September 14, 2007

• learning

  i've been functioning off of the affirmation.. "learn from my mistakes" for a year or so now. and, i also tried to learn from the mistakes of others. it helped me to identify weaknesses and unprofitable behaviors and actions so that i don't repeat them in the future. i've learned much and growth will continue from this affirmation, but, i realized today that this type of learning is too mistake-centric. i think to make the learning process complete it's important also to learn from success. so the new and improved affirmation will read, "learn from my successes and mistakes and those of others." when my attention is set on learning from success, my mind will naturally form an affinity and perceptiveness towards success. instead of keeping an hawk's eye out for only mistakes, i can now learn equally frequently from succcesses. i think my new attention towards success will effect my mood and mindset positively. i realized this new approach when i saw a hispanic guy wearing really tacky clothes. he was really trying hard to look GQ but i thought to myself that i should learn from that guy and not wear what he is wearing. but, i thought to myself, then, how do i learn how to dress? since i don't have the fashion sense to create a warddrobe that is uniquely my own, the only way i can learn is to watch good dressers and mimic their style. so, this is where i realized i should learn from the success of others, learn from what is already actually working. my fashion sense was ok a few years back, but my hermitage years have left me lacking. since i'm back in shape and my confidence is coming up, i should let my attire reflect this. cutting down on the cholo, bright white t-shirt and shorts and looking for something new.

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