"ACTIVELY be yourself
When you communicate with people, tell them ACTUAL stories about
your life
a.) Play up the parts of yourself that are most relevant to your cause
b.) That shows people the most important parts of what you do
c.) Find the people who care about those things, and tell them your stories
Be audaciously active in seeking out people who are passionate about
things you care about
Be yourself on a BIG SCALE
It will make you happy AND successful"
Thank you Emeli Paulo.
January 19, 2012
January 18, 2012
TELL YOURSELF WHAT YOU NEED TO HEAR
I stayed up late last night knowing that I would be tired today.
Just told myself: "I'm a looser"
Stopped and changed that to: "oh Dal, you need to take care of yourself."
I have been doing these instant message changes for a while now so the positive one took.
It made me realize that despite what is going on around us we need to tell ourselves what we need to hear; we have more contact hours with ourselves than anyone else and repetition is powerful.
I would not have called anyone else a looser in the same situation- so why do I call myself that? Especially when I have learnt that bringing my self down is not productive or effective. And its not as though there was no alternative. "You need to take care of yourself" is a much better support than "Your a looser."
Back at University I was involved in a community art project where we made stickers with thoughtful and hopeful sayings and put them on coffee cups. My favorite one was "every time you look in the mirror; say something nice to yourself." Try it. It's weird at first but as with any practice it becomes natural, a good habit.
What do you say to yourself when you look in the mirror? Do you even know or is it just such a standard mantra that it becomes background noise? Because your not saying nothing and if you don't know what your saying it means that you are not shaping it- ensuring that its paving the way that you want to go.
Next time you look in the mirror tell yourself something that you need to hear- but don't allow it to be too harsh, we all need to take care of ourselves.
Just told myself: "I'm a looser"
Stopped and changed that to: "oh Dal, you need to take care of yourself."
I have been doing these instant message changes for a while now so the positive one took.
It made me realize that despite what is going on around us we need to tell ourselves what we need to hear; we have more contact hours with ourselves than anyone else and repetition is powerful.
I would not have called anyone else a looser in the same situation- so why do I call myself that? Especially when I have learnt that bringing my self down is not productive or effective. And its not as though there was no alternative. "You need to take care of yourself" is a much better support than "Your a looser."
Back at University I was involved in a community art project where we made stickers with thoughtful and hopeful sayings and put them on coffee cups. My favorite one was "every time you look in the mirror; say something nice to yourself." Try it. It's weird at first but as with any practice it becomes natural, a good habit.
What do you say to yourself when you look in the mirror? Do you even know or is it just such a standard mantra that it becomes background noise? Because your not saying nothing and if you don't know what your saying it means that you are not shaping it- ensuring that its paving the way that you want to go.
Next time you look in the mirror tell yourself something that you need to hear- but don't allow it to be too harsh, we all need to take care of ourselves.
January 17, 2012
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