PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
At Charter Life, we believe the sky is our limit. We aim to break down barriers and charter new ground. Our core principle is to be positive, to aim high and to develop ourselves so we can go beyond the summit of our perceived capabilities.
We love thinking about coming up with new ideas – it’s fun, inspiring and it gets the creative flow going. However, our ideas mean nothing and will only ever stay as ideas unless we as people are capable of bringing them to life. This is why we believe that first and foremost, we need to work on ourselves before we can expect us to be able to make our ideas work. For instance – you can give someone the best car in the world, but unless they are qualified to drive it, they will never win the race – the car can only be as good as the driver and the same is true when we consider our ideas and our objectives.
In business and in life, our ideas mean nothing unless they are actually centred around providing people with what they actually want. Ideas are important and anyone can come up with them, but the reality is, most people will never actually try to execute them.
Our ideas mean nothing unless we have the right focus, mentality and skills that are required to make them happen. Our philosophy is that whilst it is great to develop and work on ideas, the most important thing is for us to work on ourselves to make sure that we are actually capable of executing our ideas to make them a success.
To successfully turn our ideas and dreams into reality, we must focus on our own personal and professional development to make sure that we are the ones who are capable and who deserve to make them happen – to deliver the products and services that people want.
SUCCESS IS AN ICEBERG
The saying “Success is an Iceberg” is one of our favourite philosophies. It embodies the hard work, determination and all of the sacrifices that we have to make in order to do what it takes for us to achieve our goals. It is easy for people to see the signs of success, but what they do not see is the majority of the factors in what it takes for us to achieve our goals.
What people don’t see
– late nights –
– persistence –
– setbacks –
– hard work –
– naysayers –
– social sacrifices –
– criticism –
– doubts –
– rejections –
– risks –
– dedication –
– vision –
– action –
– passion –
– dreams –
– innovation –
– adaptation –
– courage –
“Create your vision, stay focused, believe in yourself, try, fail, try and try again and never give up”
FOCUS
An inspirational figure, Sam Ovens, once interviewed Warren Buffet and Bill Gates, at separate times and at different locations. At the time, they were both the two richest businessman in the America. He asked them one single question, and they both thought for a second, and gave a one-word answer. He asked each of them “What is the one thing that you can attribute towards the success that you have achieved?” In separate interviews, they both replied with the answer: –
THE TIME IS NOW
“The best time to plant a tree was thirty years ago – the next best time is now”
The point of this very wise, old ancient Chinese proverb is it is simply never too late to begin. If you have a goal, a vision, a desire to create and to make something happen then start taking steps, no matter how small they are – every tree starts with just a seed, and our ideas are no different.
We are great believers that if you can vision it, you can create it. Sometimes our ideas can be overwhelming to the extent where we don’t know where to start, or have the confidence to start at all. If your goals scare you, then they are worth going for.
Our principle is to just begin and to create your own path. Have an end goal, a vision to what you want, be productive and step by step, you are on your way.
“The greatest form of failure is to never try”
MEDITATION
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DO WHAT YOU LOVE
When we add it all up, the fact is we spend a significant proportion of our lives working. For this very reason, it makes zero sense in doing something that you aren’t passionate about, and spending the majority of our days through life doing something we are not inspired by.
The truth is we can be whatever we want to be – we can charter our own lives. There is a pathway to achieve anything, a journey to every destination that just needs to be taken. Sometimes the path is already set, and sometimes it needs to be created.
Many people do not know what they want to do in life. A key question is what makes you happy? What do you find interesting? What motivates you? What are your principles? What are your ethics? How do you want to help?
Fundamentally, how can the above factors help to shape your vision and your purpose of what you want to achieve in your personal and professional life?
The beautify of life, which so many do not realise – is we can choose how we spend the majority of our days, to shape how we spend our time and to live our very best lives.