What Do You Think About Yourself?

Written by Daniel N. Brown


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Look inrepparttar mirror. Tell yourself that you really and truly love yourself and that you really and truly forgive yourself for all of your shortcomings. Give yourself permission to make mistakes. After all, you are human. Tell yourself that you believe in yourself. You’re gonna make it and that God is on your side, and if God is for you, who can be against you? (Romans 8:31)

It will feel really awkward for a while until you get used to hearing and seeing yourself speak to yourself this way, but it works. You self-esteem will improve dramatically!

Most people don’t realize that a lot ofrepparttar 129440 reason we feelrepparttar 129441 way we feel is because ofrepparttar 129442 way we think. Our thoughts produce our feelings. You will obviously perform much better when you feel good about yourself than if you keep thinking you’re a failure.

If we’re ever going to be successful in life we must love ourselves. We must feel deserving of success in order to have it and enjoy it. You must be your own best friend and you must love yourself before you can love anyone else! (Mark 12:31)

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Lessons in Teamwork from the Dance Studio

Written by Susan Dunn, MA, Personal Life and EQ Coach


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The music orientsrepparttar dance. It tells us when we begin and when we stop and what dance we’ll do. APPLICATION: Time is a kind of background ‘noise’ at work. Everything you do is oriented in some way around time. It’s no good to write a pleading if you don’t get it filed on time. Your grant won’t be accepted, even if it’s excellent, if you don’t get it submitted beforerepparttar 129438 deadline. Time dictates how fast you work and defines what you can accomplish. You can write a 500 word article in an hour, but you can’t write a 500 page novel in an hour. 7.Etiquette.

The polka is a strenuous dance and after a while you start to sweat. Who wants to dance with someone who’s sopping wet and smells bad? Likewise who wants to dance with a woman who fights forrepparttar 129439 lead, someone who wipes their nose and then takes your hand, or a 6’4” in man who takes huge strides you can’t keep up with? APPLICATION: Common courtesy greasesrepparttar 129440 wheels of any joint project. This involves being sensitive to what’s going on withrepparttar 129441 other person, being able to give and take, practicing good personal hygiene, maintaining healthy boundaries, and knowing how avoid and resolve conflict. 8.The Metarules.

Meta rules arerepparttar 129442 rules about rules. We’re learning learning dance steps, but there are also studio rules. One is that you change partners. Another is that you smile and look pleasant as you dane. The first metarule is written down. The other one you just learn, either by picking it up, or by not doing it and being corrected.

APPLICATION: All systems have metarules. A metarule in a family may be thatrepparttar 129443 kids know if they want something from dad, not to ask him when he first comes homes from work. It may be a metarule at your office thatrepparttar 129444 rules inrepparttar 129445 policies manual aren’t followed. The policies manual says promotions are based on merit, but everyone knows how they’re really given. 9.You Aren’t Alone.

When you dance there are other couples onrepparttar 129446 floor andrepparttar 129447 man has to keeprepparttar 129448 couple out of harm’s way. Everyone has to move inrepparttar 129449 same direction, with faster couples onrepparttar 129450 outside. APPLICATION: You aren’t alone inrepparttar 129451 workplace either. You can picture it like a dance floor. Everyone’s moving together, but also in their own pattern and you have to make surerepparttar 129452 two don’t clash. You have to be aware of others, keep out of their way, and avoid hitting them. 10.Learning Styles.

The West Coast Swing is a dance that’s particularly hard for men to learn. I’ve tried different ways to helprepparttar 129453 partner I’m with and what works for one man doesn’t work for another. One man learns by watching, another if you actually move his legs for him.

APPLICATION: You’ll greatly increase your chances of success in working with another person if you’re able to change your style to suit their personality and accommodate to what works with them. This requires empathy and creativity as you try something, observe how it works and then adjust.

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