7 Things you DON’T NEED to transform your Life

Personal transformation is something which we all strive for; but many times there is a feeling of lack within each one of us concerning the things we think we need to have first, for us to transform our lives and be the people we have earnestly desired to be.

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Many of the things we obsess over are things we do not even need. I have, here 7 things you most certainly don’t need to transform your life.

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1. You don’t need MANY IDEAS

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You don’t need many ideas to change your life; just one idea or even half of that one idea is enough to transform your life.

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This is not to say that you should not seek more ideas; more knowledge; more understanding and more wisdom; it is only to remind you that you don’t need many ideas to start the process of chance. With what you already know your life can be better than it is.

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At every point in your life, you know more than what is being reflected in your life; leverage the knowledge you already have and change your life.

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2. You don’t need COMPLICATED IDEAS

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You don’t need complicated ideas to change your life; you will be very surprised that most ideas that have transformed lives are:

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  • Very basic
  • Nothing new
  • Not a secret
  • Cost nothing

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Nothing complicated.  :-)

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3. You don’t need “TOMORROW”

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Change happens in the present moment; even for things you wish to change about your life “tomorrow”, you still have to wait for “tomorrow” to become “today”. In essence, you do everything today. You don’t need tomorrow to change your life today. No life has ever been transformed “tomorrow”.

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4. You don’t need WHAT YOU CAN’T HAVE

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While we all want to believe that we can “have anything”, the truth is that we won’t have certain things (e.g. certain natural benevolences) by virtue of the persons we are. In this respect, we don’t need what we can’t have to transform our lives.

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5. You don’t need WHAT YOU DON’T HAVE

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What you don’t have and won’t get just yet, you can’t wait on to make the changes you need now. You probably don’t need what you don’t have yet to make the changes you need now; at least not as much as you think you do.

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6. You don’t need PERFECT CIRCUMSTANCES

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You don’t need everything to be “in place” before you can embark on life change. You don’t need all the “resources” to be available. At every point in your life, the circumstances you find yourself in are “perfect” enough for the change you most need.

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7. You don’t need THE APPROVAL OF OTHERS

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Any life change worth making should be subject to the one approval, YOURS. You have passed the greatest test if you win your own approval.

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These are certainly not the only things you do not need; reading through, you have perhaps been reminded of many other things you don’t need and should not obsess with; that is the point behind this article.

Can you think of anything else?

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8 Responses to“7 Things you DON’T NEED to transform your Life”

  1. Walter says:

    Very interesting thoughts you have shared here. All I can add is that we don’t need to fear change. :-)

  2. kabamba says:

    Walter,
    Certainly! Fear of change is really unecessary because change will “happen” either way. Its either we effect it or it is forced on us. Intellectually, we get it but at a deeper emotional level, we usually still don’t quite get it.

    Thanks for that thought! :-)

  3. Patrick Namugera says:

    This is very interesting stuff ma men, for sure, many of us have a shallow thinking that its after I achieve something more from what I have or be like someone else, for us to transform ourselves into better beings, when actually we can start from whatever point we find ourselves.
    Thanks for this great article bro, as it has a lot to do in changing people’s lives if they really want to change.
    Regards.

  4. kabamba says:

    Patrick,

    Welcome my man! :-)

    Thanks for your comment and for your encouraging words. As you have echored, the only things we need to transform our lives is whatever we have and whereever we are. There is only one place we can move from….HERE

    If we can only get started, everything else we need we will get along the way.

  5. Bruce Lee said “I’m not here to live up to your expectations and you’re not here to live up to mine.” What we think we need is often really just something we want and may or may not be willing to work for. And Christopher, I have to say that you have the most well-dressed Avatar on the web:)

  6. kabamba says:

    Josh!
    hahaha… The interesting thing is that i had the same for my FaceBook profile picture until i yesterday’s change.

    I wouldn’t be suprised if i did the same not too long from now…. Just trying to create a bit more freedom for myself and the necktie is NOT helping much :-)

    That’s for your presence here. Always appreciated.

  7. kingford says:

    Hey am amazed at your level of reasoning..its quiet inspiring.I have learnt a lot from this post.the part were you say you dont need tomorrow just thrusts me into the sky with joy..

    Keep up the same spirit

    Kingford

  8. kabamba says:

    Kingford,

    Thanks for your comment and for your kind words. It is amazing what we can achieve if we start disregarding the excuses that have kept us stagnant for years. “Tomorrow” is one such excuse. It is not worth it when it keeps us from reaching out for a great life today. Thanks, you have inspired me.

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