Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth
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Personal Development for Smart People
A r e a o f Y o u r Life Y o u r R a t i n g ( 1 - 1 0 )
Habits & daily routine Career & work M o n e y & finances Health & fitness M e n t a l development & education Social life & relationships H o m e & family Emotions Character & integrity Life purpose & contribution Spiritual development 20 Truth Your answers should provide a nice snapshot of h o w y o u ' r e doing. Usually you'll find that some areas lag behind the others, sometimes far behind. Interestingly, it's in our weakest spots that we most often succumb to falsehood and denial, since those are the most difficult areas to face. But those areas can't improve until y o u face and accept the truth. N o w I w a n t y o u to look at those same numbers from a different perspective. Take every rating that isn't a 9 or 10, cross it off, and re- place it with a 1. So n o w each of t h e m must be a 1, 9, or 10. You see, if y o u can't rate a given area of your life a 9 or 10, then obviously y o u don't have w h a t y o u really w a n t in that area. This can be especially hard to admit w h e n y o u think y o u have a 7. A 7 looks pretty g o o d at first glance, but the true 9s and 10s are w a y beyond 7s. The 10s are so far out there that y o u probably can't even see t h e m from the position of a 7. A 7 is w h a t y o u get w h e n y o u allow too much falsehood and denial to creep into your life. It's a phony rating to begin with, a 1 in disguise. Either y o u have w h a t y o u w a n t , or y o u don't. A 6, 7, or 8 is the answer y o u give w h e n y o u know y o u don't have w h a t y o u w a n t , but y o u aren't ready to face up to it yet. I know this sounds unreasonably harsh, but based on my o w n experience as well as w h a t I've observed in others, people c o m m o n l y rate some part of their lives a 7 (or thereabouts) w h e n they've discon- nected themselves from the truth. A 7 is a job instead of a purpose- driven career. A 7 is a comfortable living arrangement instead of a deeply fulfilling relationship. A 7 is an income that covers your basic expenses instead of providing true a b u n d a n c e . W h e n y o u rate any part of your life as a 7, you're really saying: "This isn't w h a t I w a n t , but I'm not sure I can do better, so I'll pretend it's g o o d e n o u g h . It could be w o r s e . " However, the truth is that if y o u aren't experiencing w h a t y o u w a n t , you're already in the worst possible situation. An honest rating has more to do with your path than your posi- tion. For example, I absolutely love my current career. I'd definitely rate it a 10. I've enjoyed a certain level of success in this field, but that isn't w h y I rate it so highly. If I w e n t back in time to w h e n I first started, I'd still have rated my career as a 9 or 10. Even though I had virtually 21 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SMART PEOPLE no external evidence of success back t h e n , I knew I was on the right path. My position didn't matter. T h e high rating c a m e from knowing I was headed in the right direction. W h e n y o u rate some part of your life a 7, it means y o u ' r e on the w r o n g path but y o u don't w a n t to accept it. You d o n ' t w a n t to acknowledge that y o u ' r e approaching a d e a d e n d , so y o u base your rating on your position instead. "Look h o w far I've c o m e d o w n the w r o n g p a t h , " y o u say. You assign yourself a 7 based on your location along the route, even though the path itself is really a 1. Your posi- tion doesn't matter. Your rating must c o m e from the path. You can be starting from scratch in a n e w career, a n e w relationship, or a n e w spiritual journey and still rate that part of your life a 9 or 10 if y o u ' r e on the right track. N o w look at each area of your life again, and ask yourself, What do I truly want? What is my dream, my grand vision? What is the deep desire I've been longing for, the one I hesitate to admit because I don't think I can have it? What path do I most want to experience? Accept that y o u w a n t w h a t y o u w a n t , and stop living in denial of your true desires. Download 1.6 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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