LIFE PERSPECTIVES
LIFE PERSPECTIVES
The word perspective implies how you view something. It's the angle or position from which you view it. This affects what you see, and how you judge or evaluate it. A different viewpoint on something can be very enlightening and educational. This is true with life itself and more importantly, your own life and how you run it. The way you view things and judge them affects everything you do.
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This website stresses six perspectives , as illustrated on the right. Collectively they represent some basic ways people view things in their lives. These perspectives are also motives for why people do things. In essence these perspectives provide clues to who you are, as well as what you seek and how you go about obtaining it. How well you understand and utilize these perspectives has a big impact on getting what you want out of life and the influence you have on others
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Consider each perspective and verify it does apply to you. We challenge you to develop and use the perspective the best you can. Let this become a personal goal. To assist you, some material on each perspective is given below. Also, most articles in our newsletter "Ideas for Living Today" are related to these perspectives or support them in some way. As you clarify these perspectives in your mind and learn to use them more fully, you'll achieve more and be happier too.
Here's an illustration of this. Does this picture look like you? Are you tired of the daily rush? There is a solution. Become your own inner boss and take more control of your life! How, you may ask, can you do this? The answer is to obey more fully the laws and utilize better the principles that govern this mortal life. Learn to run your life better and discover a happier you! You'll get more things done and be successful in more activities. You'll have stronger relationships and be more satisfied with life. For more information, refer to the Inner Boss page.
EXPERIENCE EFFECTIVE LIVING - Another way of looking at your life is through effective living. Everyone wants to get certain things out of life. To be successful in doing this, you must know what you want and have the resources to get it. You must put forth the effort to reach your goals or fulfill your dreams. In this way you actually get the things you want or need. You are effective in doing this. For this reason you know what effective living is because you experience it daily.
Effective living is smart living. It is seeking the right things for the right reasons. It's doing things the easy way, not the hard way.
Effective living has a price which most people can pay if they'll learn certain basics and apply these regularly in their lives. All the information on this website is provided to help you be more effective in the way you lead your life. For more details on effective living, follow the Effective Living link.
USE GOOD STEWARDSHIP IN ALL THINGS - A third way of looking at the way you live is viewing everything in your life through the stewardship perspective. What this means, in simple terms, is that your life is your stewardship, and you are responsible for how you run it or how you manage your affairs. All your responsibilities, activities, and relationships are involved. Because of this, the type of stewardship being stressed here is holistic in nature.
The challenge is to manage your affairs well. Do your duties with a good attitude, and discharge your responsibilities in an acceptable manner. Learn to cope with different situations and circumstances that you experience. Know how to get along with others and develop good relationships with them. Respect the rights of others, and obey the law. Develop the skills and personal strengths to do all these things better in your private life, professional life, and public life. More information on doing this is found on the Stewardship page.
STRENGTHEN YOUR CHARACTER - Your character is composed of the many attributes and traits that make up your individual nature. You should seek good qualities for your character. As you add good characteristics and remove bad ones, you strengthen your character.
This perspective supports the other ones. They all imply that you should strive to do worthwhile things for yourself and others. However, being your own Innerboss doesn't mean you're always right, or you'll do the best thing for yourself and others. Effective Living and Stewardship add structure and organization to your life, but this doesn't mean your goals and objectives will always be the right ones for yourself and others you influence. These three perspectives can be utilized without having the best character. But with good character, each of them serves you better. The reason for this is that good character compliments these other perspectives. It has a positive impact on them. In this sense it breathes life into them. It puts a stamp of approval on what you do through them. It makes your efforts through them more worthwhile.
When you have and utilize good character, you are automatically doing many things that contribute to Spirituality, the perspective below. Good Character and Spirituality support each other.Likewise, good character helps you to achieve true success, the last perspective below..
More information on strengthening character is found on the Character page.
NURTURE YOUR SPIRITUALITY - This perspective is less understood and not as widely used as the other perspectives. This doesn't mean, however, that spirituality is not real, or it is not important. It does play a vital role in our lives and this should be recognized and utilized to our benefit.
Here is a simple way to understand spirituality. Everyone has both a spiritual and physical nature. Anything that helps us to be good or do good things for ourselves and others will increase or raise spirituality in our lives. Anything that helps us to be more like God in character raises our spirituality. As spirituality raises, our spiritual nature has more control over our physical nature and we are better people and happier people as a result. More information on spirituality can be found on the Spirituality page.
ACHIEVE SUCCESS - Everyone wants to achieve success in their pursuits, endeavors, activities, and relationships. They seek the best ways to do this, and hope their efforts will bring the results they desire. It is the desire for success in various things that keeps us motivated and moving along the road of life. If our goals are good ones, then our efforts will bring the fulfillment and joy and peace of mind we seek. This perspective is dedicated to this end.
As you strive to have more success, let the other perspectives assist you. Being your own inner boss, experiencing effective living, using good stewardship in all things, strengthening your character, and nurturing spirituality in your life all support success in one way or another. When these other perspectives are utilized properly, they help you achieve more success in your activities and ultimately become a more successful person.
For more details on success, follow the Success link.
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