News
No new updates for this week.
I will not be able to send a message next week due to my schedule.
Instead of sharing a quote and my thoughts this week, I wanted to share something I read on Paulo Coelho's blog earlier today.
Relax and Pay Attention
by Paulo Coelho
Sometimes we keep on waiting – with patience, resignation, courage – and still, things around us don’t move. But since this is the path we chose, it seems impossible that life’s blessings are not working in our favor. It provokes, therefore, a deep reflection about what we call “results:” our destiny is manifesting itself in a way we are not able to fully comprehend .
Jorge Luís Borges wrote a masterly short story about this issue.
He describes the birth of a tiger that spends great part of its life in the African wildness but ends up being captured and taken to a zoo in Italy. From then on, the animal thinks his life has lost sense and there is nothing left to do but wait for the day he dies.
One fine day, poet Dante Alighieri passes by this zoo, looks at the tiger, and the animal inspires a verse – in the midst of thousands of verses – of “The Divine Comedy.”
“The entire battle for survival that tiger went through was only so that it could be at the zoo on that morning and inspire an immortal verse,” says Borges.
Just like this tiger, we all have a reason – a very important reason – to be here, at this moment, this morning.
So relax. And pay attention.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Why We Are Here
News
No new updates for this week.
Instead of sharing a quote and my thoughts this week, I have decided to share this story with you.
Story
Why We Are Here
by Idries Shah
Walking one evening along a deserted road, Mulla Nasrudin saw a troop of horsemen coming towards him. His imagination started to work; he saw himself captured and sold as a slave, or impressed into the army.
Nasrudin bolted, climbed a wall into a graveyard, and lay down in an open tomb. Puzzled at his strange behaviour, the men - honest travelers - followed him. They found him stretched out, tense and quivering.
"What are you doing in that grave? We saw you run away. Can we help you?"
"Just because you can ask a question does not mean that there is a straightforward answer to it," said the Mulla, who now realized what had happened.
"It all depends on your viewpoint. If you must know, however: I am here because of you, and you are here because of me."
No new updates for this week.
Instead of sharing a quote and my thoughts this week, I have decided to share this story with you.
Story
Why We Are Here
by Idries Shah
Walking one evening along a deserted road, Mulla Nasrudin saw a troop of horsemen coming towards him. His imagination started to work; he saw himself captured and sold as a slave, or impressed into the army.
Nasrudin bolted, climbed a wall into a graveyard, and lay down in an open tomb. Puzzled at his strange behaviour, the men - honest travelers - followed him. They found him stretched out, tense and quivering.
"What are you doing in that grave? We saw you run away. Can we help you?"
"Just because you can ask a question does not mean that there is a straightforward answer to it," said the Mulla, who now realized what had happened.
"It all depends on your viewpoint. If you must know, however: I am here because of you, and you are here because of me."
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Confronting Reality
News
No new updates for this week.
Quote
“At the center of your being
you have the answer;
you know who you are
and you know what you want.”
-Lao Tzu
My Thoughts
I touched on this topic a few weeks ago. You have the answers to the deep questions of life inside you already. The best way I have found to hear the answers is to follow your intuition and one of the best ways to follow your intuition is to quiet your mind. The method that I happen to use to quiet my mind is through meditation.
With that being said, there is another topic that I'd like to touch on this week. It is a topic that oftentimes comes up during my coaching sessions. It is one that I think has a lot of people that are interested in personal growth confused.
I am talking about ignoring reality.
In order for true, lasting growth to happen we need to be aware of our current situation. We can't ignore it. If we do, it will eventually catch up to us.
You may be thinking, "Yes, that is obvious.". But sometimes people do it without fully realizing they are doing it.
I'll give you an example. A person thinks they should feel happy (or if not happy, at least good) all the time. When they start feeling down, they ignore it by saying that they feel great. Inside they don't really feel great and they end up feeling bad about feeling bad. This then tends to pull the person down further because they think that they "should" be feeling good. The whole idea of using the word "should" is a topic for another message.
The point here is that some people in the personal growth industry are always talking about how you need to use empowering words all the time and never say certain things. I agree that words can have power and meaning. I disagree with the fact that we need to use them all the time.
If you are feeling down or not so great:
1. Admit it. Recognize the situation that you are in.
2. Write out the things you are grateful for.
3. Realize that your situation can get better.
4. Then you can start to look at the words you are using to describe yourself and your situation.
There are several ways to do step 3. To keep this message short, I'll share one of those ways. You can compare yourself to someone (which people usually do anyway, but often they are comparing the things they don't have to someone that is perceived to be better off thus making them feel not good). The method to do this is: Is my situation really that bad...compared to what? For example: Is my situation really that bad compared to the homeless person I see every morning?
Remember that somebody somewhere is wishing or praying for the things that you take for granted.
Have an excellent week!
No new updates for this week.
Quote
“At the center of your being
you have the answer;
you know who you are
and you know what you want.”
-Lao Tzu
My Thoughts
I touched on this topic a few weeks ago. You have the answers to the deep questions of life inside you already. The best way I have found to hear the answers is to follow your intuition and one of the best ways to follow your intuition is to quiet your mind. The method that I happen to use to quiet my mind is through meditation.
With that being said, there is another topic that I'd like to touch on this week. It is a topic that oftentimes comes up during my coaching sessions. It is one that I think has a lot of people that are interested in personal growth confused.
I am talking about ignoring reality.
In order for true, lasting growth to happen we need to be aware of our current situation. We can't ignore it. If we do, it will eventually catch up to us.
You may be thinking, "Yes, that is obvious.". But sometimes people do it without fully realizing they are doing it.
I'll give you an example. A person thinks they should feel happy (or if not happy, at least good) all the time. When they start feeling down, they ignore it by saying that they feel great. Inside they don't really feel great and they end up feeling bad about feeling bad. This then tends to pull the person down further because they think that they "should" be feeling good. The whole idea of using the word "should" is a topic for another message.
The point here is that some people in the personal growth industry are always talking about how you need to use empowering words all the time and never say certain things. I agree that words can have power and meaning. I disagree with the fact that we need to use them all the time.
If you are feeling down or not so great:
1. Admit it. Recognize the situation that you are in.
2. Write out the things you are grateful for.
3. Realize that your situation can get better.
4. Then you can start to look at the words you are using to describe yourself and your situation.
There are several ways to do step 3. To keep this message short, I'll share one of those ways. You can compare yourself to someone (which people usually do anyway, but often they are comparing the things they don't have to someone that is perceived to be better off thus making them feel not good). The method to do this is: Is my situation really that bad...compared to what? For example: Is my situation really that bad compared to the homeless person I see every morning?
Remember that somebody somewhere is wishing or praying for the things that you take for granted.
Have an excellent week!
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Failure & Success
News
No new updates for this week.
Instead of sharing a quote and my thoughts this week, I wanted to share this article with you:
26 Successful People Who Failed at First:
http://www.businessinsider.com/26-successful-people-who-failed-at-first-2012-7?op=1
No new updates for this week.
Instead of sharing a quote and my thoughts this week, I wanted to share this article with you:
26 Successful People Who Failed at First:
http://www.businessinsider.com/26-successful-people-who-failed-at-first-2012-7?op=1
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Introspection
News
No new updates for this week.
Quote
"No one can give you better advice than yourself."
-Cicero
My Thoughts
What should I do with my life? Should I break up with him/her? Should I date him/her? Should I quit my job? Should I move to a different place? And this list could go on and on.
These are the types of questions I hear in coaching quite often. My answer is always the same.
I don't know. As a coach it is not my role to tell you what I think you should do with your life. You probably have enough people giving you advice already. One huge step to growth is making your own decisions and then taking responsibility for them. The answers you seek are within. You need to be willing to explore yourself to find these answers and then take action on them.
Incidentally, this is why CEOs and senior executives (most of them anyway) get paid a lot more than the average employee. It's for the decisions they have to make on a daily basis. One client I worked with was a senior executive in a large conglomerate. He informed me that almost everyday he had to make decisions that could cost his company millions of dollars and affect the lives of 100's of employees, and he had to make those decisions quickly.
People often ask how did I end up leaving such a great job a few years ago. Wasn't the decision hard to make? If I hadn't had training as a coach I think it would have been more difficult. I set a deadline for two weeks after I first heard about this opportunity. I told myself on that day I would definitely give a yes or no answer. I ended up making the decision three days later.
Then I didn't change my mind.
As a coach, I ask questions. Questions that many people could ask themselves but either they never set the time aside to ask themselves and/or they don't know exactly what to ask. Sometimes they may not want to face the answers that come up. As a coach, I also hold people accountable for the actions they say they will take.
I encourage you to set some time aside for introspection. I recommend at least one hour per week. Ideally that one hour would be continuous, uninterrupted time. Write down whatever answers come to you.
Here are just a few questions I recommend in no particular order:
- What are different ways in which you could approach this issue?
- What is it that you want to achieve?
- Where do you see yourself a year from now?
- What obstacles are holding you back at the moment?
- What action can you take on this matter?
No new updates for this week.
Quote
"No one can give you better advice than yourself."
-Cicero
My Thoughts
What should I do with my life? Should I break up with him/her? Should I date him/her? Should I quit my job? Should I move to a different place? And this list could go on and on.
These are the types of questions I hear in coaching quite often. My answer is always the same.
I don't know. As a coach it is not my role to tell you what I think you should do with your life. You probably have enough people giving you advice already. One huge step to growth is making your own decisions and then taking responsibility for them. The answers you seek are within. You need to be willing to explore yourself to find these answers and then take action on them.
Incidentally, this is why CEOs and senior executives (most of them anyway) get paid a lot more than the average employee. It's for the decisions they have to make on a daily basis. One client I worked with was a senior executive in a large conglomerate. He informed me that almost everyday he had to make decisions that could cost his company millions of dollars and affect the lives of 100's of employees, and he had to make those decisions quickly.
People often ask how did I end up leaving such a great job a few years ago. Wasn't the decision hard to make? If I hadn't had training as a coach I think it would have been more difficult. I set a deadline for two weeks after I first heard about this opportunity. I told myself on that day I would definitely give a yes or no answer. I ended up making the decision three days later.
Then I didn't change my mind.
As a coach, I ask questions. Questions that many people could ask themselves but either they never set the time aside to ask themselves and/or they don't know exactly what to ask. Sometimes they may not want to face the answers that come up. As a coach, I also hold people accountable for the actions they say they will take.
I encourage you to set some time aside for introspection. I recommend at least one hour per week. Ideally that one hour would be continuous, uninterrupted time. Write down whatever answers come to you.
Here are just a few questions I recommend in no particular order:
- What are different ways in which you could approach this issue?
- What is it that you want to achieve?
- Where do you see yourself a year from now?
- What obstacles are holding you back at the moment?
- What action can you take on this matter?
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Liberation Day
Hello Everyone,
Happy Liberation Day Korea!
I hope that your week is going well.
News
No new updates for this week.
Instead of sharing a quote and my thoughts this week, I wanted to share a poem with you written by a very famous Korean poet:
SELF PORTRAIT
by Yun, Dong-ju
Coming round the mountain, I go up alone to the solitary well at the edge of the rice field and peer in, quietly.
Inside the well, the moon is bright, the clouds flow by, the sky spreads out, and a light blue wind blows; autumn is there.
And a man is there. I turn away because I hate the man, somehow.
Pondering over him as I set out to leave, I feel sorry for him and go back and look in: he is still there.
Again I turn away hating the fellow. I think of him, again setting out, and begin to miss him.
Inside the well, the moon is bright, the clouds flow by, the sky spreads out, a light blue wind blows; autumn is there, and a man, like a memory.
Have an incredible week!
Bob
Happy Liberation Day Korea!
I hope that your week is going well.
News
No new updates for this week.
Instead of sharing a quote and my thoughts this week, I wanted to share a poem with you written by a very famous Korean poet:
SELF PORTRAIT
by Yun, Dong-ju
Coming round the mountain, I go up alone to the solitary well at the edge of the rice field and peer in, quietly.
Inside the well, the moon is bright, the clouds flow by, the sky spreads out, and a light blue wind blows; autumn is there.
And a man is there. I turn away because I hate the man, somehow.
Pondering over him as I set out to leave, I feel sorry for him and go back and look in: he is still there.
Again I turn away hating the fellow. I think of him, again setting out, and begin to miss him.
Inside the well, the moon is bright, the clouds flow by, the sky spreads out, a light blue wind blows; autumn is there, and a man, like a memory.
Have an incredible week!
Bob
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
What Are You Grateful For?
News
I received a few questions regarding the time slots for the coaching. So I'll clear it up here in case others are wondering.
The available time slots:
Location: Haebongcheon/Itaewon
Tuesday/Thursday: 7:00 - 10:00am
Sunday: 4:00 - 7:00pm
Coaching sessions generally last an hour so you can chose any one hour block in those time periods. For example, Sunday 5-6pm.
The 20% discount will run until Sunday.
If you have questions, or would like to set up a free 30 minute consultation please feel free to email me: bob@oneamazinglife.com
Quote
"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures."
Thornton Wilder
My Thoughts
Taking time to be grateful for what you have is very important so I wanted to thank all of you this week.
A little over three years ago, I left a job which provided me a very high income, great benefits, and stability. Most people thought I was crazy at the time, perhaps they still do :)
But I had found something that made me come alive. That thing I found was coaching.
In 2008, I read a book that completely altered the course of my life. That book was "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill. It eventually lead me to Bob Proctor and into an intensive two year course to become a certified coach. Since that time my life has changed dramatically, and there were times where I felt like giving up. But in those down moments I remembered why I chose this path. It was the fact that I absolutely love helping people realize their potential.
All of you have greatness inside you waiting to be unleashed.
I am grateful for all of you that have attended my meetups, workshops, coaching, training, etc... I am grateful for those of you that read these messages every week. I am also grateful for the naysayers that push me to be my best.
Without all of you it would be impossible to pursue what I love. Thank you for allowing me to live my dream.
I encourage you to spend time each day reflecting on what you are grateful for.
Have a beautiful week.
I received a few questions regarding the time slots for the coaching. So I'll clear it up here in case others are wondering.
The available time slots:
Location: Haebongcheon/Itaewon
Tuesday/Thursday: 7:00 - 10:00am
Sunday: 4:00 - 7:00pm
Coaching sessions generally last an hour so you can chose any one hour block in those time periods. For example, Sunday 5-6pm.
The 20% discount will run until Sunday.
If you have questions, or would like to set up a free 30 minute consultation please feel free to email me: bob@oneamazinglife.com
Quote
"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures."
Thornton Wilder
My Thoughts
Taking time to be grateful for what you have is very important so I wanted to thank all of you this week.
A little over three years ago, I left a job which provided me a very high income, great benefits, and stability. Most people thought I was crazy at the time, perhaps they still do :)
But I had found something that made me come alive. That thing I found was coaching.
In 2008, I read a book that completely altered the course of my life. That book was "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill. It eventually lead me to Bob Proctor and into an intensive two year course to become a certified coach. Since that time my life has changed dramatically, and there were times where I felt like giving up. But in those down moments I remembered why I chose this path. It was the fact that I absolutely love helping people realize their potential.
All of you have greatness inside you waiting to be unleashed.
I am grateful for all of you that have attended my meetups, workshops, coaching, training, etc... I am grateful for those of you that read these messages every week. I am also grateful for the naysayers that push me to be my best.
Without all of you it would be impossible to pursue what I love. Thank you for allowing me to live my dream.
I encourage you to spend time each day reflecting on what you are grateful for.
Have a beautiful week.
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