"The trouble with competing is that your effort is based outside of you.
It's determined externally.
If the competition is tough, that can be a good thing because it causes
you to excel.
But if the competition isn't tough, it's easy to slack off and not try
as hard - thus leading to so many "upsets" in games.
If you play to the level of your competition, your development won't be
consistent.
It'll yo yo up and down.
And what happens when you run out of competition?
Then there's nothing left to "power" your development.
The drive to get better must come from within because only then will
it become consistent."
- Brian Kim MIT of 4/24/13
Today is Day 5 of my 30 day challenge.
Brian Kim's Article of "Why Depression Is On the Rise Today" Points of Emphasis:
http://briankim.net/blog/2007/06/why-depression-is-on-the-rise-today/
"The reason why depression is on the rise is that fewer and fewer people are exercising their power of choice and personal responsibility."
"The best thing you can do right now is to define who you are, who you want to be, what you believe in, what you stand for, what you want to do with your life, in other words to create your own center, your own foundation, to work on yourself and your life."
"It amazes me that people spend enormous time and energy in planning events that last for a day such as a birthday party, anniversary, or wedding, but when it comes to planning their LIFE, very few people will put in that same amount of time and energy.
"Rather, people “float” through life, doing this and that, being easily manipulated by those forces around them to the point where they feel they have no control. No center. No anchor. No foundation."
"Sit down with a piece of paper and decide what kind of person you want to be. The best way to do this is to imagine your own funeral and write down what you want your friend to say about you. What you want your parents to say about you. Your boss. Your clients. Your co-workers. Your relatives. This will give you something to strive for, a sense of identity that is yours, instead of slapping on identities that the media and corporations have sold us on.
Imagine the work you want to do. Work accounts for half our life so if you have to work, which you must, you might as well do work you love and enjoy. Work that you hate doing is probably one of the biggest causes in the environment that contribute to depression.
When you start doing this, when you start sculpting who you want to be, what you want to do, what you stand for, you have effectively cast an anchor overboard and grounded yourself in this tumultuous sea we call life.
You now have a destination to aim for and a course to chart and you slowly use your engines to help get you there. Sure, storms will come and go but they will not become the focus. The focus will be on the journey and the destination.
When you do this, then you’ll find all the pieces you need that will help you fit together the picture you’ve created in your mind. You’ll find new friends that will fit into your lifestyle, work that fits into your lifestyle and your environment will slowly conform to support YOUR vision of your life.
And nothing outside of you in the environment can adversely affect you because you have already determined from within the kind of person you are and wish to be and the life you want to live."
"exercise your power of choice and personal responsibility. Stop blaming things outside of you. Take control of your life."
"The point I want to make is that it’s really easy to point the finger at your environment to blame for your depression. When you do that, you rob yourself of personal power because you are essentially saying you have no control and that the things outside of you do."
"take back control of your life. Create your center. Create your own life. And start to define the world you want to live in and what you'll find is that the world will conform to your wishes."
http://briankim.net/blog/2007/06/why-depression-is-on-the-rise-today/
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