Hal Stratton's (and Your) Personal Transformation
Yesterday I discussed Kate, Jeff and Paul, three people who, while very different from each other, shared the fact that they were living in harmony with their passions and as a result had self actualization.
Now it’s time to talk about you. Are you in harmony with your passions? [Read more...]
In our quest toward self actualization, I’ve asked to you look inward, and now we’ve started to look outward; namely, at the quality of your relationship with your life partner. Yesterday, you took a quiz about your relationship (if you didn’t catch that blog, click here). Today we’ll analyze your results.
The statements break down into six categories: [Read more...]
What if you could be . . . exactly what you wanted to be? Exactly who you want to be?
What if it were possible to shed every bad habit and self-limiting behavior and break free into the person you were born to be — the person you search anxiously as you look into your face in the mirror each morning?
It’s what we all want. We crave that feeling of self actualization – of being and living completely self. [Read more...]
“I feel small admitting this, Charlie, but the truth is, I resented you – your money, your power, your prominence.” Hal wondered if he should proceed so openly. But if I don’t, we’re still playing games. It’s risky, but it’s the only way we’ll get to bedrock.
Charlie scoffed. “Your attitude put me off, to put it mildly. Especially after the investment I made to become a partner in the company . . . It was your attitude and the way you kept information to yourself that made me wonder if you had something to hide.”
Hal closed his eyes. He’d never imagined his lack of communication could have such a consequence. Although it was difficult to listen to Charlie, Hal knew he was telling him the truth. At least it was Charlie’s truth and needed to be expressed.
- from The Hero’s Choice by Roger K. Allen [Read more...]
Today we’ll finish up the self assessment quiz for self actualization. The goal right now is to determine which areas of your life you feel strongest in, and which need work. Remember, you can’t fail this test; this is just a snapshot of where you are. Today we’ll start with:
CENTEREDNESS [Read more...]
Yesterday we talked about some of the aspects of your life, and how satisfied you were with them. Now I’d like to zero in on the individual aspects a little more with this quiz. It’s long, so I’ll give it to you in two parts, and then we’ll talk about the results and how this new knowledge can help you. I know I said that self actualization questions demand and deserve your time and attention, but as you go through these questions, mark down the first answer that comes to you. [Read more...]
The First Theory of Relativity, according to Chloe in the movie You Can Choose Your Friends, “states that time moves more slowly when you spend it with relatives . . . And the Second Theory of Relativity is that time spent with your family and time spent in the real world move at different speeds. So you could leave your family for decades and when you finally come home again, only a few seconds have elapsed and nothing’s changed at all.” [Read more...]
Whether you consider your marriage strong or weak, you can only benefit from strengthening it. Yesterday you did a self-assessment. Now let’s take a look at the triad that is your marriage – you, your partner, and the unique team that the two of you form together. Let’s begin with a little quiz. You can invite your partner to take the quiz as well if both of you are working on self actualization, but don’t show each other the results. [Read more...]
In a small city in Ohio, police offers make a monthly visit to all members of the city council to deliver a package of information for the upcoming council meeting. One Tuesday morning, officers arrived at one council woman’s home to find the door ajar. The officers knocked and called but no one answered and there were no cars in the driveway. They stepped inside cautiously, took one look around, and then called in a report that the place had been robbed. Cushions were overturned, food was dumped on the floor, a pile of papers and magazines had topped and slid across the floor and clothes were flung everywhere. [Read more...]
New Zealand writer, poet and educator Sylvia Constance Ashton-Warner once said, “You must be true to yourself. Strong enough to be true to yourself. Brave enough to be strong enough to be true to yourself. Wise enough to be brave enough to be strong enough to shape yourself from what you actually are.” [Read more...]
