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Blind Spots In Personal Growth
A few months ago, I wrote an article on Creating Your Life Handbook. In the article, I mentioned several things to list in your handbook, such as your strengths and weaknesses, your core values, and in particular, your blind spots. One of the readers, Darren, asked me what blind spots are and requested an article on it. That inspired me to write this article. 
Blind Spots
Every time we open our eyes, light enters our pupils and shines onto our retina. Inside our retina are photoreceptors – nerve cells that interpret light, transmits the information to the brain. That’s actually how we see things.
It’s pretty straight forward, except there is a small area on our retina is where there are no photoreceptors. This is known as our blind spot.
Refer to cross-sectional diagram below, circled in red. Since there are no photoreceptors here, we’re not able to interpret any light shone in the section, hence referred to as “blind” spot.
By right, our blind spot areas should appear as black areas in our field of vision. But they are obviously not – we’re able to see our surroundings, read all the words in a book, see everything on our laptop screen, etc just fine. Why is that the case?
That’s…
Published Jun 4 2009
Filed: Awareness & Growth
Tags: ask celes, blind spots, growth, self-awareness, self-discovery
Leveling Up
Many times in our pursuits of goals, we hit brick walls that stop us from advancing. This is especially so when what we are trying to achieve is bigger than what we are capable of accomplishing at the point.
To achieve a state where we become bigger than our problems, we need to level up.
Leveling up is a concept that comes from games. If you play games like RPGs, MMORPGs, or just games in general, you will be familiar with it. In RPGs, it is normal to run into a situation where we can’t proceed forward because our characters are not strong enough to defeat the enemies. This typically happens when we are advancing to a new area where we are exposed to stronger enemies than the ones we combated against before. At this point, we usually get KO-ed or battered down and have to return to the town/inn to recuperate.
However, this doesn’t stop us from progressing, does it? What do we do now? We start training and leveling up the characters. When they level up, they gain an increase in their stats, such as HP (hit points – your health bar. The more your hit points, the more damage you can withstand), strength, defense, dexterity, intelligence,…
Published Apr 19 2009
Filed: Goals & Success, Skill Building
Tags: experience, growth, level up, leveling up, skills development
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