We're all guilty of being myopic and having blind spots when it comes to our own personality. Sometimes hearing how others see you can be an annoying, unwelcome thing. Sometimes it's not what we want to hear, but what we need to hear.
Other times, it's a wonderful gift. It can provide valuable insight, development opportunities, or if you're in a slump, a great boost to your self-confidence.
Be awesome to someone: tell 'em how you see them.
Aug 28, 2015
Aug 21, 2015
#451: Explore (Friday, August 21)
"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page." -Saint Augustine
Travel is expensive. But you don't need a lot of money, or to even go far, to explore. Pick a local place - somewhere you've never been but have always been curious about or just a random place on the local map - and go.
How is this being awesome to someone else, you ask? Exploring broadens your mind and your perspectives and also makes you more open. Diversity of perspective is always a good thing. :)
Or, in the words of Mark Twain:
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness...Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.
Travel is expensive. But you don't need a lot of money, or to even go far, to explore. Pick a local place - somewhere you've never been but have always been curious about or just a random place on the local map - and go.
How is this being awesome to someone else, you ask? Exploring broadens your mind and your perspectives and also makes you more open. Diversity of perspective is always a good thing. :)
Or, in the words of Mark Twain:
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness...Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.
Aug 14, 2015
#450: Embrace the Gray (Friday, August 14)
Everyone will not fit neatly into a box. Some relationships will fall into the gray area, where its undefined, uncomfortable and sometimes requires a bit more effort.
For your loved ones and friends who fall into this gray area, make more of an effort to learn who they are and to find ways that you can have a fulfilling relationship with them.
For your loved ones and friends who fall into this gray area, make more of an effort to learn who they are and to find ways that you can have a fulfilling relationship with them.
Aug 7, 2015
#449: Decide (Friday, August 7)
Indecision is a decision. You are deciding to let fear, fate - some force outside yourself - choose what happens next.
Indecision is crippling, not just for you, but for everyone around you who is affected by your choice.
What are you afraid of?
Trust yourself. Be confident. Take a leap of faith and decide.
And if turns out to be the "wrong" decision (if there is such a thing, because every choice we make teaches us something about ourselves) - own it, fix it and move on.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Indecision is crippling, not just for you, but for everyone around you who is affected by your choice.
What are you afraid of?
Trust yourself. Be confident. Take a leap of faith and decide.
And if turns out to be the "wrong" decision (if there is such a thing, because every choice we make teaches us something about ourselves) - own it, fix it and move on.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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