Some blogs are long diatribes of my personal opinion, others are book reviews, while I occasionally share some wisdom that I’ve learned from personal experience. This blog will be a little different. I’m going to take some information directly out of a book and ask you to do a self-evaluation.
In Napoleon Hill’s classic book, “Think and Grow Rich,” he covers several principles about taking a burning internal desire and turning it into it’s physical equivalent. While I don’t agree with all of his premises or belief systems (it’s what I would call an “80/20 book” – I might agree with 80% of it and cross out 20% of it), the author does provide some very valuable thinking points and I would like to share one of those with you today.
Many of us understand the value of self-evaluation, but don’t know where to begin. Or if we practice self-evaluation, we evaluate ourselves by using ourselves as the standard… huh? We need some questions or a guide to bring us to a new perspective. Here are several direct questions that he provides from his book; I will create a few blogs out of his questions, so you can have some practice time in front of the physical, mental, and spiritual “mirror”:
32 If you believe that “birds of a feather flock together,” what have you learned about yourself by studying the friends whom you attract?
33 What connection, if any, do you see between the people with whom you associate most closely, and any unhappiness you may experience?
34 Could it be possible that some person whom you consider to be a friend is, in reality, your worst enemy, because of his/her negative influence on your mind?
35 By what rules do you judge who is helpful and who is damaging you?
36 What is your greatest worry? Why do you tolerate it?
37 Do you change your mind often? If so, why?
38 Do you usually finish everything you begin?
39 Are you easily influenced by what other people think or say of you?
40 Do you cater to people because of their social or financial status?
41 Whom do you believe to be the greatest person living? In what respect do you consider this person superior to yourself?
42 How much time have you devoted to studying and answering these questions?
Just a thought… All done! Happy Mirror Time
