Who am I really?

Posted on May 22, 2024 by Rod's World

Over my journey, I have tried several careers to increase my finances; unfortunately, I have only recently.

I discovered I lived on the premise that money is evil, which made it difficult to be serious about it.

I came up with three business ideas, all of which I am rather good at; the first was Rod has a way with Words:

This service provides words to help you with your branding and editing of words you have already written up to the level of editing books, of which I have done three

The second is Rod’s Rocking Research: I ask great questions on Google and can provide what you require 5 times faster than most other researchers.

My favourite and latest enterprise is called I Can Make You Grow. Back in the day, I did a leadership program at Landmark Education called Team < Management and Leadership.

Program. It was a twelve-month program in which you listened to TMLP Level 1 and then put in what you heard was missing for them to succeed with their projects. I was rather good at it.

I’m leaning towards I Can Make You Grow and am off to the Small Business Expo next week to get some ideas.

Here is some advice from Marc and Angel Chernoff to empower your day

Let go of the past.
Identify the lesson.
Lose the negative attitude.
Accept accountability for your current situation.
Focus on the things you can change.
Figure out what you really want.
Eliminate the non-essential.
Be very specific.
Concentrate on DOING instead of NOT DOING.
Create a daily routine.
Maintain self-control and work on it for real.
Forget about impressing people.

Lets seek out some I Can Make You Grow quotes:

Your new future if you hire me to listen to your plans.

They say you do not need to enter your coffin to be barely alive.

Here is a beautiful song about it: bit.ly/44Z5uBm

Well said, Mandy; get the fuck out of there via I Can Make You Grow.

Conformity is the work of the devil.

Something Just Like This: bit.ly/3wMEh8e

Only all of your life, really.

How many mistakes have you made today? Resolve them by contacting I Can Make You Grow.

How strong do you feel today: bit.ly/3V9agsz

You live your life, not your circumstances.

Mine was being a people please, no more.

A song to light your way to I Can Make You Grow: bit.ly/4bFmj6A

I can help you lessen these days at I Can. Make you Grow.

Are you hiding out today?

I Look to You at I Can Make You Grow:

bit.ly/4dNmuhP

Try to do this every day.

I like the word Indomitable.

So, nothing is lost if you attempt to improve: bit.ly/3yuQMpp

Everyone loses at times, if they deny this, they are. lying.

If they are rude to you in the name of coaching, piss them off.

Remember your fight song:

bit.ly/3WQtvZ1

So lets access your summer, Contact me on I Can Make You Grow at rod.williams13@gmail.com

If you wish to listen to the songs, here is a link to the playlist: bit.ly/4dRsDtu

I will sign off with two of my slogans, Another thing I can create for you is: It’s up to us, because we can, it’s our time: love and respect for all, everyone included.

To my readers in the 164 countries worldwide, till next time.

Who the hell are you?

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Rod's World

Due to the interesting people I have among my 5000 Facebook friends, my friend Heather has said I should write about them.

Musicians, solicitors, photographers, politicians, and family

are just a few of my favourites.

Here is Marc and Angel’s offering:

They face problems together.
They give what they can because they truly care.
They make time for each other.
They offer each other freedom.
They communicate effectively.
They accept each other as is.
They are genuine, and they expect genuineness
.They compromise.
They support each other’s growth and changes
They believe in each other.
They maintain realistic expectations of their relationships.
They honour each other in small ways on a regular basis.
They listen, and they hear every word.
They keep their promises.
They stick around.

The first friend, Carolia Arcadia, a psychologist from Romania.

Chantal Renee, Ohio’s leading Psychic.

https://bit.ly/4a2XQ9Z

Time is on my side.

Chad Ockstadt, a coach from the USA.

https://bit.ly/44lCwLE

Lyudmila Podosyan – Odea photographer

Manny Wolfe, crypto king of Northern California.

bit.ly/4aX6FDv

Mangala Holland, Sexpert, London.

Sam Rogers, Journalist, North Carolina.

bit.ly/44lDojo

Dianne Lowe, self-employed, Missisipi.

Marco Aquita, realtor, Zarsgosta, Spain.

bit.ly/4a210uo

Cascia Honey, freelance musician , London.

Suzie Disuza, freelancer – London.

Arwen Larmiran – CEO, Manila.

Xavier Rudd: Yes, that one, the planet.

bit.ly/4aVVGu5

They are from all over the world, and so is interculturalism. Its up to us, because we can, Its our time. Love and respect for all, everybody included. To the 164 countries and 43,000 readers, until next time.

Here’s the playlist: bit.ly/3Qs708O

I want to be Happy versus lets lead an authentic life

Posted on September 14, 2023 by Rod's World

A friendship that meant a lot to me ended when I recently received a voicemail stating that I did not make her feel happy when we were together. I have recently given up this low vibration way of life for one where people are authentic about where they are in their lives. I acknowledged that I was sad and advised the person that doing it via voice mail was as weak as opium. Eight hours later, she sent me another voicemail. I declined the offer

I want to be happy lives at the consciousness level of Life By Me. Where we struggle day to day to be something we are not, the personal development mantra of be happy and life will be wonderful, denies all the other emotions . I am realizing in conversations with more and more people that I no longer can live in this false universe versus one where people live a life of authenticity.

What do Marc and Angel have to say about this via one of their wonderful lists:

12 Lies to stop Telling Yourself:

I don’t have enough yet to be. happy.
My dreams are impossible.
I am stuck with people who hurt me.
My failed relationships were a waste of time.
Things will. never get better.
Failure is. bad.
Great things will come to me effortlessly.
My past is 100% indicative of my future.
I never need to meet anyone new.
I can’t live without those who are gone.
I’m not ready because I’m not good enough yet.
I have way too much to lose

We now move onto what society has said about being authentic over the years:

This is a life worth living.

Take the steps and have these things in your life.

You are the star in your own movie, no one leses.

Those of us who decide to do this are way way cool.

Cry Freedom.

To show up and be real, Yes Please.

Love is always the answer, Ragnar.

You are the George Lucas of your life, Make a great movie, you deserve it.

And who I am is authentic.

The cost of giving up your real life.

The desire to always be happy is a Personal. Development disease.

This is not an easy path to travel, be brave

Why I totally respect my new. mentor, Peter Sage.

How often in your life have you done these things and provided leadership?

So, my life is transforming as I hang around. I nearly died last week , when my brakes failed. My reaction was a thought, I nearly died, not a week long mental tirade about how it was unfair.

My purpose in life is to save the planet for my three year-old grand niece Tawera. I was at a documentary where the producers answered a Q and A. I asked a water biologist if Tawera had a chance of reaching 69, my current age. She also has two teenage children. Her answer, if we keep putting off what we need to do, probably not. but she had hope that the new generations were waking up and would do what it takes.

I have no idea how to do this. I live my life from my koan: Love and Respect for All, Everybody Included: Why; It’s up to us, Because we can, It’s our time. Do not think governments are going to do it, they survive to be in power.

Here is the playlist for your musical enjoyment: https://bit.ly/45OBCa9

To my readers in 160 countries, do yourself a favor and enroll in Unlimited Mindset’s 12 month training at PeterSage.com You can thank me at the stage when you understand what it is doing to your authenticity..

I miss you, Sage.

Death by a Thousand Cuts

Posted on September 2, 2023 by Rod's World

Can listening to your mentor speak for an hour change your life at 69 years of age.. You bet your sweet bippy it can.

The subject: The four levels of consciousness which I wrote about quite recently, but as. I enter their power further and further, my life looks and feels so different that I just had to share the journey with someone, so you, whoever reads this are the chosen. few..

The four levels are:

Life does it to me. AKA Victimhood
Life By Me: Hard Yakka and struggle, a life of boring certainty.
Life Through Me; nUncertainty, massive mistakes, remarkable results, worth waking up in the morning for.
Life As Me: Think MLK, Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama, something to aim for. you may be killed by the lower levels because you scare them so much.

Enoug said, give level three a try, it will interrupt your life so much in unexpected way. My fuse box blew up, We the flat occupants had to pay for the new fusebox after our electricity supplier turned the power off. We did it, they turned up 8. hours later at 11.15 pm to restore it, now thats uncertainty, big time. Lucky for Smart phone data and a moxy M1 Powerbook.Yew.

Time for a Marc and Angel list.:

Heres their 17 Deadliest decisions you can make:

Not Loving what is.
Waiting and Waiting and Waiting.
Changing who you are because others have changed.
Letting heartache define you.
Running away from problems.
Being ungrateful.
Allowiing long-term anger to occupy your heart.
Believing that beauty looks a certain way.
Letting your expectations run rampant.
Disrespecting others.
Disrespecting yourself
Putting up with unfaithful friends and lovers.
Rushing love.
Neglecting your most important relationships.
Trying to controlevery last detail about everything.
Never taking risks.
Giving up on you.

Peter, if you read this, I believe that you and Marc and Angel are meant to do good work together, their two books are manuals for life.

Onto the quotes and tracks:

God, She has a fine sense of humour.

We need more of these type of people in our life.

From one of the classic writers of the Twentieth Century.

Can Peters wonderful work cure this, I think so.

Thank goodness for that.

Uncertainy, one of our superpowers. Yew!!!

Want a secure life, do this.

The cost of certainty, an unfulfilled life.

Time to enter mystery school, didn’t they make a film about that.

Philosophy 191.

Boom, Boom, Boom, etc. etc.

The curly headed one, he changed the world.

Not sure if I agree with this, maybe my fellow USM students, but 90 percent of the planet, nada.

What a great songs Vincent. is, someone as beautiful as you gets me every time.

An hour of songs, Oops, well you will have a soundtrack for your morning exercise.

Back to why I do this. My vision: Save the planet for my three year old grand niece, Tawera. How? Love and respect for All, Everybody Included: Why; It’s up to us, Because we can, it’s up to us. Do I know how to do it, Fuck no, thats what uncertainty gives you..

Heres the playlist link: https://bit.ly/3L8mzjA

So off to the 160 countries that read my words of possibility, Thank you, it makes a difference.

Can I ever Trust Again?

Posted on August 8, 2023 by Rod's World

When did you first lose the trust that small children. have for their mothers? For some it may be wgen their parents divorced, a truly prevelant experience these days, or your Nonna and Poppa died, or a friend took their own life unexpectedly. i thought I had done enough “work” om this until my last relationship when bizarre sexual practices were part of the deal and it broke my trust of women.

We each have our version of it. I now think when there is an opportunity with a woman, what if I have to break my values again just for the realationship to continue. This makes me incredibly sad, a phycoligist friend of mine said I needed to do a course of therapy after I told her what Happened and what I had done because it was so outside normal values, especially mine of Love and Respect for All.

I have connected with someone I wouldlike to say to, You can trust nme totally But can I promise that, time will tell.

Marc and Angel have a list of things of 11 ways to become the personwe love:

Stop judging and appreciatebeauty within you.
Treat yourself the way you wanr others to treat you.
Care less about who you are to others.
Know your worth.
Son’t rush intinate relationships
Let go of those who are’nt really there.
Fotgive yourself and Othwrs.
Focus on the positive.
Believe in the person you are capable of being.
Work on goals you believe in.
Keep looking and moving straight forward.

Time for some quotes and tunes on Trusting each other.

What does it take to trust the netire universe, a noble task?

Thats why we are in each others life at the moment.

The universe was created to bless us and support us to have a wonderful life.

But the. universe requests that you put in some effoty to.

Love and Respect for All, Everybody Included : Why; It’s up to us, Because we can, It’s our time.

May you find your beautiful lan earlier than later.,

The universe knows that you need to be patient at certain times.

Don’t fight what the universe has planned for you, Its quite painful to do so.

Its such a perfect day, I’m glad I soent it with you.

Be careful of your thoughts, she is listening and will provide what you ask for.

She is more and more on mine, because I have been am being transformed by Peter Sage. PeterSage.com, check him out.

And I feel like letting go, what will turn up.

Enjoy your time on the unierse, the universe is not in a hurry, ehy are you?

The more you learn the art of surrender the faster tou will realise your dreams, It begins in the heart.

Back to the words. I wrote this blog after listening to a peter Sage workshop on creating yout reality. I have Peter to thank for transforming my thought patterns at the tender age of 69. Go to PeterSage.com and check out his wonderful life altering distinctions..

My koan for life is Love and Respect for All, Everybody Included: Why; It’s up to us, Because we can, It’s our time.

Thankyou to the readers who have read my blog in 160 countries around the world. We are transforming the possibility on the planet one read at a time.

PS Heres the playlis

bit.ly/3QoHRwK

Until next time , my dear friends.

Treaty Now, Treaty Now

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Rod's World

I yook part in a rematkable event yesterday. over 500 singers sang Yothu Yindi’s iconic anthem Treaty now in the CBD od Naarm/ Melbourne in Four fifferent locations, The Myer Music Bowl, The National Gallery of Victoria and we Flashmodded the major gathering space Fed Square.

Stever taverner and The Spooky Mens chorale , one Australia’s most popular choirs led us included it as part of their natioal tour to support the Yrs campaighn for the Voice recognition of First Nations people in out country. I was alive in 1967 when their status was changed from fauna to humman beings. Yes, we are a racist nation at heart, what other country would have a White Australia policy for 70 years

My friend Anfrew weote the best thing I have read on this. vindicitive campaign that is dividing our nation due to the efforts of the Murdoch Media scum. There it is:

4. It will be permanent, and future governments won’t be able to remove it.

5. Ensuring the Voice can speak to “executive government” means its central role is entrenched, regardless of future governments.

6. It will be gender equal and include youth members, meaning more voices from Indigenous communities will be heard.

7. It has been carefully devised and given the green light by legal experts.

8. Fixed terms mean representatives will always be accountable.

9. The Voice would be a good mechanism through which to negotiate Truth and Treaty processes with the Commonwealth.

10. Parliament, and by extension the Australian people, would still hold the ultimate say over what becomes law.

The ‘against’ campaign usually have one or more of these arguments:

1. It’s symbolic, and fixing systemic issues facing Indigenous communities would require a body with actual power.

2. Governments can ignore its advice if they don’t like it.

3. The Voice adds race to the constitution.

4. Because the Voice will be designed by parliament, future governments could change or sideline it.

5. Indigenous people already have a voice via an unprecedented level of Indigenous representation in parliament.

6. Truth and Treaty should come before the Voice.

It is important to also look at who is supporting which campaign:

Left leaning parties who have always done more for indigenous rights in Australia like Labour and Greens overwhelmingly are supportive of the Voice.

Right leaning parties who have a track record of not supporting indigenous rights in Australia like One Nation, Liberal and UAP are overwhelmingly against the Voice.

I have noticed that people who have a tendency towards believing in conspiracy theories and who have a general aversion to anything that the government does, tend to be against the Voice. These are the same people who would tend to be anti 5G, anti vax, anti UN, pro Trump and Qanon etc.

I hope that when people make their vote, they consider the actual question being proposed and have read the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full as that is where the Voice idea came from so provides the best context for who is asking for it and why they want it.

Referendum question and constitutional amendment

VOICE.GOV.AU

Referendum question and constitutional amendment

No list from Marc and Angel this week, sorry my friends

Here are the quotes and some different versions of Treaty Now, ours is being edited from yesterday still.

Australia will look like a nation odf dickheads worldwide if the vote loses as I fear it will.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes , etc. etc . etc.

Women and the youth of Australia will vote Yes in droves, they did not grow up in Racist Australia.

Some miighty woeds as ro why you should vote yes.

All you gubbas out there, this is what the voice is about a real say for our First Nations brothers and sisters.

Powerful words supporting the Yes Vote.

Even people with gray hair are saying Yes.

Love the colours in this one.

And our youth have a say.

Black and White, we all support it.

The colours of our land, the flag of the First Nations people of Australia, the land was never ceded.

This is the first blog I have written not wearing my glasses because of the miracle Costa Rican herbal cure, a bit irrelevent

The Uluru statement from the Heart, where this all began.

Yes we can do it.

Back to my words on Interculturalism, The Voice is definitely a part of that. Love and Respect for All, Everybody Included: Why; It’s up to us, Because we can, It’s our time.

The playlist via Bitly: https://bit.ly/3Ya9yeF

To my readers in 160 countries world wide, this is a very important moment in the history of our country . We may grow into adulthood, or maybe recognised as dickheads worldwide.

Don’t listen to your Labels

Posted on June 30, 2023 by Rod's World

I was born Rodney Paul Williams. I am now 68, I am retired, I am a blogger and I make chai for the ecstatic dance community in Naarm/Melbourne. These are my current labels. I have had many over a quite interesting visit to the planet. A question, how have your labels affected you in reaching your childhood goals, there would be a lot of fire chiefs and astronauts except for them.

We also label ourselves: I am shy, I am not enough, i am ugly, I am slower than them at reaching my abilities. Not very positive but we are trained by society to do this, WTF..

what about I am glorious, I am captivatingly beautiful, I an uber intelligent, I am a world leader, we don’t hear these as often. My mentor Peter Sage states these labels are the greatest dream killers on the planet. How would life be if we just existed on the planet enquiring into what I am moment to moent, imagine that level of freedom.

What do Marc and Angel have to say about this in the form of a list:

Never let a bad day make you feel like you have a bad life.
Tell the negativity committee that meets inside your head to sit down and shut up.
Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, It’s about learning to dance on the rain.
You look the best when you wear your smile. There is no beauty like the one that comes from inside you.
Moving on doesn’t mean forgetting, it doesn’t mean you coose happiness over hurt.
Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness.
Someone else is happy with far less than you have.
You are always free to do something that makes you smile.
Talk about your blessings more than your problems.
Stop looking at what you have lost, so you can see what you have.
Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it for themselves.
Just because it didn’t last forever, doesn’t mean it wasn’t worth your while.
If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.
Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.
The more you love your decisions, the less you need others to love them.
A bad attitude is like a flat tire, you can’t get very far until you change it.

Marc and Angel and peter seem to speak from the same prayer book, don’t you think, time to move on:

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Straight out of the IMS workbook.

From one of the Jazz greats, a pearl of wisdom.

Childbirth, the world’s greatest label transformation, Parenthood.

I believe this is why Peter talks about challenging yourself on a daily basis, the art of de-labelling.

Be careful how you judge.

I Am with nothing but nothing after it but an enquiry to journey upon, bliss.

One of the greatest white NBA players ever puts his bobs worth into the discussion.

The sisters will get this before the men.

How many bad guys or gals are there in your life, Look again please.

A cheap and nasty way out of doing the real work of connection.

And of course we have to have at least one Oprah quote.

The labels for this are changing dramatically, some people don’t like it.

That is how children learnt to hate from you.

Do not fuck with a mother and her child.

Back to the words. I have written 600 of these, over 5 million words on possibility, not a cent received. I am into transformation like Peter. You can’t take money with you. Actions that make adifference, that is an entirely different matter.

Here is the playlist link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJlQ3F9bKYrsbHKHJ2pvoxZdy402aJz8O

Love and Respect for All, Everybody Included: Why; It’s up to us, Because we can, it’s our time. This is my war cry for Interculturalism. I have a Facebook group for it: https://www.facebook.com/groups/183421768519278. Join us merry group of pranksters, it will make a difference to your day.

Until we meet again, my friends in the 160 countries out there.

Will the Rainbow Children save the planet?

Posted on May 22, 2023 by Rod's World

I have done many things in my 68 years, one of them was hang around CERES environmental park in Naarm/Melbourne where I went from being the World’s Greatest Volunteer to a board member for 7 years after a very strange invitation by the team leaders one stormy winter night.

CERES is a 5 acre city farm that used to be the Brunswick tip. A group of hippies got together 40 years ago and put the idea to turn the tip into a farm. The only problem being they had energy but no money. Some liberated councillors at the time gave it to them for the acorn rent of $1 a year which it has remained at over the time, CERES is now a multi million dollar business.

Two of its features have been the Cafe and the playground where the rainbow people could bring their rainbow children and meet their Mothers Groups, on a Saturday 900 cups of coffee would be sold. I think it is up to the third generation of this happening. Mothers who were brought by their mothers are returning with their offspring.

I had not been for ages and went there to renew my membership last Saturday. I did not know The Olives to Oil festival was on. The local councils set up a drop off spot for your olives and you get them pressed into oil as a community service, I have never seen that many olives in one place in my life.

But back to the Rainbow kids. As always there was entertainment. I knew them Santirino is an traditional Italian band who also do the tarantella if the weather allows for it, unfortunately this was not the case on Saturday. Rosa sang beautifully, I. had forgotten how beautiful she is, so full of vitality and passion. My mate Phil was on accordion and flute, I have followed his different musical ensembles for over 40 years. This is one of the better ones.

At the end of their first set Rosa announced they had a special guest. A young teenager, at the most 12 or 13 approached the stage and did this amazing French number with so much confidence it belied her tender years. I overheard her mum say she could speak and sing in 6 languages. She was definitely one of CERES rainbow children.

It restored my faith that humanity does not have the people in our society that will save the planet, we have the rainbow children. The last generation have moved on and formed Extinction Rebellion across the planet. They know what it takes.

Some wise words from Marc and Angel Chernoff:

life is full of positive experiences. Notice them. Notice the sun warming your skin, the small child learning to walk, and the smiling faces around you. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential by reveling in the beauty of these experiences, and letting them inspire you to be the most positive version of YOU.

What would happen if. you approached each day intentionally, with a positive attitude? What would happen if you you embraced life’s. challenges with a. smile on your face? What would happen if you surrounded yourself with people who made you better? What would happen if you paused long enough to appreciate it all?

Livong a positive life is all about creating positive habits to help you focus on what truly matters. This is the secret of super positive people . here are 9 simple ideas to help you follow in their footsteps:

Wake up every morning with the idea that something wonderful is possible today.
Celebrate your existence.
Appreciate life’s perfect moments.
Embrace life’s challenges.\
Live and breath the truth.
Fill your own bucket.
Become addicted to constant and never-ending self improvement.
Help the people around you smile.
Spend time with positive people.

Here is the link to the work of Marc and Angel: https://www.marcandangel.com/about/

Lets move on to the quotes and music:

One of the greatest philosophers of the last and this centuroes.

There are 7 billion I Am’s hanging out there on this planet. Enjoy each others company.

Or followers of Peter Sages mindset training.

What is your favourite colour of the rainbow?

Thats you Joan is talking about.

Some of my favourite song-lines.

Faith not organised patriarchal religion.

What connects you, do you have rainbow. children in your life?

I am feeling that through Peter’s I Am technology.

love You.

Is this in the Mastery stage, Peter?

I have seen a triple rainbow in my life, I felt extremely lucky, I did not find the pot of gold.

love native wisdom, it is so eternal.

Finally, rainbows are too remind you to stay strong.

Finally a gift from our country to yours, sing along people.

Back to me, I used to make my money from writing koans aka slogans, I only use two of them these days: Love and Respect for All, Everybody Included and its up to me, because we can, Its our time. We need Peters definition of wealth: An abundance of gratitude more and more these days. These blogs are for an abundance of possibility.

Until next time, my dear readers in 160 counties, thank you for your stand for possibility.

People are Prettiest When They Talk About Something They Really Love!!!

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Rod's World

Do you do what you love to fulfil your basics in life? We can look at some of the answers given on Quora as to why this occurred for many people. It goes back to a lack of support in our developing years. I particularly like this answer:

“For me – when I was young I always wanted to go into the Law (I blame the reruns of Perry Mason on after school). When I was 17 I started at a new high school, the careers counsellor didn’t know me from Adam and when she asked what I wanted to do at Uni, I said Law – she asked if was getting straight A’s, I wasn’t. Her response? Forget about Law then, it’s a pipe dream. I still insisted that for my work experience I’d like to try something Law related. This request was ignored and I was assigned to stamp books in a Uni library for a week whilst other students she knew got to hang out in law firms for that week,

As a teenager with particularly low self-esteem, this advice to ‘forget it’ from an authority figure was unfortunately taken quite seriously and so I did forget about Law.

Obviously, in hindsight it was exceedingly poor advice, there was a multitude of other options open to me without straight A’s. I can’t place all blame with the careers counsellor, I could have figured it out on my own, but I wonder how things may have worked out differently had she been a bit more helpful with someone she was meeting for the first time.

Here are Ten Simple Truths from Marc Chernoff that are sometimes forgotten that would help us make progress towards doing what we love.

Education and Intelligence accomplish nothing without action.
Happiness and Success are two different things.
Everyone runs their own business.
Having too many choices interferes with decision making.
All people possess dimensions of success and dimensions of failure.
Every mistake you make is progress.
People can be great at doing things they don’t like to do.
The problems we have with others are typically more about us.
Emotional decisions are rarely good decisions.
You will never feel 100% ready when an opportunity arises.

So, what does the world say about truths in life, Here are a few of my favourites:

1. A paradox it may seem, but will get a lot done in life.

2. Sojourner Truth, born Isabella [Belle] Baumfree; was an African-American abolitionist and women’s rights activist. In 2014, Truth was included in Smithsonian magazine’s list of the “100 Most Significant Americans of All Time.”: Standing In The LoveLight.

3. Our Shadows walk alongside our light.

4. What would Cinderella say about this?: Who Is She?

5. Not everything we read or hear is true, use your discretion to find out which is true or untrue.

6. Boom!!!: Live Your Life.

7. Unfortunately, we have been electing these people as our political leaders in far too many countries lately.

8. They are your keepers.: Faithful.

9. What is your favourite carnival ride, probably says a lot about your relationship to life.

10. One foot in front of another gets the job done: From Little Things, Big Things Grow.

11. K.I.S.S.

12. Sonnenberg’s blog — FrankSonnenbergOnline — has attracted millions of readers on the Internet. It was named among the “Best 21st Century Leadership Blogs”; among the “Top 100 Socially-Shared Leadership Blogs”; and one of the “Best Inspirational Blogs On the Planet.” Frank’s newest book, Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life, was released November 2018: Honesty.

13. Choice the first path, you will feel a lot more relaxed in your life.

14. I rate George one of the worlds great philosophers, highly underrated: Truth.

15. And for our final lesson, we go to Alan Watts for a universal truth.

Just remember those significant moments of opportunity for personal growth and development will come and go throughout your lifetime. If you are looking to make positive changes in your life you will need to embrace these moments of opportunity even though you will never feel 100% ready for them.

The playlist begins with my favourite song from my friend Jo Jo Smith. Over to the Cinderella soundtrack next then back to the present with T.I. and Rhianna. New to me is Sarah Reeves. The Waifs do a Kev Carmody cover next. The penultimate song is by Billy Joel and we finish with some spoken word from George Carlin: People are Prettiest When They Talk About Something They Really Love!!!

What do you really love? For me it is spreading Love and Respect for All, Everyone Included across the planet. Until we meet again, my dear friends.

They were here Before!!

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Rod's World

There is a quote incorrectly attributed to the Buddha that the master will appear when the disciple/student is ready. It is actually from the Theosophical tradition.

In 1875 Helena Blavatsky, Henry Steel Olcott, and William Quan Judge co-founded The Theosophical Society. Blavatsky combined Eastern religious traditions with Western esoteric teachings to create a synthesis she called the Perennial Religion. She developed this in Isis Unveiled (1877) and The Secret Doctrine (1888), her major works and exposition of her Theosophy..

The second example I will give is the young monk asking the head monk how do you find your master, and what qualities must they have. He replied, they must have been here before you. Is it this simple the Art of Mastery or do we never reach it, is it a journey for our whole lifetime and we get as close as we do to it as we pass on.

I have chosen 15 quotes covering most of the centuries wisdom has been on the planet, no Oprah but we have the big man, Tony Robbins.

Here we go :

1. Presence, not knowledge, study is behind Mastery. If you are not present in the moment you may as well be watching T.V.

2. Doing what you have been doing to get to where you are at the moment will get you a certain result, not often mastery. here’s a talk Marianne gave at Google on Creativity and Leadership, Enjoy – Marianne’s Wisdom.

3. Infinitude – the state or quality of being infinite or having no limit. Mastery fits well into this description. it takes away logical explanation.

4. Back to Leonardo’s time for confirmation that Mastery is not attainable as an outer skill unless you have achieved it in the inner arena.

5. If you do not master your feelings you have very little chance of mastery very much else. This os where control actions comes from. Overcoming fears, self judgements are an essential part of the journey.

6. I went to the Australian Open tennis once and watched a match on a side court, I could not even register the ball because of the speed it was travelling at. So confidence would have made no difference in me mastering hitting the ball.

7. Bruce Lee is heavily quoted in the area of mastery, but he knew that is was mastering yourself not your opponent that was your real victory.

8. Hard work, not a weekend course! Michelangelo one of our great inventors and all round genius points out that it takes old fashioned hard Yakka to obtain anything like Mastery.

9. Robert Greene researched many of the great geniuses of history to write this masterful book on releasing your passion and getting closer to having mastery in your life – Link to Book.

10. The ultimate test, Self Mastery. doing the things we should do versus those we should not. Listening to the angel not the devil on our shoulders. It comes from Integrity in all matters.

11. Sometimes referred to as “The father of the American navy”, John Paul Jones knew back in the 1700’s he would not defeat the superior British forces if the did not engender faith in his men.

12. Maslow also pointed to this , without strong foundations do not even think of mastering the finer points. Do the Work – Byron Katie, Access to the Work.

13. We know what our creativity is, our Inner Pilot Light whispers it to us our whole life. We do not have to look far it, but to take action and master it our circumstances cry foul for a lotto us.

14. Mastery is not a race, one must include patience when travelling the path.

15. You can attend as many of Tony’s seminars as you like, they have inspirational names : Unleash the Power Within, Date with Destiny and Life and Wealth Mastery. Tony warns you the knowledge means nothing without the action.

I believe that the more effort you put into travelling the path that is our life and that you add integrity and hard work to it you will get closer to the elusive mark of mastery.

Namaste until next Thursday my dear friends