Hey there!!
After a few weeks away The Journeyman is back! I needed the time to reflect on
things and get some directions. Am I there yet? Not at all. But I am not where I
used to be.
Happy New Years everybody. I hope you enjoyed the holidays. Mine was
interrupted by a nasty cold from which I am still recovering.
This year will be different as far as this blog is concerned. New
ideas, new revelations (Paparazzi get ready) and new writers. Yes; you heard correctly. Periodically, I will have guest writers share their blogs with you. Don't worry, they will
be as qualified as I am (was I even qualified in the first
place?).
I know you will enjoy them. In fact, here is the first one. It comes
from Unleashed Possibilities.
Enjoy and I truly welcome your feedback on this blog!
“A
Journey of a Thousand Miles begins with a Single Step”
Confucius
Can you imagine
where you would be if for the last one, five or ten years you had taken one
action per day towards pursuing and achieving that goal or dream you have always
wanted to accomplish?
It never stops to
amaze me how quickly each year seems to go.
I remember when I was a kid and how the days felt like it was a year and
the year felt like it was forever. As an
adult it seems like not only is society racing ahead but that of time as
well. Of course, we all know time
doesn’t speed up or slow down. So what
is it that makes it feel like it’s increasing especially when we come to the end
of a year and have started a new year?
Have you ever heard someone say that they like having a lot to do at work
because it makes the day go quickly? Well, this thinking can also be used to
explain why many of us feel like the year has gone by quickly; we become so busy
and involved with all the daily stuff that we don’t realize how much time has
past until it gets closer to the end of the year.
So many times in
life we get caught up with trying to keep up that we fail to recognize that the
clock of time keeps ticking regardless of how much or how little we do. Our
lives have become so busy because of all the responsibilities that come with
family, career, Facebook, Twitter, sports, and life in general that we fail to
recognize how much we did in the past year.
In fact, the question we should ask ourselves is did any of the actions
we took in the past year go towards building our short term to long term
future? In other words, did you take at
least one or two actions daily that have brought you closer towards achieving
your goals and dreams? Let’s be honest
we are all guilty of finding excuses to explain why we did not; and in some
cases many of these excuses are very valid.
Now that being said, can you imagine where you would be if for the last
one, five or ten years you had taken one action per day towards pursuing and
achieving that goal or dream you have always wanted to
accomplish?
One of the most
inspiring persons I have read about is Wilma Rudolph. WiIma contracted infantile paralysis (caused
by the polio virus) at the age of four and as a result of this illness she had
to wear a brace on her left leg and foot until she was the age of nine. It took another three years of wearing an
orthopaedic shoe and visiting hospitals for treatments before she achieved her
dream of overcoming her disability.
Despite these set-backs/obstacles/challenges she went on to earn a berth
on the 1956 U.S. Olympic track and field team at the age of 16. She returned home with a bronze medal in the
4 x 100 relay which she proudly showed to her high school teammates. Remember, that up until the age of twelve
Wilma had to wear some type of leg and foot support because of her disability.
This meant that between the ages of 12
and 16 she went from being physically handicapped in her leg and foot to that of
an Olympic medal winner. She again
represented the US at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where she won three gold
medals (100 m, 200 m and 4x100 m relay).
She was considered the fastest women in the world at that time and
retired from track at the age of 22. In
10 years she went from being disabled to being the most abled runner in the
entire world. Let me ask you this question: when you look
back over the last ten years of your life can you point to two dreams or goals
where you had to overcome great obstacles to
achieve?
Thomas Edison who
is credited for inventing the light bulb was considered to be “too stupid to
learn anything” at a very young age. In
fact, he had less than four months of official schooling. He was fired from two jobs and made 1,000
unsuccessful attempts at inventing the light bulb. When he was asked by a reporter: “How did it
feel to fail 1,000 times?” Edison responded by saying “I didn’t fail 1,000
times. The light bulb was an invention
with 1,000 steps.”
Michael Jordan,
considered by many to be the greatest basketball player ever, was cut from his
basketball team. On reflection Jordan
said “I’ve failed over and over again in my life. That is why I
succeed.”
I could go on and
on but instead I will stop and ask you the following question: “Are you today
where you had hoped to be ten years, or five years or even one year ago?” Think of how busy you were during the past
ten years and five years or even the last year.
Now ask yourself this question: “Did you spend any significant time
working towards those dreams you had ten years, five years or even one year
ago?” If not, do you realize that the
next ten years will come and go faster than the previous ten years? Remember we
are only getting busier as a people and before you know it you will be at the
end of your road. At that time will you
be able to look back and honestly say that you had the courage to pursue and
achieve your dreams despite the many obstacles and challenges; or, are you going
to look back and say that you didn’t achieve your dreams in life because you
were too busy?
There is a Chinese
quote that says “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”. So when you look back over the last year can
you honestly say that you took actions that could have helped you achieve your
goals for 2013 or for dreams you want to achieve in the next five to ten
years? If you did not and would like to, or maybe you
did but stopped along the way then I encourage you to join us on Saturday
January 25th 2014 for our
workshop called: “A Journey of a Thousand Miles begins with a Single Step: How
to Transform your 2014 New Year Resolutions/Dreams from a Goal into a
Reality.”
My guarantee to
you is that you will not only leave this workshop with a plan of action but also
with the motivation, inspiration and an opportunity to have the support you need
to continue it for the rest of the year.
Please see the link below in order to register. Please note that this workshop is in person
and there are only a limited number of seats available. So in closing, I leave you with the thought
below:
“If
you have a dream, give it a chance to
happen.”
Richard de Vos
Sources:
Registration
Information
Workshop:
“A
Journey of a Thousand Miles begins with a Single Step: How to Transform your
2014 New Year Resolutions/Dreams from a
Goal into a Reality.”
Date:
Saturday
22nd February, 2014
Time:
10am –
4pmCost: $35
Location: Aangen Community Centre
868 Dovercourt Road
Toronto, Ontario
Registration:
Please click on the following link and scroll down to the workshop titled
“A Journey of a
Thousand Miles Begins with a Single Step: How to Transform your 2014 New Year
Resolutions/Dreams from a Goal into a Reality.”
Registration Link: http://www.aangen.com/workshops.asp
Contact: Patrick Bizindavyi, on behalf of Unleashed Possibilities (UP) Inc. @ 416-760-4644
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