You Are Not Your Potential!
“Your past is not your potential. In any hour you can choose to liberate the future.” Marilyn Ferguson
You are not your potential. It’s great to visualise your future. It’s great to dream about all that you can become but do not become disillusioned. Because the reality is your potential is who you become not who you are now.
If you rely too heavily on being like this potential, you will cause yourself some level of pain and suffering in the process. This comes from trying to do the things you cannot yet do. By trying to be the person that you cannot yet be you will find challenge. You must do the work required of you today. (more…)
Summary
Sam Bennett is the author of Start Right Where You Are and Get It Done
. She created The Organized Artist Company to help creative people get unstuck and achieve their goals. She is a writer, actor, teacher, and creativity/productivity specialist who has counselled thousands of artists and entrepreneurs on their way to success.Discover Your Why – Free Coaching Call Valued at $250
Sam talks about how small shifts in the right direction can yield big results in the realization of our creative dreams. “When you decide that, you want something and you move toward it physically, emotionally, or spiritually, then your movement opens up new pathways by which things can appear in your life.” (more…)
“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi
In this episode I bring back Rossco Paddison who is the founder of Gather Change. He discusses how we can use Crowdfunding to discover and further define our personal why.
I will be working on a project of my own this year with the goal to compliment a book I am writing, to inspire others to discover and live aligned with their why and to help support those that don’t have the resources and opportunities that I am blessed to have.
Summary
Best-selling “Letting Go” author Guy Finley’s encouraging and accessible message is one of the true bright lights in our world today. His ideas go straight to the heart of our most important personal and social issues – relationships, success, addiction, stress, peace, happiness, freedom – and lead the way to a higher life. He has also written “The Secret of Letting Go,” “The Essential Laws of Fearless Living” and 35 other major works that have sold over a million copies in 18 languages worldwide.
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Finley is Director of Life of Learning Foundation, the non-profit self-realization school founded in 1992. The mission of Life of Learning Foundation is to sow the seeds of higher self-knowledge into every corner of the world. Our purpose is to help individuals realize enhanced levels of self-reliance through self-illumination, in order that the lingering dark states of fear, hatred, injustice, and intolerance have no place left to hide. Our long-term intention is that the day dawns when hearts and minds everywhere are free of limitations inherent in negative emotions such as anger, depression, anxiety, and stress, having been replaced by kindness, compassion, and the love of higher wisdom. (more…)
Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One
by Jenny BlakeThis is a practical guide to those of you who are looking to transition into a new career. Perhaps you are not currently motivated within your occupation. You might feel that your skills and talents are being wasted. It might be that you just don’t feel you are living the life you truly desire.
For whatever number of reasons, the facts indicate that many of us, up to and over 80 percent of us, are dissatisfied with our work. It may not mean you dislike your workplace but simple the projects or tasks that occupy your time no longer carry any great significance or meaning to you. It might be that you are looking for more creative expression in your work or even that next challenge.
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On the other hand, you may find yourself deeply undertaking work that doesn’t connect with who you are at the core. It is on this path that you will find yourself constantly in some state of suffering in life. When the majority of our life is spent doing something that gives us not great fulfilment and freedom, life becomes less purposeful. This ultimately affects our state of being. And if our state of being is not great life becomes a little, or in many cases, a lot less great. (more…)
Inspiration to Do The Work
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” Pele
In this Hidden Why Guy rant I wish to inspire you to keep doing the work. When you know your why, when you know how you wish to live this experience the next step is that you’ve got to do the work. The work is what will take us towards our ideal future vision and dreams. How we want to be in life comes from doing the work. (more…)
Summary
If you are looking for a mentor with all the credentials, all the degrees and all the esteemed letters after their name then you’ve come to the wrong place, that is not Keith Callahan. However, he is a mentor who has been there and done that, someone who has learned on the streets, someone who came from nothing and built his own way to financial freedom. Often the best people to learn from.
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In this interview Keith shares his full story of how we became financially free and it wasn’t pretty in the beginning. Growing up Keith like many had the dream to get rich – his ego wanted everything that went with that, nice cars, homes etc. At a young age he started making serious cash in real estate with his business partner, fixing and selling homes. (more…)
A Thought On The Ego
“If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is no second.” Ramana Maharishi
Inspired by Ryan Holidays book Ego Is the Enemy
comes this thought. You can read my reflection on his book here.What is the ego? What is my ego? Why is it important to create awareness around this topic?
In this episode I aim to answer these questions. I share my thoughts on why we need to not be fearful nor consider our ego as the enemy but simply be more aware of it. (more…)
Summary
Brock Bowen is the Wizard Entrepreneur. He is a man who cares deeply about people, loves and admires those closest to him and is humbled and grateful for the opportunity to connect, empower and create magic and miracles for conscious entrepreneurs who are struggling with time, energy and money.
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He is on a mission to help people design and live the lifestyle of their dreams so they can give their best to the people they love and make a positive contribution to the world. He loves mountain biking, nature walks, swimming, meditation, snuggles, travel, resorts and dancing around the house with his partner, Christie.
He states that “It wasn’t until I defined my purpose that my life began to change.”
Top 10 Best Books in 2016
I am getting in early this year. Last year I released my top 10 books of 2015 with some delay. Review my 2015 top 10 podcast/blog here.
Reading is powerful and in a couple of weeks I am going to share with you a guide on “How to Create a Healthy Reading Habit.” Make sure you keep your eye out for that one by subscribing to the THY newsletter here.
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Today I will keep away from the positives of reading and the WHY and remain on purpose. The goal today is to bring you 10 of my favourite books from the year just passed.
It is freaking hard to pick the top 10 considering I have read about 50 books this year. Not all have made it to be featured on The Hidden Why. In all honesty many I didn’t finish entirely. The ones that I do feature I genuinely love and reflect on to inspire others to read.
Here goes. These are my top 10 for 2016, in no particular order, favourites books – the ones I absolutely loved.
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho – Here is the Book Reflection Link
- A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas by Warren Berger – Here is the Book Reflection Link
- Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story by Arnold Schwarzenegger – Here is the Book Reflection Link
- See You At The Top: 25th Anniversary Edition by Zig Ziglar – Here is the Book Reflection Link
- Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday – Here is the Book Reflection Link
- The Mastery of Self: A Toltec Guide to Personal Freedom by don Miguel Ruiz Jr. – Here is the Book Reflection Link
- The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals by Chris McChesney and Sean Covey – Here is the Book Reflection Link
- The Tao of Seneca: Practical Letters from a Stoic Master, Volume 1 Seneca presented by Tim Ferriss Audio – Here is the Book Reflection Link
- When Awareness Becomes Natural: A Guide to Cultivating Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Sayadaw U Tejaniya – Here is the Book Reflection Link
- Soul Over Matter: Ancient and Modern Wisdom and Practical Techniques to Create Unlimited Abundance by Zhi Gang Sha and Adam Markel – Here is the Book Reflection Link
You can review all my reflections on each of these using the links provided.
Happy reading to you!
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- The Alchemist
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