AUTHENTICITY = FREEDOM

Written by Terri Amos


The most courageous thing a person can do is to live an authentic life. What is an authentic life? It is a life lived from your heart, speaking your truth, standing in your truth, living in your truth.

The problem with getting to this point of authentic freedom is that for most of us, we have no idea of who we really are. To get to know who you really are you must go deep within. You must be willing to look at all of your limiting beliefs; beliefs that tell you that you are bad, you are not worthy, you are not capable, and you are not enough, just to name a few.

We take limiting beliefs on our whole lives. From early childhood we learn from our parents, grandparents and siblings. Their opinions begin to shape and define us. Then as we grow, our peers and teachers affect us most. Society also plays a tremendous role in telling us who we are. It's up to us to knowrepparttar truth.

Recently I had some Chinese food. As usual, I went forrepparttar 128834 fortune cookie first. That'srepparttar 128835 little kid inside of me wantingrepparttar 128836 sweet stuff first. 'You will get what you want as long as it is not extravagant.' I chewed on that fortune for a moment, agreeing with it. Thenrepparttar 128837 taste of those words grew sour to me. I realized this was a limiting belief. "Whoa!" I said to myself. "Is thisrepparttar 128838 truth for me?"

I knew instantly that I had held myself back my whole life, especially since my teenage years, from living with overflowing abundance. When I was a teenager my family was pretty well off. We lived on Country Club lane on ten acres. We had a beautiful home and pool, drove nice cars, my dad had his own business and my mom stayed at home with my sister and me. We had most everything we could possibly need. I also did great in school. I graduated Salutatorian, was president of this and a member of that. I wasrepparttar 128839 all-around student. However, and this is a big HOWEVER, I often felt judged for my abundance. I felt separate fromrepparttar 128840 crowd because I felt different. What I didn't know until opening that fortune cookie was that I began to limit myself overrepparttar 128841 years with what I allowed myself to have. I had a limiting belief that if I lived with overflowing abundance then no one would like me.

Discrimination - The First Law of Success

Written by Oscar Bruce


Discrimination - The First Law of Success by Oscar Bruce Copyright: 2005

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DISCRIMINATION Discrimination isrepparttar 128844 FIRST LAW OF SUCCESS. By Oscar Bruce

Asrepparttar 128845 author of personal development publications distributed world wide, I am frequently asked why certain people seem to succeed at practically everything they attempt, while others fail no matter how hard they try. My response is "I definitely can tell you, but you're really not going to likerepparttar 128846 answer." But here it is.

Most people spend 97% of their time withrepparttar 128847 wrong people. This fact means your best friend could very well be your worst enemy. It's here that discrimination as a process isrepparttar 128848 essential element that will create success or disappoint.

Whatrepparttar 128849 ear hears,repparttar 128850 mouth repeats. In short, you absorbrepparttar 128851 language ofrepparttar 128852 people with whom you frequently associate. Ifrepparttar 128853 language is mundane, and loaded with meaningless clichés and useless figures of speech, soon that isrepparttar 128854 way you will speak. And, it's a well known fact that people judge you byrepparttar 128855 way you speak.

Your mind is like a giant sponge that soaks up everything it hears. Many words that are not favorable to your well being and personal success take residence there. Through a psychological process I call: "Psycho-Semantics," they impose a detrimental influence on your imagination and your vision. Those words will direct your outlook and expectations.

Out there is a beautiful world and beautiful people everywhere. Why clutter it with relationships that don't belong in your life? It's an easy life if you don't let others drag you down. You therefore must break ranks from ordinary people whose language you do not want to become your way of speaking. Treat them like you would a cancer: early detection and swift removal.

Unless you discriminate deliberately and savagely,repparttar 128856 people around you will engage in conversation aboutrepparttar 128857 trivia of their latest ailment, their relationship problems, and gossip inrepparttar 128858 form of "I said, and then, she said." Even worse, a generous sprinkling of "isn't it awful" and "pity poor me." If all this sounds all too familiar, you must learn to initiate new conversation topics - topics that cause listeners to perceive you as intelligent and insightful.

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