Personal growth: Fear, doing, and confidence November 13, 2017
Posted by Dennis Mellersh in Fear and Anxiety.Tags: achieving goals, life, negative thinking, philosophy, Ray Bradbury, self-actualization, self-improvement, writing
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Trying something new often stimulates a fear component which can immobilize us, whether it is in our self-actualization and self-improvement program, or something simply related to daily living.
The fear of doing something can be minor, or it can be overwhelming, depending on both our confidence level, and the magnitude of what we are attempting.
In our minds we can up with an assortment of reasons why we should (a) postpone doing what we are contemplating, or (b) completely retreat, deciding to not do anything.
The key reason that we often hesitate or pull back is that we might we might fail.
The writer Ray Bradbury has advised us to jump off the cliff (of doing) and to build our wings on the way down.
We will usually be pleasantly surprised to realize that we can fly.
— Dennis Mellersh
Personal growth: Which outfit will you wear today? November 5, 2017
Posted by Dennis Mellersh in Concept of personal growth.Tags: inspiration, life, moods and attitudes, personal development potential, philosophy, self-actualization, visualization, writing
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Just as our clothing projects a message to others, so too does the psychological attitude or “outfit” that we “wear” on any given day.
If someone is in a bad mood, particularly a crabby one, we don’t need to be psychologists to decide we should avoid them.
In most instances, our mood can be a choice, albeit not always an easy one.
We can be:
Tolerant, or easily irritated
Helpful to others, or self-centred
Thankful for what we have or upset at what we don’t have
Cheerful, or sullen and morose
Quick to judge, or open-minded
It’s all part of the difficult internal work we do in our personal development and self-actualization efforts.
— Dennis Mellersh
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