[...] Alex@Unleash Reality started to go off the beaten path a bit when he wrote a really interesting article titled Buddhist Butchers and Adventures of Change [...]

the title of this post just drew me in. And then the image was enough to get me to think twice. But I read on, and I really liked what I saw. The link between who you are and what you do is a really fascinating topic to explore. Thanks for the good read!

Nathalie

[...] Alex@Unleash Reality started to go off the beaten path a bit when he wrote a really interesting article titled Buddhist Butchers and Adventures of Change [...]

Routines can become dangerous, blinding us from what’s really important as we become absorbed in a daily grind.

Even if you’re conscious and like one of your routines, it’s important to regularly step back and take a hard look at it. Is it important to your life? Is it bringing out the passion in you? Does it bring you maximum happiness?

Do something completely different to take you out of your routine. Go to events you’ve never thought about before. Travel. Eat new food. Mingle amongst completely new people. Anything to snap you out of your routine.

Once you can get an outside perspective on your routine, picture yourself doing it again. Does it excite you? Make you happy? Adds fire to your passion? If yes, then you’ve confirmed its value at this checkpoint. If not, then you know what to do.

Loved the Buddhist butcher analogy. Took me a few seconds to get, then the brilliance hit me. Nice one.

Best,
Oleg

[...] are and improving your life. …but it’s also about an adventure. Alex @UnleashReality presents Buddhist Butchers and Adventures of Change posted at Unleash [...]

[...] next time you’re trying to make something happen work-wise or in your personal adventures. Think of how great it’s going to be when you’ve already done what you’re working towards. [...]

never heard of it checking it out now.

interesting idea though.

the logical extension to that is that if you do change your actions then your beliefs will align to them. always cool to find scientific backing to your ideas

thanks for stopping by

keep well bro
alex

Always interesting to see scientific or “proper” backing to an idea after the fact

i’ve thought about it before. didn’t call it or know it was “the familiarity principle” lol but i definitely think it’s something that people do. way too often. mentioned it in my latest post, the one on getting excited. it’s safe to stick to our beliefs and more than that, we don’t want to consider the option that we’re wrong and need change because we think that it means there’s something wrong with us. so stupid.

keep well my friend
alex

If you do something long enough that conflicts with your beleifs you will be under great stress – as a defence mechanism of the brain something must change, and if you don’t change your actions then your beleifs will change to align with them.

checkout this article http://nubtub.com/actions-change-beliefs/

[...] week I read a post on Alex’s blog, Unleash Reality, called Buddhist Butchers and Adventures of Change. I was so intrigued and inspired by the idea that I asked him if he would write a guest post for [...]