Live your life to the fullest

He made it clear before them that the choice between life and death is before them.

The same choice is ever present before you. While most people desire to live a fulfilling life, they are not aware that it eventually boils down to a matter of choice. Compiled here are factors that hinder a lot of people from living life to their fullest.

We are all aware of some of the things that hold us back from being all we could ever be but unfortunately we do nothing about them.
After going through this list you need to be prepared to confront them so as to warrant that you live your life to the fullest.

1. Caring so much about people’s opinion

When consulting for ideas, at least have your own idea.
The last sentence is a loose translation of a common Shona proverb. It is important to hear other people’s opinion about your plans, especially the people that matter.

The mistake that most of us make though is consulting for ideas, when we do not have a single clue what we are talking about.
This leads you to a place of serious confusion that incapacitates you from taking any action because of how different the views of various people are from yours.

Some even worry too much of the opinion of every one including imaginary people. A person will be shy to start his enterprise by selling small things because of fear of what people will say about them. It would be very liberating if they knew that at times the people they are afraid of are the least worried.

2. Fear and doubt

What if I fail? What if it doesn’t work out? Many times you hear people who have brilliant ideas try to scrounge for an excuse to persuade their very own self not to take action towards making their life better.

They look for just one reason that validates their fear and if they find it they magnify it so that when you give them audience you too are convinced that they should not do it.
The bottom line is that these people think from the place of fear more than from the place of possibility.
They are so doubt-infested and because of that they are just seeing each day come and go with their life dead because of fear and doubt.

3. Inferiority complex

Most of the people are just good at shooting themselves down. They don’t believe anything good can happen to them.
They actually feel that they are not first time candidates for the goodness of life and that is why they never get a hold of it.

Check this out, most of the time people are told of great possibilities available for them. Usually their answer is, “Not for me, maybe so and so”. They have accepted failure as their portion in life.

No matter what you go through in life, never allow an inferiority complex to settle in your spirit. It will hinder you from living a fulfilling life. You need to believe that just like everyone else, you too deserve the best out of life.

4. Dependency

Did you know that a muscle develops only as much as it is used? The same with your life, it develops as much as it is tried, tested and used.
Most people fail to live their life to the fullest because they are too dependent on other people. The people you depend on get better and better while you continue to be weaker and weaker.

Look for opportunities to wean yourself every time if you want to live your life to the fullest.
Dependency will incapacitate you. If you have an opportunity to do so, desist from the habit of asking for things, start thinking of how you can get those very things for yourself. That way you will start living your life.

5. Overplanning

Planning is one vital success pillar. However, some people are only professional planners who specialise in planning alone which is why they never live life.
All they do is plan, plan and plan while doing nothing with the plans. They can even have the most brilliant plans, but what defeats them is waiting perpetually for the right conditions.

There are never right conditions; you create the right conditions for your life, if you are to live it. Plan all the way, but don’t over plan. Once you start living your plans you will see things fall into place.

Confront these factors and begin to live your life to the fullest.
Till next week guys, God bless you all.
Ciao…

l The writer is a motivational teacher. He can be contacted on [email protected]