Sunday, 17 April 2011

Traits of Success. Part 3: Tolerate nothing


Tolerate nothing- If you mean to harm yourself, so they say, it makes no sense to torture yourself with small annoyances- go big go home. ...and if you don't mean to harm yourself, why are you putting up with all the torture? Of course, we don't mean 'be intolerant' in the sense of the term that would have you closed-minded or unwilling to accept new or differing ideas or perspectives- that would be an obstacle to your ability to grow and evolve. Instead, the imperative 'tolerate nothing' is a call to root out your cynicism about all the little things in life that aren't perfect, and to help you get clear that you can have it all.

At the same time, the call to 'tolerate nothing' does not suggest that the problems you face are bad or wrong- they are simply what is so for you- and rather than viewing them in the context of right or wrong, it's much more constructive to view them in the context of choice.

Many of us tolerate the small things that plague us in our daily lives because we're simply unconscious to the fact that we have choice around them- that is, we're honestly convinced that 'this is just how life is'. Often what's underneath this is the fear that if we deal with this one, the next one could be bigger and scarier. In truth, the size of the 'problem' that stops you is precisely the size of YOU- or, said another way, the size of the problem that stops you is how big you declare yourself to be relative to it. In life, there will always be problems. It is part of the human condition to be confronted by challenge, to identify personally with adversity and in a sense, to be defined as a being by the scope of the challenges we take on.

Another important idea is that we're here to learn and grow as we become our future selves- and solving problems is the way we learn from our world. What's more, it feels good to solve them. To be human is to have problems, and the question you want to ask yourself is this: are the problems you have right now worthy of you? Are they a fitting expenditure of your life?

Most people go through their lives trying to get rid of problems, or at best, trying to make their problems as small as possible. Effective people expand themselves by taking on problems that cause them to grow, develop, learn.

Ways to know you're getting good at tolerating nothing:

You solve problems before you worry about them
Problems become lighter, easier to deal with, and much more interesting.
Solving problems, even substantial ones, becomes no big deal

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