Comments on: This Article Is Dead – Awaken It from Death

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:14:41 +0000

@Madeleine: We are so often so lofty in our perspective, that we interpret the everyday life as a burden. Yet it is from these small things (exercising, eating healthy food, creating a positive outlook, etc.) that all the great happens from.

By: Madeleine

Madeleine — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:29:52 +0000

Patrick, This post strikes such a chord. I’ve given speeches to inspire change and blogged and served as a living example of someone not young and with a serious chronic health condition, but thriving in my work, my health, and my relationships. But I struggle with the questions you raise. Much of what I talk and write about are simple things, like eating healthful foods and exercising. I see these not as burdensome chores but as positive and enjoyable things to do. I want to help people change, so I’m looking forward to your focused pro-active series.

Madeleine´s last blog ..The Right Stuff Awards

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:15:04 +0000

@Walter: Most of us (including myself) have fallen to that trap several times – and yes reality brings you back to learning the basics.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:14:00 +0000

@Edgar: Glad that you are back on the way towards yourself. I wasn’t offended by your words, and it is understandable that my words could sometimes hit a nerve. Since I have a medical background, I know of the emotional and mental implications that antidepressants could have on a person. They can be needed for certain short time phases, but it is best, when you are able to overcome them, before they become more of a problem than a help. So whenever there is something else that might hit a nerve here – bring it up, since I believe that sometimes a good debate can be really helpful for any kind of relation.

Thanks for your kind words – I hope you will get even more from future articles.

By: Walter

Walter — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:06:59 +0000

I’m glad you have written about this, it’s reminiscent of what I was before. It took me time before I realize my foolishness. I’m pretty much guilty about reading a book and get stuck at chapter one, but when real challenges came upon, I was nudged into the reality that growth is a necessity of life.

By: Edgar

Edgar — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:55:07 +0000

your articles are gold, bro. they have captured my attention. i didn’t mean any disrespect. i guess in my case you hit a nerve. a year ago, i took antidepressants. they altered me. they suspended my morality. they put me in situations that would repulse me if i wasn’t under its influence. i have put into action the majority of information gathered on your blog. it’s because of it that i’m rediscovering the man i was. i’m very proud to be learning from a great man like yourself.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:30:39 +0000

@Justin - alittlebetter.net: That is excellent advice, although I am not sure, whether I could even do it 100% of the time. But that is the direction to go.

@Justin: If you know or feel that the time is not right yet, don't worry about it. Either schedule a better time, to review and then act on it. Or just put it with a mark back on the shelf and make a note, what you might act on when you have time.

I couldn't do most of the things that I read about due to timing or other priorities, but I could DECIDE, what I can and will do today, what I can and will schedule for another day and what isn't worth my focus now (it might be later).

But saying to yourself "I should really act on it" and then not doing anything is the weakest strategy of them all. Respect your time and energy - and then decide what to do.

Stay in control - decision is key.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:05:00 +0000

That's a good point about action. It's easy to think that the next seminar or the next book or the next whatever is going to push you over the edge to change for the better.

Like Edgar alluded to, there have plenty of books I've read without taking action on the information until a year or two later, when the timing was better. But I'd agree that that's not the best strategy. Perhaps I shouldn't bother with the information until I'm at a point where I'm ready, willing, and able to incorporate it?

By: Justin- AlittleBetter.net

Justin- AlittleBetter.net — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:50:55 +0000

How is this for a standard? Never move to a new book or article until you have acted in some way on the last one.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:08:10 +0000

@Miguel de Luis: Yes diluting our attention to too much bits of information. Maybe I would call it the minimalist way to Personal Development. Read less – apply more. That’s all.