10-02-2017, 06:36 PM
"Ultimately, the worst consequence of not taking responsibility is that it keeps you in a cycle of pain and dissatisfaction. Think about it for a moment. If you’re not responsible for your results, then you can assume there’s nothing for you to learn, and you can stay exactly as you are. You won’t grow and you won’t change. As a result, you will perceive events in exactly the same way, and therefore respond to them in the same way, and get the same dissatisfying results."
Douglas, Mark. Trading in the Zone: Master the Market with Confidence, Discipline, and a Winning Attitude (Kindle Locations 1047-1051). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
As I read this part of the book, it shook me. This is the one gear in my life that was "missing" in plain sight. I guess why MLS is causing me to grow and change is because I believe that I have what it takes to grow and change now. Therefore, I can take FULL responsibility for my life and all its outcomes. The reason I felt stuck was that I never really wanted to notice that life requires full responsibility. I'm not sure anyone put it into words like that but I'm fairly positive that I noticed that fact. Taking full responsibility requires a degree of being fully present that I did not notice previously and have not done in a while. Not only that but the last time I was very present in every situation I quite literally stumbled into it and just as easily stumbled out of it. Now I understand the degree of being present that is required to be fully responsible for yourself at every moment.
This also causes self-confidence to rise in me because I know I can do anything well and If I cannot do it well right now I can learn how to do it well in the future. This also has me questioning what exactly self-confidence is. It's likely a manifestation of multiple factors coming together to produce a result like most things in life, and the manifestation of confidence is likely the tip of the iceberg of a much bigger unseen force or structure that a person has developed internally. This is only in the case that confidence is genuine and not a facade.
It's been an uninteresting few days since my last post. Mostly because character development isn't all that interesting, but it's necessary for growth. I have realized why much of my life hasn't gone the way I would have wished it. It's because I have not developed the internal structure needed to manifest what I want my life to look like. The reason my life hasn't changed is that I have not made the choice to undertake the growth required for me to get what I want in life. And I knew this all along and ran from it, but no longer. I'm growing into what I want my life to be and there is no stopping me.
Douglas, Mark. Trading in the Zone: Master the Market with Confidence, Discipline, and a Winning Attitude (Kindle Locations 1047-1051). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
As I read this part of the book, it shook me. This is the one gear in my life that was "missing" in plain sight. I guess why MLS is causing me to grow and change is because I believe that I have what it takes to grow and change now. Therefore, I can take FULL responsibility for my life and all its outcomes. The reason I felt stuck was that I never really wanted to notice that life requires full responsibility. I'm not sure anyone put it into words like that but I'm fairly positive that I noticed that fact. Taking full responsibility requires a degree of being fully present that I did not notice previously and have not done in a while. Not only that but the last time I was very present in every situation I quite literally stumbled into it and just as easily stumbled out of it. Now I understand the degree of being present that is required to be fully responsible for yourself at every moment.
This also causes self-confidence to rise in me because I know I can do anything well and If I cannot do it well right now I can learn how to do it well in the future. This also has me questioning what exactly self-confidence is. It's likely a manifestation of multiple factors coming together to produce a result like most things in life, and the manifestation of confidence is likely the tip of the iceberg of a much bigger unseen force or structure that a person has developed internally. This is only in the case that confidence is genuine and not a facade.
It's been an uninteresting few days since my last post. Mostly because character development isn't all that interesting, but it's necessary for growth. I have realized why much of my life hasn't gone the way I would have wished it. It's because I have not developed the internal structure needed to manifest what I want my life to look like. The reason my life hasn't changed is that I have not made the choice to undertake the growth required for me to get what I want in life. And I knew this all along and ran from it, but no longer. I'm growing into what I want my life to be and there is no stopping me.
