On being generous with our encouragement and praise May 17, 2014
Posted by Dennis Mellersh in Concept of personal growth, Self-Esteem.Tags: Confucius, encouragement, generosity, personal development, personal development potential, personal growth, philosophy, praise
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One of the concepts that we learn in our work on our personal growth is the principle of creating improvement in our empathy and in our spiritual side by being generous to others with our time and talents.
To this we could add being generous with our recognition of others and with our praise of others.
And, our encouragement should not only be given when someone’s project is not going well, or during a tough period in their life; but also for recognizing their successful achievements and efforts.
All of us all appreciate receiving praise and encouragement when we have done something well.
Generosity towards others with sincere recognition and praise is a mark of strong self-esteem and self-confidence.
Withholding it speaks to insecurity, and small-mindedness.
The ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius spoke of encouragement of the good:
“The noble-minded encourage what is beautiful in people and discourage what is ugly in them. Little people do just the opposite.” (1)
(1) Confucius, The Analects, as translated by David Hinton in his book, The Four Chinese Classics
The entrepreneurial mindset and personal growth success May 15, 2014
Posted by Dennis Mellersh in Concept of personal development, Productivity.Tags: achieving goals, personal development, personal development potential, personal growth, philosophy, planning, self-actualization, self-improvement
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Success with your personal growth and development program is much more likely if you approach your self-improvement efforts as you would manage having your own business:
- Purpose
- Study
- Acquire the knowledge
- Objectives/goals
- A plan
- A timetable
- Deadlines
- Continual evaluation
- Progress reports
By making our personal development efforts our “work”, we treat it with the seriousness that is required for making progress in this life-change discipline.
It’s a tough job permanently altering our attitudinal, emotional, and behavioural approaches to our life situation; so it needs more attention than “doing it when I have the time or feel the inclination.”
A painter, a writer, a musician will not achieve a professional level of competence without putting in the work, and that requires discipline and dedication.
It’s the same with self-development.
Studying, absorbing, committing, doing – the only path to genuine self-actualization
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