#personal limitations

[twintherapists]

My supervisee watching their session and becoming aware of how their personal relationship issues are paralleled in their therapeutic relationships with clients like:

[daveinediting]

My experience in live broadcast news was thoroughly helpful in revealing how engaged I could get with dead ends. I learned the lesson early on that becoming fully engaged with a solution wasn't the same thing as solving a problem. Because the problem was only solved if it was solved on time. If it wasn’t... then banging my head against a particular wall's the same thing as doing nothing at all.

If I didn't solve the problem...

Then I didn't get points for trying to solve the problem.

Harsh, again, I know. But live broadcast news was about getting things done by a certain moment in time. In fact, things could come together in just that second before a story had to hit air...

And that was completely legitimate.

What was not legitimate was for the story's airtime to hit without the story being ready. Because something had to air. And if not a specific story... then it was the responsibility of the editor to let the newscast producer know it early enough for the producer to shuffle their rundown.

So.

It wasn't good enough to try solving some problem. You had to know you could solve the problem in the time you had or you had to make the call early enough so that the show didn't get screwed.

It demanded honesty with myself about my abilities: what I could and couldn’t do.

Completely honest.

It's also the only arena where I had to pay such attention to my weaknesses. The only arena where there was wisdom in saying "I can't do this" or "I can't get this done by air". Of course it's important why I couldn't get something done by air... but that was a question for after the show. During the show, or right before the show, there's only one question of absolute relevance.

Can I get this done on time?

If yes, great. If not, tell someone.

I had to learn quickly the difference between trying to solve a problem... and actually solving a problem. I had to learn that not all strategies lead to a desired outcome. Some strategies, for example, wouldn't get me there on time. Therefore... those solutions, those strategies, were dead ends. My job was to figure out successful strategies. Because no. Not every strategy, not every solution, would get the job done or get the job done on time.

It's a lesson that continues to inform me to this day because even if everything in my life or the world around me isn't live broadcast news... it's still dramatically task focused and time sensitive. 

The important parts, anyway.

[717soul]

Self-Realization—An Important Aspect of Personal Development

Self-Realization—An Important Aspect of Personal Development

When you are trying to develop your personality, there are several things that you need to look at, but probably the most important thing is that you should have the correct realization about yourself. You should know who you are. It is only when you have a complete realization of yourself that you can plan to make improvements.

Each and every one of us has their own strengths and weaknesses. You…

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[planetrayh]

There is a certain point you can reach before you're pushing your own limits. If you're a person who let's everyone step on you, you will eventually explode. So I suggest you start speaking and be heard. Rayh. xxx

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IV. Almost friends

I’m sorry I broke down on you. But after eleven or so hours on the bench, with little sleep and no one’s hand on my back, I just couldn’t handle another uniformed, unaffectionate consolation.

And I think back on how we nearly cried, remembering our mothers’ proud faces broken through reinforced glass. And the shame and sadness we felt And when we felt it again together

And so we were only friends in memories of captivity. For it was easier to patrol the walls of my personal cell, than to face the free uknown

with you.