The Power of NO helps improve lives.  Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in books too, with journal pages for you to write your thoughts. Click here to consider purchasing your copy or copies today!
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The Power of NO helps improve lives.  Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in books too, with journal pages for you to write your thoughts. Click here to consider purchasing your copy or copies today!
https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/

The Power of NO helps improve lives.  Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day is available in books too, with journal pages for you to write your thoughts. Click here to consider purchasing your copy or copies today!
https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/

This is Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day. Sixty Seconds on wisdom, success and personal growth. When we begin to contemplate our personal growth, it begins with yourself. Today, we’re focusing on Self Concept.

Do you know what your self- concept is? Psychologist Carl Rogers believes that there are three unique components of “self-concept”. These are, the view you have of yourself (self-image), how much value you place on yourself (self-worth) and what you wish you were really like (ideal self). Your self concept isn’t about whether you are male or female, employed or unemployed; it doesn’t depend on race, religion or a category – it is uniquely how you view yourself and it
encompasses what you see and think of who you are, and who you aspire to be.

It’s the component in the middle that allows you to have those dreams and set those goals – and that is your self-worth.

In general, a “concept” is an abstract idea or a general notion.

That being said, your “self-concept” is an abstract of who you are, and a notion of who you’d like to be – with self- worth as the driving vehicle to get you to what you want.

Socrates said, “The nearest way to glory – a shortcut, as it were – is to strive to be what you wish to be; thought to be.

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This is Kelly Orchard's Apple A Day. Sixty Seconds on wisdom, success and personal growth. If you long to be an independent agent, taking care of yourself, then you need to grow and be self-directed.

Self- Directed means directed or guided by oneself, especially as an independent agent. No longer can you blame others for the path your life, career or relationships take. When you are self-directed, you manage your life in a way that allows you to set goals, achieve your dreams, create a home environment that is pleasing and be in a career that is rewarding.

Self-Directed means: guided, regulated, managed.

Galileo said,"You cannot teach a person anything; you can only help him find it within himself." When you are focused on your own personal growth, you must depend upon your inner compass that guides you, and be aware of those underlying issues that become concerns. Guide yourself in the truth, and if you need help with your compass, learn how to use it by reading, asking for help and opening yourself up to taking a new direction if necessary to get where you want to be. Growth begins with yourself, and today - you need to be self-directed.

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This is Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day. Sixty Seconds on wisdom, success and personal growth. When we begin to contemplate our personal growth, it begins with yourself. Today, we’re focusing on Self Improvement.

How does one begin to focus on self-improvement? That is the ultimate in personal and professional growth – to perpetually seek improvement! One can search the internet for books, audios, videos and groups that promote self-improvement. Society doesn’t lack plenty of resources. Today – I want to encourage you to find some that matter to YOU!

Here are some tips on perpetual self-improvement:
- Focus on improving just 1% per day. Imagine improving one percent every day for a year. You’d be 365% better, (and more) than you are right now.
- Seek a mentor, counselor, coach or teacher – preferably one that you believe will help you get where you want to go.
- Be willing to learn and ask questions.
- Know that self-improvement begins in your heart

As Leo Tolstoy said, “Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.”

Start a self-improvement revolution today!

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This is Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day. Sixty Seconds on wisdom, success and personal growth, and your growth begins with yourself.

According to Dr. Kristin Neff, “Self-compassion involves acting the same way towards yourself when you are having a difficult time, fail, or notice something you don’t like about yourself. Instead of just ignoring your pain with a “stiff upper lip” mentality, you stop to tell yourself “this is really difficult right now,” how can I comfort and care for myself in this moment?”

Instead of heartlessly judging and condemning yourself for various inadequacies or shortcomings, self-compassion means you are kind to yourself and understanding when threatened with personal failings – after all, who ever said you were supposed to be perfect?

There are three elements of self –compassion. They are:

• Self-kindness
• Common humanity
• Mindfulness

Grow with self-compassion today.

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This is Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day. Sixty Seconds on wisdom, success and personal growth. When we begin to contemplate our personal growth, it begins with yourself. Today, we’re focusing on Self Image.

What do you see when you look in the mirror, or show up to your job, school or social settings. What is your self-image?

Look at a recent picture of yourself and dig deeper into what you think and feel about that person in the photo. I remember looking at a business profile with a friend of mine and as she pointed to her headshot – she said, “I don’t like her very much.” That really surprised me, as she is a beautiful, vibrant, successful woman.
She went on to explain that at that time in her life, she felt like a fraud, a liar and deceiver of many. She wasn’t happy in the work she was doing, felt unfulfilled and unappreciated. Her self-image was in stark contrast to the woman in the photograph with a successful professional biography.

What is your self-image? Do you like the person that you view in your business profile, mirror or photograph? Do you feel like you are living a lie? There is always room for improvement, so why not begin today!

M. Scott Peck wrote, “Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.”

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This is Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day. Sixty Seconds on wisdom, success and personal growth. Socrates said, “Know Thyself”. Personal and professional growth begins with yourself, and knowledge of who and what you are all about is critical. I have spent nearly my entire life trying to understand myself. I started writing a journal as a teenager and often go back and read passages from my youth. It allows me to truly know myself, as the words, thoughts and events I write are usually raw emotions and ideas of those current events. At the time, I am realizing that I really do not know what the future holds.

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”

Today, we’re focusing on self-knowledge, and for me, that includes wisdom. “Wisdom begins with wonder,” another quote from Socrates, and again, “The unexamined life is not worth living.”

Examine your life, your thoughts, ideas and actions. Know thyself and you’ll begin to understand how wise you are becoming. For me, knowing myself is one of my biggest assets, as it has helped me stay focused on a path toward success.

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This is Kelly Orchard’s Apple A Day. Sixty Seconds on wisdom, success and personal growth. When we begin to contemplate our personal growth, it begins with yourself. Today, we’re focusing on Self Consciousness.

Awareness; a preoccupation with oneself; the awareness that one exists as an individual being. We often believe that being “self-conscious” means we are insecure. Usually – it is the awareness that we are feeling insecure that makes us conscious of our thoughts and feelings. Awareness is key to personal growth.
Once you are aware of something – that is the beginning of making positive changes.

Be acutely aware of your self – self-conscious doesn’t have to mean “always insecure of one’s appearance”. You’ll feel less insecure when you learn to laugh at yourself. Just because you are keenly aware of yourself, doesn’t mean that people are watching, judging and evaluating you – which can cause anxiety. There is no invisible audience watching your every move!

Practicing self-consciousness is good when you appreciate that awareness with a genuine idea that you are focusing on personal growth by looking within to understand your thoughts, feelings and motivations.

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