When You Fool Yourself, Disaster Is Sure To Follow: Be Authentic

Image via WikipediaWe all lie to ourselves, all the time. You know that, right?

Whether it is through blaming, excuses, deliberate forgetfulness when we want to avoid something, or all the other stalling tactics we use, it is still a lie!

Worst of all lies is when you fool yourself because it either makes you feel better (temporarily); it matches what someone else said so you prefer to accept their truth; it does not match your "facts"; you prefer to trust a relative; or you are a politician.

Since I am a liar like everyone else, until I woke up and started working on myself (and boy, does it take work) I wrote Apply the take 100 percent responsibility principle to your life and banish the problems you create to work my thing out.

Hamlet said "There is nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so." This was taken from James M Lynch's The Hamlet Secret – A Self-Directed Shakespearean Workbook. A Workbook which prods you to take 100 percent responsibility for yourself and live in your life.

My point here is that we are the ones who create the drama when we allow our minds to go off on a tangent in order to avoid the truth that is staring us in the face. So watch that!

Yes, I completed the Workbook – see my Review of The Hamlet Secret.



Stop living a lie people. Choose YOU. Be authentic - real is where it's at! Accept responsibility for all you think, do and say. It will not make you any friends and will probably lose you those who are not, which is all to the good. Never lie to yourself, ever!
 
This all brings me to the message below from the Napoleon Hill Foundation — so very apt in our world today.

There is something about truth that makes it easily recognizable by all who are searching for it with open minds.


Cookie mogul Wally Amos is fond of quoting the saying, "The mind is like a parachute. It functions best when opened." 

When you open your mind to the possibilities, objectively analyze information and refuse to allow your personal preferences and biases to influence your judgment, you will be able to perceive great truths that have been overlooked by others. 

A closed mind, though, will cause you to miss out on some of life's greatest offerings. 

If you find yourself disputing the facts, or if you keep attempting to revise them to support your beliefs, ask yourself, "Why am I so unwilling to accept this information?" "Am I being logical, or am I simply allowing my emotions to cloud my judgment?" 

The worst mistake you may ever make is trying to persuade yourself to accept a false truth. It is inappropriate to try to fool others, but when you fool yourself, disaster is sure to follow. —Napoleon Hill Foundation