Checking out my blog statistics lately, I couldn't help but notice that this blog has gotten quite a few hits. Even though I haven't written anything for months, people still keep on visiting. It makes me feel slightly guilty, to be honest. I had such high hopes for this blog and intended to 'do so much with it' and then never quite got around to doing it... I still have this vision of what this blog could be and what it could become and in light of that, here's a post about reaching your potential and being the best you can be!
I found an amazing article at Zen Habits through Google Search. It's called 7 Essentials For Living Your Fullest Potential by Jonathan Mead who is also the author of website Illuminated Mind - a website dedicated to helping you reach your fullest potential in life!
The article is full of amazing tips, hints and ideas - I strongly encourage you to read it as I found it very illuminating. Below is a very abridged (and edited) version of two "Essentials for Living your Fullest Potential".
Out of all seven described, I found these two features best matched this blog, which is why I chose to write about them. What Makes People Tick is all about looking at what drives people, what makes them who they are and what inspires them to do what they do. Like life itself, writing this blog is a constant process of discovery and change, of exploration and learning, wearing different hats and processing new information.
Having an open mind is a daily struggle in which I attempt to steer away from yet also confront and battle things like prejudice, hatred, bigotry, racism, objectification, judging others, having a closed mind and so on. No matter how open-minded I try to be, I am a child of the society that raised me - as I am a child of the people that raised me and those who raised and influenced them in turn, of the legal system and the religion that forms the backbone of the country I live in, of the technical revolution and the age of the internet, social media, instant global communication, etcetera - and as such I was shaped and formed and influenced by everyone and everything around me. This will colour my thoughts and views and opinions, no matter how noble my cause of open-mindedness or how hard I try to empty my mind of preconceived notions.
While I try to find and write content for this blog that I find interesting and would enjoy reading myself, I also try to present information in a (relatively) neutral manner. I didn't start this blog to convert you to 'my way' of thinking; I write this blog in order to encourage everyone who reads it to think about things in a new and different way. To me, this means that I need to understand all viewpoints when writing about an issue, which is why I try to present my readers with different viewpoints as well. I can't simply state something without understanding what it is I'm saying; without understanding the context and the history of the matter and using reputable sources - whatever that matter may be. It means being willing to wear a different hat, as De Bono would say!
I try to learn new things every day, try to open my mind to new ways of thinking and new ways of seeing the world. I believe that it is vitally important for anyone attempting to learn anything new at all that we - I, you, everyone - attempt to have an open mind, that we try to see things as if we were standing in another's shoes and that we try to look at issues objectively and with respect - by opening our minds to new ideas and perspectives!
I found an amazing article at Zen Habits through Google Search. It's called 7 Essentials For Living Your Fullest Potential by Jonathan Mead who is also the author of website Illuminated Mind - a website dedicated to helping you reach your fullest potential in life!
The article is full of amazing tips, hints and ideas - I strongly encourage you to read it as I found it very illuminating. Below is a very abridged (and edited) version of two "Essentials for Living your Fullest Potential".
Have an open mind.
Having an open mind can effect your potential. A lot of opportunities pass us by because we’re stuck in a limited pattern of thinking, or we’re afraid to take a risk. If there’s no actual real (or perceived) danger, take the risk. The worst that can happen is you’ll look silly.
Seek out new perspectives and contexts.
The more perspectives you seek out, the more you push the boundaries of your mind. Get inside someone else's mind. Listen to music you would never have dreamed choosing. Change your routine. Learn a new language. Travel.
Out of all seven described, I found these two features best matched this blog, which is why I chose to write about them. What Makes People Tick is all about looking at what drives people, what makes them who they are and what inspires them to do what they do. Like life itself, writing this blog is a constant process of discovery and change, of exploration and learning, wearing different hats and processing new information.
Having an open mind is a daily struggle in which I attempt to steer away from yet also confront and battle things like prejudice, hatred, bigotry, racism, objectification, judging others, having a closed mind and so on. No matter how open-minded I try to be, I am a child of the society that raised me - as I am a child of the people that raised me and those who raised and influenced them in turn, of the legal system and the religion that forms the backbone of the country I live in, of the technical revolution and the age of the internet, social media, instant global communication, etcetera - and as such I was shaped and formed and influenced by everyone and everything around me. This will colour my thoughts and views and opinions, no matter how noble my cause of open-mindedness or how hard I try to empty my mind of preconceived notions.
While I try to find and write content for this blog that I find interesting and would enjoy reading myself, I also try to present information in a (relatively) neutral manner. I didn't start this blog to convert you to 'my way' of thinking; I write this blog in order to encourage everyone who reads it to think about things in a new and different way. To me, this means that I need to understand all viewpoints when writing about an issue, which is why I try to present my readers with different viewpoints as well. I can't simply state something without understanding what it is I'm saying; without understanding the context and the history of the matter and using reputable sources - whatever that matter may be. It means being willing to wear a different hat, as De Bono would say!
I try to learn new things every day, try to open my mind to new ways of thinking and new ways of seeing the world. I believe that it is vitally important for anyone attempting to learn anything new at all that we - I, you, everyone - attempt to have an open mind, that we try to see things as if we were standing in another's shoes and that we try to look at issues objectively and with respect - by opening our minds to new ideas and perspectives!
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