Make Personal Growth a Group Project

Make Personal Growth a Group

Project

People often compliment one

another, saying “I love how you

are so optimistic (or happy, or

courageous),” and yet in the same

breath say “I could never be like

that.” We take away our own

power by focusing on the qualities

of others instead of focusing on

our own gifts.

Reflect on your own strengths

and weaknesses. Look at the

people in your life and look for

their strengths and weaknesses.

Watch how they incorporate their

strengths into their lives. See how

they deal with their weaknesses.

Some of them will be strong in

areas where you have difficulties,

and others will have weaknesses

where you feel capable. This gives

you opportunities to learn and

to teach, to communicate and to

connect.

“You always talk about having

difficulties keeping track of time,

but you’re never late for anything!

How do you do that?”

“You talk about your terrible

temper, but you’re the sweetest

girl I know. May I ask how you

manage your anger?”

“You always make room to help

me when I need it; how can I help

you?”

Help others grow and learn, and

seek out new ways to learn from

them.

monkeysphere, the issue of gay rights becomes

personal rather than political - and that’s

when real change begins.

If you diversify your monkeysphere and

encourage others to do the same, we can

heal these control-paradigm ills and create a

connection paradigm.

Make friends with people from different cultures,

connect with people who live differently. Be kind

to people you disagree with. Be yourself, and as

others get to know you, they’ll be diversifying their

monkeyspheres, too.

Connect with others.

Change the world.

Be yoursel