Integrity Reflection #4 [CD]

We have a session by VK, which was really intriguing. One of the most peculiar things that we realised from the session was the introspection on how often we blame people for something, because of-course, that is the most easiest of easy resort. We further had a discussion on how ‘legitimate’ it is to blame others for something happening to us. There was comparatively a lot of sharing.

We all have been talking about our fears. We even revisited back to the level of fears, which definitely now I have a greater clarity about, and I am able to categorise my fears better. One major takeaway  from the session was – ‘Acceptance is the key’. Because I fell, that lack of acceptance is the reason that we tend to blame others and put others into positions of guilt in our lives, which is harmful for both us and them as well. Our conversations revolved around fear, guilt, acceptance and forgiveness. We had to write a forgiveness letter, which i wrote to myself, for time and again blaming me/myself for prioritising things over others, this was surely liberating and made me realise things I had been blaming myself for, but had not even realised or introspected on.

We concluded the session with people sharing their fears from their RAP sheet. And like i always say, it is always good to have a conversation with someone on the outside rather than having it within your brain!

 

Reflection on Life classes-7 Habits

The life class was more like living it. I know for a fact that if I had read the book 7 Habits, even though I would have gained all the knowledge, I am sure none of it would have actually transferred to my day to day life. The life class taught us to bring our understandings to life and for that, I am really grateful. As we learned each habit with examples and activities, they got infused in my day to day life as well. Without consciously thinking about it, I found myself working on the lines of these habits.

Normally as we grow older, personal growth just becomes a really low priority, and even though people make plans, very few of them come to fruition. Life class is this one opportunity where all you have to focus on is on you, and this has been a truly wonderful opportunity for growth. I have learned a lot and have applied some in my everyday life. It’s something that has been really helpful and has kept me more organized. Life class was a good platform to share and learn, I would like to believe it has helped me come at least a tiny bit out of my shell.

Whom do we blame and why?

Session by HOS and then some sharing from individuals, lot of paradigm shifts, lot of introspection…….today was filled with all sharing their results, actions and paradigms. When we listen to others, we surely learn and gather courage that yes, we are not the only one. We all have problems, fears, but how we deal with them is all about integrity. Overcoming own fear cannot be enough, as the journey is still on, but practice makes one perfect and when we get to deal with our fears, it surely make things easier. This is my take away form today’s session. Rather than blaming circumstances, people…forgiveness should be chosen and that indeed is for your good. Somewhere you fear to forgive too, may be for its after effects, but nai maaf kar ke ya baat daba ke rakhne se bhi kaha kuch milta hain?

I wrote a poem as a part of forgiveness letter and while drafting it, I felt that yes, I have moved much ahead of all such issues..rather chote issues now what I quote them as because that made me waste my energy and emotions in wrong direction. To conclude, Life journey is colorful and it is going to show a lot of phases, let us gather experiences out of each shade and phase. We tend to blame, somewhere we have to stop and make use of our situation as our victory weapon. We learn from such obstacles, may be we create memories, or move ahead carrying that as an experience.

Develop the habit of EATING THE FROG

Title of the book: Eat the Frog

Author: Brian Tracy

The genre of the book: Self-help

Key Characters of the book: Individual who is reading the book

The plot of the book: TIME MANAGEMENT! The entire book revolves around this idea. Full of actionable tips, Eat That Frog provides 21 techniques and strategies to stop procrastinating and get more done. Practice these principles every day until they become second nature to you. When these habits become a part of your personality, your future will be unlimited. Just do it! Eat that frog.

Your personal opinion about the book: One might feel that there are things repetitively mentioned but its worth giving a try. Obviously, he does that for a reason. Those principles are so simple, yet incredibly powerful when applied in our lives.

Have you read something like this before? Can you talk about that experience ?: Most of it I find similar to “7 habits of Highly Effective People” and the recent read “Who moved my cheese”.

Should people read this book ?: Anyone interested in becoming more productive or anyone struggling with procrastination or anyone who needs some motivation and a kick in the pants can read this book.

Key takeaways:

There is never enough time to do everything. But there is always enough time to do the most important things. Identify what are they?

Learn to deliberately put off low-value tasks so you have enough time to do the few things that really count

Three Steps to Mastery in Your Field – First, read in your field for at least one hour every day.  Second, take every course and seminar available on key skills that can help you. Third, listen to audio programs in your car or whatever means you are traveling or do a small chunk of work while traveling.

Blocking your time in chunks and putting it on the calendar. I can personally vouch for this.

The solution is to focus on one step at a time.

Life is gonna be – So be it – Beat it

Facing your worst fear or even the smallest fear is not the aim that we try to achieve but equipping ourselves to face these challenges in life is what we are aiming together. Problems , difficulties and fear are all part of human life and inevitable part of everyone’s life. Todays session and the short movies and of course the QUEEN (movie) gives us a glimpse of real world queens. We each have the ability to face our fear and conquer them and for this the first step is identifying the deep hidden fears that affect our present and future. The RAP sheet helped me to analyze my inner most feeling and come out with solutions myself instead of others telling me what to do as no one knows my situation or problems better then me. So who else can be a better person to solve the problems or come up with solution other than me.

Thanks once again for this opportunity to reflect, realize and transform.

Mixed emotions throughout the Day

Today’s integrity life class was an emotional roller coaster ride where we were shown multiple short films and then a long one-Queen. Every chosen film was well thought of and revolved around fear. Every individual has some fear within them, how they introspect it and are able to fight it is what we were shown in all the films today

Very insightful and meaningful movies, which we otherwise wouldn’t watch with this perspective. Thank you!

Integrity Reflection #3 [CD]

Today, was a much needed session. The amaaazing messages from every short film and the movie we watched is really intriguing. The messages were so thought provoking yet crisp, yet complex. And I guess that is what our lives are too. Simple but complex at the same time. The films actually portrayed realities of life. Not necessarily the same situations but same dilemma’s being faced by us in some or the other arena of life. Every film had a different message for us.

If I were to conclude, my understanding from all the things watched today, it would be that, our happiness is in our own hands, and that is one thing that can’t be certainly traded with anything else in our lived. And when we understand or accept that we are the true bearers of our own happiness then by default we have all the power to do so.

Thank you for such a delightful session.

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