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I finished reading the Miracle Morning and am finishing reading a book I started some time ago called “The Rules of Life”. The book is really about common sense things that we already know but has articulated them into a framework that solidifies what we know intuitively into something we can see and remind ourselves of. The quote in the image (Rule 14) is one where I have room to grow. I mentioned in a previously post how I envy those who are ‘posh’ and ‘put together’ in a fashion sense with the right clothes, the right hair cut, not having mangled fingernails like mine, and the confidence to go with it.
Of course that shouldn’t matter as much as the character of the person in those clothes but being realistic people do make judgments based on the first impression you make and how you look is one of those aspects. How strongly this first impression matters depends on the situation you are in. For example one of my jobs is working in government where those things matter more and my other job is working in a chocolate factory where it doesn’t matter as much.
The lesson I need to learn better is that instead of being envious of others I should be looking to them as motivational tools. I absolutely can be as ‘presentable’ as others, I just need to write down the steps it will take me to get there and make them into goals. I can pick one or even a few people that I specifically feel present themselves well and let that motivate me. Don’t get me wrong, I am not some green eyed monster. I don’t let envy consume me, it is simply something I experience once in a blue moon as the expression goes.
I look forward to delving further into this book and reading those bits of common knowledge that sometimes I need to remind myself of.
Until next time… Envy is a slippery slope that can lead to resentment and resentment just puts barriers up that keep you from seeing the opportunities for growth that may lie ahead.
~ Crimson