How to Empower Yourself
"Personal power is the ability to resist impulse and act in your long-term best interests.
Focus
Powerlessness makes us feel vulnerable and likely to perceive ego-threat. The habitual response to powerlessness is the psychological affliction of our times: blaming.
Blame makes us look for solutions in places we can’t control. Coping with vulnerable feelings through blame of others yields resentment, disrespect, impulsive behavior, intolerance, and external locus of control—the sense that outcomes of our behavior are in the control of others. Self-empowerment requires that we supplant the habit of blame with a habit of improving.
When we can’t improve situations, we must improve the experience of them.
Focus on What You’re For, Not Against
Personal Empowerment
The first step in personal empowerment is answering the following questions.
- What can I do to make my life better?
- What do I do that makes my life worse?
- What can I do to make my primary relationship better?
- What do I do that makes my primary relationship worse?
- What can I do to improve my parenting?
- What do I do to impair my parenting?
- What can I do to make my work experience better?
- What do I do that makes my work experience worse?"
Read the complete article available at Psychology Today!
Reflection:
What would be your answers to the questions mentioned above?
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@comfortableNight4463
Love this article, i think in some certain way it is really deeply empowering on its own and thats amazing and wonderful.
Sending strenght and energy.
Lots of love,
🌸Hana🌸
@Livingtohelplive Thank you for your kind words! Really appreciate it!
@comfortableNight4463
I always find the answers that I need to do to improve my life and empower myself but I never find the willpower to actually carry it out. I think definitely a more thorough examination of my motives definitely helps.
@sunnyWriting4806 Just remember what you're striving for, what kind of person you want to be and cultivate the discipline to work towards that. I wish you the best on your journey to self-empowerment!
Appreciate this article and the timing of it for me. Self-empowerment is not an easy thing to do sometimes but this article provides concrete examples on how to start/restart.
@BrightandGentleHand I agree. Self-improvement can take time but the journey is always worth it. I wish you the best on your journey to self-empowerment!