Achieving goals: “Talk does not cook rice.” December 4, 2012
Posted by Dennis Mellersh in Goal Setting and Realization.Tags: achieving goals, goal setting, personal development, personal growth, positive thinking, self-improvement, setting goals, taking action
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When working on our personal growth programs, there is a trap we can fall into of creating an imbalance of too much information input and not enough output in the form of action.
This can be true with both our major life goals and our shorter term goals, or the tasks we want and need to accomplish on our path to our larger goals.
The reason we engage ourselves in personal development, or self-improvement, is so we can make efforts towards moving forward with our lives in a positive direction.
The danger lies in becoming addicted to absorbing a constant stream of advice from personal development leaders, but not taking real and specific actions on the areas we want to improve in our overall life situation.
I am guilty of this myself, as it can be quite soothing, particularly when we are faced with fears and doubts, to take comfort in the positive messaging of recognized personal growth experts.
That is why I like the self-explanatory Chinese proverb at the beginning of this post:
“Talk does not cook rice.”
Ego Management: Focus on what you can control October 5, 2012
Posted by Dennis Mellersh in Ego Management, Goal Setting and Realization.Tags: achieving goals, controlling ego, ego management, focussing, managing the ego, setting goals
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In the ongoing effort to manage or control our ego (that constantly chattering voice inside our head) we often spread ourselves too thin, and set up a path for failure, by tackling areas of our lives over which we have little or no control.
Instead, although it is difficult, we should look at our life situation analytically and make an effort to decide which areas of our overall life circumstances are within our power to change and which areas are beyond our ability to effect change.
There is a traditional prayer asking for the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, for courage to change the things we can, and for the wisdom to know the difference.
Being able to know the difference will take a lot of internal work for each of us, but it is key to success in calming that inner voice that wants us to look at every problem as being solvable by us.
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