The most useful thing you have learned or experienced

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Life purpose and destiny seem to be questions that occupy everyone's minds at one time or another. I'm grateful for all my experiences but lately I've had this urge that I haven't yet found my mission in life. You know, something that I can be successful at and still fulfill my desire to help create a better world.

Since each of us is truly unique and have experienced life in a completely different way, I feel that we all have something to contribute to society. You might call it a piece of enlightenment or the death bed confession, but I'd like to see us reveal our knowledge, so that others may benefit from it. So instead of waiting until you are ready to transition from this life experience, why not contemplate what you have to add to other people's lives right now!

So my question is: "if you only had a short time left in this lifetime, what is the most important thing you would like to pass on to someone else?"
  • Is it something that inspired you?
  • Is it a passion that you would love to teach others about?
  • Is it something that you would never do again?
  • Is it something that if you had made a different choice, would have changed your life completely?
  • Maybe your grandparents or parents passed on a great insight that helped you!
  • Maybe you have a fear that you were able to overcome!
  • Maybe it was something that was very painful but taught you exactly what you needed to learn at that time.

I know when I started reflecting on this question, I realized that rescuing two shelter dogs was one of the best things I've ever done in my life. It's only two lives I was saving, but when you put it in perspective, that you are only one of many who does this, it's an awesome feeling. Yes, it meant a lot of work and dedication, but being able to gain their trust and build a loving relationship has been amazing. They also get me outside in the fresh air, bring laughter through their crazy and adorable actions, and bring more energy into the house.

This is just my example of an answer to this question but I would love to hear from others what their answer is.

If you feel inspired by this question or it resonates with you, I would love to hear your response.

Thanks for reading
#destiny #life purpose #personal development
  • Profile picture of the author hardraysnight
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  • Profile picture of the author C G
    I want to pass on many concepts that I learnt throughout all these years.

    But if i had to choose one it would be “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” - Napoleon Hill
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    • Profile picture of the author Sean May
      Originally Posted by C G View Post

      I want to pass on many concepts that I learnt throughout all these years.

      But if i had to choose one it would be "Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve." - Napoleon Hill
      I've always loved this quote! Thanks for sharing
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  • Profile picture of the author Dain Supero
    I agree with C G. That is pretty much all the motivational gold one needs to make things happen.

    Other than that, I learned that there is no such thing as the most useful thing and that all things are interconnected and depend on each other for maximum use and benefit.
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  • Profile picture of the author Trey Morgan
    Be fearless. It doesn't happen overnight, but if you move outside of your comfort zone daily you will gradually become more confident and mentally tough. These are characteristics that will aid you in your journey to success.
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    • Profile picture of the author Sean May
      Originally Posted by tvon View Post

      Be fearless. It doesn't happen overnight, but if you move outside of your comfort zone daily you will gradually become more confident and mentally tough. These are characteristics that will aid you in your journey to success.
      Great share! I always need to remind myself to get out of my comfort zone.
      Thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author Mitty
    hey guys I am new to the forum, and I really have to say this is great. Very inspiring stuff!!
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    • Profile picture of the author Sean May
      Originally Posted by Mitty View Post

      hey guys I am new to the forum, and I really have to say this is great. Very inspiring stuff!!
      Hey Mitty! Welcome. I'm fairly new to this forum as well and it's amazing how helpful everyone one is. It amazes me everyday all the useful tidbits I find. Enjoy
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  • Profile picture of the author AmericanMuscleTA
    Dan Kennedy said, "You don't get what you don't ask for."

    I live by this and I can't tell you how many things I've gotten to experience in life just because I asked! If I never asked I would have never received.
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    • Profile picture of the author Sean May
      Originally Posted by AmericanMuscleTA View Post

      Dan Kennedy said, "You don't get what you don't ask for."

      I live by this and I can't tell you how many things I've gotten to experience in life just because I asked! If I never asked I would have never received.
      I completely agree. I want to experience more things in my life and if I don't ask for them I'll never bring them to me so I need to do this more. Thanks for sharing!
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      • Profile picture of the author AmericanMuscleTA
        Originally Posted by Sean May View Post

        I completely agree. I want to experience more things in my life and if I don't ask for them I'll never bring them to me so I need to do this more. Thanks for sharing!
        You're welcome!

        The most recent thing I asked for was... to go to Nisi Prius, which is a club for the top attorneys in Cleveland. What they do is put on a skit, which is supposed to be very exciting!

        Now, I'm not supposed to be able to go. It's only for family on one day and top CEOs on the next day. I'm not family, but I asked to go with someone who is like family, and she talked with her husband and he said he'll see what he can do. 24 hours later he got me a seat with them!!! Talk about being honored!!!! :-D

        I would have never, ever, been able to go... if I never asked.
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    Welcome Mitty and Sean May!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author damiensuccess
    Perception - The one and only thing that can change anything and everything!


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    • Profile picture of the author Jeff Schuman
      I'm not sure where I came across this, but it made me a lot of money in my sales career: "You learn more by listening than you do by talking"
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      • Profile picture of the author Sean May
        Originally Posted by Jeff Schuman View Post

        I'm not sure where I came across this, but it made me a lot of money in my sales career: "You learn more by listening than you do by talking"
        Thanks for sharing! I need to remember this when I'm working next time and I'm trying to sell something.

        I read a great quote recently "give to every person more than you take from him" or similarly "give him more in use value than the cash value of the thing you take from him."
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      • Profile picture of the author Graham Darch
        Originally Posted by Jeff Schuman View Post

        I'm not sure where I came across this, but it made me a lot of money in my sales career: "You learn more by listening than you do by talking"
        Brilliant
        This is really cool and can help one in long term success.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sean May
    Someone sent me a post the other day on this topic and I thought it was great. It is a little longer but is a great read. Hope you enjoy

    If I only had a short time left in this lifetime, I can think of a lot of things I would like to pass on to others, but I believe my thoughts about how we raise our children would be the most important contribution. One of the most monumental undertakings we have, is raising a physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually healthy child. The beliefs we instill in our offspring, generation after generation, have a profound impact on our earth and humanity as a whole.

    As a society, we are expected to grow up, get a job, and have a family. We train for years for an occupation, but fail to acknowledge that we need training to have healthy, balanced children. Our lives seem to be so busy now days, that children are just another thing to schedule on the calendar. We let the education system, television, and electronic gadgets babysit and raise our kids.

    Science and research have discovered that children up to the age of six, absorb and retain massive amounts of information that gets stored in long-term memory. Our children learn from our actions, they watch everything we do and our interactions with our surroundings. They emulate what they see and feel. This is how they form their belief system.

    If you stop to think about it, we actually brainwash our children with our prejudices that we learned from our parents, religions, schools, and society. We don't consider it brainwashing, because to us, it's just our reality, it's just the way it is!

    I know that I was taught never to question my superiors. I was raised in a religious cult that alienated us from society. I didn't comprehend until recently that this alienation kept me from even contemplating having any goals in my life. I lived in total fear as a child and failed to develop any social or decision making skills.

    I didn't know how to participate in life in a joyful way, as our household energy was predominantly negative. I thought it was natural to worry constantly. You weren't doing your job unless you were anticipating everything that could go wrong so you could try to prevent it. I didn't have a clue how to support my children in a different lifestyle from the one that I grew up knowing. I just passed on my prejudices to them, believing I was being a good parent.

    It wasn't until I reached my forties that I began to rebel. I started searching for answers because I was so unhappy. I read lots of books, did self-help seminars, and traveled around the world looking for truth. It opened up a whole new world in which I began to understand that my beliefs were what were causing my unhappiness.

    I was a conglomeration of beliefs from genetics, my parents, my religion, my schooling; and none of them taught me that I had a choice to examine those beliefs. I was so programed with everyone else's thoughts, ideas and beliefs that I had never learned how to use my own mental faculties. You might call it brain-dead.

    The most interesting part of this situation is that I had no idea I was brainwashed with others beliefs. I remember raving about the religious groups who continued to kill each and commit atrocities in the name of their God. I couldn't figure out how they could be so stupid to continue to cause themselves and others such horrible suffering because of their ignorant beliefs. When I finally started to wake up, it dawned on me that I was no smarter than any of those people I had condemned. I just hadn't killed anyone else over my ignorant beliefs. I was just killing myself.

    So what I'd really like to suggest today, is that we owe it to ourselves and our children to inspect our beliefs. What you believe controls your life! Everything about your life has been created through your beliefs and you pass those beliefs on to your children. Even if they don't like our way of life they usually end up mimicking it. My daughter often tells me that at twelve years of age, she vowed she would never be like me. She now admits that she is so much like me that it's scary.

    It's our responsibility to start creating a more compassionate world by changing the old paradigm that's filled with beliefs that have not been questioned, but just passed on as TRUTHS.

    Are your children happy and productive? If not, teach them that beliefs should be questioned; that beliefs rule the world; that they have choices.

    There is so much information available now that can help you to examine how you have created yourself and your life through your beliefs and how to change them if you choose to. You will have to decide what way is the most effective for you, but please for the sake of our Mother Earth and all of her sentient beings, lets all help contribute to a world with less suffering and more happiness.

    I'm sure you have probably heard the quote "Be the change you wish to see in the world"!

    OUR INDIVIDUAL HAPPINESS DEPENDS ON IT!
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    well i read the entire post and i will chime in that the answer comes from near the beginning of your op .

    we are not here to make the world a better place ..

    shocking i know

    now here is what we are to do ..we are her to use our gifts to make the world around us a better place ..for us and those around us ..and then teach those who want to to make the world around them better .
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    • Profile picture of the author Sean May
      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      we are here to use our gifts to make the world around us a better place ..for us and those around us ..and then teach those who want to to make the world around them better .
      Thanks for sharing, very well said. Do you have any words of advise on how to find and increase our gifts that we have inside us?
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      • Profile picture of the author Odahh
        Originally Posted by Sean May View Post

        Thanks for sharing, very well said. Do you have any words of advise on how to find and increase our gifts that we have inside us?
        forget about making money or how you can make money..

        what problems do you have that you feel you can solve just when you have enough money . often the lack of money is just an excuse for inaction .you have enough to solve some problems but fail to use it for that .so the universe won't provide any more resources when you do not recognize or use what you have .

        for me .. changing the way i was eating and learning to cook food that is healthy for me and removing most processed food from my diet .

        now i love cooking for myself .. would snap one day and stab a dozen people if i was to try and cook as a career ..

        ok before i explain the further .. i used to be a very heavy gamer still have boughts but their days instead of months .. and in any game with an auction system i have no trouble making enough in game currency to play the way i want to play and for the most part i favor selling ingredients people use to make stuff ..over making stuff to sell .


        also with the jobs i have had which have been production based.. i prefer work that involves testing and refining processes ..figureing out better ways to get the job done .

        back to food .. i amd really set on growing my own food ..but no real desire to live on a real farm..so i am being drawn to small plot intensive farming.. worm composting and several other urban agricultural methods .. i will start with growing gourmet mushrooms on a small scale when i move to a warmer climate than i am in .

        then i will expand into composting and gardening i am pretty sure i will end up supplying other people who are gardening .

        but with mushrooms you can dry them and ship them ..so there will be use for marketing on the net .

        now that was part of my process ..

        figure out what problems you can solve for yourself

        things you dump a loy of time into or spend money to do a lot ..figure out why.

        what did you like about jobs you have had .

        and is there something that if it just made enough money so you could pay the bills and get to do it most of the day .
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        • Profile picture of the author Sean May
          Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

          changing the way i was eating and learning to cook food that is healthy for me and removing most processed food from my diet .

          I am really set on growing my own food ..but no real desire to live on a real farm..so i am being drawn to small plot intensive farming.. worm composting and several other urban agricultural methods .. i will start with growing gourmet mushrooms on a small scale when i move to a warmer climate than i am in .

          then i will expand into composting and gardening i am pretty sure i will end up supplying other people who are gardening .
          I agree, removing processed food from a diet is extremely beneficial.

          I have wanted to be able to live from the land for the last couple of years and have had a garden for the three summers which has been amazing. They were just small plots and not large enough to supply me many meals but it still gave me time to be outside and relax and connect with the earth (which I seem to lose quickly when I'm on the computer).

          I wish you well in your endeavor.
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    now .. i can get weird and mention one of the two times god talked to me ..and neither was heavens opening up angels singing ..

    basically the the gist was" stop begging to be saved ..stop trying to save anyone else . the tools you need are in you ..find them and learn to use them .."

    oh boy did it take a long time to get out of that needing to be saved mindset ...
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  • Profile picture of the author ryanbiddulph
    Hi Sean,

    Kudos to you for rescuing those cute pups! Me and my fiancee take in street dogs, or soi dogs, all over Thailand when we travel. Not permanently because we move a ton but we love them, feed them and take em to the vet to shower them with positive energy.

    2 lessons: 1 - See good happening now, where you look, and 2 - Let go dependence on people and conditions, and trust fully in God. Those 2 lessons alone brought me peace of mind, success and happiness.

    All the best!
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    • Profile picture of the author Sean May
      Originally Posted by ryanbiddulph View Post

      Hi Sean,

      Kudos to you for rescuing those cute pups! Me and my fiancee take in street dogs, or soi dogs, all over Thailand when we travel. Not permanently because we move a ton but we love them, feed them and take em to the vet to shower them with positive energy.

      2 lessons: 1 - See good happening now, where you look, and 2 - Let go dependence on people and conditions, and trust fully in God. Those 2 lessons alone brought me peace of mind, success and happiness.

      All the best!
      Thanks Ryan. They teach me new lessons everyday.

      That is awesome what you are doing to help the street dogs. I've always wanted to do something like that at some point in my life. Very inspiring that you and your fiancee do that everyday
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    yeah when i get going i will probably start a forum and a youtube channel lol
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  • Profile picture of the author Ean Stark
    It has to be internet marketing,i'm in a position where I can predict anyone's future in the field by looking at what they are doing - and with a great guarantee!


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