Learn These 10 Things in 2024 to Pave Your Path to Success

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These mindsets will help you achieve your goals, find success, and live a happier life.

This past year, I have done a lot of self-reflection, during which I discussed some hard things with myself. However, a few of those conversations made out with some really useful information to bring with me into 2024 that will help me work on building my future that needs to be shared with others.

If you are struggling to get going, stuck on a project, in a fight with a significant other, or just not sure which direction to go, I’m sure one of these tips will provoke enough thought to help you move forward.

1. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

Particularly when dealing with people. I’ve had my dreams shattered, plans ruined, let people down, and more because I relied on others. However, now I make a mental note of what will happen if they don’t follow through on their end. This allows me to create a contingency plan that will allow me to reach my goal still. Plus, it makes it so much sweeter when the other person comes through for you.

2. Think outside the box.

This one might seem very overused, but it’s the simplest way to explain what I am trying to say. When you are presented with an obstacle, goal, competition, whatever the case may be and there is one obvious way to reach the finish line? Find the alternate path. Be a rule breaker, or at least a rule bender. Go back to the beginning and re-learn everything if you have to.

3. Failure is part of the process.

Everyone is afraid of failure to some extent. Learn to accept that failure happens and get out there and try. Even if you don’t get optimal results, you will be able to figure out what you did wrong and improve. Each time you will get better and better. You will always learn more from failure than you will from success.

4. Never say anything about someone you wouldn’t also say to their face.

Always assume whatever you say will get back to them cause it probably will at some point. With everyone talking through text these days, just assume that it was screenshotted. Save yourself the embarrassment and don’t say anything that you wouldn’t admit to saying. This one little tip has helped me leaps and bounds. Anytime someone accuses me of talking badly about them, I repeat exactly what I said to the instigator about them.

Pro tip: If you are upset about something and are venting to someone else, imagine the person is on the other side of a wall and you know they can hear you and you’re trying to drop a hint. If you think that person can hear what you’re saying, your wording will often be much nicer.

5. Only agree to help if it’s something that you want to do.

This one was hard for me to understand for a very long time. I was so used to people-pleasing for so many years that anytime someone asked me to do something, I would automatically say yes. This led to major burnout. While I still need to work on this more, knowing that I’m allowed to say no was life-changing for me.

6. Stop Explaining Yourself. No One Cares.

People are selfish. While you are explaining yourself, they are listening trying to find ways to make you feel bad. If you mess up, decide if you are willing to try to fix it or not, if you are even capable of fixing it, and then move on. Don’t spend hours explaining yourself in hopes that they will understand. They won’t and you will still be left feeling bad about yourself. Just let it go.

7. Stop trying to save people from drowning when all they need to do is stand up.

If you are repeatedly helping the same person over and over again, stop and assess the situation. Are the tools available for them to learn to do this themselves? Are they putting in their time and effort or just expecting you to come show them? Don’t drown trying to save them when they won’t even paddle to try to help stay afloat.

8. Assume everyone is going to hurt you at some point and then love them anyway.

Once again, people are selfish. And even when they aren’t trying to be, sometimes they will still end up hurting you. Everyone in your life will eventually hurt you in some way or another. Love them anyway.

9. Learn how to listen to understand, not reply.

When in a disagreement, most people are listening to the other person, preparing for how they are going to argue back. Instead, try shifting your focus to their words and trying to understand what they are saying by putting yourself in their shoes. Your personal and professional relationships will benefit from this skill immensely.

10. The world needs more enthusiasm.

There are Negative Nancy’s everywhere you turn. Or people that are afraid to live their lives constantly fearing the “what ifs”. Don’t give in to negative energy. Bring a positive, upbeat attitude to everything you do. Even if you don’t think you will succeed especially when you don’t think you succeed. If you bring this energy with you everywhere, it will rub off on others.

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