Time for our weekly guest blog!
Last week you heard from Eileen Doyon about the lessons she learned from the loss of her dad. The loss was so profound, yet she found inspiration from the sadness and is now helping share their message through a series of books. If you're a successful woman who wants to share her story email me at jodeekenney@gmail.com for more information on submitting.
This week you're going to hear a message of perseverance from Shameka Andrews. Shameka provides workshops for people with disabilities, their families and organizations that support them. She is the state coordinator for the Ms. Wheelchair NY competition. She posts inspirational videos and is truly a motivating force. I know you will enjoy hearing about her 7 lessons she has learned about Success! Enjoy.
What I have learned about Success
1.Define success for yourself. We often associate success with money and getting stuff. We chase someone elses definition of success only to find out we never wanted any of that stuff anyway.
2.You can always get back on track. As the saying goes it is not about how many times you get knocked down that matters what matters is how many times you get back up. Every minute of every day is a new opportunity get back on track. And we don’t have to do it alone. Nobody does it alone. We all need a support system.
We just need to be open to letting others help us.
3.Be Grateful for where you are on the way to where you want to be. Gratitude has played a big part in the life the last few years. Two years ago, I started doing what I call Todays Favs. At the end of the day I list five things I really liked about that day and share it on social media. This practice has helped me to look at each day differently. People that follow me online often say that this is helped to them as well and some say they have started their own favs list.
4.You don’t have to do it alone. Growing up I believed that if I was not able to do something on my own that I should not do it. But the fact of the matter is nobody does everything all by themselves. We are need a support system and there is anything wrong with that.
5.Step out on Faith. Nobody has a blueprint of their entire life. Sometimes you need to move forward in the dark and know that you are going to get where you are supposed to be even if you may not know where that is right now.
6.When you are feeling helpless that is often the best time to help someone else. When challenges become up in our lives helping someone else maybe in that same situation or facing another type of challenge is usually the last thing we are thinking about but it is often that one thing that makes the biggest difference.
7.Celebrate what you have been able to accomplish. Give yourself credit for what you have been able to do in your life and don’t pay so much attention to what you have not done. I know this is easier said than done. But I will share with you one more thing that helps me to focus it is one of my favorite quote that I begin every presentation with. It is a quote from Edward Everett Hale. The Quote says I am only one, But still I am one I can’t do everything but I can do something and I will not let what I can’t do interfere with what I can.
2.You can always get back on track. As the saying goes it is not about how many times you get knocked down that matters what matters is how many times you get back up. Every minute of every day is a new opportunity get back on track. And we don’t have to do it alone. Nobody does it alone. We all need a support system.
We just need to be open to letting others help us.
3.Be Grateful for where you are on the way to where you want to be. Gratitude has played a big part in the life the last few years. Two years ago, I started doing what I call Todays Favs. At the end of the day I list five things I really liked about that day and share it on social media. This practice has helped me to look at each day differently. People that follow me online often say that this is helped to them as well and some say they have started their own favs list.
4.You don’t have to do it alone. Growing up I believed that if I was not able to do something on my own that I should not do it. But the fact of the matter is nobody does everything all by themselves. We are need a support system and there is anything wrong with that.
5.Step out on Faith. Nobody has a blueprint of their entire life. Sometimes you need to move forward in the dark and know that you are going to get where you are supposed to be even if you may not know where that is right now.
6.When you are feeling helpless that is often the best time to help someone else. When challenges become up in our lives helping someone else maybe in that same situation or facing another type of challenge is usually the last thing we are thinking about but it is often that one thing that makes the biggest difference.
7.Celebrate what you have been able to accomplish. Give yourself credit for what you have been able to do in your life and don’t pay so much attention to what you have not done. I know this is easier said than done. But I will share with you one more thing that helps me to focus it is one of my favorite quote that I begin every presentation with. It is a quote from Edward Everett Hale. The Quote says I am only one, But still I am one I can’t do everything but I can do something and I will not let what I can’t do interfere with what I can.
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