Ice 9
09-07-2009, 07:07 PM
Reading the Robert Kiyosaki wealth book and the Brian Tracy achievement book has really opened my eyes! I've been putting daily effort into intercepting negative and destructive criticism in my mind. Tracy brilliantly describes the way destructive criticism tears you down and disables your abilities to achieve. To counteract this, I've been using Tony Robbins-style reframing. You take the negative thought and create a new one that more accurately reflects the truth and empowers you instead of tearing you down.
I've been writing my reframes down onto 3x5 note cards and carrying them with me and reading them throughout the day. They really help! If you having learned reframing, do yourself a favor and go for it.
Today I realized it's not enough for me to reframe all of my own negative thoughts. I have to reframe every bit of toxic BS that others at work spew. OMG, my eyes have been opened! I cannot believe the narrow-mindedness of some of my coworkers or the effort they put into seeing the worst in others. I feel it dragging me down after I've gone through such effort to build myself up. I have a totally bullshit job and deserve so much better! I've realized why I've kept getting stuck in jobs like this. It's because the destructive criticism just drags you down and keeps you as small as possible.
Today felt a little like when I went back to my old elementary school years after I attended there. Everything felt so small. Shit that used to be ultra-large and important felt tiny and insignificant. Today felt somewhat like that, except way worse. The petty and negative bullshit felt so little -- but it also felt like it was sucking the life right out of me, like it was dragging me into a fucking sewer after I had just tested some exhilarating new wings.
Tracy talks about going on a 21-day PMA diet. I've decided to do that. I'm going to combine it with a healthy eating diet. I'm going to have my work cut out for me to counteract the LAME and petty BS at work. Part of the effort will be to find better work. I don't intend any future job to be permanent either because I plan to achieve financial independence through investment. My current job leaves me nothing left over for investment; I mean nothing. I've working on freelance writing to earn extra money to invest, but it would certainly help to earn a surplus with my regular job -- PLUS to get OUT of this MUCK! For God's sake!
It is no surprise at all that so many of the people where I work have been stuck in this bullshit company for years and years. They eat their fast food, poisoning their bodies. And they spew mental muck, poisoning their minds. It's a recipe to remain small indefinitely. And all they do is look to put down others as if doing that will really improve their lives. I can't believe I couldn't see this before. And the sad thing is this: These aren't untalented people. They're people who could do so much better if they put their minds to it. They could rise above the muck too. I'm not the only one capable of liberating myself. However, I can liberate only myself.
I'm motivated to soar above this CWRAP! And not just financially. It would be lame to just make a ton of money and still wallow in the negative muck. The goal is to transform myself into the kind of person I was meant to be and to earn a ton of money in the process. Then I'll use the money in ways consistent with who I am. I was meant to be a creative soul who's playful and loves life. I have a shit load of talent that's been suppressed for years.
I had to vent a little. I feel like I've been pushed down into slime and shit, and I've come here to hose myself off. I'd like to thank everyone who posts here and who've helped me to see that I can set lofty goals and achieve them! You've helped me to see such a better way.
I've got a LONG way to go, but the journey is exciting.
I've been writing my reframes down onto 3x5 note cards and carrying them with me and reading them throughout the day. They really help! If you having learned reframing, do yourself a favor and go for it.
Today I realized it's not enough for me to reframe all of my own negative thoughts. I have to reframe every bit of toxic BS that others at work spew. OMG, my eyes have been opened! I cannot believe the narrow-mindedness of some of my coworkers or the effort they put into seeing the worst in others. I feel it dragging me down after I've gone through such effort to build myself up. I have a totally bullshit job and deserve so much better! I've realized why I've kept getting stuck in jobs like this. It's because the destructive criticism just drags you down and keeps you as small as possible.
Today felt a little like when I went back to my old elementary school years after I attended there. Everything felt so small. Shit that used to be ultra-large and important felt tiny and insignificant. Today felt somewhat like that, except way worse. The petty and negative bullshit felt so little -- but it also felt like it was sucking the life right out of me, like it was dragging me into a fucking sewer after I had just tested some exhilarating new wings.
Tracy talks about going on a 21-day PMA diet. I've decided to do that. I'm going to combine it with a healthy eating diet. I'm going to have my work cut out for me to counteract the LAME and petty BS at work. Part of the effort will be to find better work. I don't intend any future job to be permanent either because I plan to achieve financial independence through investment. My current job leaves me nothing left over for investment; I mean nothing. I've working on freelance writing to earn extra money to invest, but it would certainly help to earn a surplus with my regular job -- PLUS to get OUT of this MUCK! For God's sake!
It is no surprise at all that so many of the people where I work have been stuck in this bullshit company for years and years. They eat their fast food, poisoning their bodies. And they spew mental muck, poisoning their minds. It's a recipe to remain small indefinitely. And all they do is look to put down others as if doing that will really improve their lives. I can't believe I couldn't see this before. And the sad thing is this: These aren't untalented people. They're people who could do so much better if they put their minds to it. They could rise above the muck too. I'm not the only one capable of liberating myself. However, I can liberate only myself.
I'm motivated to soar above this CWRAP! And not just financially. It would be lame to just make a ton of money and still wallow in the negative muck. The goal is to transform myself into the kind of person I was meant to be and to earn a ton of money in the process. Then I'll use the money in ways consistent with who I am. I was meant to be a creative soul who's playful and loves life. I have a shit load of talent that's been suppressed for years.
I had to vent a little. I feel like I've been pushed down into slime and shit, and I've come here to hose myself off. I'd like to thank everyone who posts here and who've helped me to see that I can set lofty goals and achieve them! You've helped me to see such a better way.
I've got a LONG way to go, but the journey is exciting.