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Originally Posted by Mohit Pawar  2. Know your motivation behind learning. On a deeper level see what your motivation behind learning is; is it - The desire to do better work
- Become a better person
- Need to project your self as a knowledgeable individual
- Fear that your actions may not result in success
Make a sincere effort to live consciously and learn for the right reasons. It is easier said than done but worth the effort. |
This is a toughy for most people, but it's one that I've recently been realizing for myself.
If I'm honest, I've always had low self-esteem and I've always wanted to impress others. It's not something I do consciously, but during my early years I have learned to gather the appreciation of my peers by impressing them with some kind of knowledge or skill. Of course, it's not very effective (and often does the opposite), but when you've grown up with this idea it becommes heavilly engrained.
Recently, I've been makig an effort to think for myself. Say, stop, open your consciousness for a second and ask yourself, 'what's beneficial to
me right now?'
I'm sure there's plenty of people here who dream of becoming succesful entrepreneurs, taking the world by storm with their charm, charisma and wealth of knowledge that they've attained through their personal development. Or perhaps you fancy yourself as an enlightened Zen master, offering wisdom and living in compete peace. Let's be honest though, it's not very realistic. What you really have to be thinking about, is what is going to help
you, not the imaginary entrepreneur, or the enlightened being, but
you.
If you can grasp that (and it's difficult, because generally, the real you is boring) I believe you will be somewhere on the right track.