Sucess and Personal Growth Are Easily Hindered When You Automatically Expect The Worst From People...Who do YOU need to forgive?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Unforgiveness leads to great bitterness, which is a costly misuse of your creative imagination" 

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I realized last night that I am generally untrusting of people. When someone gives me a compliment, I assume they are just being nice. When someone goes out of their way to help me, I assume they are just being nice. When someone offers me criticism or advice, I assume they have an ulterior motive. When someone is generous, I assume they want something.The chip on my shoulder is pretty big and my fortitude of defenses are pretty indestructible. Sometimes I feel like I am a walking shard of glass; all pokey, sharp, and unyielding.

My mentor, Coach Jim Munro, keeps telling me to read Key 22 in "An Enemy Called Average. 
I wanted to share this with you.....

"A chip on the shoulder weighs a ton. Few things get you off track as fast as when someone has done you wrong. When you decide to do anything significant in your life, you will be lied to, stolen from and taken advantage of. How you respond makes all the difference. 


Who do you need to forgive? You may think of this as a spiritual or religious idea. It's also a powerful success principle.


The weight of unforgiveness greatly drags a person down. It is a tremendous load to carry in the race of life. Here's the key: If you want to travel far, travel light. 


When faced with the need to forgive and forget, never make the excuse, "But you don't know what that person did to me!" That may be true, but do you know what unforgiveness will do to you?


Unforgiveness leads to great bitterness, which is a costly misuse of your creative imagination. Great amounts of brain power are used up when you ponder a negative situation and plot how to get even. This kind of thinking is totally unproductive. 


What really matters is what happens in us, not to us. 


Forgiveness is essential for good relationships, both personally and professionally. It's also very valuable business success principle. 


People who burn bridges will find themselves isolated and alone...dealing with those who are neutral and enemies the rest of their lives. That's why we should do all we can to build bridges, not burn them. Vengeance is a poor traveling companion. Getting even always results in imbalance and unhappiness. 


Working with businesses throughout America, I have found unforgiveness in every stagnating situation. Conversely, I have found growing organizations generally don't talk that much about past problems and injustices. Successful people have a way of not letting things stick to them.

Never underestimate the power of forgiveness to free you to focus on your dream. It's one power you have over a person who slanders or takes advantage of you. The farther you walk in forgiveness, the greater the distance you put between yourself and the negative situation. It allows you to run toward your goals and dreams unhindered."