The following has been adapted from The Goal Wizard Show episode 031
There are two types of curious.
There's the type of curious that is nosy, that wants to know what their neighbors are doing, or at the office a co-worker asks questions that border on intrusive, wanting to know other people's business when it's not your place to know these things.
Then there's the type that's exciting attention as strange, novel or unexpected, i.e., a child wonders how something mechanical works so he takes it apart and puts it back together again. And there's curiosity that looking at nature inspires, i.e. wondering about where clouds come from, what causes thunder and lightning. And then there's the curiosity that wonders why do people do what they do.
Be curious about your career. "What do I need to learn, what skills will I need to develop to face the challenges (and they will come) in the weeks and months ahead so I can get better and stay better in my work?"
Again, always be curious, but not nosy about people and what motivates them. For example, I'm curious as to why people buy and read celebrity gossip magazines. The antics of the Kardashians have absolutely no impact on my life, so why should I (or anyone else) care about them or who's getting married, who's getting divorced, who's pregnant, etc., etc.
As for ongoing curiosity, learn more outside the classroom. Read at least two hours a day of books or magazines that are full of helpful ideas that will enhance the Quality of your Life. Leave the mental candy to those who are happy to remain where they are. Distractions are not for you.
So never stop wondering!
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Tim
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Race Toward Your Fears Instead of Running From Them
The following is adapted from Episode 036 of The Goal Wizard Show
Where do fears come from?
It is said we are born with only two fears, the fear of falling and of loud noises. Somehow along the way in my own life, I conditioned myself to have a lot more fears, particularly of people disapproving of me and of making mistakes so I never took chances. I also had the fear of looking good-I didn't want people to make fun of me so I deliberately dressed and groomed myself poorly-and people made fun of me anyway.
Later on, after High School and some Community College, I settled for having laboring jobs, as I believed I wasn't capable of anything else. I was also conditioned to believe that drinking large quantities of alcohol was the way to handle Life's stressors.
So to-day, a little bit at a time, I race toward my fears. I now have this blog and my radio show and my fears are diminishing over time. But I don't take reckless or foolish risks, and neither should you. Will I succeed every time? No, and I embrace possible failure as a learning experience so I can do better next time.
So live your own truth to-day, not somebody else's. Learn from my example and save yourself years of hard work and heartache. Face your fears and grow stronger for having done so.
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Where do fears come from?
It is said we are born with only two fears, the fear of falling and of loud noises. Somehow along the way in my own life, I conditioned myself to have a lot more fears, particularly of people disapproving of me and of making mistakes so I never took chances. I also had the fear of looking good-I didn't want people to make fun of me so I deliberately dressed and groomed myself poorly-and people made fun of me anyway.
Later on, after High School and some Community College, I settled for having laboring jobs, as I believed I wasn't capable of anything else. I was also conditioned to believe that drinking large quantities of alcohol was the way to handle Life's stressors.
So to-day, a little bit at a time, I race toward my fears. I now have this blog and my radio show and my fears are diminishing over time. But I don't take reckless or foolish risks, and neither should you. Will I succeed every time? No, and I embrace possible failure as a learning experience so I can do better next time.
So live your own truth to-day, not somebody else's. Learn from my example and save yourself years of hard work and heartache. Face your fears and grow stronger for having done so.
Always take the Red Pill ()
Tim.
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Monday, July 30, 2012
Commit To Lifelong Learning
The following is from The Goal Wizard Show Episode 028. It has been adapted for publication HERE.
Definition from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition:
"Learning: Knowledge or skill acquired by instruction or study."
Education in the classroom isn't enough
We are living in a fast-paced world with knowledge accelerating to the point where obsolescence becomes faster and faster. What was valid, say, in technology 18 months ago, is obsolete now. Now college education does help, but isn't necessarily necessary. Famous example, of course, is Bill Gates who dropped out of Harvard to eventually found MicroSoft.
I strongly recommend that you read at least 2 hours a day in your chosen field. If you can do more, great, but at least 2 hours.
Build a library, use a library
My own library is the first thing people notice when they enter my apartment. Most other homes have a large television that commands attention, but I have books. Books I have acquired from The Thrift Store. What I don't have in terms of books that have been recently published, I turn to the Public Library. If you don't have one, at the very least, get a Library Card. Most libraries it is free, others you pay a very nominal fee of one or two dollars.
Audio and video programs
I have a collection of DVDs, CDs and MP3s on personal development. Instead of music on my MP3 player, I have dozens of audio programs I listen to as I walk to work. If you have a car, listen to personal development/success programs instead of music. If someone is riding with you, turn off the CD player/radio entirely and focus instead on having a conversation with the people in your car.
Lifelong
Learn not only from books and other media, but from personal life experience. Learn from your family, friends, co-workers. They have much to teach you, if you're willing. That ancient Chinese maxim applies: "When the student is ready, the teacher appears."
So make the World your Classroom.
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Tim
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Definition from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition:
"Learning: Knowledge or skill acquired by instruction or study."
Education in the classroom isn't enough
We are living in a fast-paced world with knowledge accelerating to the point where obsolescence becomes faster and faster. What was valid, say, in technology 18 months ago, is obsolete now. Now college education does help, but isn't necessarily necessary. Famous example, of course, is Bill Gates who dropped out of Harvard to eventually found MicroSoft.
I strongly recommend that you read at least 2 hours a day in your chosen field. If you can do more, great, but at least 2 hours.
Build a library, use a library
My own library is the first thing people notice when they enter my apartment. Most other homes have a large television that commands attention, but I have books. Books I have acquired from The Thrift Store. What I don't have in terms of books that have been recently published, I turn to the Public Library. If you don't have one, at the very least, get a Library Card. Most libraries it is free, others you pay a very nominal fee of one or two dollars.
Audio and video programs
I have a collection of DVDs, CDs and MP3s on personal development. Instead of music on my MP3 player, I have dozens of audio programs I listen to as I walk to work. If you have a car, listen to personal development/success programs instead of music. If someone is riding with you, turn off the CD player/radio entirely and focus instead on having a conversation with the people in your car.
Lifelong
Learn not only from books and other media, but from personal life experience. Learn from your family, friends, co-workers. They have much to teach you, if you're willing. That ancient Chinese maxim applies: "When the student is ready, the teacher appears."
So make the World your Classroom.
Always take the Red Pill ()
Tim
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Monday, July 16, 2012
Be Interested Instead of Interesting
(This Post is based on The Goal Wizard Show Episode 029 originally broadcast on June 12, 2012. It has been slightly modified for publication HERE.)
There is nothing new in this concept. 75 years ago in 1937 Dale Carnegie presented it in his classic book How to Win Friends and Influence People. And it still holds true to-day.
Engage others. In conversations, pay attention to what is being said, both in the words being used and in body language as well. Be there in the present moment. Try not to "tune out" the other person, i.e. rehearsing in your mind what you're going to say next. Ask questions to connect, not interrogate. And don't play "me too." People love to talk about their favourite subject...themselves! Push your ego aside if you can.
That is not to say do not endeavour to stand out from the crowd if you're in business for yourself; then you want to be interesting, and always remember that it is SERVICE that matters most. Zig Ziglar said it best when he said "You can get what you want if you help enough people get what they want."
So get out there and make it happen.
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Always take The Red Pill ()
There is nothing new in this concept. 75 years ago in 1937 Dale Carnegie presented it in his classic book How to Win Friends and Influence People. And it still holds true to-day.
Engage others. In conversations, pay attention to what is being said, both in the words being used and in body language as well. Be there in the present moment. Try not to "tune out" the other person, i.e. rehearsing in your mind what you're going to say next. Ask questions to connect, not interrogate. And don't play "me too." People love to talk about their favourite subject...themselves! Push your ego aside if you can.
That is not to say do not endeavour to stand out from the crowd if you're in business for yourself; then you want to be interesting, and always remember that it is SERVICE that matters most. Zig Ziglar said it best when he said "You can get what you want if you help enough people get what they want."
So get out there and make it happen.
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Contact me: thegoalwizard@gmail.com
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Saturday, June 16, 2012
Tell It Like It Is
(This is based on The Goal Wizard Show Episode 027 braodcast on June 5, 2012. It has been adapted for publication HERE)
Tell it Like It Is
Dictionary definition from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 11th Edition:
Tell: "To relate in detail; to give utterance to; to express in words; to give information to"
Tell it Like It Is to yourself
Don't kid yourself and just tell yourself what you want to hear and don't believe everything you think. Your mind will do a number on your if you're not careful. Always use the Reality Principle: "What's the Reality here?" Be gentle to yourself, though. Talk to yourself as you would to others. Be your own best friend. Above all, be honest.
Tell it Like it Is to others
Be honest, but not blunt, unless it's called for. An example from my workplace: A group of us were talking to a couple of smokers about quitting. I said I do not want to see them carting an oxygen tank ten years from now if they continue smoking. They were taken aback, but I planted the seed. Whether or not they accept what I say or not is up to them. Here's a great concept from Brendon Buchard's latest book The Charge: You can console someone and make them feel better or coach them so they can be better. And know above all what it is. Base it on reality, not your personal opinion.
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Tim
Tell it Like It Is
Dictionary definition from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 11th Edition:
Tell: "To relate in detail; to give utterance to; to express in words; to give information to"
Tell it Like It Is to yourself
Don't kid yourself and just tell yourself what you want to hear and don't believe everything you think. Your mind will do a number on your if you're not careful. Always use the Reality Principle: "What's the Reality here?" Be gentle to yourself, though. Talk to yourself as you would to others. Be your own best friend. Above all, be honest.
Tell it Like it Is to others
Be honest, but not blunt, unless it's called for. An example from my workplace: A group of us were talking to a couple of smokers about quitting. I said I do not want to see them carting an oxygen tank ten years from now if they continue smoking. They were taken aback, but I planted the seed. Whether or not they accept what I say or not is up to them. Here's a great concept from Brendon Buchard's latest book The Charge: You can console someone and make them feel better or coach them so they can be better. And know above all what it is. Base it on reality, not your personal opinion.
Listen to The Goal Wizard Show every Tuesday & Saturday @ 5:00 p.m. Pacific, 8:00 p.m. Eastern
Always take the Red Pill
Tim
31 Tips to Reach Your Next Level Of Greatness (LINK)
Here is the link to Josh Linkner's blog post that I am doing as a series on The Goal Wizard show:
31 Tips to Reach Your Next Level of Greatness
Enjoy!
Always Take The Red Pill
Tim
31 Tips to Reach Your Next Level of Greatness
Enjoy!
Always Take The Red Pill
Tim
Monday, May 28, 2012
My Buddhist Birthday
I know I said in my last broadcast on Blog Talk Radio The Goal Wizard Show Episode 024 I would be writing about my last health crisis, but I've decided instead to write about a Significant Event that happened on this day in 1984.
I took vows as a Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist and received my first Gohonzon. At the time, the lay organization was Nichiren Shoshu Soka Gakkai of America, otherwise known as NSA.
I first started chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo at work. At the time, I was working at a plant nursery, so as I drove tractor around I would chant. Now, when I was first introduced to The Practice, I thought it was silly, chanting to a piece of paper with words I couldn't read. But I was told give it a try so I did. Then mystical experiences happened I couldn't rationally explain. Doors opened for me and people appeared at the right time. So I was convinced, sign me up!
So I received what is called Gojukai at Myoshin-ji Temple in Pinole, CA on Memorial Day weekend. It was on Memorial Day itself, a Monday.
I wish I could say that I've practiced every day since then but I can't. There have been ups and downs, periods of turmoil, homelessness, times where I failed as a Buddhist and generated boatloads of negative Karma. And I'm in a better space to-day and I know my best days are ahead of me.
O, and for my show to-morrow, I'm going to review the 2006 video "The Secret" and discuss the impact Law of Attraction and chanting and believing in the power of Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo and the Gohonzon has had on my life. Tune in.
Anyway, enjoy your day!
Tim
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