Posts Tagged ‘gifts’

To Feel Inspired, Focus On What You’re Contributing

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Publishing journal and magazine articles used to be a stressful experience for me.  When I first started, of course, it took me much longer to prepare each piece for submission, because I wasn’t familiar with the editing process.  More importantly, however, I had a nagging guilt at the edge of my awareness about sending my [...]

Are You Living To Avoid Criticism?

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

I have a simple question for you.  Are you involved in your current career, relationship, and other activities because you actually find them fulfilling?  Or is it because you think they’re the best way to avoid others’ disapproval?
Unfortunately, for many people, the answer seems to be the latter.  Many of us picked our career paths [...]