Benefits: Redefine what your personal “best” is; your personal growth goal.
So That You Can: Balance your accolades and your ego and focus on living the fulfilling life you were meant to live.
Go From Inspiration to Action With the Worksheet Below!
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The Best Personal Growth Goal You Can Have
The best personal growth goal is to be #1 at everything, right? Everyone knows that. End of post.
Okay, not really. But that’s what we’re taught our whole lives. It starts with our parents bragging about how quickly we took to walking, talking, etc. Then, we go to school, and we get gold stars and blue ribbons for being first. We go through our school days, and if we’re #1 in our class, we are blessed with a special title that we can put on our college applications and resume — valedictorian. After we transition into the working world, we receive the coveted corner office or parking space to remind those punks we work with that we’re #1.
After society presents these accolades to us, it places them on a scale. What has society placed on the other side of the scale? Comparison and judgment. Along with comparison and judgment come the feelings of pride, scarcity, jealousy, and envy. And we’re supposed to somehow balance this scale.
We’re supposed to celebrate our own victories without becoming too proud, without feeling guilty, and without worrying that the things we have worked so hard for will be taken away from us.
We’re supposed to applaud others for their accomplishments without becoming jealous or envious.
If you stop and Deliberately Think about it, this is a pretty tall order. No wonder we have such a hard time maintaining daily habits that would lead to our personal growth.
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So What’s the Solution?
Wow! I’m giving that away already. Kind of. ?
I believe the solution is to make serving others the focus of your efforts. Yes, you want to work toward realizing your full potential, but you don’t want to make fame and fortune the focus of your efforts. You want to focus on serving others to the best of your abilities. You want to focus on taking care of yourself so that you have love to give. That’s what’s going to balance the scales, which will enable you to create the fulfilling life you were meant to live.
Again, that’s a very tall order and another oh-so fun balancing act. We’re hardwired to serve, but we ’re also hardwired to be selfish. It’s quite a pickle. And the cards are stacked against us because society has conditioned us to be selfish. Whatever shall we do?
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What I’m Doing With My Kids
This started out as a joke, but I’ve actually come to embrace it. I’ll give you a little back story.
My step-son, Spencer, plays hockey, and his team plays in several tournaments each season. There was a season when they seemed to be coming in 2nd place a lot. After one of the final tournament games, my husband called to tell me that the team had placed 2nd, again.
I knew that Spencer would be a little down when they got home because he’s very competitive, especially when it comes to hockey. So, I attempted to lighten the mood by chanting, “We’re #2! We’re #2!” as they walked in the door. Suffice it to say that it didn’t lighten the mood.
(A little more back story; in case you’re not familiar with the reference. I stole this chant from The Emoji Movie. There’s a scene where the poop emoji and his son chant, “We’re #2! We’re #2!” Get it – HA! Anyway…)
Still trying to lighten the mood, I started selling the idea that being #2 is actually better than being #1. Ever since then, “We’re #2!” has become a mantra in our house. Okay, so I’m the only one who ever says it. Still, I’ve come to realize that this mindset has some merit.
I’m trying to instill this idea in my kids because I think this mindset can help them balance the scales a bit. It encourages them to always do their best but to also realize that their best can be #2, #3, or even #203.
A poop emoji Spencer gave me that I proudly display on my desk lamp.
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Let’s Put It Together
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Reason #1 - You Will Be a Gracious Loser
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Reason #2 - You Will Realize That Your “Best” is Dynamic
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Reason #3 - You Will Value Staying Curious
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So, Are You Ready to Be #2?
Are you ready to balance your accolades and your ego? (Click here to learn more about your ego.)
Are you ready to adopt a mindset of abundance and gratitude? (Click here to learn about practicing gratitude.)
Are you ready to applaud others without feeling jealous or envious? (Haven’t written about that yet ?.)
Need a little help to get there? Then check out our worksheet, which will help you Deliberate Think through the process of developing this mindset.
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Until next time . . . STAY CURIOUS!
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Links
Getting Free Of Self-Importance Is The Key To Happiness: Polly Young-Eisendrath at TEDxMiddlebury, posted to YouTube by TEDx Talks on 8.18.13
The Other Side of Ego | Jonathan Gravenor | TEDxOcala, posted to YouTube by TEDx Talks on 8.08.17
Comparing Ourselves to Others | Sameer Hinduja | TEDxFAUJupiter, posted to YouTube by TEDx Talks on 4.27.15
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