Inspirational Teachers: Who has had a deep impact on your life?
I thought I’d do a quick blog post to recognize some of my favorite and most inspirational teachers so far in my journey of life.
Personal Angels
There have been many individuals who have entered my life albeit briefly who have had a dramatic impact upon it. These are my personal angels sent to me through divine intervention to bring to me a message or push in a certain direction. I believe in these kind of angels that live on the ground disguised as you and me. The people who for some strange and unknown reason appear in your life and disappear just as quickly yet leave a deep and lasting impression tp help to change the direction of your life.
My personal angels can’t help you but you need to be aware and watchful for when your personal angels enter into your life to have a deep and lasting impact on you.
Dr Wayne Dyer
Wayne Dyer
Often referred to as the ‘father of motivation’. Wayne Dyer has inspired me to search for meaning in my life and to recognize my true purpose and to follow that path. My lessons learned from his spiritual wisdom have really placed me on my current path. He helped me to ask the right questions and how to listen for the answers. His lessons on Taoism: The Way have helped me to recognize the peaceful path to life. Wayne speaks often about living from the flow of life- it is from this space that true inspiration and the perfection of life exists. He has inspired me to be inspired and to allow life to speak through me.
Yossi Ghinsberg
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ink of Yossi without tearing up. I had the pleasure of hanging on to his every word for 3 hours at a seminar in Puerto Rico. Just being in his presence and feeling the divine energy that he emanated raised my vibrational levels to a much higher place. I still feel this whenever I hear his name and will continue to live off this forever. Here is a man of infinite wisdom about the meaning of life and how we are all interconnected. I love Yossi. His embrace was filled with such gentle warmth, love and acceptance. He is always there for me in my dark moments. I listen to his videos and his soft gentle voice immediately brings me back to what is important in life and how everything, no matter how bad, is actually so perfect. He inspires me to not be fearful but instead to serve life and it’s purpose.
Nelson Mandela
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Nelson Mandela has taught me the power of forgiveness. His book ‘The Long Walk to Freedom’ tells an inspirational story of his courageous fight for freedom and the equality of all men. To hear how all he endured living 28 years in a cell just because he dreamed and fought for a better world to then walk away with total forgiveness and reconciliation in is heart, makes me believe in the greatness of man. He inspires me to live with forgiveness and to strive to be a better person.
There are so many other wonderful teachers who have entered my life at the right moment and inspired me to live my best life. These are the 3 most influential in my life. These are the ones that when I hear their names I stop for a deep breath of divine recognition, joy, love and gratitude for the positive impact they have had on my life and for all they do to make this world such a beautiful place.
Who are your greatest inspirational teachers? Share in the comment box below who has had the greatest impact on your life and why.
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Time Management: The Key To Your Success
Managing time is a common complaint in people’s lives. It’s the reason so many people quit in their pursuit of wealth and happiness or why they don’t get started in the first place. Often it’s not the case of not having enough time but of not managing it effectively.
Everyone has the same number of hours everyday with many tasks that consume them. What are you choosing to consume your time? Is it the latest Gossip girl episode or hour long conversations to your friends. The key is to prioritize and to do the key tasks first that are going to move you closer to the achievement of your goals.
I’m currently committed to writing one article/content piece a day for the next 100 days and submitting them throughout the web. It is incredibly time consuming and I have to be very tight with my time management. Today I was struggling and as you see through the video I found 5 minutes in the car to create a quick piece of content.
If you are committed to your dreams and goals you will manage your time so you do what needs to be done. If you are committed you will find the time. You will find pockets of time here and there whilst doing your daily chores, to complete tasks that move you forward toward your goals.
As Yossi Ghinsberg says:
‘Dreams are not for sleeping, they should keep you awake at night.’
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Thriving in Today’s Global Economy: Part 4 Serve others
Today’s blog is a continuation from the previous 3 blogs where I discuss the lessons that Yossi Ghinsberg learned through his harrowing experience lost alone in the Amazon jungle. Today we continue on with a profound experience he had which saved his life.
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Yossi was in severe pain. His feet were torn to shreds, he survived off barely any food, and he was covered in painful insect bites. One night a flash flood arrived sweeping Yossi away. He survived and spent days crawling his way through mud and debris on his hands and knees as his feet would no longer carry him. One day when he could go no further he collapsed and begged for his life to be taken.
Somewhere in the middle of his anguished weeping he heard the cry of a woman and he turned and there beside him was a lady on all fours with her head in her hands weeping. Suddenly Yossi sprung into action picked the girl up and started pushing her forward. ‘You must keep going’, he would continue to shout at her for days. ‘We will find a way out but you must keep going.’ He encouraged her and supported her. He knew he had a life to save and in that greater purpose could keep going himself. It wasn’t about him, it was about helping the woman. And then just as suddenly as she came, she disappeared. It was only a day or two later that Yossi was rescued.
Yossi felt the presence of that woman as if she was truly there. In his mind he imagined her and she saved him because she gave him something else to live and work for. Yossi discovered two things through this experience:
1) When you give up on life, life doesn’t necessarily give up on you.
2)Our true power is revealed when we give it away. When serving ourselves, our power is limited and we don’t know what our power is. But when we serve the greater good we live our true purpose. Miracles happen when we serve others. It was through serving and helping someone else (although a figment of his imagination) that Yossi was able to keep going and survive.
The world is suffering today because there are many leaders who are serving themselves only. The current global situation is present right now because of people who are serving themselves only. If only they understood the Laws of the Jungle, everything is interconnected so when you serve something else you are serving yourself as well. True leaders serve others and in doing so survive and thrive. This is abundant thinking. There is enough for all and like Zig Ziglar said ’When you help enough people get what they want in life, you’ll get what you want.’
What are you doing to serve others? How are you helping to show somebody the way and encourage them to live a better life? No matter who you are or what is happening for you right now, there is always someone doing it worse. When you are in your darkest hour reach out to the lady crying in the dark and help her find her way home first and then you will surely find yours.
(Look out for the 5th and final lesson tomorrow. Learning this from Yossi was when the veil of darkness was lifted from my eyes and I understood life. It’s my favorite and most profound lesson and the most defining moment of my life. Get this and life will be sweet for you!)
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How to Thrive in Today’s Ecomony. Lesson 3: Chase your Fears and Find Your True Power
So far we have learned through Yossi’s jungle experience that change is the nature of life and adaptation to change is the essence of survival. We have also learned that there is unlimited abundance for all on our planet and the best way to share in that is by cooperating and creating your own niche to express your unique talents.
(Due to the depth of content, these lessons will be presented over several blog posts each day)
Lesson 3: Chase Your Fears
Yossi Ghinsberg knows what it’s like to chase your fears. He was confronted with them daily in the jungle. Being lost, having to find food, water, shelter and dealing with the abundant wildlife. At one stage of his journey after not having eaten for days he came across a plum on a rock. It was the most delicious thing he had ever eaten. He looked up and saw more of them on the tree. He obviously wanted more and so climbed the tree to pick some. However he soon found himself face to face with one of the most dangerous snakes in the jungle. It’s bite would leave you dead in a minute.
Yossi in an instant had to decide to run from his fears out of that tree forever or to not just face his fears but to chase them. He chose to chase them. He jumped down from the tree, grabbed a tree branch, jumped back in the tree, swung and hit the snake out of the tree, jumped back down and smashed it’s back, killing it. He then picked up the snake peeled off it’s skin and ate it.
In that moment he felt immense power, he felt truly alive. He felt life pulsating through his body and he knew that within him existed an incredible power. He knew that the power was there all the time and by chasing his fears and living fully in the moment he could use that power to deal with any situtaion no matter how harrowing. In that moment of fear chasing, Yossi’s life changed, it had new meaning and he understood inherently more about surviving and thriving.
He could have ran from the snake, from the fear. If he had of he would never have come to this realization. He never would have experienced the true power and essence of life and he probably never would have survived. Yossi discovered that ‘If you walk towards your fear, you are alive. It is so liberating. Thank the fear as it shows you the way.’
How many times have you not done something because you have been afraid? What have you missed out on because of it? As Franklin D. Roosevelt said ‘The only thing to fear is fear itself.’ What fears are you running from today? Are you afraid of losing your job or house? Are you afraid of not having enough money for your retirement? Are you afraid to take on a new business opportunity because you might fail? Stop, turn around and chase them back. You’ll wonder what you were truly afraid of. You’ll discover a better life if you do.
Turn fear into a friend, use it as a guide. When you walk towards it, the fear melts away. You will find true power within yourself and be liberated. If you turn from it you make the fear real, it will become a shadow and chase you forever.
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How to Thrive in Today’s Economy- Lesson 2: Co-operate by Creating your own Niche
Yossi Ghinsberg survived under the harshest of conditions in the Amazon jungle for 3 weeks on his own during the rainy season. He was given up for dead, there was no way a native person could have survived let along a gringo! Well Yossi survived and thrives today due to his experience out there in the jungles of the Amazon. Yossi’s exotic experience allowed him to become a creature of the jungle and because of this was able to learn from the forest the secrets of survival. We can take these lessons he learned and apply them to any situation in our life, no matter how bad, to ensure that we also survive and thrive.
(Due to the depth of content, these lessons will be presented over several blog posts each day)
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Lesson 2: Co-operate by Creating your own Niche
Yossi became like another creature in the jungle and through those eyes he learned that in the jungle everybody thrives. There is plenty for everyone. The Amazon jungle makes up 4% of the planet yet holds 50% of the world’s species and no species goes hungry. That led Yossi to ask ‘How can this be so?’ How can 50% of the world’s species live in that area and thrive?’
It is because it is a true interdependent and interconnected ecosystem. There is no sense of separation, the greater good harmonises all. In the Amazon there is no competition but rather co-operation; this is why they thrive. We base our society on the limiting thought of competition. I must compete, fight for and tear down others to get what I want as there is not enough for me. Scarcity of resources is just an illusion, an illusion that drives us to take what we can for ourselves and trample all over our own species and all others in the process. Just stop to take a look at the world around you, it’s a cut- throat world with ‘me’ at the center of it, driving all actions.
There is harmonious abundance that exists on our planet. There is abundance for all to share. Co-operation therefore makes much better sense, we have no need to compete when there is ample for everyone. In the jungle species co-operate and thrive by bringing their own special quality to the ecosystem. Each species creates it’s own special niche. In doing this it fits perfectly into the jungle, it contributes and so it gets to share in the abundance. This is how it thrives. In it’s own special niche it does not have to compete.
Create your own niche and bring your strengths to life. Your uniqueness is the core of your strength it is not a weakness. Find your own unique gifts and share them with all, after all this is why you are here. This is the best strategy because then no-one can compete with you or be better than you, for you are unique. You need to find your niche and express what is so unique and special about you. Please don’t tell me there is nothing special about you to share. That is so bogus. You did not come here to hide yourself under a hole or remain slumped across a couch. You came here to contribute you for the betterment of all in your own unique way.
If you feel you have nothing worthwhile to share then you need to spend some time working on you, to find your special uniqueness, your niche. Humans are part of the ecosystem, yet we separate ourselves from it. It’s time for us to learn to specialize and co-operate so that not only we can thrive but all species can. There is unlimited abundance, there is enough for us all to share co-operatively and harmoniously.
Now more than ever we need to start working co-operatively so that we can all share in the unlimited abundance of the Universe. If you have just recently lost your job or house then get excited for you now have an opportunity to change that. Life has thrust you out of your comfort zone and is challenging you to find your niche and thrive. You must start with you. Take the time to work on yourself and discover what it is that is unique about you and what your niche is. It doesn’t matter what field you are in and how many others are doing it, you can create your own special niche and thrive. It’s all about finding your purpose, that is what you came here to do, that is your niche. When you live life on purpose, you thrive and so do the many others you impact as a result.
Find a community of people who are committed to helping you thrive in your niche. I’m so fortunate to have a business filled with people who I can turn to at any given moment for advice, support and inspiration. A community of people who want to share all they know about being successful and co-operate to make you just as successful.
Commit to yourself and your ecosystem today, to find your niche and survive and thrive.
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How to Not only Survive but Thrive in Today’s Economic Times- Lesson 1 The Most Adaptable to Change will Survive
The current global economic situation constantly bombards us via the media throughout our day. News of corporation meltdowns, job losses and stock market collapses dominate our conversations. Everything is shrinking, people are hurting and times look grim. When you’ve lost your job or your house, survival doesn’t even look promising to you let alone thriving.
The truth is that everyone has the opportunity in each given moment to not only survive but to thrive. It is all in your mind, what you allow yourself to see and what choices you make as a result of that. No matter how bad the circumstances you are in you can choose to survive or you can become a victim.
Yossi Ghinsberg survived under the harshest of conditions in the Amazon jungle for 3 weeks on his own during the rainy season. He was given up for dead, there was no way a native person could have survived let along a gringo! Well Yossi survived and thrives today due to his experience out there in the jungles of the Amazon. Yossi’s exotic experience allowed him to become a creature of the jungle and because of this was able to learn from the forest the secrets of survival. We can take these lessons he learned and apply them to any situation in our life to ensure that we also survive and thrive.
(Due to the depth of content, these lessons will be presented over several blog posts each day)
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Lesson 1: The Most Adaptable to Change will Survive
‘Survival of the fittest’ is a oft- misrepresented statement of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. It is not the strongest nor the fittest that will survive it is the most adaptable to change. Change is the one constant in our life. Life is always changing, in every moment comes change. It’s how we deal with this change that determines our future. It is easy to survive and thrive when you are present in each moment. There really is no change then, just the constant flow of what is and the adaptation to it.
People become so rigid in their thoughts and habits and are so resistant to change. These rules they set up can only lead towards unhappiness. Life can’t be compartmentalized and ordered to run in a certain way. It is a force that is constantly in motion and with motion comes change.What happens to you when life doesn’t follow your course and your rules don’t work? What do you do as a result: Fall apart, fall into depression, drugs, alcohol, or suicide?
Yossi didn’t die in the jungle he survived because he adapted to his environment. He became like the jungle. He knew nothing of surviving in the jungle, but he adapted. He looked at the reality of his life around him and he changed so that he could survive his current circumstances. His old rules didn’t work and he quickly shed them so that he could learn the new ones to survive and thrive.
In my own life I have always had great revere for the skill of adaptability. Not because I knowingly understood it’s meaning in relation to Yossi’s explanation although inherently I did. I’m a rare individual who loves change. I hate it when things always stay the same and my life will attest to this fact. I thrive on change and always crave it. It’s why I move from place to place, the eternal nomad. It’s been through my life experience of constant travel that I’ve totally understood the importance of adapatability and flexibility. I could be dropped in any country in the world and I could adapt to that way of life and survive. I know this because I’ve done it and I know how to let go of my old ways and quickly learn new ones. It’s the only way to survive in a new place. Writing this now I’ve finally understood why some people don’t want to travel, because they can’t adapt to the change! (AHA!)
I see so many people around me so unhappy because the rigid rules of their life are not working or being followed by others. They can’t go with the flow, just accept the newness of what is and adapt accordingly. Change is great, change is life. Accept it and embrace it. When you do you will begin to truly live in the now- the only place to live, the only place where life exists.
The current global situation has created massive changes for many people worldwide. Life is not working the way you planned, something has to change for you to evolve. When you evolve you thrive. Where is the world heading now? What can you do to adapt to the new world and to thrive in it? What are you missing because you are stuck in your old patterns of thought and behavior?
What will you do? Continue to have the same thought patterns, do the same things, blame the same circumstances. Or do you look at what the reality is now and instead of resisting it, adapt to it and do something different. There has never been a better time to adapt and so thrive.
How are you evolving?
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Are you a Victim or Are you Living on Purpose?
Attending the live conference in Puerto Rico last week and having the opportunity to learn from some of the most amazing speakers was truly life transformational for us. This is the fantastic community I currently find myself involved in. To be surrounded by empowering and uplifting people for the week has left us floating on air. The messages I learned will stay with me forever; there is no price that can be placed upon such knowledge and power.
An absolute peace surrounds me each day now. I’m steady and sure of the path I walk upon. I’ve walked away from Puerto Rico with amore expansive heart and vision. Much of this I owe to Yossi Ghinsberg, the most riveting storyteller I’ve ever had the joy of being mesmerized by. There were over 1,000 listeners in the room and I’ve never felt such a deep, entranced silence before in my life. Every word he spoke was absorbed with deep impact by each listener.
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Yossi survived a harrowing ordeal in the Amazon jungle. He was lost for 3 weeks on his own and from that he has such an empowering message of overcoming adversity. Through his ordeal Yossi learned that being a victim is a state of mind, and survival a choice.
‘Adversity is a part of life, no one can avoid it. A victim is a matter of choice.’
Yossi experienced tremendous pain whilst he was in the jungle but he did not allow this to defeat him. At times he crawled upon his hands and knees dragging himself forward just to keep moving. When he was almost defeated and could no longer move, he found a way to propel himself foward. He sat under a fire ant tree and shook it so that hundreds of fire ants fell down on his body and set it alight with pain. The pain was so intense yet it helped him to feel so alive, to recognize his purpose was to survive and so keep moving. He understood that pain is just a sensation and that pain saves your life. You cannot avoid pain, it’s part of life. The suffering is in the mind. If the mind wouldn’t scream then pain would just be pain.
Yossi had a purpose- to survive. It was this purpose that gave all his sacrifice and suffering meaning. When you serve your purpose the feeling of pain is rewarding. When you don’t have a purpose you become a victim. When you don’t have a vision or dream or know for yourself what your purpose is you are in a very dangerous place. You live by the default purpose which is to avoid pain and gain pleasure. This makes you a victim on both sides as you’ll be miserable and unhappy through the pain or will be lead to being a victim again when the pleasure doesn’t last.
‘We are victims because life is kind. When life is harsh there is no time to complain. You do what needs to be done.’
A student I teach is a perfect example of this to me and is a shining light in this world. At the age of eleven he has faced more adversity than most of us will ever known. He lost is mother when he was only young, his father is not in the picture and he lives with his grandmother. He is a survivor of leukemia. Just recently he spoke out in front of the class and told us so bravely that the house he was living in was condemned and they have been forced out and are currently living in a hotel. His next words are ‘But that’s okay because now I get free cable and I’ve never had that before.’
His life has been harsh and he has no time to complain. Being a victim is a choice and he chooses to overcome his adversity with a smile and uses it to his advantage. He has a purpose: to allow life to live freely and be expressed through him. He is the most hard working, meticulous worker I’ve ever met. Everything is done to the best that he can. He is a kind and gentle spirit and life oozes from him so freely. In reality my student is my teacher.
How easy is life for you? See the answer to this question by how much you complain. If you complain a lot than life is not harsh enough and you have too much time on your hands. Do you know your purpose? What is life trying to express through you? This power is waiting to explode and be what it needs to be in order to expand and flourish. Your purpose doesn’t have to be big but you have to get out of your comfort zone and not live by the default of pain avoidance and pleasure gains. You don’t have to be a victim it is a choice.
I am so glad that Yossi lived through that ordeal in the jungle. Yossi chose life as a result and because of that is making a powerful difference in our world. He’ll never really know the impact he has had on my life but his words and gentle, kind spirit are imprinted in my heart. Yossi showed me and I’m sure many others how to breathe again. He taught me that I, my ego self, is so irrelevant. It’s the life inside of me that must be loved. It’s this life that needs to be preserved and expressed. Life expresses itself through you, it is not yours, and it’s this purpose that you must serve. When you realize this you are free, and when you become one with your purpose life oozes out of you, mountains move and walls collapse.
Survival and the ability to thrive is a choice. What choice will you make today?
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