When you’re faced with a decision, what drives you? Do you take the path of least resistance or act out of a need for self-protection? Or are you guided by certain internal principles that defy apparent logic or short term thinking? Part of self actualization – living a life built around knowing who you are – is having clearly defined principles and living within them:
The Philippine taxi-driver could have caught up on his rent and paid for anything his wife needed with that $17,000. It wouldn’t have been hard to justify. In these tough economic times, who couldn’t use an extra £20 or $20? And discovering it just waiting at the ATM machine – that’s found money! And those men who rescued Paulina – they had lives and concerns of their own. Why should they risk — and in Tsikoza’s case, sacrifice – their lives for someone else?
Each of these people were driven by their principles – the internal guides that, for them, were more compelling than self-interest. And while there is a cost to living according to your principles, it is the path to the peace of mind, joy, and fulfillment that comes through self actualization.
Roger K. Allen, Ph.D. is an expert in personal transformation, leadership, and teams. His tools and methods have helped hundreds of businesses and tens of thousands of people transform the ways they work and live. To learn more, visit www.theheroschoice.com.
My purpose is to teach you strategies to replace negative patterns with a positive state of mind from which you can achieve your greatest desires and live a joyful and abundant life.
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