Today’s Mandala Message: Empower Yourself From the Inside Out
This week I’m working through the last principle, Principle #64: Empower Yourself by Empowering Others of Jack Canfield’s book “The Success Principles”. I set my intention today to ponder ways to empower myself. From an article by Ilene Berns-Zare entitled “Empower Yourself From the Inside Out” she states: “Life is a process filled with transitions and choices. What if we choose to deliberately learn and practice strategies to help ourselves strengthen our personal empowerment? Learning a new skill typically involves multiple choices that proceed one step at a time.”
She offers 10 ways to empower yourself. I’ll be sharing them out over the next couple of days. Here are the first 3:
1. “Understand the power of choice. Big changes begin with the first step, proceeding incrementally with small steps, each one building on the one before.”
2. “Choose a growth mindset. Your view of yourself and your capacities greatly impacts the choices you make. Consider the power of yet – I haven’t gotten there yet, but I’m on my way. Empowering yourself with this growth mindset can help you overcome barriers and propel yourself toward your objectives (Dweck, 2006).”
3. “Get Gritty: Build your persistence muscle. Grit is the drive and persistence to achieve a goal you care about. Grit is about effort rather than talent (Duckworth, 2016; 2013).”
Of the three, #2’s idea of “the power of yet” inspires me the most. By adding the “yet”, it lets everyone and myself know that I’m actively pursuing my goal. Each day I’m farther along than the day before.
A good mindfulness practice would be to consider ways you could empower yourself.
So how about you? Of the three self-empowerment ways presented, which one resonates with you the most? Do you have a different way to empower yourself? What’s one action you can take today to empower yourself?
“Your own empowerment
— Ilene Berns-Zare
begins with you.
How will you strengthen
your empowerment
from the inside out?
What strategy will you choose?
What’s your first step?
Blessings,
Maureen
The Mandala Lady
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