Years ago I was attending a "Wealth Mastermind" workshop in the Australian Sunshine Coast. A guy put up his hand to ask a question. I was sitting on the other side of the room, listening with increasing incredibility.
Here's what he asked:
"How can I cope with the fact that I am making too much money?"
Brendon - who was leading the session - took the question seriously.
"What's your problem with that?"
"It's freaking me out," the guy replied. "I'm not ready to be so successful."
Angelica stays late at school tonight - preparing pranks for us staid old baby-boomers who amble up in the morning.
How will they prank us?
By disrupting our habitual experience.
The world is full of disrupters. Every generation thinks theirs is the worst.
Back at the start of the 19th century, a train was a concept. When real trains showed up - slowly - it was a shocking. It revolutionized life. Suddenly - fruit could travel from one end of England to the other.
Old, dedicated lady - with an ancient Japanese brush broom - relentlessly scratching away the autumn leaves that accumulate daily.
Why does she do it?
I run alongside the Meguro river, and her section of the pathway is pristine. I see no home nearby, no institutions, no reason why she would be so obsessed about keeping her little section clean.
She does not identify her Self as a writer, yet she recently wrote a captivating email. I was impressed enough to take the time to let her know. Here's her reply…
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"Thanks Jeremy.....it was like it came from somewhere else! I wrote it in an hour; no planning. Just started, and it flowed. It doesn’t often work like that though!"
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But it will Jann; and it will work for anyone who takes the time to practice INCLUDING YOU.
It's night time now, and the Mullumbimby moon is just past being full.
Tomorrow at 6am - in Australia - I start my online group teaching course, and enter a new world. Like most things I do, one of my motivations is my belief that the best way to go deeper into anything is to teach it to others.
There is a huge future for our work in online teaching - and the promise of Alexander's discovery being more widely disseminated and utilized. I intend to be surfing at the front of this Tsunami.
A new idea about Group Teaching has recently taken grip in my mind.
I spent today preparing and recording the first class for my Group Teaching Discovery Course, which starts July 10th. And I got clearer and clearer about it…
In a session - just yesterday - an ATSuccess member asked an innocent question:
“Do I need to be an expert of a student’s activity, to be able to help them?”
Intellectually it’s obvious – Tiger Woods’ coach doesn’t play golf like Tiger! Does that stop him seeing areas for development? Older, beer-gutted men are often coaching baseball teams in America – would these old guys survive on the field?
Many readers have told me that they like my Daily Blog – and hate it. BOTH.
Every day, you just never know.
Which is my point of course.
It’s also why – in ATSuccess these days – I advocate this method to build your own market. It would surprise you to know that it DOESN’T irritate everyone, not when what you are writing about is dear to their hearts. Musicians can't get enough about breathing and embouchure. Yoginis want to explore their heart, body and mind every day, why not your email too? If you write about that, they'll read it.
