and match your natural skills, to align your ambition with your ability
VI. On Mindless Entertainment
Naval Ravikant on mindless entertainment, and how one must move forward,
“If it entertains you now but will bore you someday, it’s a distraction. Keep looking.” — Naval Ravikant.
VII. On The Colour Of Your Thoughts
Marcus Aurelius on how easily influenced your mind is.
“Your mind will take the shape of what you frequently hold in thought, for the human spirit is colored by such impressions.” — MEDITATIONS, 5.16
VIII. On Execution
Gary Vaynerchuk on the imperativeness of execution.
“Ideas are worthless without the execution; execution is pointless without the ideas.”
IX. On Brutal Realities
Haruki Murakami, a Japanese author, on brutal realities; seeing what you have to see.
“It’s not about seeing what you want to see, but what you have to see.”
X. On Deep Okayness
Sasha Chapin, in an article, on achieving a state of deep okayness.
Find ways to bring more and more of yourself into loving awareness.Every detail of your being. The ones you like, and the ones you don’t. Especially the ones you don’t, especially the parts that most repulse you. You know, loving awareness — even if you haven’t heard the phrase before, you know what it is. Those moments of spacious, calm, thorough, tranquil connection with whatever portion of existence you’re currently exposed to, where nothing is being challenged or conceptualized, but rather is just allowed to appear, in radiant suchness, without resistance or fear. That variety of existential condition.
In Summary,
Find as many ways as possible to embody the ideas shared in this article.
Find ways to implement joy, take action, and continuously grow.
