In order to succeed in what you do, you need to believe in it. Having the ability to believe that you can achieve a certain thing will invest in accomplishing what you want. Humans need a goal to work for and without it; they will feel that life is without meaning. Even a millionaire, who feels that he got everything he wants will one day that he lacks something. Life is a challenge and without participating in it, the feeling of victory and achievement will never be felt.

Following former articles which I wrote about ways of becoming a true leader, I thought of writing something about leadership by concentrating on who you are and what you should do with yourself in order to succeed in life and with others. Imagine that you are leading in a certain field but do not feel that you are really a leader; will you succeed in your mission? How many times did you sit with yourself and think about what you do every day? How many times did you thank yourself for the gift which you have and makes you a leader who differs from others?

In the way to success and glory, everyone feels that he or she needs to pass through many obstacles. These obstacles make you feel that it is impossible to achieve what you are working for. The question which everyone should ask is about the place which we learn from to define things as difficult or impossible to pass. This place is your mind that tries to convince you that it is better to be satisfied with what you have rather to stand up and search for more. Therefore, the first obstacle which one must get over is our mind that acts upon the experience from the past.

Think of the possibility of formatting your mind, so you will be able to forget about all the failures which you faced in the past, pain, and suffering which you used to feel. The main source which feeds our mind once we need to decide or move forward is the past. It is not about forgetting the past but about facing it again and living what you consider the worst thing that you want to think of again. Only by living the past experience and reprogramming your brain that it is ok that you did not succeed sometimes, you will be able to move forward and succeed in what you want to achieve.

Once you are in peace with yourself, you will be able to face the challenges which will face you every day with more confidence, courage, and energy. It is important that you remind yourself everyday about how a great person you are and how much far you can go.

It may sound weird or unconvincing but this is what your mind is telling you now to prevent you from doing what is considered dangerous or useless. Ask yourself about what really interests you and what you really want to achieve. Go back to your childhood and search for what you consider now ridiculous and childish. It may be the real thing that you want to achieve or the real person that you want to be. It is never late to do this and remember that once you think that it is late…then it is your mind who is speaking.

Simply take your step and go to the forbidden world to search for the truth of what you want, Change your destiny by following your own beliefs not the others’.

Ziad Khalil Abu Zayyad

A Palestinian-Arab living in East Jerusalem, Ziad graduated from College Des Freres in Jerusalem in 2003. Ziad finished his major in International Relations and English Literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Ziad is a former President of the Watan student movement at the university. He is interested in Middle Eastern political issues and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Founder of the Middle East Post and MEL (Middle East Future Leadership Network), he represents Palestinian youth at several international conferences.

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