Humiliation: No Way to Teach

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3. Keep stretching. Keep reaching. Keep learning. Make new mistakes for it means that your mind is active. You have not given up on yourself. You are not content to live within a comfort zone the size of a postage stamp. No, that’s not for you. It’s a big wide world out there. With lots of things to learn. You want to be a part of the world. Not apart from the world.

4. No matter how much you learn, how much you know, there will be stuff you don’t know. This is not proof of your stupidity. It is not something to be ashamed of. It is simply life. We cannot know it all.

5. When you don’t know what to do, improvise. That’s what everybody else is doing (whether they admit it or not). Make it up on the spot. Sometimes it will work out well. Sometimes it won’t. That’s the nature of life.

6. When something intrigues you, go for it. Don’t tell yourself “you’re no good at this.” Take up the challenge. Put in the hard work. Ask for assistance. Tolerate the discomfort. And watch yourself bloom.

Whatever humiliating experiences you have had in the past, do not let them continue to define you today. Right now, this moment, this very moment, before you put this article down, say something that gives homage to who you are and what you’re about. If whatever you say brings a smile to your face or warmth to your inner being, you know you’ve chosen the right words.

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Linda Sapadin, Ph.D. is a psychologist and success coach in private practice. She can be reached at LSapadin@DrSapadin. Read more articles at www.PsychWisdom.com.

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