Ways to find encouragement series:

• Train (or re-train) your brain
• Positive thinking
• Goal setting
• Write down your goals
• Manage your time better
• Lighten your load
• Focus on solutions
• Focus on the present
• Don’t be afraid of mistakes
• Believe it to achieve it
• Take it easy on yourself
• Make the best of what you have

Make the best of what you have.

Tell yourself you may not have the best there is, but you’re going to make the best of what you DO have. We often need far less than we think we do to achieve what we want.

We think we need the best gadgets, top-of-the-line thingamabobs, etc. before we get started. We often hold ourselves back waiting for just the right time for something — the perfect moment when everything is right.

But the fact is, we’d often get further faster if we started today and made the most of what we had. There will always be things we don’t have — waiting until we get all of them is often at the expense of making real progress towards where we want to be.

When we make the best of what we have, it allows us to make progress towards our goals, instead of waiting for that perfect moment that often doesn’t arrive. Progress is good. And that’s encouraging.

Related:

• Offsite: Things turn out best for people who…