35 : Chasing Significance: Why we really seek attention
We all want to feel special. Unique. Significant. We just do. It's a human need & we get to feed it, but how we do is entirely up to us!
So, do we want to feel special or feel significant? Or, is it one & the same?
What if you were chasing significance without knowing that you were & then heaped on a whole bunch of animosity & resentment? Boy, do I know that story well (too well…).
I’m gonna take this subject head-on & share my own chasing significance story at the end ;)
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In this episode I discuss:
[3:54] Our behavior & language will reveal us.
[4:41] Have you ever wanted to magnify your struggle?
[5:45] We are all one & the same.
[7:11] Where you have seen this in day-to-day life.
[8:30] While you are unique, your struggle is not.
[10:18] Why we come back in this cycle.
[11:30] Have you ever wanted to turn down the remedy?
[13:20] The power of mindset in your story.
[17:12] We all do this...would you like to change it?
[20:00] My personal story of chasing significance.
[25:46] Why I started & how I got here…
[26:07] My dirty secret...
Your Journal prompts:
Think of a time that you have had a struggle/burden/pain/grief & you wanted to put a pirate patch on?
Why do we want attention for our struggle/pain/injury/burden/grief?
Are you willing to give up your attention, validation, significance, or sympathy for this thing?
Why or why not?
What area do you find yourself blaming, complaining, or pointing fingers? And, to whom?
