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KNOCKING DOWN THE MIND’S WALLS
Ah, my once a week reminder from my coaching mentor Dr. Randin Brons.
In reading the thoughts in the “Idea Engineer” this week, I was reminded at how closed my mind has and can get. Every day, to grow, I must knock down the walls, and the ability to consciously do this is a learned skill. I need to be prodded to open up my mind to new ideas!
“Open to the new
"All the people we call 'geniuses' are men and women who somehow escaped having to put that curious, wondering child in themselves to sleep." -- Barbara Sher How willing are you to learn something new? How open are you to new perspectives? Only when we're open can we really hear what's being said or really see what's happening or really experience the moment. Openness demands that we be willing to move to places we've never been before. It asks us to continually challenge the foundations of our belief systems so we can test out new ideas. And to do that, we need to accept insecurity. "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." -- Alvin Toffler “
Today I have the ability to recognize my own insecurities without fear. As Toffler says, to live today I must learn, unlearn and relearn. A good reminder for this journeyer!
Are you willing? (hopeserenity.ca/Coached To Success)
Keith Bray, BA, MCLC
Coached To Success/Hope & Serenity
Coaching "The Creative Theory of Life Recovery"
I agree 100%, the old saying you can't teach an old dog new tricks is a mind set that an addict in recovery cannot afford to buy into, Retraining the mind and correcting old behaviors are not easy but critical for one to recover.
I have trouble with this quite often, and i pay the price in the end for not being open minded and willing to learn new ways of doing things.
I guess my ego & fear has a lot to do with my willingness, fear that i will not be able to learn and end up looking foolish.
recovery for this Alcoholic / Addict, was and at times still is hard because i am not willing to learn, but in the end what prodded me to learn was pain,,, it's a great motivator..
even responding to your post had an element of fear attached to it because i know i am not as educated as you, but in order for me to grow i have to put myself out there and push forward and the results are far more rewarding when i learn a new way of looking at things.
Thanks for the prod.