Alveena Ahmad
Success never happens by accident. When we look closely at the people who reach extraordinary heights, we notice one thing they all mastered two life-changing abilities. These qualities are not something you’re born with; they grow when you train your mind and challenge your limits. Habits may change with time, but these two abilities remain the foundation of long-term success:
1. Breaking Fear
2. Making Decisions
Let’s dive deeper into both.
No 1. Break Your Fears
No one can achieve anything meaningful in life until they confront their fears. Fear is the biggest barrier that slows your progress and keeps you from taking the steps that could change your future.
There are two types of fear:
• Outer fear
Voices from the world telling you:
“You can’t do it.”
“It’s impossible.”
“You’re not capable.”
If you keep listening, you’ll never move forward.
• Inner fear
This fear comes from past experiences childhood memories, criticism, punishment, or moments when you were stopped from trying something new. These experiences settle into the subconscious mind and create invisible walls around your decisions.
To step into a successful life, you must take down these walls. Fear must be addressed before it grows bigger and keeps blocking your path.
Look at the mindset of people like Warren Buffett, Jack Ma, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs. They were never afraid of failure, criticism, or negative outcomes. They understood that courage is the first step toward progress.
Jack Ma often says, “Fearless, optimistic people create the brightest future.”
A strong mind makes a fearless person. Once your mind accepts the challenge, your body naturally follows. Harvard’s famous study on “Power Positions” reveals that changing your physical posture can change your biological state helping you feel more confident, powerful, and mentally stronger. When your mind and body align, fear loses control.
2. Make Good Decisions
Taking a good decision, at the right time and place is very important but you can only take a good decision if you have the ability to make a decision. Good decisions are a result of having made some bad decisions in life and learning from those experiences. If you have the ability to choose, take a pick, and decide, you are in a position to take a lead.
Decision making skill is probably the most important skill if you want to become successful in your personal and professional life. Warren Buffett is famous for making investments in the stock when he feels the time is right. A decision taken at the wrong time won’t yield good results so the timing is very important. This ability comes with practice. Sometimes you make bad decisions and they backfire but you have to understand, it’s a learning process.
Jack Ma, was rejected from many jobs and opportunities in the early part of his life but that did not stop him from making decisions. He decided to make an internet company and today he is the richest man in China because of one decision that changed his life.
We all know about the most popular decision of Bill Gates to drop out of college to create software and in the years to come, he was the world’s richest man for many years and no wonder why, he was able to break the barrier of fear and take a decision that changed his life.
How are you going to break your fear and make a good decision in your life?
Conclusion
If you can break your fears and strengthen your ability to make decisions, you have already built the foundation for success. These two qualities have transformed ordinary people into global icons.
So ask yourself:
How will you defeat your fears, and what decision will you take next to upgrade your life?
