Bill Phillip's | Transformation

Assignment #8.....Shut up and Talk.

  As I was working my assignments and feeling pretty good about myself, I got to this one( assignment number 8) a week ago and just kept looking at it, thinking about it and wondering about what I thought my lowest level habit was the last time I did this and if I had improved on it. Then several days ago I got smacked right between the eyes with a series of events regarding my wife that  opened my eyes to a very low level habit I have. Communication, or lack there of. I haven't been doing very well in this area for quite some time and it has come full circle at this point in my life that if I don't work on this now, there will be no working on it later. So after a few days of this all coming to a head with my wife I have begun to try to do everything i have been learning here, through contact with others and through a lot of prayer in guidance to feel and act with my heart on how I can better improve in this area of my life. I have learned that I need to remember that when I do things that it can have an effect on others if I don't keep them informed of my actions. So from this point on i will work on my percieved lowest level habit and that will be mostly woth the interaction with my wife. Keep her posted on things i am doing, what I intend to do and what the over all plan is. I have not been doing any of this and when i do I have only been forthcoming with a little of the information. 

 Wow, you would think after 15 years of marriage this wouldn't be an issue, but it has been of late, and once I got a few other opinions of the situation and started really getting an understanding of me through doing these assignments I see that this has been a big issue all along. 

  But it is with a new awaking and excitement that I will go forth and take on this bad habit and use this lesson to make me a better communicator and a better listener.

 So my assignment number 8 on Bill's blog looked like this:

I would have to say that my lowest level habit that is the most disruptive to me moving forward in my goals and achieving the success in my program as i envision it is the one of communication. of late I have failed miserably in this area, especially with regards to the people I am in contact with. This brings up confusion for me and others, lack of planning and an overall air of distrust. I need to be open with those around me and tell them what is going on. I need to tell the whole story of the situation and not leave out the part that suits me. Troy