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A pathway to possibility Part One
| Guest post by: Ian Berry |
Article Overview: A formula I use for life is principle before passion; passion before purpose; passion and purpose during practice = possibility. In this article I explore principle.
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A pathway to possibility Part One
© Ian Berry All rights reserved
I doubt I will ever lose my
enthusiasm and excitement for the “privilege of the platform”. I
consider myself very fortunate to be able to travel the world and share
my ideas and insights with willing people. When clients/organizers
agree I always end my 30, 45 and 60 minute presentations with a question
and answer time.
After giving a presentation one time the first question threw me momentarily and the answer I gave
surprised me, so much so I almost couldn’t wait to get back to my hotel
room to write down what I said so I wouldn’t forget it! The questioner
said “I’ve very much enjoyed your presentation but can you put it all in
one sentence? After what seemed to me to be the longest pause I had
taken in 15 years of professional speaking to that date I said:
Principle before passion;
passion before purpose; passion and purpose during practice =
possibility
The audience cheered wildly
including the questioner (You had to be there). On reflection these
words capture what I am mostly on about in my quest to help people change what's normal for the good of yourself, other people, our planet, and for profit.
Principle
For me there are three great life
principles, an attitude of gratitude; the law of the farm; freedom of
choice. These principles are unchanging and uncluttered by dogma, the
hallmark of fundamentalists whether they are religious, political,
business or otherwise. Fundamentalists believe their way is the only
way and create dogma to justify their ideology. Principles don’t
change, nor do they favour ideology, they simply just are, and, they can
be lived in any number of ways regardless of beliefs, mindsets or
culture.
An attitude of gratitude
When faced with a potentially life
ending illness 32 years ago my doctor’s advice was to first have an
attitude of gratitude. In order to get well he told me, I must first be
grateful. I remember my reply as if it was yesterday. "You’re telling
me I may die and you want me to be grateful. You have to be joking!"
In recovery I learnt, and I am
still learning, a great truth, "when we are grateful for what we’ve got
we can have more of what we want." The most productive people in
history have an attitude of gratitude.
The Law of the Farm
My grandfather, a farmer, taught me
this law. Grandfather knew the law as “you reap what you sow”. He
believed as I do that more often than not if you have fertile ground,
plough it, seed it, nurture it, you get a harvest. Today we phrase this
law as "what goes around comes around”, or “you get what you give." In
my book Increasing Profits Without Hurting People I use this law to
explain my perspective on many things, including my five faces of human
wisdom. The most productive people in history live these faces; they
are universally aware, emotionally healthy, mentally alert, physically
active, and spiritually alive.
Freedom of Choice
We are the sum of the choices we
have made and those we haven’t. As history has demonstrated over and
over again, regardless of where we were born, and even in the most dire
of circumstances, we can live a fulfilling, happy life that influences
and inspires others. The most productive people in history make the
wisest choices for them on a daily basis.
Living by principles such a these,
is in my view the first step to achieving possibility.
Be the difference you want to see
in the world
Ian
Is the pathway clear?
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