Personal growth, self-development, or whatever you want to call it, the most important thing is that you work hard at being self-disciplined and determined to get what you deserve.

Success is a habit that comes from doing the same things every day and meeting your own goals. It’s terrible, but success always comes with a price. If you decide to go for your dreams, there will be pain and hardships that you can’t see at first, but that will happen. They will come, though. How you deal with these unexpected events will significantly impact how well you do in the long run.

Here are three tips that aren’t as well known to help you grow as a person.

You don’t always have to be happy.
You don’t have to believe what the media tells you. Feeling good all the time is not normal, and one constant state of making you sick. People get tired of good things when they see too many of them. You can’t have one without the other: yin and yang, black and white, mad and sane, hero and fool.

You are already a winner.
Whether you know it or not, you already have the things you want, there is nothing wrong with you, and you work great. We can all agree on one thing: We’ve all had bad things happen to us at some point.

Is it possible you haven’t gotten the results you were hoping for by now? If so, what have you been doing with the consequences of your actions up until now? Money: How did you spend it? Was there anything you bought with your money? Have you worked on your friendships with your friends or with your partner for life? A lack of these skills could be why you aren’t as good at what you want to do.

Victory Is No Easier Than Failure
Whether you are a success or a failure is up to you, but know that success is easier than failure. You don’t have to be miserable all the time to be successful. If you have the time and energy to live that way, you’ll be a piece of cake in comparison.

Everyone already has everything they need inside of them, so look around you. It is what is going on inside of you. Is there a picture of success you don’t like? Change it! If you want more success, you need to figure out which areas of your life you want to improve on. You already have a lot of success today.

As time goes on, things that were impossible in the past can become routine today. Nothing stops you unless you stop using the things that you are using. You will see how well you do in your life at the level you think it is possible to do. Do not be afraid of adversity and challenges because they are part of what it takes to be a winner.