Tag: Self-Awareness

Perspectives

the key to unlocking your potential

by Paul Joo

What is the most effective path to accessing your potential? Self-discipline.

Why? Because it is incremental. The elegance of Self-discipline is that it automatically carves out a manageable, bite-sized portion of your potential – and helps you digest it – every single time you engage it. So not only does Self-discipline give you traction on something as nebulous as your own potential, but it scales with you as you continue to grow, develop & improve yourself. How great is that!

Self-discipline is the most powerful tool that you have to speed you on your way to becoming your best. You don’t even need to guide it – it’s virtually fire-and-forget! So keep the better part of your attentions focused on Self-discipline, and I promise it will keep you growing into your ever-increasing potential.

 

Perspectives

master both sides of this valuable coin

by Paul Joo

Principles and Courage are two sides of the same coin.

Principles are guidelines for living, chosen by you for you. To be worthwhile they must be forged in reason – through deliberate thinking, not just emotion.

Courage is deliberately choosing at any moment to adhere to & be guided by your Principles rather than the dominant emotion of the moment.

Courage is not absence of emotion; it is mastery of it. It is choosing to follow the path proscribed by your Principles rather than the path proscribed by Fear; reason overcoming the impulse to react to your fears. So the best way to develop courage is to research & cultivate a clear understanding of your Principles.

Remember: Courage is ultimately a deliberate choice – guided by our Principles – that we are all capable of making .

 

Perspectives

a tip on dumping mental baggage

by Paul Joo

Got any negative associations knocking around in your mind no matter how much you consciously disagree with them? Try this simple trick:

Every time you “hear” a negative memory or association or feedback loop in your mind, just consciously apply each the 3 D’s to it: first Distance yourself from it, then Disrupt it with your will, and then Discredit it with reason.

And remember: Your past may indeed inform your future, but it doesn’t determine it!

Perspectives

doubt + guilt + futility = crappy life

by Paul Joo

Futility is a uniquely human experience. The poisons of Doubt and Guilt are the key forces responsible for it. And all three forces are incredibly toxic to the human spirit.

But when you manage to tap into your inner reserves of will, you can access the power you need to purge them from your system.

Inoculate yourself against the Doubt & Guilt that corrode your spirit, and you can be assured of maximizing your potential and living your best.

Sure, its hard work, but what an extraordinary payoff!

Perspectives

look for patterns and find opportunities

by Paul Joo

We all have patterns in our lives – patterns of thinking, feeling and doing.  But have you ever noticed that when you find yourself repeating a pattern you don’t care for, it feels like it has a motive power of its own – either forcing itself on you or “sucking you in” like some powerful giant whirlpool?

The good news is that these impressions are false. The reality is that patterns emerge in our lives only because we keep referring to and running them much like football plays from a playbook. In fact it’s our current energies that actually fuel every pattern we find ourselves “stuck” in. A hard truth? Perhaps. But we run them, they simply cannot run us.

So…where’s the good news again? Right here: no matter how powerful our bad patterns may seem, we always have the option of replacing them with better ones!

Here are two critical pieces of information you need to remember about patterns: First, patterns are constructs of your past, so they have no power to automatically influence your future unless you choose to return to and run them. And second, you always have the freedom & power to choose which patterns you run, and from which playbook.

Try looking at patterns as opportunities to recalibrate your direction, and keep in mind that they can never exist without your permission. They don’t rule – YOU do.

Thought Bytes

why not just begin now

by Paul Joo

Need some ideas for your New Year’s Resolutions? How about…

Strive to become a vital, wealthy, self-made individual who lives an interesting, dynamic, and engaging life, cultivated through enthusiastically principled living, gratifying personal achievements, potent self-awareness, and building a better world one individual at a time.

Enjoy living your best!

Perspectives

find the hero within

by Paul Joo

Looking to find the heroic in you?

  1. Take the INITIATIVE to challenge assumptions.
  2. Find within yourself the COURAGE to set positive change in motion.
  3. Exercise your WILL to follow through on positive transformation.

You can… and it is worth the effort.

Live your best!

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