If you've reached here because of my sending you a little message, or you were told to get here by someone you trust, or, you've just stumbled here by the click of a button, then...
There's something you have to know about this post.
I'm not after fame, glory or have people talk about me. I've written it because something struck my heart and mind so thumpingly today, that it could have some meaning for you also.
A couple of 'life events' happened over the last 24 hours that I felt so important, I wanted to write about them.
And, they have to do with life, your life, my life, everyone's lives.
Let me ask you, do you remember when you were just a wee nipper?
You do? Good. Becuase that's the time you were a fearless tiger... with a mighty roar to match.
Of course, you knew that. So why am I telling you something you already know?
Well, as a young kid, before we became aware of our loftiness and self importance, we could learn stuff, oh so easily.
And then what happened?
We grew up, took life seriously, took ourselves seriously and then quickly put the blockage on learning pretty much anything, anew.
Most us adults think that we know all that there is to know. So that's why we 'shut the door' of our minds, never really adventuring to ever pick up something new to do and learn.
I've just returned from a game of indoor football. It's intense, it's fun and.. it's damn well exhausting!
But, do you what? I love going to play. I simply love it. I have the time of my life.
There are 20, 30 40 year old guys who romp around like they're playing a world cup game.
And, quite honestly, that's not a bad way to think about it.
Why not indeed, approach the game like it's a world cup match? I like that.
I'd not played the game since college days.
I only came to find out that quietly, in the background of life, a few college friends had been whirring away at the game for all those years which I, hadn't.
It was about 16 months ago I got back into it.
The first game 'back', I was out of puff after the first 10 minutes. Had no real coordination. Slipping all over the place. Scraping my knee something bad. And, when it was all over, I had to be carried down the stairs from the indoor arena after the game. Couldn't walk for 4 days. Literally.
My new friends at the time? Nurofen and Paracetemol.
But, I came back the following week. And then the next. And then the next...
In fact, December 2006, I was voted 'most improved player' by all those who voted. Not bad.
However, just last month, December 2007, I was voted 'Best Player of the Year'
How come?
What happened?
Well, I 'did' a few things.
Firstly, before going in to every match, I'd ask myself, "... if this was going to be the last match I ever play, how would I play it?"
That simple question had my mind thinking many thoughts.
Things like...
I need to challenge for the ball at every moment. I need to think and play like Ronaldo, Beckam, I have to pass the ball early. I have to give clear instructions to team mates...
I would then go and play with those ideas in my head.
Then, I purchased a DVD to do with "Playing Soccer the Brazilian Way". I learned a few 'tricks and moves'. Went to the park with the kids, whilst they were cycling, I played out the moves with an imaginary opponent.
I have this thing about hearing the 'THUMP' when the ball is smacked. I wanted that when I aim to score a goal. I would sit on a chair and, in my imagination, 'see' myself playing the game with the fierce shoes of the wonder brazilians, scorching the goal into the back of the net.
Combined, this all has a dramatic effect in the way I play the game, the levels of satisfaction I enjoy, and... I have a great time in the process.
No, I'm not no pro footballer. Yes, I want to be the best I can be, doing whatever I can do.
(I use variations of the above when writing business promotions for clients, when coaching or training others in marketing and writing. In communication with my family, to myself, and others.)
If I merely wished being a good footballer, nothing much would happen. If I had listened to the voice in my head that wanted to raise its objectionable noise, forget about having a mediocre game... I'd have not shown up!
And that's the core of this message.
We are all in the game of life. And, we all DO things to make our lives the way it currently stands.
But, the key question is, what have you given up, because of the objectionable noise going on in your head? What important, fun, exciting things have you let go, because of the 'adultness' in you, or some other 'adult'... has told you to give it a miss?
It could be something in your personal life, in your career, in your business, in your communication... something that you know you should've taken the leap with, but didn't.
Personally, I don't know what it is for you. However, you do know what it is and there is something you can do about it, so... do it.If there are things coming up in your present day life, which you know you should be going all out to make it COME ALIVE, then go ahead and make it real for you.
You see, we all have the opportunity to turn the rest of our lives, into something phenomenal. We really do. We all have the ability to bypass our current limiting story about some area of our lives that isn't working, and... to turn it into something great.
You know it, don't you; that there's a last time for everything? We all know that. But somehow, we all live life as if we are immortal. As if we've this secret jar containing extra life, that we can flip out like some magician in order to extend our immortality.
It's not going to happen.
And, what you don't want to happen is when they're about to hammer the last nail in the coffin lid, you leap out and say, "S-T-O-P... I didn't want my life to end in this way, there's still plenty more I've got to do!"
EXACTLY!
Don't wait for the ultimate day in your life to arrive where you profess to all that stuff really wasn't working in your life and that you now want to do it YOUR WAY.
Don't wait. Learn to live a different, better, challenging life... RIGHT NOW.
There's plenty living to be done. There's much enjoyment to be had. There's so much profitable stuff to chew on that there isn't enough time in the day to lap it all up. We both know it.
I say get busy creating a phenomenal life. And start DOING it, today.
And something else...
I made a decision during December 2007 about my own work life for 2008 .
I had it reinforced during my extraordinarily refreshing 'holiday' to Edinburgh during Christmas time.
I had powerful reinforcement of it today.
Changing one's work life takes courage, conviction, and a bold stance against the way current things are happening.
I'll tell you what happens when you make a real, true, solid conviction and commitment towards something- there's a freedom of thought that happens, clarity of language and a powerful but relaxed intensity about things.
And...
It has a postive knock-on effect on everything else.
It really is, quite miraculous.
And we're not finished, because there's something more...
When did you last experience a 'WOW' in your life? I mean something that made you so tingly, so excited, so 'on fire' with what you experienced?
Are you struggling to come up with something?
Are you scratching your head for a memory?
Well, I'll leave it to you to reflect on that.
But, I want to share with you the 'WOW' I have, every single day.
It's seeing my children play. Seeing the way they carry on with their day with such carefree abandonment and their genuine lust for life.
See if you can replicate the following kind of 'WOW' in your everyday life.
You go to pick up a child from school and, when it's time to be collected, they run, not walk, not meander, not amble, but they run, they charge at you full force straight at you and want to be picked up and hugged, right there, right then. That's what happens with me and my little girl.
I'm telling you there aren't many greater WOW's than that. And I get an overdose of it. Yes, I'm lovin' it.
But we can all get the same kind of experience in our communication to others. In our attitude, to ourselves and, to others. In our thoughts and aspirations about our life ahead. In the way we give gratitude to those who have helped us become who we are today.
Listen I don't know if there's anything in this mail that strikes you. That speaks to your heart. That has you thinking differently, practically, sensibly about an old issue, or, about something that you're thinking about embarking on.
If there is something of value for you personally, then I'm thrilled.
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I really thank you for reading and I wish you a beautiful day ahead.
Raja C. Hireker
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