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Five Signatures You Must Avoid

tures you must avoid. I by my parents. Whatever I ting things too easily and
will also tell you why. If needed, I was given. If did effortlessly, one will lack
you find yours similar to not get something, I would patience in real life and

any of them, change it im- even throw tantrums. Nev- therefore would become a
mediately. er felt any need for atti- quitter. Now, you tell me:

tude adjustment. I did not how far will a quitter go?
But before that, a few even know what attitude Well, these are just a few
more words on signature. adjustment meant. Under- examples. There might be

Many of us decided on standably, with an ap- many more.
our signatures when we proach like that, it would

were around 15 years of be difficult to survive So, the question arises is
age. We liked a combina- because people around how the attitude and ap-
tion of strokes and de- me do not love me as my proach of an individual is

cided that this is how our parents did. They will linked to his signature. I
signature should be; this not be as forgiving as my said in the beginning that

is how we should appear parents were. They have signatures show who we
to the world. All that is no reason to put up with want ourselves to be. And
fine. No problem here. But my tantrums. As a result, every time we sign in a

would you disagree that I might lose friends. Simi- particular way, we rein-
as a teenager, our needs larly, if one is used to get- force those beliefs. There-

and responsibilities were
different from what we
have as an adult? We had

fewer responsibilities and
a certain attitude towards

life and the world around
us. As a grown-up person,
we now have many more

responsibilities and at
times we need a great deal

of attitude adjustment to
survive.
Let me explain: as a

15-year-old, many of my
needs were being fulfilled
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