A special Edition of a Tremendous Tuesday. I have had a chance to meet with my mentor Rob C. Follows. As usual I left with more questions. 1 hour was not enough. The key message was, it’s not Enough To Ignite…Keep Doing…
This Edition of Fabulous Fridays brings us to the last post on The 10 Principles towards a Prodigious Attitude as shared with me by my mentor Rob C. Follows. Destiny or Fate. I don’t know. But I will be seeing him today at 10am as he is here in Montreal on business.
I have decided to finish this series as I had started it, in the written words. The last 2 parts of the 10th Principle is
To Be Too Strong for Fear and Too Happy To Permit The Presence of Trouble
I had shared that the strength to overcome your fear was not to have any fear at all but to have the strength to recognize the fears you have. Franklin D. Roosevelt in his inaugural speech had said:
The Only We Have To Fear is Fear Itself
He had said it at a time when the world faced its biggest economic depression, where all seemed impossible and just surviving was a monumental task.
When hope was absent and all dreams were dying. Yet, in this simple statement he summed up what got in the way. If you are facing the insurmountable, when all seems impossible, take a step back and ask yourself what is it that you fear.
One Poem I carry with me always to remind me of my fears is by Marianne Williamson
I heard it first in the movie Coach Carter
Our Deepest Fear By Marianne Williamson
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness
That most frightens us.
We ask ourselves
Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small
Does not serve the world.
There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking
So that other people won’t feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine,
As children do.
We were born to make manifest
The glory of God that is within us.
It’s not just in some of us;
It’s in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
We unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we’re liberated from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others
We must face our Fears to Achieve A Prodigious Attitude, in facing our Fears we facilitate we allow space to become Too Happy To Permit the Presence of Trouble.
As I will be speaking to Rob today, I will ask him what Too Happy To Permit the Presence of Trouble means, I will post a special edition on Smilin’ Saturdays. Appropriate don’ t you think?
Nobility used to be tied to aristocracy but true noble men are defined by character, by courage and honesty. Noble individuals have prevented wars, fights, murders, genocides. Some we have heard about, history has recorded their actions. Others live in the shadow of peace where no glory is to be found but where the Human Race survived and evolves. How do these Noble Individuals not act in anger?
Roll The Vid….
QWYK TYPS for Getting It Done
In that moment of anger stop and react by not acting
Take in the deepest breath and smile
Think the Wise Man Thought: We’ll See
Then See… See With Your Heart what you must do… not with your emotions
how can a lesson from a Wise Man from 1200 years ago still apply to us today? My Grandad always said Don’t Think of Going Back to Basics but Build On Basics. There are Basics. So what does that old wise man had to say… I thougth it very profound when I first heard it….. So Rolll That Vid…
I apologize for the wind outside, it can be distracting; but it was too gorgeous to do this inside.
QWYK TYPS for Getting It Done
Practice The Wise Man approach
Take a Moment When You are confronted by an event positive or challenging
Nod and Smile and Say We’ll See
Take The Time To Step Back and really see what you have control and then take action
Get To Work and Get It Done!!
Unlike Atlas Don’t Take The Weight of The World on Your Shoulder.
I have just learnt something new today. Iceland Grows Bananas. Really. Find out how this relates to this week’s QWYK TYPS for the 9th Principle Towards A Prodigious Attitude
To Give So Much To The Improvement of Myself That I have No Time to Criticize Others.
You know it…. Roll the Vid…
QWYK TYPS for Getting It Done
Grab Your Journal
Write the top 3 things you have learned each day
Determine if they are things that will help you get to your Success
Would you spend most of your time taking care of your neighbour’s garden? The answer is probably NO! So let me ask you this, why is it that we spent most of our time criticizing others?
The 9th Principle Towards A Prodigious Attitude addresses this interesting human trait. To achieve a Prodigious Attitude,
I must Give so Much Time To The Improvement of Myself That I have No Time to Criticize Others
So what do we knowing this… yep you know it… Roll The Vid…
QWYK TYPS for Getting It Done
Grab Your Journal – Should have one by now.. if not what are you waiting for!
Take Inventory for the next 2 days on where you spend most time
Criticizing or Improving Yourself
How many smiles have you made? How many lives have you changed? I bet you lots. The weather was PRODIGIOUS in the beautiful city of Montreal this week making easy to smile. But how do you wear that cheerful countenance at all times when the clouds are dark, when the rain pours in? It happens in our Life Journey. When there is up, you must have down. To have light, you must have dark. So how do we do it?….. Rolll The Vid….
QWYK TYPS for Getting It Done
Write in your journal/diary what you are grateful for the most in your day
Share it with me if you wish
Sometimes you need to see how lucky you are and that others may have it worst than you. When that happens to me I watch my friend Nick Vujicic
Get To Work and Get It Done!!
You need an example on what to write check out my friend Cheryl Richardson
this will be the quickest QWYK TYPS I post. In Leading A Prodigious Life I believe you must spend time with Family. So I have made this video while at La Ronde (montreal amusement park) with my family. This adventure was in result of Leia (my 9 yr old daughter) making honor roll in school this year, which is a goal she had set at the beginning of the year. What a better place to give smiles out and to see it return back to you. On my Monday Post my friend Sun Kiri has posed a great comment:
‘….someone once said that when a person does not smile when you smile at him, he probably needs it the most, so just keep smiling. ‘
WOW! this is what LoliNation is about sharing insights which helps us all to reach our own summit, arrive at our desired port. Mahalo Sun Kiri!
Her comment made me remember a great story to illustrate the point of doing and what difference YOU can make… So Roll The Vid…
QWYK TYPS for Getting It Done
Just Do It and Smile
Record the reaction of those around you
Record in your Journal How it made YOU Feel and Think
How does a smile affect you? How do you feel when somebody smiles at you? What do you notice when you smile at others? The 8th Principle Towards a Prodigious Attitude is
To Wear A Cheerful Countenance At All Times and Give Every Living Creature I meet a SMILE.
So here’s mine for you
Now Let’s Roll That Vid…
QWYK TYPS for Getting It Done
Get Out and Start To Smile
Write Down how you feel and how those around you react or act
To see the article on the 10 benefits of smiling click here
Get To Work and Get It Done!!
So How To Smile So The Whole World Smiles with You well at least 1/2 of it….