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He that won't be counselled, can't be helped
In one of the posts from last week I asked people to put in the comment box the three characteristics they are most proud of having.
One of them, persistently shows up repeatedly. Yet, the people that are persistent are not successful, not by a long shot. Why? After all it seems like a desirable characteristic, doesn’t it? Continue reading “The energy of insistence: will it make you successful?”
Validation/invalidation
How many times has it happened that you were looking to others to know what you feel? To know what to think? To know how to react?
The laugh-track machines are used exactly for that reason: people who have no sense of self, they will take cue, and laugh when the machine laughs.
Because we never really got present to who we are, what we hold true, what is important to us, because we were indoctrinated early on to think, feel, hold true, and say yes to what other people wanted us to, and because the reward was attention, food, hugs, atta’ girl, or nice gifts, we lost and dug under our natural likes and dislikes, our natural aspirations, our real feelings.
We toed the line 1 of “me-too’s” and mimicked, parroted, and tried to feel what they felt.
Continue reading “What is the Self? Part 4: Validation/Invalidation”
As you may know, I am leading a twice a week course, called Daily Connection. There is no set curriculum: the goal is to peel away the not-you. The not-self. The false self. Just like Michelangelo chipped away what’s not David…
There are two approaches to coaching people to be their best:
A cancer cell changed is still a cancer cell. A cancer cell transformed is a normal cell with a specific function in the body.
Continue reading “How Is Procrastination Helpful to You? Really Helpful! I am not Kidding! UPDATED”
