Be professional.

Acting in a professional manner seals lips of those who may want to capitalize on your unprofessional behavior to make your life a misery. Whether you are responding to e-mails, or speaking to your boss or co-worker, calm down take a deep breath and avoid temptation to escalate matter.

Learn what not to do.

Since life is always about making progress and getting better, this is usually best environment to learn what not to do, learn what not to say and who not to trust in future. If you are planning to start your own business or be in management, then this is a good place to learn about how not to treat employees or how to be a good boss!

Be creative

It is amazing how hostile environments can bring out best in you. You may begin to explore areas in your life that you never knew existed and also begin to expand your range in terms of what you want to do in life. This is usually time to reflect seriously about your life and what matters most. Many life-changing ideas begin when people have reached end of their ropes and start to expect better things for themselves.

Stand up for yourself.

Do not keep silent about hostility. Speak up for yourself, defend your actions when necessary, talk to someone who might listen to you, record your complaints with HR, do whatever is necessary to set record straight.

Jump ship

When it gets so bad, and after you have exhausted all options, be good to yourself and jump ship.

If you are not going to be recipient of a large inheritance or if you have not yet won lottery, begin to do right thing by charting your own road map to success and working intelligently, meticulously and persistently to achieve your success.

3. STOP doing what does not work!

If you desire to change your life for better…take a minute to consider specific aspects of your life over last three years. Have you seen any improvement in your business? Have you lost weight? Are you still working at same place that stifles your creative abilities? Are you still in dreaming phase of that project you wanted to accomplish? Are you still procrastinating about going back to school? Are you still doing same things that produce unproductive and dissatisfying results?

How much longer can you keep doing same things that don’t work? You only have one life to live and if you plan to live a fulfilled life, stop doing what doesn’t work, start doing things that work and change your life for better.

4. Take a definite tangible action step today!

Changing your life for better means doing something today that produces results! If you can’t take radical steps, take small deliberate steps towards change you desire. One of greatest impediments to success is procrastination. It is so often used as an excuse for inaction to point that it has become so mind-numbing!

No one wants to hear that only reason why you have not managed to turn your idea into reality is because you have been procrastinating! People want to stand and cheer for doer and achiever who has taken positive steps to improve quality of their lives. These are inspiring stories that we read about everyday and you too can be that story.