Combatting discouragement in our personal growth program January 3, 2013
Posted by Dennis Mellersh in Discouragement.Tags: achieving goals, controlling the ego, ego management, mental-health, negative thinking, personal development, positive thinking, self improvement program, self-improvement
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In pursuing our personal growth goals there can be times when discouragement sets in.
This can be caused by such factors as: a failure to achieve a personal development goal within a specified time period; the inability to “get going” effectively on our overall self-improvement program; or perhaps the realization that a growth goal we previously set has to be abandoned.
However feeling discouraged about our program can also be caused by other circumstances.
I am reminded of a “slogan” and acronym I have heard several times that relates to this situation, namely, HALT.
The letters stand for:
Hungry
Angry
Lonely
Tired
If you have a lack of energy because you are hungry you may become discouraged
If you are angry about something your judgement will be affected
If you are lonely, it can make you feel “down”
If you are tired you may not feel like taking a new initiative
The remedies for these circumstances are fairly obvious, and may even sound simplistic, but they are not necessarily easy to do when you are feeling “blue”, so you will need to push yourself:
Eat sensibly throughout the day to maintain stable blood sugar levels
Examine you angry and use your ego management techniques to improve emotional balance
Get out of the house and meet people, even if it is just going to the coffee shop
Get proper rest to maintain effective energy levels.
Choosing between logic and passion in creating your vision January 2, 2013
Posted by Dennis Mellersh in Purpose.Tags: achieving goals, Carl Jung, goal setting, goal visualization, life purpose, personal development, personal growth, visualization
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In our efforts to seek out our life purpose or our vision for our lives, we may become aware of the limits of trying to do this on strictly an intellectual basis.
On an intellectual basis, for example, we might be good and talented at performing a specific skill set, so logically that skillset would seem to be something we should focus on.
However, the things we are good at are not necessarily the things we like or enjoy doing. What we enjoy doing, or have our heart involved in, might be an area in which we are not particularly talented.
The choice then can sometimes be between passion for, and the love of doing something, and intellect, or the ability to do something well. Or, viewed another way, a choice between the ego and our intuition.
In making choices for our vision or life purpose, a comment by Carl Jung provides some insight: “Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside dreams; who looks inside awakes.”
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