Comments on: Can You Handle Yourself Outside The Box? http://www.alexshalman.com/2007/09/14/can-you-handle-yourself-outside-the-box/ Practical Personal Development Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:29:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Thinking outside the box | The Winding Path http://www.alexshalman.com/2007/09/14/can-you-handle-yourself-outside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-19460 Thinking outside the box | The Winding Path Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:53:17 +0000 http://www.alexshalman.com/blog/2007/09/14/can-you-handle-yourself-outside-the-box/#comment-19460 [...] A little discussion has been going on over at two blogs that I recently came across, on the topic of “thinking outside the box”. Dawud Miracle prompted the discussion by asking "Are You Thinking Outside The Box?" Alex Shalman responded by considering a slightly different question, "Can You Handle Yourself Outside The Box?" [...] [...] A little discussion has been going on over at two blogs that I recently came across, on the topic of “thinking outside the box”. Dawud Miracle prompted the discussion by asking "Are You Thinking Outside The Box?" Alex Shalman responded by considering a slightly different question, "Can You Handle Yourself Outside The Box?" [...]

]]> By: Dawud Miracle http://www.alexshalman.com/2007/09/14/can-you-handle-yourself-outside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-18775 Dawud Miracle Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:52:25 +0000 http://www.alexshalman.com/blog/2007/09/14/can-you-handle-yourself-outside-the-box/#comment-18775 Hey brother. Nice post... I answered your post on my blog this morning. I directly challenged the notion that we can live outside boxes at all. I don't feel we can. There's always some limitation on us. But does that mean we shouldn't strive to grow? Of course not. Rather, it means we have to keep stretching ourselves again and again - building ever bigger boxes. <a href="http://dmiracle.com/conversation/why-youll-never-get-out-of-the-box/" rel="nofollow">Check out my answer</a> Hey brother. Nice post…

I answered your post on my blog this morning. I directly challenged the notion that we can live outside boxes at all. I don’t feel we can. There’s always some limitation on us.

But does that mean we shouldn’t strive to grow? Of course not. Rather, it means we have to keep stretching ourselves again and again – building ever bigger boxes.

Check out my answer

]]> By: Why You'll Never Get "Out Of The Box" - Dawud Miracle @ dmiracle.com - http://www.alexshalman.com/2007/09/14/can-you-handle-yourself-outside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-18774 Why You'll Never Get "Out Of The Box" - Dawud Miracle @ dmiracle.com - Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:28:08 +0000 http://www.alexshalman.com/blog/2007/09/14/can-you-handle-yourself-outside-the-box/#comment-18774 [...] That’s what my dear friend Alex Shalman didn’t get when he asked can you handle yourself outside the box. [...] [...] That’s what my dear friend Alex Shalman didn’t get when he asked can you handle yourself outside the box. [...]

]]> By: Alex Shalman http://www.alexshalman.com/2007/09/14/can-you-handle-yourself-outside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-18686 Alex Shalman Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:14:22 +0000 http://www.alexshalman.com/blog/2007/09/14/can-you-handle-yourself-outside-the-box/#comment-18686 That's an interesting concept, that staying inside the box could just be someone's innermost nature. It's something I would battle with, and might not realize. As far as your friend doing something different each day... I love that idea! In my post why is goal achievement so fulfilling? I wrote: 3. Connect with people. Use 15 minutes to call one relative, friend or acquaintance that you don’t talk to on a regular basis to check up on them. They’ll be happy that you care, and you’ll be happy that they’re happy. It's a similar concept, about talking to someone different each day. Variety is the spice of life, or so they say? That’s an interesting concept, that staying inside the box could just be someone’s innermost nature. It’s something I would battle with, and might not realize.

As far as your friend doing something different each day… I love that idea!

In my post why is goal achievement so fulfilling? I wrote:

3. Connect with people. Use 15 minutes to call one relative, friend or acquaintance that you don’t talk to on a regular basis to check up on them. They’ll be happy that you care, and you’ll be happy that they’re happy.

It’s a similar concept, about talking to someone different each day. Variety is the spice of life, or so they say?

]]> By: isabella mori http://www.alexshalman.com/2007/09/14/can-you-handle-yourself-outside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-18685 isabella mori Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:06:10 +0000 http://www.alexshalman.com/blog/2007/09/14/can-you-handle-yourself-outside-the-box/#comment-18685 i've lived most of my life outside the box; for me, being in the box is "outside the box". a challenge all in itself. in this context, it's always interesting to ask oneself, does the discomfort outside of the box result simply from lack of familiarity, which would be something worth enduring for a while - or does it stem from literally going against one's innermost nature, which is something i wouldn't recommend doing too often. your post also reminds me of a friend of mine, an artist who for many years worked in a very boring job. he committed himself to doing at least three things differently every day in his job, and if it was just something simple such as walking down a different street when going home. i’ve lived most of my life outside the box; for me, being in the box is “outside the box”. a challenge all in itself. in this context, it’s always interesting to ask oneself, does the discomfort outside of the box result simply from lack of familiarity, which would be something worth enduring for a while – or does it stem from literally going against one’s innermost nature, which is something i wouldn’t recommend doing too often.

your post also reminds me of a friend of mine, an artist who for many years worked in a very boring job. he committed himself to doing at least three things differently every day in his job, and if it was just something simple such as walking down a different street when going home.

]]> By: Sunday Reading 16 September 2007 http://www.alexshalman.com/2007/09/14/can-you-handle-yourself-outside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-18598 Sunday Reading 16 September 2007 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:19:07 +0000 http://www.alexshalman.com/blog/2007/09/14/can-you-handle-yourself-outside-the-box/#comment-18598 [...] Shalman’s Can You Handle Yourself Outside The Box sent me to a post by Dawud Miracle, Are You Thinking Outside The Box? Dawud makes the point that we [...] [...] Shalman’s Can You Handle Yourself Outside The Box sent me to a post by Dawud Miracle, Are You Thinking Outside The Box? Dawud makes the point that we [...]

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