The Roots of AsiaWorks
All of the AsiaWorks trainings are firmly rooted in the research and
discoveries of Abraham Maslow, the famous American educator, writer,
and psychologist. Maslow was among the first to define and clarify those
characteristics that distinguish men and women who achieve extraordinary
results from "ordinary" people.
One of Maslow's most important conclusions was that what makes most
outstanding achievers different is not ability - but attitude. Many
"normal" people have as much or even more ability than men and women who
are peak performers. The difference is that people who create extraordinary
results tend to approach life with high levels of self-confidence,
self-trust, self-esteem, and self-worth - with what could be called a
"winning" attitude. "Ordinary" men and women, by contrast, tend to approach
life with self-doubt, fear of failure, and feelings of not being worthy -
attitudes that could be called "self-limiting." These attitudes, Maslow found,
whether positive or negative, are self-fulfilling prophecies that tend to be
borne out in the achievements (or lack of achievements) of men and women everywhere.
In other words, Maslow found that most people have tremendous potential that is
unfulfilled, unexpressed - not only for creating tangible results like money or
career success, but for experiencing aliveness, joy, fulfilment, and satisfaction
in day-to-day living. Furthermore, Maslow's research made it clear that the key to
tapping into this unused potential is attitude change. By changing our attitudes,
our ways of thinking - especially those attitudes that are self-limiting - we can
unleash more of our potential for creating extraordinary achievements, and for
fulfilment and joy. In Maslow's words, we can become more and more fully "self-actualised",
using more and more of the gifts we were born with, expressing more and more of
who we are in the world.
Along the same lines, another of Maslow's most important findings was that, as people
become more self-actualising, they naturally have the desire to contribute to others,
to make a positive difference in whatever they do. Men and women who experience true
self-actualisation do not become more selfish or self-centred, but are consistently
more outward-focused, giving, and unselfish in their relationships with others.
Based on Maslow discoveries, all of the AsiaWorks courses are designed for ordinary,
normal men and women and bring within reach of all of us a proven methodology for
actualising our full potential for success and achievement, and for living from moment
to moment with aliveness, joy and fulfilment, in harmony with ourselves and the world
around us.
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