How to Move Forward

IMPROVE YOURSELF

As what you have read in the previous chapter. I have a fear to use English language in any situation. I need to study the words that I am going to use in 5-10 minutes to make sure that my sentences are correct, if they will easily understand what I am pointing out and if my readers will understand my English. Sometimes, I stuck. Sometimes, I do not know anymore what are the words that I am going to use, to the point that I have to use Google translation to translate my Filipino words into English. I also used multiple tabs on my computer because of my Google translate, Merriam Webster, and other dictionaries on the internet.

It is hard for me to use this language because of the reason that I am not yet so literate with this language. However, I have to face this fear. I have to end this fear. I believe, little by little, one day, I will become fluent in English and this book will across all over the countries in the world translated in different languages. I wrote this book not just to improve myself but also to be His messenger. A messenger that will remind you that everyone of us has a room for improvement. We are all a child of God, and as a child of God, I need to be teachable to improve myself. I need to be a continuous learner, like I do not know all the things in life like a child. And like a child, I also need to accept the fact that I also make mistakes.

If you are always doing the things that you have mastered, you will never grow. In addition, if you always do simple and easy things, you will never attain your real achievement in life. It is more worth it if you get the things that you are work hard for because you gave all your heart and soul to work for it. Comfort zone is not your safe zone. It will not push you out of your limits. Additionally, It will never reveal the best version of yourself. Accept the fact that you need changes to attain self-improvement. The beginning is always hard. I always practiced myself to make adjustments in my daily routine. I need to wake up 4:30 in the morning to read books, especially English books to improve my English literacy. So if you want to have a self-improvement, you must follow the following steps;

Get Out of Your Comfort Zone

This is the first step that you need to take for you to have an improvement, get out of your comfort zone. Every day, try to beat yourself to do more. Challenge yourself. If you are afraid in public speaking, then try to communicate with other people you did not literally know, a stranger to you, you may say hi or hello to them and try to befriend with them. If you are afraid to take a risk in building a business, try to imagine what will happen to you in the next five years if you did not take the risks to build a business, you are not sure if in the next five years, or in the next five months you are still alive. Think that this is the last day of your life, what beautiful and productive things you can do to yourself, to other people, and to your parents? Do you think that what you are doing right now can improve yourself or it can change your entire life into a better situation? If you can do the things you want right now, what are you waiting for? Do not wait for the time that you did not do something great for you to change your life. It is better to take a risk than to be regret at ending because you did not do anything.

You need to explore out of your comfort zone. Learn new things. Taste new foods that you did not eat yet. Go to the places that you did not travel yet. Life is full of thrill experiences if you are outside of your comfort zone. We cannot say what will happen next if we will not try. If we fail, at least we try, and we learn something, that is the real advantage if you are outside of your comfort zone.

Read books

One of the things that helped me to improve myself is reading books every day. I really hate reading books before, especially if the book is not educational book. However, I have realized, if I will not read, I will not learn. I cannot share the knowledge that I know if I am not reading a book.

Book will bring you to different worlds. It might like you are engaging with other people if you are reading books. Different characters, attitudes, and experiences you will encounter, and from there, you will learn something.

As what you have read a while ago, I always wake up early in the morning just to read books. Sometime it is hard for me to wake up early especially if procrastination is attacking me. There are times that you are having a morning headache due to the fact that having incomplete hours of sleep at night, and as a result, I need to rest my body and my eyes too.

Reading books increase your knowledge, widen your imagination, and bring you to other places even if you are just sitting in the corner of your house. Not all the things can be show in a short video, therefore, it is important to read books.

Apply

Learn to apply what you have learned in life in order to improve yourself. It is hard for you to improve if you are not doing any changes in yourself. Application is significant for self-improvement. It will let you grow and become a better person. It is uncomfortable in a very beginning of your adjustments but it is natural if you are just starting. You are in adjusting stage. After a long time, you may not notice that you are really enjoying what you are doing because you trained yourself well.

Do not be afraid to take a risk if you want an improvement to yourself. You will never grow if you will not apply those things that you have learned. It does not matter how small steps you have taken, at least you moved forward.

When I am writing this book, some words that I have used here are the words that I have learned in dictionaries. I am not yet inveterate in using those words, but I am determined to use what I have learned. I am not afraid to make a mistake in order to learn because I believe, experience is the best teacher at all.