“As human beings, our greatness
lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the
atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
Many of us
want to get better at something. Most of us desire to have more of something. And none of us is absolutely perfect in
everything. Thus, no matter the degree of our achievements, there is always
room for anyone to improve.
Therefore, all
of us have a job to do to make our results better than they now are. And every
day, we have a fresh opportunity to be, to have and to do just that.
In this
direction, let’s take the words of the author of ‘The ABC of Success,’ Bob
Proctor very close to our hearts. He says, “To change our results, paradigm is
all we need to change.”
You may ask,
‘What is a paradigm?’
According to
Bob Proctor, “Paradigm is simply a multitude of habits.” He came to this meaning
after intensive study of the subject. And the iconic Benjamin Franklin explains
further in mathematical terms. He said: "Your net worth to the world is
usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from
your good ones."
In other words,
people of high positive net worth in personal habit equation are operating with
a strong paradigm while people of low positive net worth in personal habit
equation are operating with a weak paradigm.
But people
of low negative net worth in personal habit equation are operating with a very
weak (or bad) paradigm but those with a high negative net worth in personal
habit equation are the dregs of the society.
In addition,
Bob Proctor emphasizes that to ignore the power of paradigm in influencing our judgments
is to put our entire future at risk. By this, he means: whether we like it or
not weak paradigm will continue to produce poor results until it is consciously
altered and strong paradigm will continue to produce pleasant result until it
is also changed. So we must do our best to make and keep our paradigm strong
and wholesome.
In all cases, our paradigm is
what defines our reality; it is what drives our results.
For those of
us in need of better results in any aspects of our lives, we only need to alter
some of our weak habits to fortify our paradigm. And the way to it is to purposefully
recondition ourselves for good by getting out of our own way, by adopting the
right habits; the fine habits that can help us with what we truly want to have.
As the
author of ‘Cosmic Ordering Guide,’ Stephen Richards asserts, “You are
essentially who you create yourself to be, and all that occurs in your life is
the result of your own making.” The great
gift from the Creator is that we have the privilege of choice as human beings
to remake ourselves at any moment in time. This why Ben Franklin equally says “life
is plastic” and within each of us is the power to mould ourselves to the
desirable form that we yearn.
Making this
change is perhaps the best use of our precious personal choice as the as Chinese
philosopher, Confucius once declared: “He who conquers himself is the mightiest
warrior.”
To conclude,
I have a question for you:
What one limiting habit will you decide to break today to further
strengthen the positive force of your own paradigm?
Please do
something about that because it is the best way to become a stronger version of
yourself as Ben Franklin answered when he was asked: “Who is strong?” He replied: “He that can conquer his bad habits.”
