The 4 Attitudes to Have If You Want to Achieve Your Goals
A one-year-old’s 4 brilliant tips to achieve your goals
The start of the pandemic had brought me back to my parents’ house once more.
It’s almost a year now, and one of the perks is to be visited by my neighbors’ baby every day.
Seeing him grow has taught me a lot more about how to achieve my goals than I’ve ever been taught personally my entire life.
Be and Stay Persistent
One of the biggest mistakes that we do as an adult is to stop when things aren’t going to our plan or when it gets hard.
We have an end goal that we want to achieve and have planned the steps to reach it, but when there is an obstacle, we promptly decided that maybe this path is not for us.
My one-year-old neighbor, however, taught me to be persistent.
He goes to my house every day without fail. He would walk up to my doorstep, knock on the door a couple of times, and wait until someone opens the door for him.
Some days, his parents would not allow him to, stopping him right in front of the closed door.
My parents and I would still open the door — of course. On the other hand, he would ignore the nos and put his foot in the house even when he couldn't walk properly yet.
His parents? They could only relent.
Of course, he doesn’t always get to have his way. But without persistently trying, he wouldn’t be able to enter the house on that particular day. He wouldn’t get what he wants.
And most of the time, he gets it.
Retain Your Curiosity
Children are always curious.
They find most of the things adults think are normal, fascinating.
Every time my neighbors’ baby goes into my house, it’s like a whole new adventure. He would explore every nook of the house and touch all the things he finds interesting. There’s no stopping him.
He finds chairs and clothes hangers the most appealing.
He would play around with the hangers, finding it's back and forth movement amusing.
He would wonder why chairs are shaped like the letter h and proceed to try climbing it.
No matter how many times he had seen the same thing over and over again, he’s still curious as to why it is like that, what is it for, can he touch it, and so forth.
While adults accept things just the way they are, thinking that they know all the necessary information about them, children ask about everything and find out by experiencing it first hand.
Walk and fall, you’ll be able to run eventually
Have you ever seen a baby learn how to walk?
At first, you’ll have to hold both their hands to bring them up to a standing position and to keep their balance while walking.
After some time, they’ll be able to cover about one meter alone and fall.
They’re not scared of falling. They would try to go back to their standing position and start to walk again. They’ll gradually increase the distance covered before they fall next time.
Soon enough, they’ll figure out how to stand and walk without falling on their own.
In the past few months, my neighbor’s baby has been going through the said learning process of walking.
I’ve seen how he fell hundreds of times, and he kept standing back up. Now, he’s eager to run more than ever.
Babies walk and fall all the time, but they keep on practicing so that they can eventually run.
However, some adults, fall once, and they think that it’s over.
Laugh at everything
Whether you realize it or not, children laugh at almost everything.
The other day, I said hi to my neighbor’s baby, and he laughed. Yesterday, I walked out of my room, almost bumping into him, he laughed.
Children do not let any occurrence get into their heads as negatively as adults do.
As an adult, I would sometimes be irrationally annoyed when I trip over an inanimate object. I would be pissed off at myself, or the object I tripped on.
But, that’s not the case for my one-year-old neighbor. He tripped because he tried walking on a slippery doormat when he was practicing how to walk. Honestly, I was expecting him to cry loudly. But he laughed instead.
Final Thoughts
I’ve never liked children. However, my one-year-old neighbor has not only changed my opinion, he also taught me valuable life lessons.
He taught me to be persistent, to always be inquisitive, to never give up, and to have fun in the process.
Achieving your goals is not easy. But if you work hard with the right attitude, you wouldn’t regret anything in the process when you’ve achieved your goal.
Without some hardship, you probably won’t meet your full potential. So, I wish you the best!
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