A Step Back or Two...

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It's wise to recognize when it's the right time to take a step back. It’s almost never easy to do, we tend to think of our life and I sure have of mine, as a constant movement forward. This has meant to me in the past, that no matter how hard things got, taking a break was not an option.

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This could sound like a contradiction, but of course it’s not meant to be one in the slightest. Because there are plenty of times were I’ve been trying to tackle a challenge, to overcome a difficult project or problem, not realizing I’ve been wasting time.

It was Albert Einstein who defined insanity perfectly all those years ago:

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results”.

I constantly revise my path thinking of these wise words. Is there something I need to change? Am I really doing something for my ego, or because it actually has value? These are difficult questions, no need to deny it, but they are necessary for our personal growth.

Imagine if you knew today that there was a better way to fix your current problems. Imagine that you’ve been struggling with a job, with a relationship, or simply with your finances, but you’ve refused to take a hard look into what you have been doing, and what you haven’t, almost to the point where you seem to be falling in the definition of insanity.

If that reflection was staring back at you in the mirror, Would you change? Would you try? Or are you not willing to even consider the possibility that you may be wrong. If that is the case, as it has happened with me, then I ask, How long until you can’t take it anymore?

The questions just get more uncomfortable as they get more powerful. Because no doubt, none of us like to accept that we are wrong and we need to change. It hurts our ego, it hurts our sense of self love. But is it really true? Is accepting a mistake the same as loving ourselves less?

I’m talking about this because everyone has their ups and downs, because I too have been at the top at some point in time, only to feel what it means to come crashing down later. I’m not talking exclusively about money, but other aspects of life that are just as valuable, just as important.

Sometimes we do have to take a step back, or two, but that is only because we need to gain perspective to really know how to move forward.

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Better to sit first and do the planning before doing anything. Analyze and reflect first if you will succeed if you will do or follow the plan to a tee. Consider all things that will affect your journey to success.

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@elizahfhaye Planning is more important for every thing.

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Life is a perceptual struggle. It is not always the outside factors that pester us, our inner factors matters a lot for us. We like to blame someone or something for our deeds but we seldom realize that our thoughts and actions were responsible for our present condition. This thing happens because life has no set pattern.
One thing can be good or bad for us depending on the situation and the circumstances. Sometimes, looking inward can make one a better person but it may also be that it may render him devoid of self-respect and confidence. There is no hard and fast rule of living in this world. We cannot make any universal rule which may be applied to everyone. Ego is the thing which gives us the sense of our existence. It is not a bad thing at all but when it becomes arrogance, it gives birth to problems. So, it must not be allow crossing its limit.
You are a very wise and thoughtful person dear. If you are facing any problem, you can come out of it using your skills and mind.
Have a great time ahead.

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I agree with you. Thanks for reminding; I need to do that. As you stated "Sometimes we do have to take a step back, or two, but that is only because we need to gain perspective to really know how to move forward". As always, I enjoyed reading your post. Thanks!

I believe accepting the mistakes and then learning from them is the key to move forward.

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Nice view @chbartist. In order for accepting change one should be humble and broadminded too.They must be able to take critisism positively.They should not so proud or arrogant. I have heard an old story maybe you would have also. There was a giant tree and a small shrub nearby. When a heavy cyclone came the tree which held high without being flexible is uprooted but the shrub bowed its head to the wind and escaped.And in my experience I feel that more older you are youwill not be able to accept change. Thats why a kid can change his habits but not an old one. Because we are all proud and as you rightly said we think that we can never be wrong. God bless.

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"Sometimes we do have to take a step back, or two, but that is only because we need to gain perspective to really know how to move forward". I totally agree. Thank you for sharing. ^__^

Thank you @ariansilverwheel - You are very welcome - Success - Follow - @chbartist

Thank YOU! 💗

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Take step back inhale, and laugh. remember who you are and why you are here. you are never giving anything in this world that you can't handle. be strong, be flexible, love your self and love others . just always keep moving forward. the minute you think of giving up, think of reason why you held on so long.

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It is better to be late than be delayed. Sometimes, a step back can solve all problems. Something's might not be right in the present step you are taking but if you gave a step back can solve the insolvable.

We think great and big neverminding the consequence and only focusing on the sweetness. When your thought is always great, then you need to have a step back to readjust your initial ways of life.

Thanks so much @chbartist for the great and inspirational post.

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thank you so much this really touched me,i guess sometimes we just scared,although we will eventual do it.

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Sir your post is nice and complete I thnq u for this post. At some point, I was struggling with something that gave me little success and it later crashed down.... If you don't like what you are doing, change it and if you can't change it,,, then change your attitude Sir...
The mistake would be if you stayed the same no matter how uncomfortable you felt with a situation. If a person is in a car and encounters an obstacle that he cannot overcome, he will not hesitate to back up. Going back in time can be a smart move,,,and again Thank you sir 😊 ...

You are Most welcome Sir 😊

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Taking a step back or two on our past performances on Steemit can make us to be more creative and make this place comfortable. There are steemians who because of the fall in steem have withdrawn from active participation...They need to take a step back and ask themselves this question: "What were my contributions to steemit that made steem strong or weak in value?" With their answers and actions tomorrow definitely gonna be bright again🔥

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Now and then the most intense, successful and helpful thing you can do to push ahead is to make a stride back. In any case, it feels illogical, isn't that right? There you are, up to your neck in it – juggling all that you have on your plate to Olympic guidelines! Making a stride back can feel unattainable without everything coming smashing down. Why for heaven's sake would you make a stride back?

All things considered, consider the outcomes on the off chance that you don't. Imagine a scenario in which you don't make time, space and vitality to think things through, get clearness, make change, chip away at new objectives and so on. All things considered, as the expression goes, "on the off chance that you generally do what you have constantly done, you will dependably get what you generally got."

Here are only a couple of cases of a portion of the advantages of making a stride again every once in a while:

  1. Get lucidity, re-survey, audit, think things through, and get a clearer viewpoint

  2. Make new (and regularly better) choices

  3. Ensuring you are in good shape to accomplish the outcomes that issue most to you in your life and work deal with changes and new objectives you, your life, and work would profit by you making

  4. Energizing mental and physical batteries to be more powerful and beneficial advancing

  5. Concoct new thoughts, better routes forward, and discover more viable answers for issues

There are such a large number of advantages to making a stride back, both from an individual and expert viewpoint, that this rundown could continue endlessly. When you give yourself consent to venture back, you are opening up the way to a wide range of plausibility, opportunity, and imaginative arrangements.

When a cheetha set his target then he take one step back to catch the target
Like a cheetha we have to take one or two steps back to achieve our Target or get our goal.

Thanks for reading

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Hello, @chbartist. Our ego never wants to lose, that is why it is of people of great heart and noble ideals, to recognize the errors. I believe that God allows us many times to realize the enormous fragility of which we are made, so that we humble ourselves before our impotence and we are simple people, without infras of greatness. Thank God for the people who learn this valuable lesson, but pity for the poor who roam the world thinking they are someone and believe they can trample on the rest of the people. Thank you for sharing your wise thought and a hug

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My life is busy!!!
I cant blog like you.
But i writing to keep up good work on Steemit.
I learn something with Steemit community post.
Then all will be success at the end.

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I do personally feel and I have written lot on this very myth of mine; Life is all about the proper management. Management comes with proper planning and putting all the things in an order to get the great outcomes.

Agree @salmanbukhari54 - All the best! follow @chbartist

I identify a lot with what he says here. I am that kind of person. I like what you write. Greetings, let's read to each other.

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Personal development iѕ a рuѕh. It’ѕ a ѕtrugglе. It’ѕ a сhаllеngе. New hаbitѕ don’t соmе еаѕу. We need to cultivate and grow them. I agree, @chbartist, taking a step back to mentally 'breathe' and assess is vital. Furthermore, sоmеtimеѕ when we build momentum in one dirесtiоn, change may feel like a decline. It’s hard to walk away from the path you know so well and head towards new horizons. That’s why accepting change is an act of courage.

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Even the sun should set or stop shining, then appear bright and full of light, @chbartist. If we have to go back, we go back. There is no mistake if you manage to solve the situation, if you learn! Life is not an eternal shining. Even the stars disappear. Greetings

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Muy buena reflexión, amigo, @chbartist. Como dice el dicho "para atrás ni para agarrar impulso" , pero a veces se hace necesario dar ese paso hacia atrás para impulsarnos hacia el norte que queremos y seguir adelante. Mis saludos y un abrazo.

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@chbartist such a great article I just love it. i think so that Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.keep moving and motivate your self because no one motivate you it only you can motivate your self

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In order to be able to jump, the body recedes, gains momentum and then jumps, @chbartist. Who said backing off is for cowards, for giving up? It's just to verify that the next step is going to be better! And if we're wrong, what's the problem? To err is human! What makes you great is to level the loads, correct the mistakes, learn from them! The road is long and it is worth stopping, life is not a speed race, observe, breathe, sit on the shore and if you have to cry, do it. When you finally get where you need to be, you'll have enjoyed the trip. Who said we can't err, if even the gods do!?! Nice Friday

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If you don't like what you are doing, change it and if you can't change it, then change your attitude. The mistake would be if you stayed the same no matter how uncomfortable you felt with a situation. If a person is in a car and encounters an obstacle that he cannot overcome, he will not hesitate to back up. Going back in time can be a smart move. Happy night

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Las decisiones son elecciones que cuando las tomamos no estamos al cabo de saber, a ciencia cierta, si son las correctas o no. El resultado de dichas decisiones, sean éstas adversas o no a nuestros intereses, nunca deben considerarse como un error o una perdida de tiempo porque los seres humanos somos casi perfectos pero no somos calculadoras científicas sin margen de error. Por lo tanto, ante una situación difícil no debemos ver las cosas desde un punto de vista derrotista, ni pensar que hemos retrocedido, sino por el contrario tomar conciencia de que hemos dados pasos agigantados porque en la práctica hemos logrado la experiencia y eso, también cuenta. Saludos.

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OH MY GOD.!!!
Why your article always provides the answer for all of my questions?! i love it so much.
To be honest, now i m in the hard position to make decision for my life.

i love this part "that no matter how hard things got, taking a break was not an option."
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"Sometimes we do have to take a step back, or two, but that is only because we need to gain perspective to really know how to move forward."

the other one
YESYESYES.!! money is not everything.

thankyou so much for the great article. I love to read that

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@chbartist! No pains no gain, it is the right thing we have to observe critically. your article is very effective for me. Because, I get fair always to make a hard challenge to solve the problems. I got a great motivation from this article.

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Welcome brother. @chbartist, thanks for your support.

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well.. inspiring post there.. i've been thinking the same like you did there about doing something all over and over again in the same way.. i've been that path and i try to change it somehow... just like doing a job that i didnt like for a long time but if i quit, i cant even have financial to help me out in the long term..

what regarding my problem with my all activities is mostly because i dont know what to do with my life trying to find what i can do most and live with it.. it's hard do what i love ( which i didnt know until now) and live by it... maybe only selected lucky indicidual can achieve that life...
well.. i dont know... love your post.. sorry for my bad english

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Amazing pic! Upvoted!!

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Excellent article. The problem is that sometimes we feel that by taking a step back we are accepting that we "lost" or that we are weak. But I completely agree with you, you need to know when you have to take a step or two back.

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Mostly in our lives struggle we're so focused on where we're going and never where we're coming from..forgetting that its what defines your destination. This is life,but we dont have to be so naive as to think success lies in the future only, somehow sometimes,it could be wasting away in your past. You're right @chbartist,there are times we need to retrace

@mystate2020. Thank for your words! Success!

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Very nice! I like it :)

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Very interesting article. My experience is, when you leave the way, immediately look how to get back on the way. The results of detours are often so big that one is tempted not to want to find him anymore. Beautiful and fitting picture.

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Great post and reflection

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Nice work!

Our society is accustomed to believing that perfection is in never having fallen, that the best things are those that move forward, that everything must be in constant development, but life cannot be a drifting walk or a straight line. There are curves, there are returns, obstacles, gaps. That's everyday life. The other thing is a bad idea of society. Let's not buy that idea.

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The post is nice and complete. At some point, I was struggling with something that gave me little success and it later crashed down. I keep asking myself why did I not take a step back and re-evaluate my decisions at the early stage and focus on something more productive and more to my type of person?

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You nailed it!

I struggle anyone who follows me should be aware of that by now as every other post I talk about it. I believe accepting the mistake, fall or crash how ever you want to term it is really just learning to love yourself that much more. Sooner or later the downs matter less and less as I learn to grow from them, learning how to identify the signs before the inevitable happens again. Making the adjustments to avoid taking a second step back by being aware of the first let’s say.

I am insane and proud of it. If it wasn’t for my insanity I would have given up on life by now. I wake up, live my life, goto sleep always having that nagging depression walking along side me. Day in and day out I do the same things over and over expecting one day it will be gone yet I know deep down this is something I will most likely forever live with. Why do I do it? I am insane and refuse to give up on living despite that very act of living being the suffering I wish to get away from!

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Your article reminds of my friend , who is in Indian Army. But the sad thing about him is that , he accepts his mistake but never takes necessary action to correct it. He tells all the secrets of a person to third person and accepts that he had done wrong , but never overcome this habit.

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This is excellent advice. When we do not take the time to find a place of peace within us, we get caught up in the chaos as we speed through life.

I do my best to encourage humans to slow down so that they can get into with the spiritual/invisible aspect of their being.

I frequently go out to meet the sunrise and I find that that time spent in silence, launches me into a productive day brimming with possibilities.
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I sometimes make a video to send to my busy friends around the world to give them a minute to slow down, reflect and connect with humanity at large. In a small way it is my contribution to world peace, because peace begins within each individual.

Thank you for your contribution to peace!

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for do a step back the unic thing you have to do is breath first

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Well to me this article said it all, many at times we see the fault in ourselves and yet refuses to take the blame or do something new to turn things around we tend to blame the people around us, which to me is not really a good approach to living a better life but I'll say that this article as said it all and it's really educating....

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when we take a leap we move one step or more steps backward to gain foundation, strength and power. Doing this results to a greater and bigger leap forward. Just like life. Needs to make a step backward to make a greater, fulfilling and meaningful step in life forward.

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If you have not seen the real end of the journey, don’t boast much at the beginning and never be too proud and haughty in mid of the path. Keep the real end in mind and mind how to get to the real end successfully!@chbartist

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Great advice mate!

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It's sometimes difficult in life to take a decision and continue it except of constant failure ,keep doing the same thing.The simple solution to this problem in my opinion is just to understand our potential and interest in the work we do.Whatever we do in life,even the slightest of ones ,we should do that with best of us.The work which we do must be of our choice if we want to be successful in life,not on the opinion of others.

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Sometimes we do have to take a step back, or two, but that is only because we need to gain perspective to really know how to move forward.

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