7 Weeks to a Better You
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Personal Growth
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Evaluate and develop your tremendous emotional potential. In this series you will learn the seven facets of your emotional attributes that define the spectrum of your personality, you will gain a clear picture — an “x-ray” — of your inner psyche, and how to harness and enhance the forces that make you tick.
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7 Weeks to a Better You
Explore love -- what exactly is love, how to set a high standard for the love you seek to give and receive, and a step-by-step process on how to achieve those goals. Find out the seven components necessary for healthy and enduring love.
Explore discipline, restraint — the attribute that defines discretion. What exactly is Gevurah/strength? How do we balance giving and kindness in a measured way? How do we know when to show discipline and when to hold back? Is this a defining characteristic in your personality or does this facet need to be defined and honed? Find out the secrets to properly channel restraint.
Explore compassion and empathy — the attribute that defines harmony, beauty and truth. Are you a compassionate person? How do you express your empathy? Is it an extension of your own needs – caring out of guilt or with an ulterior motive – or is it coming from a deeper place?
Explore endurance — the attribute that defines fortitude and ambition and combines determination and tenacity. How strong is your endurance? When you commit to something do you always see it through? When faced with challenges do you often retreat, or do you face the obstacle head on and fight until you succeed?
Explore humility — the attribute that defines modesty, sensitivity and gratitude. What is humility and why is it so important? Is your humility coming from strength or weakness? Humility is often confused with passivity and even lack of self-esteem. In truth, healthy humility is actually quite formidable – it is suspending yourself in face of a greater truth; recognizing your qualities and strengths and acknowledging that they are not your own; they were given to you for a higher purpose. Humility is a power that opens you up to new horizons and possibilities. In its ability to yield and be flexible, humility allows you to become indestructible.
Explore connection — the ability to bond and build healthy emotionally committed relationships. Do you ever suffer from commitment issues? When faced with a serious relationship or tasked with an important project, do you find it difficult to be fully present and see it through? Are you able to completely connect and attach with another? Or do you always keep a “back door” open out of fear of abandonment or vulnerability? Do you run at the first signs of unease or do you stick around and address the issue? Do you have strong and unwavering foundations in your life? Real connection is one of the greatest challenges of our times; the inability to be present, to deeply bond and deeply connect.
Explore leadership — the dignity and nobility within you, enabling you to be a leader in your own right. Do you find yourself being reactive? Are you a follower, waiting for someone else to lead the way? How is your self-esteem and self-confidence? Are you comfortable in your own skin? Do you feel pressured to please others, and live up to other people’s expectations and demands?
We just finished 7 Weeks to a Better You. We examined the entire spectrum of our human emotions and diagnosed our personality and character traits; from love to discipline, compassion to tenacity, humility to bonding and dignity. But now comes the hard question: How do we ensure that all our hard work lasts? How does one perpetuate that inspiration; how does one stay motivated?
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Rabbi Simon Jacobson is a pioneering speaker, educator, mentor to thousands. He is the author of the best-selling book “Toward a Meaningful Life,” a William Morrow publication that has sold over 400,000 copies to date and has been translated into Hebrew, French, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, German, Hungarian, Czech, and Georgian.
Rabbi Jacobson heads The Meaningful Life Center, called a “Spiritual Starbucks” by the New York Times, which bridges the secular and the spiritual through a wide variety of live and online programming, presenting the universal teachings of Torah as a blueprint for life to people of all backgrounds. With his keen insight into the human condition, he has the unique ability to offer clarity and direction especially in difficult times. Rabbi Jacobson and the MLC have been lauded for creating non-stop programming nourishing people’s hearts and souls.
Rabbi Jacobson heads The Meaningful Life Center, called a “Spiritual Starbucks” by the New York Times, which bridges the secular and the spiritual through a wide variety of live and online programming, presenting the universal teachings of Torah as a blueprint for life to people of all backgrounds. With his keen insight into the human condition, he has the unique ability to offer clarity and direction especially in difficult times. Rabbi Jacobson and the MLC have been lauded for creating non-stop programming nourishing people’s hearts and souls.
