Comments on: YOU Can Change it ALL http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/you-can-change-it-all/ Strategies for Positive Change Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:29:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/you-can-change-it-all/comment-page-1/#comment-22808 Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Mon, 04 Jul 2011 19:02:24 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=387#comment-22808 Hi Galen, like commitment, responsibility is very liberating. It severely limits the blame game and puts us right where we belong - in the drivers seat. With responsibility comes control. The two go hand in hand. Hi Galen, like commitment, responsibility is very liberating. It severely limits the blame game and puts us right where we belong – in the drivers seat. With responsibility comes control. The two go hand in hand.

]]> By: What is Your Life’s Message? « *POSITIVE PROVOCATIONS* http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/you-can-change-it-all/comment-page-1/#comment-22472 What is Your Life’s Message? « *POSITIVE PROVOCATIONS* Sat, 25 Jun 2011 20:08:23 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=387#comment-22472 [...] sham of a life….. which was apparent to everyone around me, except me! It took me a while, to work on myself, to heal my wounds, to heal my heart and my [...] [...] sham of a life….. which was apparent to everyone around me, except me! It took me a while, to work on myself, to heal my wounds, to heal my heart and my [...]

]]> By: Galen Pearl http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/you-can-change-it-all/comment-page-1/#comment-22417 Galen Pearl Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:30:14 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=387#comment-22417 You have done a great job of highlighting the one thing, the only thing, we really can control--our own thoughts, words, and actions. That is a powerful concept. And a sobering one, because with that power comes responsibility. But if we accept that responsibility, there is no limit on what we can do. You have done a great job of highlighting the one thing, the only thing, we really can control–our own thoughts, words, and actions. That is a powerful concept. And a sobering one, because with that power comes responsibility. But if we accept that responsibility, there is no limit on what we can do.

]]> By: Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/you-can-change-it-all/comment-page-1/#comment-22388 Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:44:16 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=387#comment-22388 Hey Marc, growth is change and by definition, growth happens over time. Learning to love the process puts it all in perspective. Hey Marc, growth is change and by definition, growth happens over time. Learning to love the process puts it all in perspective.

]]> By: Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/you-can-change-it-all/comment-page-1/#comment-22387 Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:42:20 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=387#comment-22387 Beautifully said Christopher! As is so often the case, the balance and insight that come with experience helps us distinguish which resource to tap into to best accomplish the desired result. Beautifully said Christopher! As is so often the case, the balance and insight that come with experience helps us distinguish which resource to tap into to best accomplish the desired result.

]]> By: Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/you-can-change-it-all/comment-page-1/#comment-22386 Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:37:58 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=387#comment-22386 Excellent point Chris, thanks for bringing it up. I wrote about this awhile back in an article called <a href="http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/conscious-awareness-–-when-change-leads-to-acceptance/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Conscious Awareness – When Change Leads to Acceptance</a>. Here's a quote from that article that harmonizes with your comment: <em>The natural progression of our increasing awareness will eventually lead us to a state characterized by acceptance. That doesn’t mean that we will cease to grow and change, but the way we accomplish the growth will be different. Instead of pushing, we learn to allow. Our sense of urgency falls away because we feel content with the current reality. Acceptance is powerful on many levels. It’s the stage where we begin to lose that tendency to make judgments about people (including ourselves), situations, and experiences. Our growth becomes more effortless, as if we have been rowing our personal development boat and now we can relax because we have found the flow. All of a sudden there is a feeling of being harmonious with the world around us</em> Excellent point Chris, thanks for bringing it up. I wrote about this awhile back in an article called Conscious Awareness – When Change Leads to Acceptance. Here’s a quote from that article that harmonizes with your comment:

The natural progression of our increasing awareness will eventually lead us to a state characterized by acceptance. That doesn’t mean that we will cease to grow and change, but the way we accomplish the growth will be different. Instead of pushing, we learn to allow. Our sense of urgency falls away because we feel content with the current reality.

Acceptance is powerful on many levels. It’s the stage where we begin to lose that tendency to make judgments about people (including ourselves), situations, and experiences. Our growth becomes more effortless, as if we have been rowing our personal development boat and now we can relax because we have found the flow. All of a sudden there is a feeling of being harmonious with the world around us

]]> By: Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/you-can-change-it-all/comment-page-1/#comment-22385 Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:29:25 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=387#comment-22385 Hi David, yes, there certainly things in life that are outside of our control and trying to change the unchangeable is a recipe for frustration. The two things we can always change are our perception of and the meaning we assign to those unchangeables. Hi David, yes, there certainly things in life that are outside of our control and trying to change the unchangeable is a recipe for frustration. The two things we can always change are our perception of and the meaning we assign to those unchangeables.

]]> By: marc van der Linden http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/you-can-change-it-all/comment-page-1/#comment-22377 marc van der Linden Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:32:33 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=387#comment-22377 Yes, we can! :-) I also believe we all have the power to choose and be remarkable. However, sometimes I forget that the first step is planting the seed and be patient until it flowers. It is not a high performance tool :-) Yes, we can! :-)

I also believe we all have the power to choose and be remarkable. However, sometimes I forget that the first step is planting the seed and be patient until it flowers. It is not a high performance tool :-)

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