Date Archives April 2021

The Problem with Self Improvement

Self improvement can only take you so far because it’s often based on a faulty premise:

That YOU are broken or deficient and need to be improved. Fixed. Made whole again.

And so no matter how many books you read, habits you create, routines you implement, “wins” you achieve – you’re often only ever reinforcing that core premise:

I am broken. I am flawed. I need to become “more” than I am.

Ironically, this is the ACTUAL underlying issue that made you get into self improvement in the first place!

And one that can never be alleviated by an endless parade of more accomplishments, more success, and more accolades.

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