"Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent." - Marilyn vos Savant

Do you feel like giving up on your dreams? If you feel stuck and wish to admit defeat, pause for a moment and think again. To achieve anything worthwhile in life, it takes one more step, another repeated or different action and a day at a time.

You cannot afford to give up on your dreams. You have to push and be hard on yourself.

Practical tips to assist you from giving up.

• Look at your goals again and make a fresh start.

Try to remain cool and think of what you can do next. You can start over from where you are. List down what are the few steps you can take now and take one action.

• Look at what other people are doing that you aren't.

People who have succeeded practice specific habits. Learn from them and practice those habits until you get the same results.

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• Become more aware.

Do some serious thinking and analyze thoroughly before giving up. You need to become aware of what is standing in your way. For all you know, you might have allowed yourself to major in minor things.

• Learn to ask.

Learn to ask for what you want and seek for answers. You have to pause and listen. Your brain and your soul will give you the answers that you need.

• Write them down.

Write down your thoughts, activities, emotions and experiences. Make use of your writings to examine your life. Question them, learn from the mistakes and repeat your success.

• Make use of your mental images to invent something different.

Imagine where you want to be and what you wish to become. Make use of your creative imagination to design your future. Repeat the imagination exercise to enable you to push out self-defeating thoughts.

• Retrain yourself to think positive.

Look at the possibilities. Affirm to yourself that whatever it is that is against you is a challenge for you to stay strong. Your doubts and fears could arise from your lack of knowledge and skill. Get hold of that so that you can refocus and not abandon your dreams.

• Work harder than you ever did before.

You should work harder by taking more actions and doing things that will bring you closer to your goals. Refuse to surrender until you have done all that you can.

• Think about what you want and keep thinking about it.

To keep from giving up, stop thinking about it. You have to gain control of your thoughts because they produce the actions that you are going to take. Why focus on things that might end your dream?

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