Self Help

There are inspirational ideas everywhere. However, you have to know how

to properly use these ideas to empower yourself. In this articles, we look at

how you are supposed to do this.

 How are you supposed to use inspirational ideas?

There are people who have so many ideas yet they don’t use them. They

read widely and interact with many people yet their live still remain

stagnant. There are people who are yet to know how to use the inspiration

that they get.

Getting Empowered

What Hinders Empowerment?

There are so many people who go through their lives feeling powerless and

uninspired to make anything meaningful out of their lives. Surprisingly,

some of these people have all the necessary tools that they need to excel but

still have no idea how to use them. In other cases, people may feel

powerless due to the circumstances that they are facing. One such

circumstance is poverty. Many people feel that they can never be successful

because they are poor. They may also be limited due to their inability to

access any opportunities because of their financial situations. Poverty also

puts one in a situation where it becomes hard to get inspired. For instance,

people living in homeless shelters only have their fellow residents to talk to.

This brings a general feeling of helplessness since they are all going through

the same kind of hardships.

Abuse is another factor that makes many people feels un-empowered and

uninspired by life. It robs a person their freedom. It makes them loose their

self-esteem and infringe son their privacy. Abuse can ruin a person’s life to

the point of making them feel hopeless and with no desire to live. Abuse can

physical, emotional or even sexual.

A person who feels defeated or helpless may have trouble being

empowered. You have to address the root cause of their psychological

problems before attempting to inspire them.

Fear of failure is another thing that greatly hinders empowerment .Even

with all the right tools and inspired ideas, some people are reluctant to try

out new things because of fear.

The Empowerment Process

This process will be different for every single person depending on their

circumstances. There are people who may just need to find the right kind of

inspiration in order to get started on living their lives. For example, people

who lack empowerment due to lack of fear may simply need to overcome

this in order to move on. However, abuse takes time.

A person may need counselling and a good support system in order to be

empowered. Losing your self-worth is something serious. Trying to re-build

may take time. Poverty may also need a different empowerment process. It

may have to be eradicated before the process begins. In other cases, one

may need to change their mindset in order to overcome the poverty.

In addition, this process will only start after the creation of awareness.

There are some people who need to be inspired and empowered. However,

they may not even realize this. They are so used to their present situations

that they have accepted this as the norm. For such people, they need to be

informed about the available opportunities. They have to know that there is

more to life than what they are currently experiencing. In addition, they

have to realize that they have the ability to achieve everything that they set

their mind on.

There should also be efforts put in to help the people get over their

frustrations. People who have lacked empowerment throughout their lives

generally tend to be very frustrated. To change this mindset takes time.

Another feeling that they may be having is anger. They may blame someone

else for their current predicament like in cases of .In cases, of abuse; they

do have some anger towards their abusers .This will definitely require a lot

so as to get over it.

To be empowered, everyone will need a good support system. There are

many types of such systems. Some may be financial while others may be

emotional. Mentoring can also offer a good support system during the

empowerment process. However, all these are vital. However, nobody

should ever despair just because they lack someone to support them. With

the right inspirational ideas, anyone can be successful. There are so many

people who have managed to overcome adversity and leave successful lives

even if they had nobody to hold their hands through the whole process.

Participation is a key component of the empowerment process. It’s one

thing to be full of inspirational ideas and quite a different thing to put these

ideas into actions. To be empowered, one must get over the fear of failure

and instead take more risks. These risks are the ones that may bear fruits in

the long run. If you are trying to empower a group of people, you will have

to ensure that they actively participate in the process. They have to

overcome their self-confidence issues and try out new activities and ideas.