Comments on: Can You Really Be Anything You Want? Lessons from the Stockdale Paradox… http://worklifetransformations.com/2010/01/10/can-you-really-be-anything-you-want-lessons-from-the-stockdale-paradox/ Tue, 18 May 2010 22:29:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Diane Craver http://worklifetransformations.com/2010/01/10/can-you-really-be-anything-you-want-lessons-from-the-stockdale-paradox/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Diane Craver Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:35:36 +0000 http://blog.iam-learning-network.com/?p=451#comment-121 Karen, Oh yes, your post definitely serves! I like the way you expanded on what I wrote. Yes, there is a certain edge to what I'm saying because that has been my experience. Discovering who I am has been one of the most liberating *and* challenging things I've ever done for myself. At first it was hard, but it gets easier all the time as I embrace my unique gifts and learn more about how to use them effectively and authentically in the world. ~Diane Karen,
Oh yes, your post definitely serves! I like the way you expanded on what I wrote.

Yes, there is a certain edge to what I’m saying because that has been my experience. Discovering who I am has been one of the most liberating *and* challenging things I’ve ever done for myself. At first it was hard, but it gets easier all the time as I embrace my unique gifts and learn more about how to use them effectively and authentically in the world.

~Diane

]]> By: karentax http://worklifetransformations.com/2010/01/10/can-you-really-be-anything-you-want-lessons-from-the-stockdale-paradox/comment-page-1/#comment-120 karentax Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:42:57 +0000 http://blog.iam-learning-network.com/?p=451#comment-120 Diane, I was thinking as I read your post (great!) that words like 'brutal' and 'discipline' make all of this seem hard. It doesn't have to be! Most people are relieved to know that they can quit worrying about what they are not good at, focus on their talents, and figure out what they want from there. Wanting something that requires you being good at something you are NOT naturally talented at is hard. It's trying to be somebody you're not. Wanting something that uses your talents is easy. One of the hardest things to understand is that your work and career path CAN be easy! And then there are the skills that all of us can learn that make things even easier: open and honest communication, leadership (yes, everyone can be a leader), consciousness and awareness ... these are the MOST powerful tools to help us be successful - easily! I hope this serves! --Karen Diane,
I was thinking as I read your post (great!) that words like ‘brutal’ and ‘discipline’ make all of this seem hard. It doesn’t have to be! Most people are relieved to know that they can quit worrying about what they are not good at, focus on their talents, and figure out what they want from there.

Wanting something that requires you being good at something you are NOT naturally talented at is hard. It’s trying to be somebody you’re not.

Wanting something that uses your talents is easy. One of the hardest things to understand is that your work and career path CAN be easy!

And then there are the skills that all of us can learn that make things even easier: open and honest communication, leadership (yes, everyone can be a leader), consciousness and awareness … these are the MOST powerful tools to help us be successful – easily!

I hope this serves!
–Karen

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