The Road To Self Improvement
By Paul Mobley
Getting started into self-improvement begins by acknowledging that improvement is needed.
I have known excellent men over the years that were successful. None would claim they were perfect. Thus they were always open to improving self. And that mental-action state is needed if we are to reach our peak, the best that we can do.
After that one needs to decide on what they want to improve. It can be anything from being a better spouse, a better parent, to religion, to one’s career.
Success or failure comes first from within. We must overcome our doubts, our own barriers, before we can think success. Dwelling on our own shortcomings, any risks involved in pursuit of success, and the effort needed to improve, will defeat us. Solomon said “as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” If one thinks negatives predominantly, failing to do will be the result.
The second action is thus getting our thinking straight. There is a need to realize that we can do, that we can succeed, and that we can make the improvements necessary to succeed.
The third is to ignore the down beaters. There may be friends and colleagues who tell you that it will not work. Don’t listen. You can succeed at whatever you plan, unless it is evil.
Fourth, remain strong in belief in self. And just do it. Go after the self-improvements, learn them well, and make them a part of your thinking. Going after them can mean returning to school, or attending seminars, or seeking out experts and get their advice and information, and believe it or not you may be able to search out the information and instruction needed for improvement and add them to your knowledge. Be prepared.
Fifth, may be the hardest, yet now you know it can be done.
I examined a small business n Cleveland that wanted to become a supplier. First the owner/operator and I sat in his small office, the only one he had, and discussed the business. After awhile I said lets look at your shop. We did. I looked at the equipment and his personnel as they worked. Result, I approved the business. Surprise: the shop was on dirt floors. But it became a multi-million business. I imagine the owner sold it for well over a million dollars. You see he had succeeded and a little thing like dirt floors was not going to stop him. He and his original personnel had the knowledge and used it well.
Applying knowledge to self can be difficult, yet it is easy when one realizes that he can do anything when he is prepared.
Applying that knowledge to a career, to being a better spouse, to being better religiously, to whatever, may meet resistance at first. But persistence and persuasion will win.
Inner self-improvement is internal and up to self, and no one else. Outer life application becomes easier as one realizes that it can be done, for he will them pursue it with patience and persistence, until he succeeds.
Getting started into self-improvement begins by acknowledging that improvement is needed.
I have known excellent men over the years that were successful. None would claim they were perfect. Thus they were always open to improving self. And that mental-action state is needed if we are to reach our peak, the best that we can do.
After that one needs to decide on what they want to improve. It can be anything from being a better spouse, a better parent, to religion, to one’s career.
Success or failure comes first from within. We must overcome our doubts, our own barriers, before we can think success. Dwelling on our own shortcomings, any risks involved in pursuit of success, and the effort needed to improve, will defeat us. Solomon said “as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” If one thinks negatives predominantly, failing to do will be the result.
The second action is thus getting our thinking straight. There is a need to realize that we can do, that we can succeed, and that we can make the improvements necessary to succeed.
The third is to ignore the down beaters. There may be friends and colleagues who tell you that it will not work. Don’t listen. You can succeed at whatever you plan, unless it is evil.
Fourth, remain strong in belief in self. And just do it. Go after the self-improvements, learn them well, and make them a part of your thinking. Going after them can mean returning to school, or attending seminars, or seeking out experts and get their advice and information, and believe it or not you may be able to search out the information and instruction needed for improvement and add them to your knowledge. Be prepared.
Fifth, may be the hardest, yet now you know it can be done.
I examined a small business n Cleveland that wanted to become a supplier. First the owner/operator and I sat in his small office, the only one he had, and discussed the business. After awhile I said lets look at your shop. We did. I looked at the equipment and his personnel as they worked. Result, I approved the business. Surprise: the shop was on dirt floors. But it became a multi-million business. I imagine the owner sold it for well over a million dollars. You see he had succeeded and a little thing like dirt floors was not going to stop him. He and his original personnel had the knowledge and used it well.
Applying knowledge to self can be difficult, yet it is easy when one realizes that he can do anything when he is prepared.
Applying that knowledge to a career, to being a better spouse, to being better religiously, to whatever, may meet resistance at first. But persistence and persuasion will win.
Inner self-improvement is internal and up to self, and no one else. Outer life application becomes easier as one realizes that it can be done, for he will them pursue it with patience and persistence, until he succeeds.
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