Becoming an Achiever Without the Stress: Simple Steps to Realizing Your Life's Dreams with Peace, Contentment, and Everyday Joy

By Addie Adelekan

What If You Achieved All Your Dreams Without Being Stressed? 

Imagine The Possibilities ...

Becoming An Achiever Without the Stress shares practical steps on how you can achieve extraordinary goals without the typical stress that comes with high achievement.

In this book, we highlight the universal need for achi

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trilogy Christian Publishing
• Release date: Oct 15, 2020
• ISBN: 9781647731472

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Becoming an Achiever Without the Stress

Simple Steps to Realizing Your Life’s Dreams with Peace, Contentment, and Everyday Joy

Addie Adelekan

We each have been blessed with talents or resources. It is for us to realize and make the best of what we have been given.

—Addie Adelekan

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive, and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

—Maya Angelou

Table of Contents

Introduction 11

Understanding Achievement 15

Addie’s Journey 19

Early On 20

Achieving in Bliss 24

The Simple Solution 33

Ideation & Journaling 34

Prayer & Meditation 36

Review & Gratitude 39

What Makes This Different 41

Conclusion 43

The 7-Week Challenge 47

Week 1 Activities 47

Introduction 47

Week 2 Activities 48

Ideation & Journaling 48

Write It Down 48

Questions to Ponder 48

Week 3 Activities 50

Prayer and Meditation 50

Confirm Direction 50

Things to do 50

Week 4 Activities 52

Planning & Execution 52

Plan & Execute 52

Questions to Ponder 53

Week 5 Activities 56

Review & Gratitude 56

Review & Give Gratitude 56

Things to do 56

Week 6 Activities 58

Making It a Habit 58

Things to do 58

Day 1 59

Week 7 Activities 62

Celebrate the Wins 62

Things to do 62

References 63

Introduction

Each day, most people are contending with some level of non-blissful stress or the other as they try to achieve different things and meet life’s demands. For some, it is stress at work while trying to meet job expectations or rise through the ranks. For others, it is the stress that comes with providing basic necessities for their families, building their families against biological clocks, or keeping up with children’s activities and other family demands. Still, for others, the stress is related to academic achievement, making sure papers are turned in on time, and tests are passed. The list of achievement-focused, non-blissful stressors is vast, but what is sad about it is knowing that a majority of people who live under such stress have come to believe that this non-blissful stress is a given and a requirement in living.

It has now become the norm to expect life to be difficult or stressful. If you dared utter words suggesting that life was stress-free or blissful for you, you can rest assured that someone would either look at you as one who is oblivious to reality In reality, though, although I have had the opportunity to live life at extremely stressful and non-blissful points, I have also come to understand that life does not need to be plagued with non-blissful stress in the form of things like worry, discontentment, anxiety, anger, depression and sadness. In essence, stress is not a prerequisite for life and achievement in any way.

My goal in this book is to share a personal story of what a blissful life can look like and how I went from achieving amidst negative stress to achieving my life’s dreams and more with bliss—call it peace, contentment, and everyday joy.

Before describing my life in its blissful state, it is important to note that what bliss looks like for each person will be different just as all our goals, dreams, and aspirations are different. The key is staying settled in a place where one has peace, contentment, and everyday joy as one achieves all their hopes, dreams, and desires in life.

For me, here’s what bliss looks like:

During the school year, besides my consulting