Keys to Successful Living
Part 3
(Anon)
We should understand our capacities and potentials, and then
we should express ourselves in the external world with full confidence, acting
steps without any reservations. Thus there are three in performing an action: first,
forming an opinion within ourselves; second, expressing our opinion to others;
and third, executing our opinion in action.
Understanding Habit Patterns
The main thing that one should learn in life –and it is not
taught in the home or in the schools – is self-analysis. We should learn to
analyze ourselves. If we really want to understand, we can analyze our personality
by understanding our habit patterns. This is not difficult. We should simply
try to be consciously aware of every action we perform and realize that our
actions are virtually our thoughts. Without thought there can be no action.
Habit patterns and thoughts are revealed through behavior. There is a branch of
psychology called behaviorism that is based on this concept. But one should understand
that external behavior alone cannot reveal everything about a person. Laughter,
for example, cannot be analyzed behaviorally. If I were to laugh, you might
also laugh with me simply because I was laughing but without understanding why I
was laughing.
Seem the same to others, but each time it had a
different motivation. So instead
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