Learn Five Principles to Overcome Life's Challenges
I love to trail run. I love the feeling of leaving everything behind and embarking on the trail with just my shoes, heart, and mind. During my recent runs, I've been thinking about the principles to overcome challenges. My friend shared with me a speech by Les Brown, a popular motivation speaker, on the five principles we need to apply to overcome difficult life challenges. Below you can watch or read to learn these five principles.
I combined my passion for trail running and Les Brown's motivational speech into a short video that I hope lifts your heart and gives you the courage to conquer life's challenges.
5 Principles to Overcome Life's Challenges Inspired by Les Brown
1. Control Your Emotions
"Don't allow your emotions to control you. We are emotional, but you want to learn to discipline your emotions. If you don't learn to discipline and control your emotions, they will use you."
2. Don't Blame Your Circumstances
"It doesn't matter what happened yesterday, it doesn't matter what happens to you. What matters is what you're going to do about it."
3. Create a Positive Mindset
"I'm in control here. I'm not going to let this get me down. I'm not going to let this destroy me. I'm coming back and I'll be stronger and better because."
4. Move Forward
"Except where you are and the responsibility that you are going to take yourself to where you want to be. You have to make that declaration and believe it."
5. Live with Passion
"Live life with passion, with some drive. Decide that you're going to push yourself. The last chapter of your life has not been written yet."
Here are the motivational words from Les Brown used in the video above:
“Don’t allow your emotions to control you. We are emotionally, but you want to learn to discipline your emotions. If you don’t discipline and control your emotions, they will use you. You want it and you’re going to go all out to have it. It’s not going to be easy, when you want to change. It’s not easy, if it were in fact easy, everybody would do it, but if you’re serious, you’ll go all out. I’m in control here. I’m not going to let this get me down. I’m not going to let this destroy me. I’m coming back and I’ll be stronger and better because of it. You’ve got to make a declaration. That this is what you stand for. You’re standing up for your dreams. You’re standing up for peace of mind. You’re standing up for health. Take full responsibility for your life. Except where you are and the responsibility that you are going to take yourself to where you want to go. You can decide if you are going to live each day as if it’s your last. Live your life with passion, with some drive. Decide that you’re going to push yourself. The last chapter to your life has not been written yet and it doesn’t matter what happened yesterday, it doesn’t matter what happens to you. What matters is what you’re going to do about it.”