Comments on: I Have A Confession… http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2009/05/21/i-have-a-confession/ Holistic Growth through Balanced Living Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:57:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Haider http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2009/05/21/i-have-a-confession/comment-page-1/#comment-670 Haider Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:11:32 +0000 http://personalgrowthmap.com/?p=433#comment-670 Dear Ian, Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. I believe there are aspect to personal growth that require a lot of work and dedication, and other aspects that need very little effort to accomplish. I sometimes feel too sluggish to lift a finger, but the last time I joined the gym it was out of impulse after reading an article, and I managed to go to the gym almost daily for a month. Personal growth should be simplified, but not made too simplistic. I would suggest that you never cast judgments on yourself and your abilities because of the ways you behaved in the past. That is not a reflection of what you are truly capable of. We spend too much time and energy kicking ourselves and stepping on our own heads, when that energy could've been better spent moving on being more creative in how we can move our lives forward. You might find the following article of benefit: http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2009/06/02/asking-the-wrong-question/ Wish you all the best, and hope to see you around. :) Dear Ian,

Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.

I believe there are aspect to personal growth that require a lot of work and dedication, and other aspects that need very little effort to accomplish. I sometimes feel too sluggish to lift a finger, but the last time I joined the gym it was out of impulse after reading an article, and I managed to go to the gym almost daily for a month.

Personal growth should be simplified, but not made too simplistic.

I would suggest that you never cast judgments on yourself and your abilities because of the ways you behaved in the past. That is not a reflection of what you are truly capable of. We spend too much time and energy kicking ourselves and stepping on our own heads, when that energy could’ve been better spent moving on being more creative in how we can move our lives forward.

You might find the following article of benefit:

http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2009/06/02/asking-the-wrong-question/

Wish you all the best, and hope to see you around. :)

]]> By: Ian http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2009/05/21/i-have-a-confession/comment-page-1/#comment-669 Ian Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:24:45 +0000 http://personalgrowthmap.com/?p=433#comment-669 I enjoyed your post which I have only just found and I feel compelled to leave a comment which I rarely do. The main issue I have faced is that most personal growth writing makes change and growth sound easy which it is not. Change takes dedication and effort and this is not made clear, once I understood that effort was involved things became easier to do because I was prepared to put in the effort required. When I thought it was easy I felt like failure because change did not come easily to me. I enjoyed your post which I have only just found and I feel compelled to leave a comment which I rarely do. The main issue I have faced is that most personal growth writing makes change and growth sound easy which it is not. Change takes dedication and effort and this is not made clear, once I understood that effort was involved things became easier to do because I was prepared to put in the effort required. When I thought it was easy I felt like failure because change did not come easily to me.

]]> By: Haider http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2009/05/21/i-have-a-confession/comment-page-1/#comment-370 Haider Sun, 31 May 2009 06:06:34 +0000 http://personalgrowthmap.com/?p=433#comment-370 Dear Gavin, Thanks for stopping by, your words of encouragement and the list of issues you're struggling with. I hope you will find what I have in store for you truly enriching, rather than a distraction! ;D Dear Gavin,

Thanks for stopping by, your words of encouragement and the list of issues you’re struggling with.

I hope you will find what I have in store for you truly enriching, rather than a distraction! ;D

]]> By: Gavin http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2009/05/21/i-have-a-confession/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Gavin Thu, 28 May 2009 10:13:10 +0000 http://personalgrowthmap.com/?p=433#comment-366 Haider, I appreciate the honesty and especially appreciate the commitment to achieving the original goals of personal growth. I am on a similar mission trying to create and then refine and simplify a series of skills and even visual guides to hopefully prevent my kids (and others) from wasting all the time that I have wasted in my life. To actually help them...instead of distract them and take their money. I am very interested in what you have in store for us and wish you the best of luck. In answer to your question the areas I think that I struggle with the most are discipline (I am often driven to distraction), energy and maintaining a positive attitude when surrounded by negativity. Thanks, Gavin <abbr><em>Gavin’s last blog post..<a href="http://themaphabit.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/the-10-steps-to-creating-the-simplicity-you-need-to-move-forward/" rel="nofollow">THE 10 STEPS TO CREATING THE SIMPLICITY YOU NEED TO MOVE FORWARD</a></abbr></em> Haider,

I appreciate the honesty and especially appreciate the commitment to achieving the original goals of personal growth. I am on a similar mission trying to create and then refine and simplify a series of skills and even visual guides to hopefully prevent my kids (and others) from wasting all the time that I have wasted in my life. To actually help them…instead of distract them and take their money.

I am very interested in what you have in store for us and wish you the best of luck.

In answer to your question the areas I think that I struggle with the most are discipline (I am often driven to distraction), energy and maintaining a positive attitude when surrounded by negativity.

Thanks,

Gavin

Gavin’s last blog post..THE 10 STEPS TO CREATING THE SIMPLICITY YOU NEED TO MOVE FORWARD

]]> By: Haider http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2009/05/21/i-have-a-confession/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Haider Wed, 27 May 2009 15:50:17 +0000 http://personalgrowthmap.com/?p=433#comment-361 Dear Dani (Positively Present), Thanks for stopping by. I can't possibly imagine life without a commitment to personal growth. However, we must also be aware of the problems that can arise from this commitment and how best to combat them. Without this awareness we can unknowingly compromise our own efforts. Dear Dani (Positively Present),

Thanks for stopping by.

I can’t possibly imagine life without a commitment to personal growth. However, we must also be aware of the problems that can arise from this commitment and how best to combat them. Without this awareness we can unknowingly compromise our own efforts.

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