New school year has started for most students in the United States. Every year millions of students open their minds wide open before all powerful instructors to engage in an information eating frenzy. Education is important, but the current system of formal education neglects the unlimited potential that exists in the human mind to think and grasp beyond our current state of awareness. Formal education spends most of its time shoving information into the students to teach them WHAT to think, now HOW to think.
Most people are hard working people. Each day they work to achieve a life of significance and meaning. No one wants to live superficially, impacting and influencing no one. People want a great and extraordinary life. You wouldn’t be reading this article if you wanted an ordinary life. Your heart is pulsating for something more, and you long for something greater. You are telling yourself, “There’s got to be more than this!”
If everyone wants an extraordinary life, why is it that only small percentage of people actually reach it. What is the difference between the majority and the small percentage? The secret is their thinking! You cannot go beyond your own thinking. And most people simply do not engage in thinking.
George Bernard Shaw said, “Two percent of the people think; three percent of the people think they think; and ninety-five percent of the people would rather die than think.”
The first movement towards an extraordinary life is self-awareness. For most people, activity takes priority over personal develop. I am not minimizing activity, but activity without thinking is like running into a burning house with a bottle of water! But thinking without action is not any better either. Both are needed, but the priority must be placed upon thinking. I have had opportunity to work and speak to hundreds of people in my field of profession, and those who have reached the pinnacle of living, they all have one thing in common: priority in self-develop!
We simply do not ask enough questions about ourselves. Who can blame anyone when majority of education spends teaching what to think instead of how to think. One of the goals in my life is to add value to people so they can reach an extraordinary life! If you are reading this, you know your heart is longing for something greater! You want to live and exist in a higher plane.
As we close, here are some tips until next time:
MAKE TIME FOR CREATIVITY: Spend 30 minutes to an hour each day to think, reflect and envision your future. Ask questions about where you are and what you believe about yourself and your direction. Some call this visioneering or as Walt Disney put it, imagineering time.
It’s simply a time to find yourself alone without distractions to relax, think, reimagine, and let your mind wander to explore the possibilities of your life. What are your gifts? What makes you sing? What makes you cry? Take a self-discovery journey. Grab a journal with you and start to record your thoughts.
MAKE TIME FOR GROWTH: Spend 20-30 minutes each day reading and improving your life. I personally have five categories of reading: spirituality, communication, leadership, relationship and coaching.
Don’t put this off. Best time to start is TODAY. Until next time. Live Today with Power! Extraordinary life await you TODAY!
Sam Shin
Coach | Leadership | Mastermind | Consultant | Spiritual direction
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