Every Friday I get to share with you 5 articles that I’ve read this week that have either touched me or that I found to be very thought-provoking. I hope you enjoy reading this week’s offerings;

First up is Dave Navarro at his site Rock Your Day who wrote a very thought-provoking article on limiting beliefs called Give Up. I particularly enjoyed reading this article because he provided some great steps on progressing past our limiting beliefs. This is one message that I, for one, need to be constantly exposed to so that I can move past what’s hindering me in my own life.

I quite liked this quote from the article:

But here’s the thing: Whatever seems ludicrous, whatever you say “I could never do that …” to, that’s the limiting belief that you are absolutely committed to. In fact, you’re so committed to it that you’ve got a ready-made collection of reasons excuses to support it – and you’ll fight me like hell before you give it up. – Dave Navarro

I think there’s a theme going on, because the next article is a guest post by Henri Junttila called How to Deal With Rejection: 5 Fresh Ways to Look at Getting Rejected at Dragos Roua’s site Brillantly Better, who also talks about our beliefs and how we attach labels to what happens to us in our lives. Henri provides 5 great ways that we can remove the fear of being rejected. I don’t know any on the planet who has not been rejected at something at least once in their lives. This is a great article to keep in mind the next time we face rejection.

The next article that I think you should definitely check out is one by Yaro Starak at his site Entrepeneur’s-Journey who continues to wow me with his series on Positive Change. Fair warning that this article is very long, but it’s worth reading until the end. Go read How I Realized My Sense Of Self And Why It Changed Me Forever and let me know what you thought about it.

It was very insightful when he writes about the incident that bought about lasting change in his life and, in particular, this part:

You see most of the problems I had, although resulting in physical symptoms, where actually a result of my broken mind. At least that’s what I chose to believe, because then I knew I could repair myself. Of course you can’t control what you are born with, but I could choose how I dealt with it, reacted to it and thought about it. – Yaro Starak

Like James’ recent guest-post on this site, From Homeless to The InfoPreneur, we can’t control with what we are born with or our circumstances, but we do have a choice on how you deal with what you have been given in life.

Next up is Ash at The Middle Finger Project who wrote an article called 18 Ways To Avoid Becoming A Human Robot (And Why Circles Are Better Than Lines) who made me stop and think about how we categorize people and draw lines between different groups. She provides 18 great ways that you can start to erase the lines between people in your own life so that  “we can start to erase some of the lines that could be boxing us in, and keeping us from connecting on a meaningful level with the people we share this planet with.” I think that you will find this article as insightful as I do. Go check it out and let me know what you think.

I write articles about personal development on this site so I read with interest Jonathan Wells’ article called 67 Personal Development Pitfalls to Avoid at his site Advanced Life Skills. Jonathan has managed to write 67 attitudes that we should avoid doing when it comes to personal development. Great list, Jonathan!  As I wrote on his site, I particularly like his advice concerning:

Don’t…

2. Get caught up in competition. Strive for cooperation.
10. Forget to be grateful.
28. Make lame excuses, just take responsibility.
67. Try to convince yourself that the things on this list don’t matter.

What do you think Jonathan should add to his list? What’s missing?

What have you read this week that was particularly thought-provoking or insightful? Let us know by leaving a comment. Thanks!

As always, I hope you have a fantastic weekend. Spring is here so go out and enjoy the weather.

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