OVER THE YEARS I HAVE HAD THE CHANGE TO WORK WITH, MEET AND BE MENTORED BY SOME REMARKABLE PEOPLE. MOST RECENTLY BOB PROCTOR BUT ALSO TONY ROBBINS AND KEITH CUNNINGHAM. IT SEEMS THAT OVER AND OVER THEY ALL COME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION.
My life’s journey has taken me all over the world from living in the streets of India to the rush of London and New York. I notice again and again there are people caught up in their daily lives. Uppermost in everyone’s life is a striving for something more. A drive that has been there so long they don’t even notice its there. They think they should be doing this and that. Some of them even achieve it and more.
The problem is they think they are thinking. The truth is they are reacting. They are reacting to social norms, their peers, their workmate and friends on what is “right and wrong”. This in itself is not the problem. The problem is none of them are really happy. None of them just out of bed with the life and exuberance they had as kids. Their zest for life has gone. Maybe you feel the same.
I went on this myself for the longest time. I rushed around trying to get this and that done…until very recently. I decided I would live my joy. It took a few years to finally crack it but today I live as I choose and know I can be, do and have anything I choose. It excites me so much I have trouble sleeping. I LOVE getting up and getting on with it. I LOVE life.
What was the key? I slowed down. WAY down. And do you know what I discovered? The real me was trying to get through to me the whole time. My peace, passion and joy were always trying to get my attention but I let them be suppressed. We miss out on living because we are so busy out there having a life. Friends, family, TV and internet all vie for our attention. All them ususally win, but how many of us let ourselves just be ourselves?
Here’s the best part. I got more done, I saved time, money and energy. I live with MUCH more joy and peace. All because I chose to sit down in listen to my instinct. My true self was my natural intuition telling EXACTLY what I should be doing each and every moment. It’s simple but not easy.
What should you be doing that you aren’t? How is that affecting your life?
Hi, I'm Jon... author, entrepreneur and speaker.