Inspired to Reality

Watching the birth of my son recently gave me great pause and really demonstrated the enormous blessing that life really is. But most of all, it has fascinated me to new levels of thinking. I find myself pondering….What are a baby’s thoughts? It may seem like a comical question to ask, but I think it is a glimpse at the fundamental of life itself and maybe even a key to boundless energy to be who we thrive to be.

My son was born about 3 weeks early so his little body practically fit in my one hand. As I held him in total amazement, you cannot help but notice life spring forth. Within moments he opened his eyes and started flailing his tiny arms and legs. I was caught completely off guard not expecting his little blue eyes to lock on mine so early. I was not really sure what to expect this being my first child, but I was really thinking there would be a scared, screaming infant in terror of this new dramatically different world. Here he is warm and comfortable in his mother’s quiet womb and within a moment notice he is pulled out into a cold, loud, chaotic world. What could have been going through his mind? If his face could say anything at the time, he was more calm than me.
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Before I got my first motorcycle, I attended a mandatory safety school that the military required for you to ride a motorcycle on the base. At the time, I never knew how that class might help me. I was riding dirt bikes and all terrain vehicles since I was kid so I walked in thinking it would be a huge waste of time. But there was one statement that the instructor nailed into our heads. Not only did it save my life countless numbers of times, but it also has an impact on everything else we all do.

He said over and over…”You will always go in the direction that you are looking….So don’t look down, because that is where you will go.”
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Nothing seems to stop people from achieving true happiness more than the simple phrase “I can’t.” Being guilty of saying it quite often myself, I look back and see how I erected a paper thin wall up every time there was something I thought I wanted, but in fact did not really want to do.

One day a good friend said a statement that hit me right between the eyes. If you want something, you’ll do it…If you don’t, you’ll make an excuse.
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One of the main reasons people feel so disconnected from the world and thus un-happy is they are struggling to find their purpose in life. The simple fact that you are in search of your purpose already puts you on the path of finding it.

The sad truth is when you do find your purpose, you will see it was always within your grasp. You just had trouble seeing it. So first you must have faith that you will find it since it is so close.
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In training managers on how to deal with “difficult” employees I would explain to them to remember that each and every person believes they are right in what they do. Think about it, if they did not know the difference between right and wrong they would be in a prision or a rubber room. That is what we lable irrational thought. However, it is only irrational to you the observer.

It is amazing what occurs when managers truly understand this concept. Instead of getting mad and maybe exploding on an employee, they start having empathy and try to really understand what made the employee’s work under par. They actually try to solve the problem. It is also amazing what happens with the employee. Instead of thinking that “the boss is always picking on me” they really begin to admire their boss and their morale and productivity rises.
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