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Doing something positive each day to reach personal goals May 2, 2018

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In working on our personal growth ideas, programs, plans, and goals, it is only natural to want to reach the end-game, the date, the point at which we get the checkmate, the day we make the breakthrough we’re aiming for, taking the concluding steps on our self-help journey.

And although we can reach a point where we have achieved our major goals, it won’t be done quickly or easily if the goals are substantial.

Seth Godin reminds us that “the moment of maximum leverage” in any significant project results from a steady, ongoing effort.

In his blog, Godin writes:

“We wait for this. For the day when participating will truly pay off, for the mechanical advantage that gives us the most impact for our effort.”

But he cautions: “It’s a myth”

“Maximum leverage is the result of commitment, of daily persistence, of gradual and insane, and apparently useless effort over time.”

You can read the complete post and check out the rest of his blog here:

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2018/04/the-moment-of-maximum-leverage.html

Personal improvement is a process, a marathon, but without the finality of reaching an absolute finish line.

Dennis Mellersh

Personal development idea: Setting limits on our expectations April 16, 2018

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When any of us are tempted to jump onto/into the latest self-help system for achieving our goals, we might want to bear in mind a phrase that advertisers of certain products and services sometimes use in the “small print” of their promotional material; a phrase  designed to provide to cover in case of consumer dissatisfaction.

The phrase, or one with equivalent meaning, is often used with products, systems, and services involving generic experiences of users or testimonials involving actual people who have successfully used the product, system, or service.

The phrase, or one like it, is of course…”your experience may differ.”

In the world of self-actualization effort, it’s natural to want to try the latest thing on offer, just like an artist wanting to try out a new line of paints, brushes, or drawing materials.

It just that we need to mentally give ourselves a “small print” warning that when we try something new after being convinced by the promotional material…

“Results shown are not typical. Your experience may differ.”

It’s also a heads-up that we should not be too hard on ourselves whenever we try something new in self-improvement and the results are less than we anticipated.

Dennis Mellersh