Discover Your BEST Self

By on October 1, 2009 in Healthy Living

Here is a simple exercise that can produce extraordinary results. To get started, read the following instructions, then take out a piece of paper and create a BEST list for yourself. If you like, you can also create a list for each of your children, your spouse, or partner as well

EXERCISE: What do you like BEST about yourself? Take only THREE minutes to write down a list of 10 things you like about yourself. You can go beyond 10, if you like, but make it at least to 10. 

I also teach this technique to school teachers. When I have asked teachers and counselors to think of a student (usually the one who is giving them the most trouble) and then make a BEST list. I am shocked that some of them cannot think of even one likable thing.

I push them to think of 10 things. When they read their list out loud, they are astounded at the truth of what they have written. Yes, he does have nice eyes. Yes, she does show leadership skills (though usually into mischief)…. And so on. This change of thinking, changes the relationship for the better.

Parents can do the same with children who are rebellious or acting out, or to simply reaffirm what is good about the child. Then take the list and post it where they can see it every day. You can also use it to strengthen a relationship with a partner or spouse.

The parent of an 11-year-old girl told me that her daughter was embarrassed when she tried to read the list to her. So she posted it on the refrigerator. "Suddenly, my daughter found a dozen reasons to go to the kitchen. She wanted a glass of water. She wanted to return a dish to the sink. She wanted something to eat. Each time I noticed that she was reading what I had written on the list. She was smiling as she read it."

The BEST list is a simple action with a life long impact. If you like, try it first yourself. Take three minutes to make your own list. If you like, you can share insights it brings you, here.

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About Alexia Parks

For more than 30 years, my writing and work has had a focus in the fields of energy, the environment, education, parenting, and communications. Recently, I was given the distinction of being the first accredited blogger at the UN Conference on Climate Change, in Bali. Author of seven books, my latest includes RAPID Evolution, a training manual for accelerated evolution. It is solution oriented: as we self-heal, we heal the world around us..

In my career, I have been a nationally syndicated columnist, New York City magazine publisher, and written for the national desk of The Washington Post. I have also served as Director of Communications for a trade association representing 100 major metropolitan daily newspapers. In 1995, I co-founded Votelink.com – the first electronic democracy website on the Internet - and continue as its president today. At its launch, Newsweek magazine called me “one of 50 people who matter most on the Net.”

You can find my books linked from http://www.rapidevolution.org/ or Amazon.

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