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WEEKLY RECAP April 14th - 20th 2018 |
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Highlights from the Blog and Facebook |
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| | Saturday, April 14th (AM) If somebody wants to counsel, mentor, or guide you...look at how they walk their walk, not just what they say... | | |
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| | Saturday, April 14th (PM) It's extremely unlikely you're going to argue someone into a meaningful change in philosophy. Especially on the Internet. | | |
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| | Sunday, April 15th (AM) Successfully dealing with problems is way, way more satisfying than just not having problems. Nobody asks for problems, and I don’t recommend seeking them out... | | |
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| | Sunday, April 15th (PM) You have a choice: you can either connect meaningfully with people, which will involve being vulnerable sometimes, copping to your imperfections, and sometimes... | | |
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| | Monday, April 16th (AM) You've probably heard it recommended, "Go BIG or don't even bother." I saw it, just now, on the page of another self-help guru. You see variants of this in various places. "Go big or go home;" go "all in;" blah, blah blah. | | |
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| | Monday, April 16th (PM) Why aren't you following through on things you "know" you "should" do? There's only one reason: on some level, consciously or unconsciously, you attach more associations of pain, hassle, inconvenience, or other negativity to the thing you "should" do, than to the thing you're already doing. | | |
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| | Tuesday, April 17th (Blog) "Playing a game of pleasure and pain." More often, however, it’s my experience that the obstacles in our way are far more straightforward. It’s usually the case that we don’t do the things we think we “should” do because we figure it’ll be a bummer on some level... | | |
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| | Tuesday, April 17th (PM) WIt's exceedingly unlikely we're going to do things to care for ourselves and that feel good if we're talking to ourselves like we're the enemy. It's exceedingly unlikely we're going to form supportive relationships with others if we're treating ourselves like we're the problem... | | |
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| | Wednesday, April 18th (AM) Getting to our goals often involves sacrifice and expending effort, yes, and that often means we're going to have to push ourselves and maybe endure some things that we wouldn't choose to otherwise... | | |
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| | Wednesday, April 18th (PM) Don't get hung up on whether anyone is giving you your props as a revolutionary leader, a hero, an alpha animal, or whatever silly distinction is important to others. Keep on keeping on... | | |
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| | Thursday, April 19th (Blog): “Making friends with your anxious brain.” Think of your anxious brain like a scared child. You wouldn’t angrily scream at a scared child, “DON’T BE SCARED, DAMMIT!” No, you wouldn’t. Because if you did, that scared child would quickly learn to avoid YOU as well... | | |
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| | Thursday, April 19th (PM) You are not how you do the things you're worst at. Nor are you how you do the things you're best at. You'll bring a lot of passion and skill to some things; you'll bring less expertise and enthusiasm to other things. It's just how life is. | | |
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| | Friday, April 20th (AM) Mistakes happen, man. Sometimes we have incomplete information when we're trying to make decisions. Sometimes our priorities are out of whack. Sometimes we're reacting to past traumas or distorted beliefs... | | |
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| | Friday, April 20th (PM) Lots of people are going to try to convince you they know how you should approach your journey, handle your struggles, overcome your challenges, and they might have some valuable insights for you... | | |
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Newsletter created by Susan Michelle. |
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