Self Worth
Self Awareness Leads To The Life You’ve Always Imagined
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 photo credit: seanmcgrath
“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” - Joseph Campbell
“Be Yourself” is a popular piece of advice. Everyone likes to hear it, yet what does it really mean? The Ancient Greeks said to “Know Thyself,” but why is it so important to know who you are? The concept of Self is not that clear, yet [...]
Be Persuasive By Being Certain
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008photo credit: ul_Marga
One of the most charismatic and persuasive personal qualities that you can possess is certainty. Having an unshakable belief in yourself and in what you do is an extremely attractive quality mainly because there is so little certainty in the world. Things are constantly changing and the world seems more chaotic every day. This scares [...]
Effortless Decision Making
Thursday, June 26th, 2008 photo credit: miyukiutada
Anytime I have ever made a really important decision in my life and the results were favorable, it was generally because I went along with a strong feeling that I had that wasn’t based on much concrete information. Generally, lists of Pros and Cons (and other similar methods) don’t usually work for me [...]
The Value of Obstacles
Monday, June 16th, 2008photo credit: AndrewEick
A weird thing about human nature is that we think we want to be able to do whatever we want, but we would never do what we want if we, essentially, weren’t forced to do it by our environment. Be grateful for the constraints of your life because it makes you do things [...]
The Best Way To Give Is To Do Whatever You Want
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Many people think that giving involves unreasonable sacrifice, unpleasantness, and, in general, doing things that you don’t want to do, but which you have to do for another person. Or, another way of saying this is that many people think that giving is having something taken from them - their time, their money, their leisure. So, giving [...]