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Self-mastery for true Success
I always believe in the concept of seek and you shall find. This post will be short as I do not want to do injustice to the concept. But we always talk about success which in itself is good, but somethings we don’t seem to have a very good reason be successful except to compete with others for attention or recognition. To change that paradigm, Don Miguel Ruiz presents a book called “The four Agreements”. The central theme of this book is self-love which every one will say; whats the big deal? I love myself. No, its deeper than that. For example, if you put on some very good clothes, well groomed and walk down the street and several persons look at you and say you are so ugly etc. Most people would get so disturbed and either retaliate or feel bad inside. In this book, he is saying that you should not even think about it. Of course it will take time to get to that point but think of it really. Why should someone else expectation or standard dictate how you act or see yourself? We do this every day..
This does not mean you will not need to achieve things but you would do it for the right reason. One of the agreements is to do your best at all times. This is where action comes in as no manifestation can happen without action. The other side to this is that you can focus on what really brings out the best in you. Who knows you could be the best singer around but because of self doubt you did not explore further.
Too often we focus on success in the context of material possessions, we should look at success in terms of mastering ourselves and achieving true happiness from within.
Anyway, the book can be found on amazon.com but check out their website at Don Miguel Ruiz Site for more details.
This is really great stuff.