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Facing Our Inner Critic: Accepting Ourselves
Do you feel like you’re your worst critic? Do you find yourself criticizing your body, intelligence, clothes, ability to do your job, and just about anything about yourself? We all have that voice inside, the one that can take anything about...
How to be a Miracle Maker: Create the Love, Money, Body and Spirit You Want
Here's a fascinating secret about miracles: You can't necessarily always place an order for magic at will, but you can deliberately create the conditions -- environment, atmosphere and attitude -- that make miracles a thousand times more...
Keep back pain at bay
Introduction
Back pain is the most common complaint among adults under 45.
Back pain brings their activities to a complete halt and
intervenes in the progress of their career. Researchers say that
it is really a challenge to a physician to...
Spirit and the Law of Cause and Effect
Most of our troubles are bought about by exercising our own free will. If you have a war, there will be many people, who will ask, Why does the Great Spirit not stop it? Why does the Great Spirit not try to prevent it? The actual truth is that...
The MInd is Like a Frisky Monkey
People are often so discouraged about the results of their mediitative efforts.
They feel that they are not only not relaxed, but anxious because they couldn't focus at all. Well, to quote one of my favorite teachers, George Curnoles, About the...
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The Definition Of Perseverance
The definition of perseverance, from a dictionary: "Persisting
in or remaining constant to a purpose, idea or task in spite of
obstacles." Given that defintion, you can see that perseverance
can clearly be a both a good thing and a bad thing. Sometimes,
when you find yourself wanting to quit something, that might be
the wisest choice.
A New Definition: Wise Perseverance
"Persisting in or remaining constant to a purpose, idea or task
in spite of obstacles, when such persistence is congruent with
higher values." In other words, if in your hierarchy of values,
happiness ranks higher than money, don't persist in making money
in ways that cause you to be unhappy. If making money is ranked
higher than a particular business, you might need to quit the
business when you see a better way. Persist in the pursuit of
your values, but not necessarily in the means to achieve them.
The problem with the idea that you should quit when something
isn't worth the effort, is that it's often used as a
rationalization. The idea of quitting comes to mind when the
effort is difficult, but really does serve your purposes. This
is confusing at times, so how do you wisely persevere? Here are
three ways.
1. Watch yourself objectively: Note when you look for excuses,
rather than the truth. Ask questions. Is it possible you're
letting fear or laziness cause you to quit or to procrastinate?
Is there a pattern in your life that is repeating here?
Honestly and objectively watching ourselves is difficult. You
can probably think of a time when you saw that a friend was
lying to himself about
something. Your perspective was more
objective than his. Why not use this objectivity of an
"outsider" to catch your own little lies? Before quitting
anything, explain your reasoning to a friend, and ask him to
honestly tell you what he thinks. He's more likely than you to
recognize your rationalizations.
2. Look at costs and benefits: To wisely persevere, you need to
see the costs and benefits of what you are doing. If moving to
Hollywood to become a star is going to cost you your business or
family life, you have to see that clearly before you decide. An
honest and good decision requires honest and good information,
and when you are more certain about your decision, you are more
likely to find the strength to persevere.
3. Learn to motivate yourself: When you've made a decision, and
you're sure you made it for the right reasons, you have to
motivate yourself. In fact, perseverance requires that you
regularly re-motivate yourself. Write goals down, do daily
affirmations, and whatever else works for you.
Start watching yourself, and make self-awareness a habit. Get
used to analyzing costs and benefits objectively. Find ways to
motivate yourself. Do these three things and you will wisely
persist. That's a more useful definition of perseverance.
About the author:
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loss, meditation, habits of mind, creative problem solving,
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