Comments on: Why do people do this? https://DefytheBox.com/clearing-the-way/why-do-people-do-this/ Break free from your pre-packaged life and create the kick-ass life of your dreams. Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:49:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Leah https://DefytheBox.com/clearing-the-way/why-do-people-do-this/comment-page-1/#comment-1246 Leah Wed, 06 Oct 2010 01:44:07 +0000 https://DefytheBox.com/?p=2918#comment-1246 Renate Schooler.....thanks for sharing your thoughts. You get my point with all this.....people are addicted to being firefighters...looking for fires to put out is all consuming. And there is a choice that can be made to say ENOUGH and stop the madness. It is important to learn to shift your focus from the "problems" and focus on what works for you and bring joy and satisfaction to your life. It is possible to shift this and "walk out into the freedom of the kiss ass life!" (I love the "Kiss ass" instead of Kick-ass.) Renate Schooler…..thanks for sharing your thoughts.

You get my point with all this…..people are addicted to being firefighters…looking for fires to put out is all consuming. And there is a choice that can be made to say ENOUGH and stop the madness.

It is important to learn to shift your focus from the “problems” and focus on what works for you and bring joy and satisfaction to your life.

It is possible to shift this and “walk out into the freedom of the kiss ass life!” (I love the “Kiss ass” instead of Kick-ass.)

]]> By: Renate Schooler https://DefytheBox.com/clearing-the-way/why-do-people-do-this/comment-page-1/#comment-1245 Renate Schooler Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:46:47 +0000 https://DefytheBox.com/?p=2918#comment-1245 You are so right Leah! However as a a few have already said, people are motivated by pain...we tend to not realize that the shit is hitting the fan till it passes through the bars of teh fan and flings all over us...we are addicted to being firefighters and do not know how to stop the fires of life once and for all...it seems that we have no or little time to focus on the important items that would make our lives kick ass when we are running around with our fire hoses. But at some point we have to STOP and say enough is enough, we need to focus on the light and not the darkness, be proactive and not worry so dang much about the smoke. Find the door and walk out into the freedome of the kiss ass life! You are so right Leah! However as a a few have already said, people are motivated by pain…we tend to not realize that the shit is hitting the fan till it passes through the bars of teh fan and flings all over us…we are addicted to being firefighters and do not know how to stop the fires of life once and for all…it seems that we have no or little time to focus on the important items that would make our lives kick ass when we are running around with our fire hoses. But at some point we have to STOP and say enough is enough, we need to focus on the light and not the darkness, be proactive and not worry so dang much about the smoke. Find the door and walk out into the freedome of the kiss ass life!

]]> By: Leah https://DefytheBox.com/clearing-the-way/why-do-people-do-this/comment-page-1/#comment-1244 Leah Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:12:53 +0000 https://DefytheBox.com/?p=2918#comment-1244 Hi Therese....thanks for chiming in. I get that people are motivated by pain, but I would be curious to learn where that comes from.....where do we learn that in the first place and how do you undo it? Actually...I know how to undo it with some great coaching :-) Hi Therese….thanks for chiming in.

I get that people are motivated by pain, but I would be curious to learn where that comes from…..where do we learn that in the first place and how do you undo it?

Actually…I know how to undo it with some great coaching :-)

]]> By: Leah https://DefytheBox.com/clearing-the-way/why-do-people-do-this/comment-page-1/#comment-1243 Leah Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:11:14 +0000 https://DefytheBox.com/?p=2918#comment-1243 Yhea...lets spread the word!!! It doesn't have to suck....Life can be kick-ass and fun...and meaningful...and juicy! Yhea…lets spread the word!!!

It doesn’t have to suck….Life can be kick-ass and fun…and meaningful…and juicy!

]]> By: Leah https://DefytheBox.com/clearing-the-way/why-do-people-do-this/comment-page-1/#comment-1242 Leah Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:09:56 +0000 https://DefytheBox.com/?p=2918#comment-1242 Hi Lizbeth, I hear what you are saying, and I've had my share of instances of waiting until I was forced to do something about a problem before I addressed it because I was scared to make changes. And you don't really drive me crazy :-).... But, it seems like we make it so much more difficult on ourselves when we do that.....and we tend to buy into the idea that that is just the way it is...so we live inside of it our whole lives. I don't even think it's really about being positive...but rather it's about empowering yourself to go for kick-ass and not tolerating the stuff the sucks. Hi Lizbeth,

I hear what you are saying, and I’ve had my share of instances of waiting until I was forced to do something about a problem before I addressed it because I was scared to make changes.

And you don’t really drive me crazy :-) ….

But, it seems like we make it so much more difficult on ourselves when we do that…..and we tend to buy into the idea that that is just the way it is…so we live inside of it our whole lives.

I don’t even think it’s really about being positive…but rather it’s about empowering yourself to go for kick-ass and not tolerating the stuff the sucks.

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