Personal Development

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20 augustus 2023

Balancing personal development with self-acceptance is a delicate and important thing that is crucial for the foundation of a healthy and fulfilling life journey.

While personal development involves striving for growth and improvement, self-acceptance acknowledges and embraces our inherent worth and uniqueness.

Finding harmony between these two aspects leads to a more holistic and sustainable path of self-improvement.

In an ideal world, personal development should not be driven by a sense of inadequacy, or the desire to conform to external standards.

Instead, it should stem from a genuine desire to enhance our capabilities and live a life that aligns with our values.

Self-acceptance plays a pivotal role here, reminding us that we are valuable as we are, regardless of where we stand on our journey.

Alex Duerre

24 aug. 2023

Yeah, it is a paradox. My mind doesn't always like it, but it's true haha.

David F. Reynolds

18 augustus 2023

'Students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.' - Anonymous

I've found this to be very true when helping men with NoFap, and people with English and public-speaking. Every day I have to refocus: "I've got to care about these people", and perhaps self-aggrandisingly: "protect them from the perils of not receiving my service."

I must keep in mind that what I do is not just for money- it's part of how I'm fulfilling my purpose of making the world better in small ways, and my client's worlds better in big ways.

It's eye-opening how even poor English skills cause deep personal struggle in many people. Many non-native English speakers feel embarrassment when they don't know what to say in a business meeting due to lack of vocabulary, or when they make a mistake due to their poor understanding of English grammar. And over…

Alex Duerre

18 aug. 2023

Great. I think of the work I've done as a tutor and coach as accelerating someone's learning curve. It's difficult to say that they'd be lost or anything like that without my services. There are a lot of other helpful people doing similar things, and they could probably figure a good amount out on their own.

However (and this admittedly can vary a lot depending on the person), there is a genuine back and forth that can develop that's unique between you and your client, and you have an opportunity to show them what you know that's beneficial for their situation.

Even with a naturally laid back personality, I've found I can still be effective in this by embracing the power of listening and creating space by not doing much. Especially with kids, this can be helpful- as they are often constantly being told what to do by their parents and other authority figures. I can provide a breath of fresh air while also doing something that's of value.

Sometimes, my approach does not work that well for a particular person, and the client ends up not enjoying working with me that much or decides to end the relationship for some personal reason. On the other hand, though, there are many times where someone really does connect well with how I tend to approach things.

Ultimately, it is a form of service, and it's interesting how it can be framed as altruistic, but you as the provider also get something out of it. Both financially and a sense of excitement or satisfaction in experiencing and seeing how things progress.

David F. Reynolds

2 augustus 2023

Celebrities talking about the Law of Attraction:

Alex Duerre

29 aug. 2023

The world (and universe) is fundamentally energy, so this is really about "energetic magnetism". If your mind focuses on something with enough intensity and emotion, it manifests in the physical eventually.

Therefore, you could say that the key to figuring out or getting anything in life is learning to direct your energies in the right way for a given task/goal/dream. Way easier said than done though haha.

Alex Duerre

1 augustus 2023

Do you all see personal development as separate from the "spiritual journey"? It's easy to look at them as separate but in reality it seems like they must be interrelated.