Personal development: Making progress without breaking bones September 12, 2017
Posted by Dennis Mellersh in Personal Development Potential.Tags: Eric Hoffer, inspiration, life, personal growth, philosophy, self-actualization, self-esteem, writing
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In our constant focus on reaching our personal growth potential, we can fall into the trap of self-abortion in the personal growth process.
This can have results totally at variance with our improvement goals.
Such as sometimes forgetting the maxim that our own growth should do no harm to the self-esteem and aspirations of others.
It can be a small thing, such the words and tone we use when explaining a principle to someone who is not yet beyond the beginner stage in self-improvement.
I believe it was Eric Hoffer who, commenting on an old European proverb, said:
“The tongue has no bones, but it can break bones.”
Words can be more hurtful than we may realize.
— Dennis Mellersh
Personal growth: What if we were born with an owner’s manual? July 26, 2017
Posted by Dennis Mellersh in Personal Development Potential.Tags: achieving goals, inspiration, life, personal development manual, personal development potential, personal growth, personal improvement, philosophy, writing
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Would our personal development efforts be a lot easier if we were issued a personal, customized owner’s manual or video at birth?
Our personal owner’s manual would probably be much like the self-improvement materials in various media that we are already familiar with.
We can easily imagine some of the chapters and the details of the contents on such topics as self-actualization, building self-esteem, achieving goals, developing confidence, realizing our potential, profiting from failure, improving our health.
The point is, in maximizing our personal growth possibilities, we already know, for the most part, what is required of us.
We just need to do it.
That’s the hard part.
– Dennis Mellersh
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