Tag: Change
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Unknowing Yourself
I had never thought about ‘unknowing yourself’ as part of the process of getting to know yourself – or even more important being more yourself. It is a concept that I heard from Lori Gottlieb. She says, “But part of getting to know yourself is to unknow yourself—to let go…
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Explaining to Justify
explaining present participle of ex·plain (Verb) Verb Make (an idea, situation, or problem) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts or ideas. Account for (an action or event) by giving a reason as excuse or justification. I am pretty good with words. I use words to convey…
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Identity is Organic
I don’t know how else to say it. I tend to write about how you can create or shape identity. It’s definitely my default perspective, but there is the dimension of identity that just happens to you. It’s the life stuff or your relationships that shape us sometimes. No matter…
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Break the Pattern
I think you have to be at least 30 to understand this post, but a sign of progress and change is having the ability to Break the Pattern. Take a look back at your life, and ask yourself, “Are you able to break the pattern?” It could be any pattern,…
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Death to an Identity Feature
I have been listening to a lot of Cornel West lately. What a thinker. He talks about so many subjects, but I really like his concept of how we must face the death that is present in our lives. He is not talking about death in the end of our…
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Foundational Identity
There are some foundational things about your identity that just cannot change. There are some things – scars, conditioning, desires, or preferences that are just a foundational part of your identity – the stuff that just cannot change. I guess it’s possible for something so drastic to happen in your…
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Purge Friends
I heard someone say that today. Think about that concept. Let me break it down for you. purge (pûrj) v. purged, purg·ing, purg·es v.tr. 1. a. To free from impurities; purify. friend (frnd) n. 1. A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts. 2. A person whom one knows; an acquaintance. 3. A person with whom one…
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Articulate Awareness
I heard someone say this today. Awareness is easy, but to be able to articulate awareness – that’s not as easy. I loved hearing the saying. It helped me to understand that it doesn’t matter how aware I am of a problem, if I am not able to adequately articulate…
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The Right Rate of Acceptability
This is in reference to any change that you want to make in life. Whether you want to change yourself or help someone change, you have to do so at the right rate of acceptability. You can’t force yourself or someone else to change outside of what you or they…
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The Nature of Questions
Disclaimer: I try to keep my posts to about 100 words. It doesn’t always happen. If I can articulate one idea in a post, I’m good, but this post like many others will probably lead to more questions and reactions. I was thinking about the Nature of Questions. I am…
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You Want to Change the World
….then learn how to change yourself. Actually, learn how to change something – anything. But why not start with yourself. If you can’t change yourself – the one thing that you have control over – how in the world are you going to change something – anything. Here’s the lesson:…
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Predisposed to Problems
One of the ideas that Chip and Dan Heath wrote about in Switch was this idea that we as people are predisposed to problems. We automatically think about problems. On Monday after the football game, we will talk about the loss and all of the missed field goals by Nate…