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Hello,
A few years ago, I realized that the students in my classes had written essays on all sorts of subjects in grade school and college. However, they had never been asked to write thoughtfully about themselves and their own past experiences, personalities and visions for their futures.
Upon reflection, this lack of opportunity struck me as strange, to say the least since there's nothing more important to get straight than your own personal experience. You can write a story about who you've been and you can write a story about who you are now but you can also write a story about who you could be.
Now you will have something to aim at, a purpose right? You're not going to get it right anyways because what do you know? However, you're going to pursue your goal avidly for a year or so. Then you'll learn a bunch and your trajectory is gonna shift. Yet, it doesn't matter because the trick is to get the process of moving forward toward the aim started. Then you need to have the humility to make course changes along the way.
Dr. Frank Schmidt, one of the world's most outstanding industrial psychologists, has demonstrated that participating in such programs makes all kinds of people substantially more effective in whatever they are doing. People who complete such programs appear to benefit because the careful articulation of their experiences, past, present and future decreases misery related to threat and uncertainty and increases happiness and hope.
If you write about your past and you do a causal analysis of the good and the bad things that happened to you then that arms you more effectively for operation in the present and the future.
I created the Self-Authoring Suite 10 years ago with a team of expert researchers which is specifically designed to help individuals rectify "stuck" memories, discover strengths and weaknesses, and develop their ideal future.
The Full Self Authoring Suite is now available for $29.99.
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How Does the Self Authoring Suite Work?
1. The Past Authoring Program.
The Past Authoring Program helps you remember, articulate and analyze key positive and negative life experiences.
2. The Present Authoring Program.
The Present Authoring Program has two modules. The first helps you understand and rectify your personality faults. The second helps you understand and develop your personality virtues.
3. The Future Authoring Program
The Future Authoring Program helps you envision a meaningful, healthy and productive future, three to five years down the road, and to develop a detailed, implementable plan to make that future a reality.
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Kind Regards,
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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