Imperfection
We all have, if we are honest with ourselves, certain areas of our lives in which we can achieve improvement. Where we need to improve if we are to succeed. Where we are vulnerable. Areas where we have received criticism, constructive and otherwise, from others throughout our lives.
Our individual "Achilles' heel."
An Achilles' heel is defined by Wikipedia as:
An Achilles’ heel is a deadly weakness in spite of overall strength, that can actually or potentially lead to downfall. While the mythological origin refers to a physical vulnerability, metaphorical references to other attributes or qualities that can lead to downfall are common.
-Wikipedia
Being Honest With Ourselves
We all have one. It's existence is well-known; we have always battled it's existence and tried to either ignore or tried to as I would suggest take and address head-on. A fierce and never-ending life-long battle between our natural and inescapable tendencies and our ideal self which we are trying to create.
Keep This Reality of Life In Mind though:
If life was easy and we did not have any great challenges and personal obstacles (our personal life-long "Achilles' heel") to overcome then achieving success and ultimately reaching our personal goals would not be so deeply rewarding and satisfying!
What is your Achilles' heel?
- Poor Organizational Skills which sometimes hamper you and prevent you from achieving success?
- An uncontrollable temper and fiery emotions which you cannot contain and often end up hurting you and your efforts to succeed in some way?
- Deep-rooted insecurity and a lack of confidence which hold you back and keep you in your place?
- A lack of natural people-skills and positive communication skills which sometimes destroys your efforts to go after and implement your Vision and go after your Goals?
Or do you not have one due to the fact you have achieved perfection? A perfect state of being?
Likely this is not the case. Unless you are delusional and not willing to acknowledge reality, your faults, and the areas where you can benefit from improving.
Organization Frustration
My Achilles' heel, as you may have guessed, is a lack of natural Organizational Skills.
To achieve success, and increasing levels of success as I desire, I need to get this fact right out in the open. Recognition is the first step as they say. Denial gets us absolutely no where and, over time, keeps us firmly planted where we began. Held back. Weighed down. Kept from reaching any exciting personal and professional goals which we have set for ourselves and dreamed of.
I have resolved, out of necessity and recognition of the fact that my doing so is critical and vital to my future success, to consistently investing time, money, and energy into improving my Organizational Skills.
I have to take time, to set aside time, every day, to Organize. To Plan. To Prioritize. To Strategize. As the saying goes - nobody plans to fail; they fail to plan.
I need to Organize. Plan. Prioritize. Strategize. Every Single Day.
I recognize this need for improvement and am confident that I will achieve success. I will have fun in the Process and reach out to others for advice, expertise, and support. I will research the subject and read and educate myself consistently on the subject of how to improve organizational skills. I will not give up. Whether or not I achieve ultimate success hangs in the balance!
Ultimate Success
How sad it truly is when someone reaches a point in there lives where they accept the status quo. Where they no longer recognize the need for improvement. Where they no longer take steps to improve themselves. To openly, aggressively, and tenaciously take on their own personal Achilles' heel whatever that may be.
We are all blessed with both strengths and we all, without exception, have weaknesses.
The line between the highly successfully and those who fail to achieve great success and to achieve their personal goals and objectives is drawn and distinguished by either their failure or their success to take on in an honest fashion and overcome, or at least minimize the impact of, their greatest weaknesses and Achilles' heal.
If you, as I am, seek and desire increasing success in the future, then grab a pen and paper. Write down and acknowledge your weaknesses. Then write down how you are going to invest time and take specific steps to begin addressing and overcoming them. Then act. Consistently. Every day. Enlist the help of others. Build a support team. Make it happen.
Our Enemy: Complacency
The alternative - complacency - is a sure recipe for failure and not achieving your goals. Take full advantage of you natural personal strengths that you were blessed with; and with firm resolve address and overcome your weaknesses. Success does not happen by default. It must be purposefully achieved in spite of all that tends to slow you down and hold you back. History abounds with those who have overcome great adversity; and those who have overcome their personal weaknesses and their Achilles' heal. Can you and will you do the same?
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