Post Written By Eugene Morgan “We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” — Aristotle The only act we need to begin is to start; after that, we make repeats of the new behaviors until they become a habit. When habits are developed, then they become characteristics of our […]
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Imperfection Is Okay To Be
https://flic.kr/p/4oL3YJ> Post Written By Eugene Morgan When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are. — Donald Miller When we wish another person to behave a certain way, but to only be disappointed by his or her behaviors, then it is time for us to lower our own expectations. […]
The Beginning Of Self Improvement
“Self knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.”— Spanish Proverb We all have blind spots we don’t know about. It’s impossible to observe every behaviors we do and every thoughts we think. Self-discovery is like an answer to a riddle, we’re always surprised to discover something new about ourselves. However when we do get the answer, we can […]
New Behaviors And New Thinking
Post Written By Eugene Morgan For us to change a behavior we have to replace it with another behavior. We developed behaviors to meet a certain need, but when that need is met we no longer need the behavior. The behavior is obsolete. It is difficult to let go of the behavior because it is […]
Revisiting Our Motives
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Sometimes, we do things so automatically that we forget about our intentions for doing them in the first place or reasoning behind them. It is good to revisit our motivations or reasoning behind our behaviors. If we think the motives of our behaviors are reasonable, then we can continue do them […]
Conquering Self
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.” ~Napoleon Hill Change creates resistance. We all know that change isn’t always fun. Change is difficult sometimes. It’s a lot easier to find excuses or distractions than to accept the fact that change is inevitable. Conquering self can […]
Only Your Actions
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “You cannot control the results, only your actions.” ― Allan Lokos The only power we have is from our actions. Trying to control something or someone that doesn’t have any bearing on us is a waste of our time and energy. Even if we study the behaviors of others and […]
Digging Deeper
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Sometimes we need to dig a little deeper to learn about ourselves. It is easier to stay on the surface of things than to dig deeper. Digging deeper is about stopping for a moment and paying closer attention to our behaviors, our thinking and our feelings. It is easier to […]
Just Take A Risk
— Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” ~ T.S. Eliot If we look back on our lives, we will see over the years what moved us ahead from where we were before. Those times were the life changing events […]
We See Things Through Self
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Learning about self can be a sacred spiritual experience. Most religions based their teachings about self and how we should live our lives. Psychology is the study about behaviors, thinking and feelings of the self. Psychiatrist focuses on mental disorders about the self. Science studies and gathers information about the […]
Observe, then Change it
Post Written By Eugene Morgan If we want to learn something about ourselves, we must observe ourselves. Most of our behaviors are done without our knowledge. If we want to make a change in a certain area in our lives we must observe what we do to resist change. Change isn’t easy. But if we […]
Are We Normal?
Written by Eugene Morgan What is normal? It depends on the context of the situation. We understand that it’s okay to see a toddler with a temper tantrum. On the other hand, when we see an adult displays a temper tantrum like a child would, then we know that’s not normal. All of us have […]
Mistakes convert into a Wealth of Learning
Written by Eugene Morgan “There’s a wealth of learning you get from making mistakes.” Milton Erickson We have to risk doing something to make a mistake. It’s okay to make mistakes as long as we can learn something from them. Learning something from a mistake means making adjustments to the situation. If we continuing to […]
Observation is the key to Objectivity
Written by Eugene Morgan “When you look at things, look at them,” Milton Erickson It is easy to either jump to conclusions or make assumptions about things without looking at them. We tend to quickly based our experiences on the event first before really seeing what’s happening. If we really look at things and let […]