Creating a Better Life

It’s always been fascinating to me just how interconnected our lives are.

I was reminded of this once again this morning when I noticed a link from this uplifting article on Amit Sodha’s “The Power of Choice”. In it, he describes how he used a quote that he came across here on Creating a Better Life in a talk to some students.

[Anyone out there know who first said "Fall Down Twice, Stand Up Three Times"? I'd really like to know where I got that from.]

So something I wrote way back when got used on the other side of the world to inspire some students who have never heard of me and I’ll probably never meet. Fascinating.. and pretty cool!

Let me explain why I’m blowing my own horn here.

About an hour before discovering Amit’s article, I was in a Facebook back and forth with Robin Skeen, in which I said that I’ve had writers block for a little more than a year now.

Yes, I’ve done some blogging (I was really in the zone when I wrote this review of “How To Be Rich and Happy”), but I’ve flaked quite a bit, both on writing for this blog, and on doing promised guest posts and reviews for others. (Extra apologies to Seamus and Chuck.)

There’s a very simple reason for my lack of production.

I stopped believing that I had anything worthwhile to say.

I mean, come on. I’m just a guy, working a low level job, an ex-drunk who still wrestles with depression and keeps picking up cigarettes no matter how many times he says “That’s It”.

And I’m going to write about personal development?

Yup!

Personal development isn’t about being perfect… it’s about development. It’s about learning to be a little better today than you were yesterday.

And if you were a little worse today? That just means that it’ll be easier to be better tomorrow.

For better or worse, you are permanently married to you. All you have to be is who you want to be. Actually, you don’t “have to” do anything – but it’s insane to measure yourself against anyone but yourself.

Own a software company? You don’t have to be Bill Gates.

Write fiction? Forget about being Stephen King.

Internet Marketer? There’s only one Mark Joyner.

Personal Development Blogger? Stop trying to be Steve Pavlina.

Not that we can’t learn from these people… they all have lessons to teach.

But I don’t want to be anyone by Lyman. “Writer’s Block” and all.

(Holy Moley… I think I just wrote something…)

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