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It took Dr. Seuss twenty-seven tries to get his first children’s
book published. Imagine a world without him...I don’t want to go there
either. I say a world without Seuss is a world without wise.
Remember this
Seuss gem? “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot nothing is going to
get better. It’s not.” No doubt Dr. Seuss had some pretty thick skin.
Thick skin. It's pretty important. Test yourself:
how thick is your skin?
- To what extent do you let life get to you?
- Is it better to underestimate or overestimate challenges?
- On a scale of one to courage, where do you stand (or fall)?
- Does it linger when someone disagrees with you?
- Is competence more important to you than risk-taking?
- What are you avoiding trying and why?
- How well do you take criticism?
- How would someone else describe your initiative?
- What’s keeping you up at night?
- How hard are you pushing yourself?
No matter your answers, three thoughts:
- Thick-skinned people don’t feel with any less depth than anyone else nor do they kid themselves that they are any less clueless about life than anyone else.
- But despite the pitfalls and downfalls and faceplants and naysayers and multiple attempts, thick-skinners move on and move forward every day.
- And so can I (and so can you.)
4 comments:
All I know is that my skin is a helluva lot thicker now than it was when I was young. That's what age, experience and maturity does for you. Nothing about acquiring a thicker skin is pleasant, of course, don't get me wrong.
Having trouble commenting. I think I was able to follow your site via GFC but my comment shot back into the past somewhere. Anyway, have arrived via Chicken's blog and enjoyed the visit.
Great post - full of pearls of wisdom.
The questions are thought provoking and warrant the time taken to answer them. I have, eye opener they were!
Self-reflection should be on everyone's list of things to do. Thank you for posting this today.
I have discovered that since I've been meditating I've noticed I am not so reactive to people's reaction to me, even more importantly, I am not so hard on myself. It's important to take risks even if you don't feel like it. :)
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