Your Self Development Podcast

Thanks for joining us on our "365 Day Best Wishes for You" series. This is episode 31, and our wish of the day is:

May you continually mind your ability to contribute.

If you wish to feel young and remain as active as possible throughout the rest of your days, then you're going to want to stay relevant through your contribution to the welfare of those who have invested their trust, and yes in some cases, hopes, on you. These are your stakeholders. Join us as we take a look at the issue of Relevance, and the critical role it plays in overall well-being.

Thanks for joining us on our "365 Day Best Wishes for You" series. This is episode 30, and our wish of the day is:

May you be in a really good state of mind when reciting your affirmations.

If we look at affirmations as seeds - seeds of positive, constructive thoughts, and if we want those seeds to take root deeply in our subconscious mind and become stalwart habits, we've got to prepare the ground. 

How can we accomplish this?

In this episode we take a look at some of the prep work involved in creating as nurturing an internal environment as possible for our inspiring, life-enhancing affirmations to shape our habitual ways of thinking in order for us to become the very best versions of ourselves. 

Thanks for joining us on our "365 Day Best Wishes for You" series. This is episode 29, and our wish of the day is:

May you take the existence of your sincere and honest desire as the reassurance that you have the ability to achieve it.

In this episode we'll take a look at the nature of inertia, and at the same time, we'll take a novel, pragmatic look at desire and how , when combined with faith, it can help overcome life-smothering inertia. We'll also show you that the very fact of having an honest and sincere desire is proof positive that you can achieve it. 

A truly beneficial understanding of such a broad topic as this would take far more time than what is allotted in a podcast episode. But today we're briefly touching on a key action that you can carry out immediately. An action which will enable you to set a strong foundation of control over every result you sincerely and earnestly desire to bring to fruition.

I really love that word, "activate". It reminds me of something I read many years ago - something written by the inventor, Buckminster Fuller, who said: "I am a verb." When I started thinking about it, I realized that we are all in fact VERBS. Who we are, where we are in the physical and figurative senses are all the result of things we have DONE. And simple as it may sound, if we want to see different Results in our lives, we are going to have to Do different things. The selection and execution of What we Do is in our hands...it's up to us. 

I try to consistently shy away from using stative, or should I say, static, verbs to talk about myself - words such as Be and Seem. "I'm not sad" - "I'm feeling sad" In the word "Feel" there is movement and possibility - If I'm feeling sad, then I can also feel some other emotion. Also just the use of the ing as in "am feeling" creates a stronger link with the present and the transitory nature of things, both good and bad. "I'm feeling bad" now, but I can also be feeling in some much better way, now, as well.

When we talk about "activating" the world around us, we are taking into consideration our role as primary mover and cause of Action in our lives and, to a certain degree, the lives of others. 

The only way you can positively and constructively activate your world is to behave positively and constructively. It's all in what you do - how you act. The Law of Cause and Effect and the Law of Vibration and Transmutation of Radiant Energy come into play here.

Let's take a look at the triad - Thought, Feeling, Action, and let's make sure to keep to that order. It is critically important that we do. If, for whatever reason we move these elements out of sequence, we start to lose control of our actions and results.

Of course, how you act (the action part) is the 3rd leg of the Attitude Triad composed of Thought, Feeling and Action. It is not the first. Everything starts with Thought. What you think will affect how you feel. And how you feel will affect how you act - what you do, and how you do it.

Join us as we elaborate on this essential topic for autonomous and fulfilling living.

In one of the most challenging manuevers to pull off, we must evaluate ideas on their own merits. What I mean by this is that when we come across a new idea, we must evaluate it independent of the messenger and the context surrounding our relationship with the messenger. Now, of course, an amenable relationship with the messenger might prompt us to favor them over others and to actually pay attention and listen to them. It might give them the "sold" audience, so to speak - to gain our ear. But that should be the limit to it.

In this case, the question becomes: How can we think more objectively and for ourselves? How can we get better at building and maintaining that objectivity and ignoring the noise?

It is my understanding that there are many elements which influence our ability to think for ourselves. For me, chief among these is our Self-Esteem.

What do we mean by Self-Esteem? It all seems to come down to relationships and communication:

In other words, what is the quality of the communication with ourselves, our goals and the world at large - our communities and those whom we serve and are in regular contact with?

If Self-Esteem is another word for, "I know me" then what is it that we "know " about ourselves vis-a-vis the 3 above-mentioned relationships? Do we have hopeful, constructive and positively expectant attitudes toward ourselves, our goals and our communities? And if we don't, then what are we doing about it?

If I may make a suggestion, any problems with poor self-esteem can usually be addressed and to some degree improved on, by starting with the first leg of the triad: Your relationship with yourself. Take the time to learn more about yourself. Who are you? What are you good at? What are your particular strengths...and weaknesses? What do you love to do? What do you gravitate towards? This may not be an easy task to do, but it is ABSOLUTELY worth all the effort, energy and time you can put into it. There is no doubt about this. The key here is Honesty - to be frank and honest with YOURSELF. Honesty may be the best policy, and self-honesty is valuable beyond measure.

Thanks for joining us on our 365 Day Best Wishes for You series. This is episode 25, and our wish of the day is: May you apply your imagination purposefully to effectively reach whatever worthy goals you choose.

Here are eight questions we seek to answer in today's episode: 

1. What do we mean by a "worthy" goal? 

2. How can I determine if a goal is worthy of me?

3. What role does Desire play and how is it defined and directed?

4. What do we mean by Values?

5. What do we mean by Mission?

6. What's the difference between a Goal and an Activity?

7. How do we define Creativity and do you consider yourself Creative?

8. How can we increase the impact of our Imagination?

Thanks for listening and sharing!

Day 24 in our 365 Day "Best Wishes for You"series:

"May you Synchronize yourself in Mind with the flow of the Infinite."

My wish of the day for you: "May you have the flexibility to use whatever life gives you along the way en route to your goal(s)."

How can I enhance my daily discipline and avoid having to struggle and gut it out on an exhaustingly regular basis?