My intention is to use this blog pretty much like a public journal, recording my thoughts, experiences, doubts, fears and progress on my personal quest to increase my own personal power. I will be sharing with you my direct life experiences, edited of course, for public consumption. In the process, I will also be sharing what I have learned–or what I am currently learning–about personal power from other sources (e.g. books, teachers).
I know that definitions are dangerous. They tend to oversimplify, especially in the case of something as dynamic as the concept of personal power. Nevertheless, it is important that you know where I am coming from, so here is my working definition of personal power for the purposes of this blog:
PERSONAL POWER is my capacity to create the experience(s) of happiness and freedom in my daily life–in spite of the circumstances in life that are beyond my control.
I realize that this definition begs the questions: “What is happiness?” and “What is freedom?” Although these words–or more accurately, these states of being–are of primary importance to every human being, they are very difficult (if not presumptuous) to define, especially in a way that everyone will agree upon. Actually, I will most likely be arriving at (or struggling with) some sort of definition for happiness and freedom as this blog unfolds over time. SO STAY TUNED!
Jeff
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