How to Have More Hope About Your Future (4 ways)

This video will give you 4 ways to have more hope for your future starting with the first one now.

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1. Face Reality. I remember seeing an entrepreneur pitch a product on the show Shark Tank, called the “skinny mirror,” This mirror would distort the reflection and make the person seem thinner than they really were. And the designer’s thought here was that if you saw a better reflection it would make you feel better about yourself and give you more confidence. It was a controversial product and let’s discuss why it could be a bad thing for people

Psychologist Henry Cloud has said, no matter how difficult it is to hear, reality is always your friend. The reason is because everything else is a fantasy. You see, fantasizing and distorting what is, doesn’t increase your hope, it can make you more delusional and hinders you from making changes that lead to positive growth. It’s best to see yourself and your life for what it truly is. From there, you can do one of two things. One is to make changes to alter your life, or the second is to change how you feel about your life so you’re more accepting of it.

2. Learn how to fail. Part of facing reality is that life’s journey will not be smooth the whole way and there will be times you experience temporary defeat. But if you can learn that failure doesn’t have to stop you, it can be incredibly empowering. One common example can be with dating.

You put yourself in a vulnerable position asking someone on a date and letting them in your life. Sometimes, the relationship doesn’t work out and you may feel rejected.

Now you could let the rejection shatter your confidence and you could let the fear of being rejected by someone else cause you to never try again. Or, you can accept that rejection is a part of life and keep trying, knowing that an isolated event doesn’t have to predict future outcomes. Sorry if this sounds negative, but with many areas of life, we will fail, but do you really want the reason you experienced those failures because you were afraid to try?

3. Play Supporting Roles. If life is a movie, often we see ourselves as the main character. But oftentimes, our real life movie is that enjoyable when we are facing obstacles we don’t think we can overcome.

I’ve learned there is tremendous value from temporarily stepping out of your main role in your movie, and playing a supporting role in someone else’s. Basically what I’m saying here, is that if you can learn to be happy and fulfilled helping others make progress in their lives, it can give you a great sense of purpose, and with that purpose makes you hopeful for your own life. The reality is, we may or may not make our dreams a reality, but that doesn’t have to rob your life of hope. Be willing to help others improve their lives, and your supporting role can drastically improve yours.

4. Reach Out. It’s strange how some of us have a double standard when it comes to help. When it comes to helping others and being a listening ear it’s not hard to do. However, asking for help and having others listen to our problems is tough. Maybe it’s a matter of pride, such as carrying the false belief that letting someone help you makes you weak. Maybe it’s not wanting to be a burden to the other person. Whatever holds you back from reaching out, you have to find a way to get over that. Because it’s easy to think that simply trying harder and whatever obstacle is in your way is the answer, but it’s often due to a lack of people you’re connected to that help you face your tough realities, helps you learn and recover from your failures, and playing supporting roles in your life that help you go much farther in life than you ever could on your own. Simply put, you’ll have plenty of hope in your life when you’re willing to reach out and form a strong bond with a person. And those bonds will be crucial to getting through your toughest times and becoming the person you’re destined to be.

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