PRINCIPLES VS OPINIONS

We tend to live our life in two different methods the opinion method in which resulting to a boring life, a challenging life, a shitty life, unstable life and we tend to wonder what did we do wrong while the principle method in which resulting to a well plan life, organised, goal driven and always in control of our life.
The simplest is by living a life to do things of what others suggested us to do by their opinions, by trusting that they have gone through it and succeeded. How we dress, how we eat, how we talk, how we think, how we behave etc and all these became our behaviour and a way of life in which it was once someone else. We are losing our own identity and as we can see today there are lots of Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Will Smith, Tupac wanna be .. well directly or indirectly we are influenced by all these superstars.
When it comes to living by principles, it is a bit hard working well you first need to know who are you, what are your like and dislike, how strong is your faith in yourself even in God to see it through, can you accept to think/behave differently then others, are you sure with yourself and how strong is your mindset. You create your own life, your own identity and your own destiny.

Opinions : -

1. A belief or conclusion held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof.
2. A judgment based on special knowledge and given by an expert.
3. A judgment or estimation of the merit of a person or thing.
4. The prevailing view.
5. A formal statement by a court or other adjudicative body of the legal reasons and principles for the conclusions of the court.

In our life we are so used to live by opinions, often we hear this from our parents: 'If you wanna make it in life you have to do .....blah blah blah........ because that is how I made it here today.' Or from a teacher: 'You need to be a lawyer, doctor, engineer ........ that can make you rich.' Or from a friend: 'She might not be the right person for you as she is the homely person while you the socialite person.' Well that are opinions from a person point of view, well sometimes it might work with you but sometimes it does not. But human are being taught to be safe then sorry and we just follow those opinions most of the time even though it is not something that we like. Been is such situation? Who have not? Sadly most of the time when we follow ones opinion, we tend not to be happy with the results.

An example: I did very well in Maths during my school days and to that people around me been expressing their opinions that I would be very good in Electrical/Electronics Engineering and somehow I tend to agree with the idea but deep inside then I was keen to go into business school. Well I manage to get through college and university and that was it. My first job was with an oil&gas company and I never been in the electronics industry .. except of diy at home. Well now I am in this industry of coaching and I am enjoying it much. If only I had follow my heart and decided to attend business school I might have discovered my passion long long time ago instead of going through numbers of work that I do not enjoy doing. If only I had principles, if only I have followed my heart.

Principles:-

1. an accepted or professed rule of action or conducts.
2. a fundamental, primary, or general law or truth from which others are derived.
3. a personal or specific basis of conduct or management
4. an adopted rule or method for application in action
5. a determining characteristic of something; essential quality.
6. an actuating agency in the mind or character, as an instinct, faculty, or natural tendency

Some call it gut, some call it feeling, some call it principles .. it is that strong urge that is within you telling you to act on what you think is right. Well you are always right as what Henry Ford said: 'If you say no, you are right and if you say yes, you are also right.' One that have a strong principles are those that have a good balance of mind, body and soul where they communicate between themselves and resulting of making the right decision 90% of the time. 10% of wrong decisions are just as a reminder that there are things within us that need to be polished. They have set their mind/goal and will persue it regardless of what other may think of it, "well it is just an opinion and I thank you for your support," the strength in their desire of wanting to achieve it.

An example: When we started this group QMP, well many did say it is something can't be done, we are not doctors having PHD etc, our life at one point was doomed to hell and we were not even religious scholars. These are among the few opinions that we received but we ignore it all. It was more of our intention, of our desire, of our principles that leads to where we are today. The knowledge keeps on coming The Secret, Science of Getting Rich, What The @@%^@^, Master Key System, Emotional Freedom Techniques and so on so on just never stops and we are grateful for it all. All these knowledge are basically free and it is so easy that you do not need to be a rocket scientist to make it work. When we work within our principles, the results are just something that we have expected and these made us understood about who we are and the mission that we need to carry out in this life.

Opinions yes we do need as it open up more into understanding the principles of your own life. It is a balance of mind, body and soul agreeing to the opinion and making it as a principle that work for you. The discovering of that principle we tend to ignore which made us just another person, nothing special, living day to day life and just counting the days for this life to end.