Went for lunch with my family at Jack’s Place at
Anyhow, Merry Christmas and Happy Boxing Day. Don’t eat too much ‘lizards’ now…
I’ve received a couple of your emails requesting for links to my blog. Do go ahead! I’d appreciate if you link direct to www.StuartTan.com because there are rumors that I will be taking down this blog and placing it directly on my own customized blog on my own web host…
Merry Christmas to everyone, and boy has this year been a crazy one! You don’t know what happened over the Christmas period this year… and when I get a chance, I’ll tell you all about it. For the moment, it’s just a series of thoughts about Christmas.
What is Christmas? It’s a time to look outside so that you can look inside. It’s not unusual that we start something only to leave it off. There are only two things you might discover about yourself – you may think you left it off out of strength or you left it out of weakness. If you think you didn’t do too well with your decisions, it’s important for you to start building good decisions as soon as you can. Don’t give yourself the opportunity to lag in building better decisions right away.
Life is strange – sometimes, with more, you get less. With much less, you get more. And of course, with nothing, you often get everything.
Let me explain. We strive to get more money, income and freedom. The more you chase it, the more you find you can’t get it. Yet, when you don’t chase it, it comes to you naturally because you attracted it. It’s the ‘ol change from inside-out routine that Stephen Covey mentioned so many years ago. But it’s important.
But nothing… nothing is a strange thing. It’s a paradox in itself. Nothing is something, yet you can’t point it out. Heheh… in case you are confused, it’s Christmas! My first gift to you. I’ll have a few more for you over the next few days…
Cheers,
Stuart
p.s. You have to check out what I’ve been up to the last couple of days… www.SpeakingExcellence.com is the brainchild of people who have been begging me to do something wild and zany with technology. So I started… video coaching for public speaking!
p.p.s. There’s more – you don’t know how much I’ve been waiting to do this, but it’s interesting to realize how it works. More posts soon.
he ain't heavy, he's my brother|W|P|hihi... thnkx 4 ur x'mas greetings... i received ur email... ermx.. can i link u?I am fortunate to have the experience of motivating people. In fact, one of the most touching ones that moved me were the ones where I found that people were moved beyond their old comfort zones and where they began to find new strength their dreams... and just stick by it.
This is Whoosh 14. Probably one of many other pictures I should have put up a long time ago… but hey, it’s a start! Press on, focus on your outcome, stay balanced always.
|W|P|hey mr.stuart~ i didnt noe u had a blog! :] i just finished the I am gifted so are u camp yesterday! :p can i link to your blog?? *smiles* magz|W|P|Hi Stuart, It's been a long time since we last caught up. Glad that you're doing fine and that you have your own website and blog. Found out that you have finally published your own book thro' your blog. Congrats! Do take care.
Love,
Magz
Most people remember me as someone who is in the ‘helping’ profession. Being a counselor or coach is really not difficult, but it can be emotionally tiring as well. Dealing with the emotional burdens sometimes is tough, but the feeling of having helped someone often feels like running a marathon. It’s painful through the process, but the exhilaration at the finish line is indescribable.
The most important thing is… if you feel like you are drowning or sinking and there’s really no where else to turn, it’s the metaphor you have for living that will determine your course of action. Perhaps this is a way to help yourself.
Most of the time, we are not in charge of our mental metaphors. To gain insight into these mental metaphors, we need a little bit of time to disassociate from the current metaphors we play in our heads and step out of them to examine what is happening in our mental maps.
It’s not what happens when you are down, but rather what you do when things are bleak and you have little color in your life. Crafting effective mental metaphors can actually help you with the way you lead your life. It’s a symbolic process of defining who you are and what you can do not just for yourself, but for the rest of the world.
Those of you who know about symbol work know how to shift your mental metaphors up to a point. However, there are other things that you can do to master the metaphors in your life. J
In the upcoming Patterns of Excellence program, I’ll be featuring a lot more metaphor in change. If you haven’t signed up for POE, go to www.akltg.com to register for an upcoming preview!
Watch out for this spot!
http://www.InternetProfitPropulsion.com
because it highlights one of the most popular seminars that will ever go down in history. I’ve even gotten people signing up for it WAY before it was launched. Kinda cool, huh?
Well, don’t just click the mouse… find out what kind of value you will get! Go in there because there are over US$700+ worth of stuff you will be getting for FREE when you sign up for the seminar.
It was interesting that I had teachers (teachers to be) in my Presentation Dynamics program today. It was a fun-filled session, and naturally, I went about teaching them how to develop the charisma required to develop speaking abilities. However, as it stands now, Presentation Dynamics will no longer run in its present form. I have so far developed a Seminar-Based Selling program that will replace Presentation Dynamics in a superior form. It is a twelve-week coaching program that will have individuals meeting me for 1.5 hours each, to customize your speaking needs in the industry that you are in, and is geared to help you to be profitable as a seminar speaker in your respective industry. This program will officially launch in January of 2006. So for those who are keen, watch http://www.speakingexcellence.com in January of 2006.
Most people will think that growing is about being perfect. In reality, our imperfections are the key to enabling our growth. Without imperfections, there would not be the human ability to rise from the ashes of our problems and become reborn. Without imperfections, human beings would not be inspired by success of their peers. Without imperfections, living would be too perfect, too calm, too serene.
Some people think that imperfections are a signal of doom and then give up. I see imperfections as symbols of our strength as individuals. They serve to allow us the recognition of our humility and our limitations as human beings, and will give us a signal to learn.
So here are a few questions for you!
What are your imperfections?
How do you perceive those imperfections? Do you beat yourself over them, or do you learn from them?
How many imperfections have you avoided seeing?
How do you confront your imperfections and see it as nothing more than an extension of your self?
Don’t just focus on your strengths.
Acknowledge your imperfections.
Recognize them and learn from them, so that your relative strengths in other areas will make you grow faster, so you can feel grateful about your strengths!
I write in great anticipation and enthusiasm. Stephen Pierce has agreed to come down to
You see, people are always happy to see good times. Sure,
Here are some things you need to do to enhance your preparedness for next year:
- Find ways to tap into an international market. I always tell people to ready themselves for the internet market because you can go international at your fingertips.
- Enhance your learning skills. With a good set of skills, you can thrive in niche areas that are of high value and in demand even though the rest of the world is looking at tough times.
- Do well what you do know. If you already are good at doing one thing, build on that strength. Some people call it leverage, others call it optimization. Whatever term you use, build on those capabilities. If you haven’t built that capability yet, spend some time doing that.
As for me, the next year will be about helping people tap into the Patterns of Prosperity using a Prosperity Propulsion system. To prosper is not just about money – it is also about the mindset that you have.
A few people were tickled by this because they first thought it was a mistake.
I got this from John LaValle in 1997 during NLP Trainer’s Training in
More importantly, this concept is about developing additional flexibility. You can do a lot of things, but without the flexibility, it will seem like there is nothing much that anyone can do. With more flexibility (and creativity, I might add) there is a lot that people can do.
Life becomes more interesting… J
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|W|P|Hi Stuart,This is KC, i wonder can you elobrate more on the term "Don't Just do something-STAND there!" Thanks for your reply cause i know you are very very busy.
I received an email from a subscriber to http://internetmarketingsingapore.com and he was worried about technology being too complex. He feels that in his mid-forties, he has achieved nothing.
Nothing?!
Well, call it a bout of low self-esteem, but I think everyone has the capacity to grow, regardless of age. My dad is 65 this year, and he learns something new every day. It’s this kind of thing that keeps him going, no matter how confused he becomes!
What I did point out to subscribers was a very special video page that my friend Stephen Pierce put up. Everyone faces adversity. Everyone faces a sense of insignificance sometimes in the world today. But we are not just meant to be on this world to be nothing. We have talents that we have to use. Stephen calls this “optimization”.
Essentially, if you are good at writing, you have to build your entire business around that – writing. This relative strength is something not everyone has. You have to consider your talents and make that work for you.
Business is a strange thing – if you go into it without the passion and the purpose, you end up with nothing but a big fat ZERO. So, to those of you chasing after the Dream of financial freedom, don’t just do something… STAND there!
Because if you don’t, sometimes business becomes “busy-ness” and that’s where you have to stop and think for a while. Just because you are in your mid forties and feel you haven’t achieved much… isn’t it time to stop ruminating and start DOING something?
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