HOW TO WRITE YOUR OWN PRAISES

Some of you may be wondering why there seems to be so much focus on WRITING YOUR OWN PRAISES in the REVELATIONS OF PROGRESS series. Let me tell you why: We at Noeses believe that your ability to express your true self freely is CENTRAL to your achievement of true progress. There is a difference between waking up to what you love to do and waking up to what you do. It’s that simple!

Let’s turn our attention to today’s question: How do/can you write your own praises? To make this question a bit clearer, let’s say: how can you begin to understand yourself?, how can you find that which resonates with your heart?, how can you break the code to what makes you tick?, how can you find the key to your freedom?, And how can you even begin to write your own history every day of your life?

The answer is pretty simple. It’s the first of Plato’s four big ideas for making life more fulfilled and that’s; THINK MORE or THINK HARDER. According to Plato we are less fulfilled in our lives in large part because we rarely think carefully and logically about our plans and how to lead our lives. We tend to live our lives based on ideas derived from popular opinion. As a result we end up with the wrong values, careers and relationships. Plato continuously stresses that the idea of living your life based on popular opinion is flawed and I perfectly agree with him. His solution to this problem is: KNOW YOURSELF.

So at Noeses, our answer becomes: In order to write your own praises, know yourself by thinking more.

Thinking here refers to real thinking. Due to the fast pace of living nowadays, most of us rarely make time to do some real thinking. Even when we do, it is clouded with popular opinion. What is the longest time you have ever spent thinking? Have you ever spent days thinking properly? Thinking is a lot of work. Answers don’t come easily when you think but when they come, they are more often excellent. In our quest to know ourselves, we need to subject our own ideas to examination.

 

You can think with other people

Sometimes we might have to do this with like-minded people who are looking out for our good. So we can think with other people. I believe that this is what most psychology therapies are about; helping us to know ourselves better. Knowing yourself will give you the security to operate freely. If you know yourself already, don’t stay in that little shell of yours, break free because security without freedom is slavery.

Think more…..

So you can write your own history with every second you live

So you can write your own history with every stride you take (athlete/sports)

So you can write your own history with every line you write (writing)

So you can write your own history with every verse you sing (music)

So you can write your own history with every shot you take (photography)

So you can write your own history with every word you speak (leader/speaker)

So you can write your own history with every body you cut open (medicine/surgery)

So you can write your own history with every smile you give (sales/reception)

So you can write your own history with……….fill in the blanks

Think more.

I would like to remind you again that the world as you see it now was created by people who were no smarter than you. It’s your turn: make your additions and subtractions. I must say that I’m happy to see quite a number of people taking little baby steps to write their own praises. Thumbs to you all.

Today’s revelation is simple: Think more, know yourself, and express yourself freely so you can write your own Praises. This is the Revelations of Progress Series. Do you see what I see? Cheers!

Photo credit.

http://themindunleashed.org/2014/10/12-things-taught-school-creative-thinking.html

http://www.incredibull.com/how-to-transform-your-creative-thinking-in-five-minutes/