Meet
Joe.
He’s in his late forties, early fifties. Has three children. Drives a not too flashy
car. Lives in an okay house. Considered a good guy. Works in a 9 to 5 job, though having very little
enthusiasm for it.
Has made multiple
promises to his wife (and to himself) about changing the way things are. But is
gripped with self-doubt. Isn’t
internally driven or motivated to do anything of significance. Though, wants to. He sits alone at night. Troubled. Dissatisfied. Frustrated. Trying to figure his life out.
Night after night. Most nights, having little to no sleep at all.
However, for Joe (and men and women just like Joe) things are (and will be) pretty much the same as they were, give or take a
little rainbow of success along the way. Endless opportunities for growth,
profits and incredible personal development, will have come and gone. A deep
commitment to none. An avalanche of
conflicting information scattered far and wide into his brain. The
result? Confusion and misery. No clue how to make sense of it all.
Sadly for Joe, he’ll be just another
hopeful human. Just getting through his life. Until, he realises that he’s into
his seventies and eighties. And nothing to show for his time on the planet
except a shopping list of missed opportunities, unfinished projects, broken
promises and a pile of… ‘what could have
beens’.
What one thing could Joe have done that
would’ve made a major difference in how his life turns out? GETTING HELP. Joe decided to walk the
path to success, alone. He figured that he would have the required desire, know-how and fortitude
to work things out for himself.
DIY success, rarely works for the
majority. Only a few are totally independent. Totally self-reliant. Totally internally
dependable on themselves. They will
make a dynamic success of things, no matter what. Joe hadn’t sufficiently trained
himself to be completely self-reliant. Though, he has trained himself to be locked up in his own cocoon. Happy to not take the advice of successful others.
To not get into a community of others who can help. He lives with a fragile
ego. Unwilling to deal with another point of view. Unwilling to admit that he
doesn’t know much. Unwilling to say that he was wrong. Unwilling to have
someone jolt him into activity.
Joe is
steadily wandering into oblivion. Though, he just can’t see it. Because, for Joe,
there’s another day just around the corner. And then another. And then another.
Somewhere, there’s a part of Joe that believes he’s immortal. That he’ll be on the planet forever. That he’ll have all
the time in the world to do what he wants. To get what he wants. To be whom he wants. Though, all the while
Joe believes this, he is living a
life of quiet desperation. He worries. He frets. He questions his own sanity every
single day. Sadly, unable to come up with the right answers.
The
Switch
It could be that Joe can find the answer
by going to the switch on his wall. Switched to the ON position, light enters. Switched off, darkness. Can the road to success begin with and be as simple as flipping the switch and letting
the light in? Why not? Aren’t we all in a state of darkness about something, until we see the light?
And how difficult is it to go from
darkness to light? It’s just a flipping of a switch.
And what’ll happen to people like Joe
when he flips the switch and sees the light? Miracles! Happenings that’ll take shape which seemed unfathomable
previously. The sparkle of his true personality will surge forth like
electricity lighting up a whole city.
The Joes’ of the world can set fire to their lives – but only
when they switch their internal switch to the ON position. A switch that’ll move them from oblivion and darkness,
to clarity and light.
