Principle of Awareness

                                        "We can't ever solve what we never acknowledge."
                                                                                               Tom Bergeron

                                        The self-actualizing principle of Awareness tells us that,
                                        "We can only respond to what we're aware of, because
                                         we don't know what we don't know."

                                        Thus a critical step toward solving any problem is to
                                        increase our awareness and understanding of it.
                                        One way to do that is to ask assistance from people
                                        we trust, to ask them what they observe or might try.

                                        The next step is to look at what parts are in our hands
                                        and which thus we can control, and which parts aren't.
                                        We never hold more than 50 percent of a relationship,
                                        so we can never control the outcome in most situations
                                        because some things will always be out of our control.
                                        Our own behavior is the only part we have control over.

                                        Where are you limiting your awareness and chances
                                        of solving a problem by failing to get help from others?


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