Whats Your Defining Moment?

I was reading a book by Robert Kiyosaki and Donald Trump. In one chapter, they discussed about their defining moments.

So, I was wondering whats a defining moment? Do everyone have one or should I say, do everyone know they have one? To me its an instants of silence and deep thoughts, thoughts of what you really want for life. I stop reading for a while and started to think whats mine. Do I have one? or do I not realize it yet.

That moment was clear and my mind immediately flashed back to about a year ago where I decided make a change in my life.

During that period of time, my days were like months and weeks were like years. Everything seem to have stop. I was down and did not know where I am going. My friends which I trusted most turned their back on me, though they did not show it too obviously but I can some how sense it. You know what I mean?

Long story short, for some reasons my friends were not like what they use to be. They talked less and feel that I should have be blamed for the things I have done, something I don’t wish to talk about here. I have a strong feeling that they looked down on me for some reason. I tried to patch things up but it do not seem to work.

I remembered once when I share my dream with them, I told them that I want to start a tuition business and asked if they are interested to join me. They were like totally negative about it.

That was the time, I decided that I need to cut them off from my life and I did.

Initially, I did not feel good about it because I was so used to being with them and having fun together. I even think that it was my fault. I went on feeling upset for months and it affected my grades.

I did not want to talk to anybody, did not want to participate during lessons and all I want was to be left alone. My classmates start talking things behind my back. I seem to be in my own world, a world of myself.

So after school one day, I walked home and all of a sudden a thought came to my mind, “Why am I doing this to myself?, Its not doing me any good”. Then I realize that I need to change the way I think about myself before I can change the way other think about me. There was a rush of emotion, a feeling of getting out from where I am at that point. It was so strong that I told myself that I need to make a change in my life, not for my friends or classmates but for myself.

That was my defining moment, a moment where I decided to make a switch.

So…

I went on meeting new friends, attending seminars, doing research online, anything that I can think of to make me a better person whether spiritually, emotionally, physically or financially.

My point is are you going to let your set backs hold you back from getting the most out of yourself? If something is holding you back for some reason, cut it off and don’t let it affect of being who you want to be. I understand that when I realize my defining moment.

So… do you have your defining moments?

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