Self-respect may be the most valuable personal asset you have. Or should have.
For too many years I let my fear of punishment, or my concept of being a good sport or a professional, keep me from realizing my full potential. Too often I didn’t follow the path I knew to be right because of some misunderstanding of my role in the situation.
While looking for news and science on the topic of using rewards to help you change your habits — or maybe others want to call your habits addictions — the concept of using curiosity to help you change your habits came across my screen. Really? Curiosity can help you break a bad habit?
By nature and nurture, “yes” energy is an uphill battle. According to Alison Ledgerwood, our fundamental view of the world tends to tilt toward the negative. That leads me to believe that being positive is an uphill battle, at least for most people.
I want to make a difference in the world. That difference starts with me, spreads to you, and then moves to the rest of the world.
One source of your energy is your kitchen, in the broad picture anyway, just like one source of your car’s energy is the fueling station, aka the mini-mart. Think about it for a moment. In both cases you can buzz through quickly getting just what you came for, or you can dally and get more than what you came for. Either way, are you making sound decisions that make for a productive day?
Imagination broke the four-minute mile and the sound barrier. Imagination has taken us to the moon, Pluto, and beyond! Imagination has given us music, art, and dance. Imagination fuels science, medicine, and technology. Imagination gives us our future.
My mom was diligent about feeding us a balanced lunch and dinner. Lunch was at school because she felt that the sandwiches she would have made wouldn’t be as healthy as the hot lunches cooked and served. My classmates and I always made up names for the different foods, trying to gross each other out (cherry cobbler became known as Baby Bird Eyes, for example). The food nourished our bodies and imaginations.
Have you ever noticed that some people are happy, regardless of what is going on around them? And have you noticed, on the flip side, that some people are unhappy no matter what?
I’m smarter now than I was as a kid and young adult. And I’m more youthful now than before too. Are you?