Epiphany

Epiphany :[e·piph·a·ny - n. a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.]

I stole this “epiphany heading” from my daughter’s blog – thank you Lisa! (http://www.adventurelisa.blogspot.com/)

One of the books I took the other week from my book club stash was “The monk who sold his Ferrari” by Robin S Sharma.

Years ago, I briefly saw Robin on a talk show, and was impressed by how nice he looked and how he almost glowed with good health and well being. I have also heard the monk book mentioned on various talk radio shows and seem to remember it hitting some best seller lists.

When I saw it I took it. And around about page 67 I was wondering if I would ever finish it. I was a tad irritated with the story he wove to demonstrate his message and I was a bit disappointed with the message – I mean this guy is a guru and going by his track record he is hugely successful and has an enormous following. All I could think of was “yeah, yeah, yeah – heard all this before, I know this stuff, what’s new” and so on and so on…….

And a few days later, determined to finish the book, I had the epiphany – I did know all this stuff but why the heck wasn’t I doing it? Good question? Because like it or not, this stuff really works and we all know people who constantly apply it and do exceptionally well!

So, what I would like to recommend, is that you read this book – it is a great refresher course on how to live your personal and business life and the lessons are woven into a charming story. My friend Chris told me he doesn’t do that “touchy feely stuff” and if you don’t either – put the story to one side and re-study the lessons contained in the book.

We all know it, we just have to practise it.