Keys to Successful Living
Part 3
(Anon)
We
should understand our capacities and potentials, and then we should express
ourselves in the external world with full confidence, acting steps without any
reservations. Thus there are three in performing an action: first, forming an
opinion within ourselves; second, expressing our opinion to others; and third,
executing our opinion to others; and third, executing our opinion in action.
Understanding
Habit Patters
The
main thing that one should learn in life -- and it is not taught in the home or
in the schools --is self-analysis. We should learn to analyze ourselves. If we really
want to understand ourselves, we can analyze our personality by understanding
our habit patterns. This is not difficult. We should simply try to be
consciously aware of every action we perform and realize that our actions are
virtually our thoughts. Without thought there can be no action. Habit patterns
and thoughts are revealed through behavior. There is a branch of psychology
called behaviorism that is based on this concept. But one should understand
that external behavior alone cannot reveal everything about a person. Laughter,
for example, cannot be analyzed behaviorally. If I were to laugh, you might
also laugh with me simply because I was laughing without understanding why I
was laughing.
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