10 Empowering Life Principles
Deep down, we all have a set of automatic beliefs we rely on to navigate life. These beliefs shape how we interpret life events, make sense of them, and ultimately how we end up feeling about them. Eventually, they evolve into guiding principles that influence our decisions, attitudes, roles, strategies, and the very methods we live by.
But here’s the thing: is your belief system helping bring out the best in you?
Most importantly—your life principles should ideally guide you how to be and what to do. Like a higher version of your values, they act as a map, guiding you through uncertainty and giving you a sense of direction.
Here are 10 empowering life principles:
- Choose to express yourself
- Allow yourself to feel your feelings and think your thoughts
- Confront issues openly and with consideration
- Be a better listener
- Seek an imperfect life
- Accept and respect who you are
- Embrace the joy in your life
- Assist and be assisted
- Grow with intent
- Appreciate your life
Expressing yourself openly and respectfully helps you release bottled-up emotions and address problems directly. Acknowledge your inner experiences, all your thoughts and feelings, but don’t automatically act on them or believe they are always true.
When you seek an imperfect life, you’ll learn to welcome mistakes, remain open to learning, and embrace growth. And don’t forget, there’s always room to have fun in what you do. It’s okay to ask for support, to receive it, and to surround yourself with the right kind of people. Growing with intent means rising each time you fall because you’re deeply connected to your purpose.
Keep in mind these life principles are guides, not rules. Start with one at a time. Let these principles shape your habits, mindset, and relationships. Living by these empowering life principles will help you cultivate a renewed sense of strength, direction, and appreciation—at every stage of your life.
Juan F. Diaz
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Juan! Nice article and I appreciated your sharing the principles which help guide you through this journey. I found #5 Seek an imperfect life particularly “insightful” and wise. We all are constantly changing beings and having a fixed endpoint/destination for ones life in mind can often lead one to a sense of unfulfillment not only because one may never reach ones concept of a perfect life but also because ones concept of perfection today may not be the same as it will be in the future. And like a dog who chases his tail this will inevitably prove futile. Simply put its about the journey and not the destination. Anyhow, I’d like to share this video I came across today. It really should be in one of your other articles about goal setting but I found particularly fun and inspiring: http://digg.com/video/guy-goes-from-total-novice-ping-pong-player-to-expert-in-the-course-of-one-year
Hi Ted! I agree. In an attempt to want to have all the solutions mapped out and seek perfection (the A+), I’ve missed some opportunities to just try (imperfect), learn (messy), and do (effortful). While having an exciting and connected goal helps direct our energy–perfection prevents starting. And like you said, it’s about the journey, and not the destination. Thanks for the comment and sharing the inspiring video!