What We Can Learn From Bodybuilders, Artists and Flowers
I know people who know all the principles of success, they have all the conditions for success and they still fail. Also I know people who constantly work hard, dedicated and disciplined and they also fail to achieve what they want. Why? You must have the right informations and and you have to create action.
So, if you’d like to experience more joy and success in your life, you must know what to do and to do it. If one of these two elements is missing, you will not succeed.
I can’t help you with the “applying” part. It’s up to you. But I can provide you with research that will provide you with valuable information.
The purpose of today’s research is to find knowledge (tools and strategies) for achieving success and fulfillment. We will collect informations about several different ways of creating, learn how each works and compare that with our growth.
From this we will draw conclusions and you will get a powerful, new, memorable, deeply researched principles that you can you can use for improving your personal results.
Flower
When I was a kid, I was thrilled with the simplicity of life. It was enough to put seeds in the ground, and a new life would be created. Amazing!
Flower is remarkable. Not only that it has a beautiful smell and beauty, but it is the reproductive structure of plant. Flower is the peak of development of a certain plant at that moment.
What are the principles of flower`s growth, that we can apply to our problems in order to improve our lives?
Flowers will not hurry. Depending on conditions, the growth could be huge or small but you can not force a flower to grow faster than its natural speed of growth. (I’m talking about the natural growth in nature) Simply, it has its own rhythm and it does not accept anything faster or slower than that. Also, each person has his own rhythm of growth and progress. We all should find our own ways and pace of personal development that is suited to our abilities.
Flowers begins as seeds. Flower does not begin its life as beautiful. Plants grow from seeds. Even the largest trees begins as a small seed. Do not expect too much of yourself at the beginning. Growth is a process.
Flowers can not wait for ideal conditions and(or) moment to grow. Seeds do not have the luxury of waiting for perfect conditions. It will not grow without some conditions, but it would not wait for ideal conditions. You also do not have that luxury. If you are waiting for perfect moment and perfect conditions for action, you may spend a whole life waiting. Instead, wait for the minimum requirements and go, go, go!
Art
The artist is a creator. His creation is a powerful and valuable, even if no one sees it. Why artist do that? Because he can. Because he is created to do that at that moment. The artist expresses himself and his energy through his work. Artist uses two very powerful elements to create: His imagination and his skills.
You are the artist of your life. You are the creator. Your life is a work of art, your creation. You’ve got it as an artist gets supplies for painting. And you have the potential to create everything that is in your imagination.
No matter what your life is now, it is already a great work of art. You can choose to play and create something new and beautiful.
Art means moving from the world of imagination in the physical world. The artist is not the one who just fantasize about his master-pieces. The artist uses his imagination to create, but his task is to switch from the world of the mind in the physical world. Also you will not make a masterpiece of your life if you just dream. Try to move it in the physical world.
The artist plays with the colors, shapes, tones… there is no firm principles, each work is different. You also do not have to grow at any particular pattern. You choose how you will live. Each life is different.
There is no perfect artist, neither good nor bad artist. Every artwork is beautiful. Imagine that we have two artists with two different masterpieces. We can not say that one artist is better or worse than the next. Every masterpiece contains so much details that it is impossible to compare and evaluate. Similarly, your life and growth is made up of so much details that you can not compare it with someone’s else life. Your life is yours to create. It is changing and evolving. There is always something beautiful and something ugly in your life and your growth, as well as the lives of others, so that there is no point to compare. All are the same and different at the same time.
The more the artist creates, he is skilled in expressing his imagination. Similarly, the more you risk and try to create beauty in your life, you’ll be better and better.
The artist does not feel lazy or tired. Art is not a necessary action. It’s not an obligation. It is not a duty. The artist create for pleasure. It’s the same with you. You do not live and grow because it is a duty. You live and grow, because every moment is beautiful. You do that because of pleasure.
Bodybuilder
Bodybuilder is someone who develops his body with exercise and a special diet, and usually participates in competitions. Bodybuilding often use principles that we find in our “daily growth.”
No pain, no gain. In the process of exercise, your muscle fibers are damaged. That’s why you often feel little pain in the muscles after exercise. With this small inconvenience body informs you. After exercise, your body finds a way to build muscle again. Except this time body will build stronger muscles, in order to protect itself from future challenges. Why do you think that your other skills do not operate on the same principle? With each challenge you are feeling a bit uncomfortable. However, in this way you build strength for future challenges. With each challenge you grow.
Bodybuilders focus on the entire body. In order to win the competitions, a bodybuilder must train biceps, abs, legs, calves… the whole body. If he has excellent hands, but the small calves, bodybuilder will lose competition. For your growth is important to have good relations with your family, but also to build a career, or whatever is important to you. If you focus on career, and reject everything else you will not be satisfied.
Bodybuilder concentrates his mind on the muscle which he exercises in that moment. If he thinks about the abs while exercising biceps, he will have poor results. What we are doing at the moment is our purpose at the time. When you do something, concentrate on that and only that, otherwise you will have poor results.
Every bodybuilder began lifting with a small weights (compared to current) When you’re starting a challenge, change, goal etc for the first time, start with a small (baby) steps.
Muscle growth requires time. Unless the bodybuilder does not use steroids, he will need months or even years to build muscles and find the right foods, techniques and discipline. You can not change the whole life overnight. It is not realistic expectation. Just work on your personal development, by learning and action, and the growth will come with time.
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Marko,
This was an excellent post. It was pleasant to have this appear on my Reader.
I can identify with all three aspects. Especially the first one. I’m a strong proponent of planting seeds within myself and others. You’re right, it begins so simple and unassuming. But, after water, nourishment and nurturing it matures to its full self. The seed is the THOUGHT and the flower/tree/plant is the ACTION.
Yeah, my friend, this post is something that everyone can find useful. Thanks for enhancing my already fabulous day!
Marko,
When I first read the title, I could not imagine what it might contain or how it be related, but now reading the whole article, it makes perfect sense. I like how you used seed to flower and art example along with body building. I would not have thought of it all together before.
What I like in life that we are lifelong student and there are ample learning opportunities around for us. Thanks for sharing.
I’m glad you had a fabulous day Ali!
Thanks for the nice thoughts my friend…
Thanks Preeti…
Yes, that was my goal to find three different things. The element of surprise is very important.
Hi Marko,
I like that you emphasize achievement by employing “baby steps” with your personal growth. It is important to learn and grow at our own pace.
“Similarly, your life and growth is made up of so much details that you can not compare it with someone’s else life.”
The body builder analogy is awesome!
Regards,
Sandra
Thank you Sandra, I love your comments here! Life hides many more lessons and analogys that we will learn in the future…