Comments on: Using Hindsight As Your Foresight

By: Dan @ Anxiety Support Network

Dan @ Anxiety Support Network — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:13:16 +0000

As with most articles at this site, this one is again right on. Using your past as a teaching and learning tool is the best thing that you can do. As a social anxiety sufferer, I am someone who tends to dwell on his past mistakes, rather than learning from them. We are constantly growing and learning, and if we continue to grow from our mistakes, we will be amazed when are long down the road and looking back at where we used to be. The world cannot be changed overnight, but with a little patience and a lot of persistence, great change can occur…nice post!

By: Armen Shirvanian

Armen Shirvanian — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:17:37 +0000

Hey Mike.

Thanks about the examples and post. I sure like using fitting examples to make points as I see them in my head. It helps out a lot.

That’s a cool and proper analogy there. A person staring at the rear view mirror doesn’t see forward. It is the exact same way with our days. When I think about what happened 5 years ago, for example, I can’t be thinking at the same time of what I want to accomplish right now. We can’t do both at the same time.

Good point to bring up there that links in with the concepts of the article. You won’t catch me looking back~ (usually)

By: Mike King

Mike King — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:14:09 +0000

Great examples Armen and great to see you posting here at Change this. Its been a long time favorite blog of mine so I was pleasantly surprised to see you as an author…

Anyway this is a great topic and obviously lots to discuss. Its all in how we choose to respond to our past mistakes and whether we dwell on them continuously looking back or learn from it and look ahead. Not a real example but a life analogy I had today that relates to this. A pastor at my church spoke on the subject of moving forward into 2009 and how we choose to look at our past events and failures. The analogy of driving with a windshield and a small rear view mirror. Some people spend all their time looking in their rear view mirror and worrying about what is behind them and they fail to see the best route right in from of them to get where they want to go. Some even look back so much they don’t know where they are going. Scary thought when driving but when you think of that as people’s lives, its even scarier. I hope this article helps reach a few more to use their past in proportion to how they want to progress forwards on the windshield side of life!

By: Armen Shirvanian

Armen Shirvanian — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:40:04 +0000

Hey Amanda.

This is true. Showing up is pretty good though. I usually figure out what I need to do if I show up, and on time. You are right though that we can’t just stop at showing up, or people will start to wonder what we are about.

Thanks for your thoughts.

By: amanda@choosing-life-my-way.com

amanda@choosing-life-my-way.com — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:52:25 +0000

Some good reminders about really learning from the things we have experienced that didn’t work out the way we might have hoped. In the school of life, we need to do more than just show up if we want to get great results! Enjoyed the post

By: Armen Shirvanian

Armen Shirvanian — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:45:54 +0000

Hi Roxy.

I will remember to continue to include valid examples that are as realistic as I think of them in the first place. It is better for all that way.

Good call about using the non-support from others as motivation. Some see that non-support and give up that attempt.