Tops Books of 2015: My top 10
Ok, so here it is, a little delayed but I got there. This is my 2015 top 10 book selection. Some of them are in my top 10 of all time.
Why is reading so important? Well for me its simple- I learn stuff. Sounds a little nerdy but the joy and excitement I get from learning is powerful in my life. I believe it would be powerful in anyone’s life.
It is a common behaviour among the successful as well, so it must have some credibility. Actually I heard a while back that reading a book every week is like doing a college degree every year. The rewards are huge.
“Trust is the glue of life. Its the most essential ingredient in effective communication. Its the foundational principle that holds all relationships.” Stephen Covey
Trust: a firm belief in the reliability, truth, or ability of someone or something.
In this 3 minute thought I review my thoughts on trust. I highlight that trust has amazing powers. It is often hard for us to trust everything.
If you can practice trust to a point where you can trust everything great benefits will come.
Trust is a higher and more powerful energy than distrust. By focusing on trust you will remove distrust, you will attract more energy fields that contain trust- like trusting people and less likely to receive distrust.
Start with trust, don’t start with distrust. Here are my thoughts, peace, passion and purpose.
Summary
“It’s my hero’s journey and it just goes to prove that we can be called to do almost anything in this life.”
Kim “Skipper” Corbin created the iSkip movement back in 1999 Kim found herself being, encouraged by a friend, skipping down a street. Having felt a great sense of energy, happiness & fun from this and knowing that it must be fantastic for fitness, she was inspired to take it one skip further. Her vision was to start a world wide skipping movement and so it begins.
In this interview we discuss why it’s important to pay attention to the signals and messages in life and how this, in a spiritual sense, is our connection to the universe. Asking questions and holding an open and curious mind that allows you to grow, learn and take hold of opportunities that comes about is also important.
The Change Game Part 2: The Practice to Manage Healthy Change
“Don’t be afraid of change. You may lose something good but gain something even better.”
In this episode I follow on from my previous solo show of change- episode 070. If you havent listened to this episode yet, I suggest it a good place to start.
This time however I hone in on principles that can assist you to practice and manage change in more harmony. Change is easy but learning practices that help you deal with the change can make it easier.
I focus on 6 areas: create Awareness ; Accept-dont Resist; Reflection; Seek Positive Input; and Find Joy.
I really hope you can take away something from my thoughts on change and I will be writing and posting full blogs on this topic very soon.
Until next time, peace, passion and purpose.
Summary
“Don’t die while your music is still within you.”
Spirituality and enlightenment is often something that is seen as only available to only those “wise gurus” however the process to enlightenment is something that we can all share. The issue is trying to make sense of all the information- it can be a little overwhelming. Bring in Kirstie Ganobsik and Trina Noelle.
They write and share lessons they have learnt as well as common sense approaches and experiences, sometimes humorous, that help make our understanding of self practice of enlightenment less intimidating and more achievable. In this crazy world we live in we can all certainly benefit from these practices, tips, tricks and other methods to help live our lives with more fulfillment and peace.
In this episode we have a down to earth chat about enlightenment but if that’s word is too much to digest basically we talk about how to find your passion and purpose, and how to live life with greater peace and calmness. The ideas and thoughts we share in this discussion can benefit us all.
I really hope you enjoy today’s show and please let me know what you think. Until next time, peace, passion and purpose.
NLP: Your Map to Happiness, Confidence and Success by Neil Shah
“In life you are given a bag of moments. You don’t know how many of those moments you have. Learning NLP is about maximising those moments.” Richard Bandler
Neuro-Linguistic Programming, what the hell is it and how does it work? Well without being an expert here is my simple explanation of what it is. It is basically our ability to use language to affect, change and develop our neurology and in doing so our programming or behaviour. By changing our behaviours we can change our reality.
To me NLP makes sense and is perhaps not as complex as I perceive. Like any subject matter that you are unfamiliar with, it is only through learning and knowledge that improve your familiarity to a point when initial complexities and perceptions are removed and changed.
If wisdom is the ability to have many multiple perspectives on life and reality then your ability to remain open to all learning’s, opinions, beliefs and views within this universe is an important one.
“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.” Jim Rohn
We have control over people and things. We also have responsibility over our lives. This is a leadership quality and you may think that if you don’t lead people than why have responsibility.
Why? Because we are our own greatest leaders and if you want a grand life you have to lead that, and that means taking control and taking responsibility.
Enjoy this little motivational though for today and until next time, peace, passion and purpose.
Summary
“Luck is preparedness meeting opportunity.”
Marc is the President and co-founder of New World Library that has taken itself from one with little capital to being one of the leading independent publishing houses today. He is a an author himself, publishing books such as Tantra for the West and The Magical Path that share practices that will led to a more impactful and meaningful life.
Marc is a man of musician and composer as well producing several albums along the way. With all that said, Marc is really an inspiration to us all that dreams really can become reality. His journey is a testament to this and in this show we delve into his path and how we can all create our own magical path.
I really hope you enjoy this spiritual discussion with Marc and myself and please leave us your comments, thoughts and questions below. Until next time, peace, passion and purpose.
“Dare to dream and go for it.”
“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” Jim Rohn
In todays solo show I discuss change. I wish to open your mind to the benefits of change and why we should embrace and encourage change rather than resist change. I am very fond of change.
Recently I made massive change in my life and that involved moving to Japan. Yes that’s right- I moved to Japan. Family to follow. This made me think a lot about change and why I seem to continually put myself into these situations.
I struggled with the change but being a change lover I have managed to accept, embrace work with the change to maximum effect. I hope you can get something out of this podcast and would encourage you to invite more change into your life.
Please leave your comments, thoughts and questions below and until next time, as always, peace, passion and purpose.
Summary
“Blogging is not dead, blogging is just changing.”
Neil Patel is the co-founder of Crazy Egg, Hello Bar and KISSmetrics. He helps companies like Amazon, NBC, GM, HP and Viacom grow their revenue. The Wall Street Journal calls him a top influencer on the web, Forbes says he is one of the top 10 online marketers, and Entrepreneur Magazine says he created one of the 100 most brilliant companies in the world.
Neil has an ambition to help generate more traffic and get more eyeballs to anyone’s website which is why I reached out to him. There is so much clutter out there in the digital world so finding ways to cut through in order to get your message, services and products noticed, is critical.
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