How to leave your footprints on the sand of time!!!

According to research, the common regret most people have on their death bed is that they wish they had lived their own life and not the life expected of them by other people. Someone put it this way, “I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.”



Most people who fail to achieve their dreams suddenly come to realize the grave implications of their past decisions on their death beds. I have often emphasized the fact that we are the creators of our own destiny; God created us but expects us to create our own destinies with our own hands.



What I am sharing with you today is simple and straightforward – it is how to avoid regrets on your death bed. Here are key pointers that will leave you fulfilled when ready to depart this world…



Determine your end from the beginning

To start with, the ability to see your end from the beginning is the best guarantee of what you would look like on your deathbed. The time to determine the kind of footprint you want to leave on the sand of time is now; where you want to be, the lives you want to touch, the dreams you want to achieve and the kind of testimonies that you would love people to share about your life on your deathbed. If you are wise, you will get a note, or even your email, BB, Ipad or any other storage device and write out not less than ten remarks you want people to make about you; that is the starting point!



Plan daily with purpose in mind

A lot of us are very busy yet we are not fulfilling our ultimate dreams and visions. Somebody said, “Activity does not equal to accomplishment”. You can be very busy, yet wasting away your time in life! You need to ask yourself what you want your future to look like; your dreams and aspirations, your purpose and everything that has to do with your destiny. Quote me anywhere, “Men who make the greatest impact in your life are the ones who have dedicated not less than sixty percent of their time daily to their core cause”. To make the greatest impact in life, you need to dedicate not less than sixty percent of your time to doing things related to your area of impact, on a daily basis. It’s only unrealistic to dream of becoming the greatest footballer while exhausting sixty percent of your time playing table tennis. When I see your ‘To Do’ list today I should be able to determine where you will end up in future.



Live everyday as if it were your last

The best way to live is with death in view. When you live assuming that today might be your last, you will get off your butt and get things done. People have regrets about their lives on their deathbeds because they remember the things they ought to have done that they failed to do. You cannot afford to allow this happen to you – I won’t even let it happen to you as long as you keep reading #MondayInspiration on olatunjispeaks.com every Monday. Work on everything you have to do today as if today were your last day on earth, but ensure those things that you have to do are direct reflections of the future you want for yourself.



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Gabriel Olatunji Legend is an entrepreneur and a solution strategist. I am open to further discussions on my twitter handle @OLATUNJISPEAKS |