Becoming the best version of oneself is what everyone must strive to do. As long as you’re still breathing, you must keep trying to live in the best possible way.

A lot of people only desire to become the best version of themselves. Only a few persons are willing to make the necessary sacrifices that will shape them into becoming better people.

Fear, self-doubt, and mediocrity, remains some of the reasons many people wallow, and fail to record any significant growth in their life.

Many people prefer playing the role of the victim; they choose to blame every other person for their calamity, but not themselves.

They blame Government, their upbringing, their boss, and every other people they deem fit, for not treating them fairly; forgetting that, nobody owes them.

And that whatever they become in life; they are the ones to benefit the most from it.

A lot of people are in fact, the ones limiting themselves from achieving greatness; without even realizing it.

For growth and development to take place in the life of anyone, there must be the willingness to get out of one’s comfort zone, persevere, quit making excuses, associate with the right people, and most importantly, seek growth.

Many people amount to nothing throughout their entire life; not because they aren’t aware of the need for personal growth and development, but because they act passively about becoming a version of themselves.

If you are in this category, you should understand that life doesn’t give what one wishes for, but what one dares to pursue.

The world we live in today is full of opportunities. There is just no reason for anyone to remain ordinary.

To getting started on the journey to the best you can be, here are 9 practical tips to become the best version of yourself. Be sure to follow, and live by them.

In so doing, lies growth and development.

1. Quit Being Afraid of Failure

There is nothing more capable of hindering success and growth in life; than fear!

Fear will cripple you (if you let it). It will take away a lot of things from you. Until you learn to deal with your fears; it will meddle into your life, and take the good things away from you.

Do you get scared anytime the idea of moving out of your comfort zone pops up in your head? Are you afraid of how things might turn out in the future?

Does the thought of failing make you worry about what people might say about you, or think of you?

If any of these sounds homely, you should understand that your life is yours; and yours alone.

Regardless of what you do, or choose not to do – people will always talk. We always find something to say about everything.

Try to understand that people will always have an opinion, never let people’s opinions damage you.

While there is nothing bad in trying to hear people say good things about you, it is wrong to determine your worth based on other’s perceptions of you.

Know one can know you better than yourself. If you count yourself worthy of achieving greatness in life; you won’t be needing others to validate you.

To stop being afraid, you have to be open up yourself to challenges. Do things that scare you, and try as much as possible to reduce the fear of failing.

The truth is, you will often meet failure in life than you do with success.

But most importantly, you must learn to identify and keep every lesson learned in every failure you encountered.

Failure will teach you more than success will ever do. Rather than being scared of failing, and trying to avoid giving things a trail, push yourself towards growth by trying out new things.

Fail, fail, and fail some more, however never forget the lessons learned from your fails. If you fail and pick up the lessons therein; you will become wiser, more agile, experienced, and way ahead of others who never failed.

2. Empower Your Mind With Positive Thoughts

Wherever you find yourself today, whatever your current situation; is it so, as a result of all your thoughts over the years.

You are not what you think you are. But what you think, you are.

Thoughts are a very powerful factor in determining how far one goes in life. No one loses a battle unless he has conceded defeat in his mind.

If you think you’re bright, smart, intelligent, or special; so you are. Likewise, when you think you are incapable, weak, unintelligent, dull, or stupid; you surely are.

If there is one good thing you can always do to maintain a sane mind; it is to never entertain talks that don’t empower you.

To become the best version of you, right from this moment, begin to empower your mind with positive thoughts. learn to see the bright side of life. Introspect, and look within.

In so doing, you will find your uniqueness. A fact remains that no one is born empty. We all are born with a gift (something special); something to pave way for us in life.

By empowering your mind with positive thoughts, sooner or later; you will find your areas of strengths, and become the version of yourself.

3. Seek Knowledge

Knowledge simplifies things. It makes life easy for whoever has it. Nothing gives more assurance than knowing that one is in the know.

Being in the [b]KNOW [/b]will give you [b]EDGE [/b]over others. To grow and develop into the best version of yourself; you must actively seek knowledge.

This means, not reading books just for reading sake; but to acquire the knowledge and nuggets embedded in them, to apply them in real-life situations.

Knowledge makes you discover who you truly are. It prevents you from getting into certain messes that might take a lifetime to get out from.

People who do not know themselves live a loose life. Those who know themselves live an organized life.

When you are equipped with the right knowledge about yourself; you cease to live a loose life.

To find your purpose in life; and become the best version of yourself, it is integral that you seek knowledge.

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