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In 1988, John Powers founded the Powers of Motivation Institute. Since then he has worked with more than a thousand major corporations and national associations on how to succeed in a changing world. He is the author of four best-selling books, including the most recent one entitled “Odditude.” For more information please visit http://www.johnpowers.com/. |
| The World is Filled With Unfulfilled People…But why should you be one of them? [Book Excerpt] |
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Excerpted from the book “Odditude” Walk down any street, ride any bus, stand in any room and look at the faces around you. Too often, bored, tired, stressed and unhappy expressions look back. Indifference drips from their souls. Many people, it seems have yet to, and will never, come anywhere near completely unwrapping this gift of life. Because they refuse to accept how unique and ODD they are, they will leave this earth without traveling to the outer limits of their universe. They will not experience all the joy their spirit deserves. If you haven’t committed a crime, then you shouldn’t be in jail. But so often, we allow our spirits to be locked in cells surrounded by bars we ourselves have created; bars of guilt, fear, boredom, anxiety, frustration, anger and depression.We waste so much time trying to be like everyone else and worrying about what everyone thinks of us. An older friend of mine: When life excites her, and it often does, she throws up her arms and yells her favorite word, “Hurray!” Does not matter where she is, someone’s living room, a Laundromat, a library… when life is fun, she throws up her arms and yells her favorite word. At such times, adults think she’s crazy. But I have noticed that when young children are around, they throw up their arms and yell, “Hurray,” too. I once asked her why she did that. She said, “Because it feels so good.” When you fill your heart with ODD for who you are, what you do and where you want to go, those bars melt away. BECOMING YOUR WIZARD OF ODD. This book is not about you being like everyone else. It’s about you living your life, your way; loving who you are; loving what you do. Remind yourself, “I am on a lifelong journey to discover this universe called ‘Me’.” BEING A WIZARD TO OTHERS: When you discover, live and nurture your ODD, you enrich the lives of everyone around you, too. After all, how can you instill passion in others when there is no passion within you? How can you love others when you don’t love yourself? How can you inspire and lead others when you yourself don’t know where you are going? How can you inspire change in others when your own spirit is immersed in mediocrity? You cannot give what you have not got. Do you know people who are walking around in a virtual coma? Are they merely going through the motions of living? When you help them discover what makes them ODD, you will fuel your own fire for who you are and what you do. Hurray!
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