Be the Best Version of Yourself

Seeding
If we plant a positive, clean seed of thought and concentrate on it, we give it energy, like the sun gives to a seed in the earth. And as the seed in the earth awakens, stirs and begins to grow, the thoughts on which we concentrate awaken, stir and begin to grow. So let us sow positive thoughts.

Be the best version of yourself

21 Tips To Be the Best Version of Yourself

1. Just show up. It comes from who you are on the inside. Your work, leadership, and mission are too important to allow others to define your destiny.

No matter what anyone says, just show up and do the work. If they praise you, show up and do the work. If they criticize you, show up and do the work. If no one even notices you, just show up and do the work.

Just keep showing up, doing the work, and leading the way. Lead with passion. Fuel up with optimism. Have faith. Power up with love. Maintain hope. Be stubborn. Fight the good fight. Refuse to give up. Ignore the critics. Believe in the impossible. Show up. Do the work. You’ll be glad you did. True grit (courage) leads to true success.

2. Start from the beginning. Let's start at the beginning! I think we should start at the start!

3. Recognize that the best version of yourself should be your vision, not anybody else’s. Don’t waste energy trying to live up to what somebody else wants you to be. 

4. Stop looking for a secret trick. There is no miraculous shortcut to the better version of yourself. 

5. Use Twitter to network. It’s never been easier to get in touch with influential and powerful people. 

6. Don’t sweat the details. Don’t worry about minor things.

7. Recognize the opportunity at hand. The reason some people don't recognize opportunity is because it often comes disguised as hard work.

8. Write on Medium. Translating your thoughts into written narratives pushes you to think about the ideas in your head at a much deeper level. 

9. Don’t count the hours. They don’t matter. It’s not the hours you put in your work that counts, it’s the work you put in the hours.

10. Accept help from other people. Don’t let your pride get in the way. Most successful people needed help along the way, too. 

11. Launch a personal website. Maintaining an online presence of yourself pushes you to become the best possible version of you. 

12. Write answers on Quora. Quora is an amazing place to help and inspire people at scale. 

13. Ignore the social media scoreboard. People depict an extremely exaggerated version of life on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and other social platforms. We only share the good things, not the bad. So when you compare yourself to what you see on social media, you’re just hurting yourself. 

14. Celebrate the small wins. Appreciating what you’re doing in the present gives you the motivation to keep making strides towards your ultimate goal. 

15. Stop pretending to know things you don’t know. You’ll never learn anything if you pretend to already know everything. 

16. Embrace failure. You can’t become the best version of yourself by playing it safe. Heck, getting fired could even be the best thing that ever happened to you, just look at Noah Kagan (employee 30 at Facebook). 

17. Call your family. This is just the decent thing to do. But you can also learn lessons from your family that aren’t available through any Google search and aren’t accessible to pretty much anyone else in the world. 

18. Exercise in the morning. Once I started doing this in the morning, I became far more focused and relaxed throughout the day. Science backs that up, too. 

19. Create a side project. Doing something productive outside of work that makes you happy helps you become a better version of yourself. So, whatever it is; an app, film, album, whatever; start doing it on your nights and weekends. And who knows? It might just turn into a full-time job that you love. 

20. Help other people become the best version of themselves. Pay it forward. Doing so keep you motivated on your own path, and you’ll find that the lasting connections you build from helping others will greatly benefit you moving forward. 

21. Launch your MVP early. If you’re not satisfied with the current version of yourself, then the quickest way to solve the problem is to begin working towards the better version today. There is no “right time” to get started.

A minimum viable product (MVP) is a product with just enough features to gain insight about the product and its future.

It can be tempting to think about the best version of yourself as some intangible point in the future. You know, the one where you are: 

More successful 

Doing what you love 

Existing as an overall happier person 

You see your current self as the regular season, and you’re just waiting for the playoffs to start before giving it your all. 

But if all you do is wait for the best version of yourself to happen, you’re forever going to be stuck with the current version. 

So, how do you launch the best version of yourself? Start making progress today. 

Sometimes, you need to make a big change in order to unleash the best version of yourself. If one thought recently entered your mind, then it’s time to do it.