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: The inner rewards of in-depth knowledge August 31, 2017
Posted by Dennis Mellersh in Personal Development Potential.Tags: achieving goals, Carl Jung, Insipiration, life, philosophy, self-actualization, self-esteem, writing
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In the internal work we do towards achieving our personal development potential, there can be great satisfaction in having full command over one aspect of our studies.
We often achieve significant mastery in the work we do to earn a living. We become experts in our vocation.
But because of the seemingly endless/alternate approaches to personal success and the overall complexity of the general topic of self-improvement, it can sometimes seem that we are putting in a lot of effort, but not making much progress towards achieving our goals.
We might say that all of our work “makes us a better person” but we still seek something more definitive and concrete.
Carl Jung in writing about psychology said:
“Our profession is such that one has to deal with many subjects. But this gives one the feeling of being an amateur in all things. That is why I wanted to study at least one area thoroughly down to its roots – and that (area) was alchemy.”
Perhaps we should each choose one area of personal development to investigate and study it more thoroughly.
Doing so might help us reach a new level of fulfilment in our journey.
— Dennis Mellersh
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