Life is full of endeavors and challenges, whether they come on daily or occasional basis, they can come to us as minor or major ones, and in many different ways and scales. Everyone deals with his challenges differently, some would ignore them, run away from them, face them, stress out about them, or transfer them to others..
However, the trick here, is to shift the way of how we see those Challenges, changing our perspectives of how we deal with them, can make huge differences in our lives.
Anyone can rip huge benefits from learning how to take on challenges, set up a positive mindset towards them, sensing and observing the many benefits which our minds and characters are absorbing as we take on those life Challenges.
Leverage the Experiences and Lessons Learned from the Challenges You Take On.
Taking on Challenges will:
- Call upon your past life experiences
- Deploy and rally your skills and knowledge
- Activate your executive functions that will Connect and Utilize all, while thinking about a solution to a problem, and creating new neural pathways in your brain and rewiring it, for the purpose to deal with the Challenge taken, solve it or overcome it.
The more dedication and focus you have on the Challenge, and the stronger will you possess to resolving it, the more Activation and Overall growth you will get. Just don’t risk your life, or the society’s rights and regulations, with the type of Challenge you will take, and feel free to blast your comfort zone and expanding it with this new life-changing approach.
Research found that students who take on challenges have a better school life, achieving much. People who face their challenges bravely; always experience the best in life.
Taking On Challenges is one of the main Habits of Alpha men. A defined and refined Alpha man is proactive in nature, he dislikes sitting still in a dull inactive life, doing regular habits for the most of his time, such as sitting there on social media, watching TV, or watching and listening to what the world has to offer. Time is paramount to Alpha Men, and they enjoyably use it for meaningful and productive activities, or activities that fall within their Purpose.
Read about: THE ALPHA MAN PURPOSE
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6 Great Advantages of Taking on Challenges
#1. Challenges Lead to Creativity
When there are challenges in your life, you will be forced to come up with ways to counter them, and finding solutions to deal with them. The best ideas always come when you feel pressure from your challenge, when you feel the need and urgency to get by and get through.
That will make you think critically and reach the best decisions that favor your life. However, you would never think of that creative solution, or push yourself to your limits, and beyond, without taking on a challenge.
An Alpha man always considers these challenges as an opportunity in his life. This is one of the best Alpha Man traits.
#2. Facing Challenges Makes You Strong
To build a strong Mind and Body, you must apply efforts and resistance, that breaks your body’s physical limit and your mind limitations, and doing so quite often, or almost every day for the best results.
Challenges also work the same way; They produce resistance against you, leading you to exceed your regular frames, and when you face them, you become stronger since you have to break your limits to solve them.
Challenges provide you with the best opportunity to grow in life. They test your commitment and resolve the problems and setbacks you have; while dealing with them, and when you overcome them, your mental and emotional strength increases.
#3. Taking On Challenges Makes You Sharp
Challenges will put you on the test, pushing you to utilize and sharpen your problem solving skills, thinking of solutions to the new circumstances you are placed under, finding new ways to solve the problems you are facing.
You will expand your horizons by handling the challenges and working your way around them, this will teach you to automatically, and subconsciously think more logically, improve your analytical thinking skill, and this will make you sharper and more resourceful.
#4. Facing Challenges Amplify Your Achievements in Life
Without the driving force, there is no way you could have crashed the limits in your life. Challenges are always opportunities that come in disguise. Put in some effort, and you will realize them.
#5. It Feels Great
It makes you feel great after overcoming a challenge; Looking back on what you have been into: you will feel empowered with your achievement, and relaxed as you breathe a sigh of relief for your victory. That calms the state of your mind ensuring that you’re at the best life state.
#6. Facing Challenges Makes you More Confident
One of the greatest rewards for taking on challenges, overcoming or neutralizing them; is building a powerful Self-Confidence.
It will lead you to establish Self-Trust: After facing several challenges and going on with your next day, or phase in life, looking back, there is a sense of self-trust that has been building up, inside your mind, and body. That will boost your Self-Confidence, and motivate you for more improvement and endeavors to take on.
Some Side Tips on Taking on Challenges
#1. Convert Any Stress if It Arises
Having the ability to face your challenges needs you to handle any stress that might arise during the process.
Fixing the way you think it, and see it, you will convert your stress into training sessions, this will lead you to anticipate your personal growth, rather than expecting exhaustion caused by that stress.
If you see it as a training session: You will subconsciously, look forward for the experience gained, and skills improved.
If you see it as a stress process: You will subconsciously, prepare yourself to receive negative feelings, and worn out your mind and body. So, do this click, and practice it, till you completely switch your mindset.
#2. Turn to Other Positive and Supportive People You Trust
If you find the challenge to be too tough to tackle, it is natural to seek out help from professionals, or people you trust, in fact, it is healthy and smart to do so, and it shows that you are confident with showing your will and determination to resolving and overcoming the challenge you are taking on.
They can be friends, family, or experts in that field. Here you will get all the support you need to handle it, thus, deploying the powerful social aspect to reinforce you to win over the challenge, and get your rewards.
#3. Spend Some Time Alone
Taking time for yourself may seem odd to some people, but it will boost your self-esteem, and allow you to reflect, and retrieve your energy and thoughts, towards your goal of dealing with your challenges, and overcoming them.
It will encourage you to put all your efforts forward no matter what challenges you face.
#4. Know Yourself
Challenges are opportunities that come for you to grow in life. The growth is possible due to your deep will, desire and tools (skill, experience, knowledge..) that you have been acquiring your whole life. Be proud of that, and connect all your resources and thoughts together. Imagine your better self after finishing with that particular challenge you are tackling, you are ways, and ways more powerful and resourceful, than you can imagine.
No matter what the result might be, there will be a better you after it, upgrading yourself in inevitable.
#5. Detach Yourself from The Possible Outcome
Do not stress yourself about the general outcome of your efforts. That is what changes a molehill to a giant mountain. Shift your total focus to what you are doing, and how you are improving, instead of the results.
The Intimidating part in your efforts will soon disappear without notice if you do that. If you face your challenges without worrying about the results, then the biggest obstacles in your path are cleared. Some challenges may seem huge to bear, but if you focus tightly on what you are doing, no challenge is big to overpower you.
The Bottom Line
The Alpha Male character is directly related to enjoyably and habitually taking on challenges in life. They do not shy away from these challenges, no matter how difficult or tragic a challenge is. These challenges act as the driving force that makes them who they are. As you have seen, facing your challenges has no harm but acts as the driving force in life, for personal growth and improvement, sharpening the mind and body, and more.
Constantly breaking through the challenges is what makes Alpha Men who they are. Face your challenges today confidently and unlock opportunities in your life.
