Discovering The Real You
In reading about a successful Bodybuilder, they asked her all the typical questions you would ask in an interview. One of the questions had a different and detailed answer. When asked what really made a difference in her life towards becoming a better person in her quest for not just her profession but her own Personal Development here is what she said.
‘Well I decided to get to know myself better and so I decided to make a list of ‘things you might not know about me’.
Unknown things about you…
Then she went on to talk about how exciting some of the things were on her list that she does. It was quite fascinating to listen to her excitement as she got more and more enthusiastic going down the list.
That sounded like such a great idea that I made one up for myself.
Its amazing the effect it can have on you. Since then I’ve had people ask me, ‘hey I want to do that’. Well the fact is you can. It is quite enlightening. You might also want to get a friend to help you. They can give you ideas and remind you of things about you that should be on there. They will even encourage you to put things on the list that you would not have otherwise. You will find it feels good on paper to see your list and also it makes the picture of you better of how you see yourself. You write it on the list and then say ‘Hey, thats right, I know how to Surf.’ or Hey, thats right, I am really good at that.’ So give yourself some validation. There will be things you wrote on there that you long forgot about. It may even give you some ideas on how to work through some current challenges that are facing you. Its also fun too.
Roller Skate your way through your list
You realize that, ‘wow I used to go roller skating and had a blast and totally forgot about how much fun I had.’
You will find to it grows on you. Your list will take on a life of its own
as you keep adding to it. It causes your mind to wander places. Daydreaming all day about new possibilities. Even planning a new trip
because you are so inspired with it.
Just to give you an idea, here is my list. I just made the list and kept adding to it. There is no real format. You can keep it simple or you can fancy it up and make a real project with it.
48 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ME
1/ The most important is I
I am a lucky Dad !
2/ Usually I can only sleep for 2 or 3 hours at a time and catch a few more hours later on. Usually a full night.
3/ Even though I come across extraverted, I am very quiet and consider myself very introverted.
4/ I believe in miracles and creating the impossible.
5/ I am an incessant reader of anything and everything that gets in my way.
6/ When I am on my Golf Game I can drive a ball 350 yards. The driving range I go to is not long enough. My ball frequently goes overtop the traffic on the highway and into the farmer's field across the way.
7/ I am a personal development junkie.
8/ I am happiest when I am connecting and talking to people all day long.
9/ I’ve done firewalking, polar dipping, bungee jumping, skydiving, cliff diving, swam with sharks without a cage and been on some of the worlds scariest roller coasters however one thing I won’t do is Spine gliding.
10/ Many years ago when Ray Stevens was singing the hit ‘The Streak’, I attended a big CB radio jamboree in Detroit and joined The Streaker club for a ½ mile naked jog through all the campers sites.
11/ My secret celebrity crush is Margot Robbie.
12/ One of my favorite movies is Dr. Zhivago.
13/ I’m known to jump on a plane in an hour or days notice and fly anywhere in the world
14/ I have written 4 books, published two of them and have a secret fantasy of sitting in my Condo in Maui overlooking the pacific ocean and just writing fiction novels all day. Everyday.
15/ I have had 7 pulmonary embolisms known as PE’s. (DVT) Deep Vein Thrombosis blood clots that collapse your lungs. Most people die on the first one.
16/ My greatest asset is the power of my mind.
17/ In going for an afternoon walk, its nothing for me to peel off 10-15 miles.
18/ I live in the movies. Sometimes I sit down to watch a movie and don't surface till 9 movies and 18 hours later.
19/ Sometimes I walk into a bookstore to find a book and don’t come out till it closes 12 or 14 hours later and don’t know where the day went.
20/ Parachuting out of a plane at over 3,000 feet was one of my biggest thrills.
21/ One thing I know is….I am currently seeking my Princess and some days it feels like she just walked past me in the hallway.
22/ I have played real Hockey against Wayne Gretzky.
23/ I am one of the top 3% of salespeople in the world and have knocked on over 10,000 doors selling Real Estate, million-dollar properties, and other goods.
24/ I am an ace handicapper in Thoroughbred Horse racing and usually always come out making money on my selections.
25/ I am a public speaker and can totally fire up a room and speak upwards at the rate of 250 words per minute while most speakers are around 150.
26/ My Dad is my Hero.
27/ In 2006 our family won one of the most prestigious Thoroughbred Horse Races in the world, The Queen's Plate in Toronto Canada with a Purse prize of One million Dollars.
28/ I have been to Las Vegas over 67 times. That’s all I’m saying.
29/ I was the president and CEO of an International Project 205,000 sq ft manufacturing facillity. The roof needed to be raised and they told me it couldn’t be done. It took 4 helicopters and 85 computerized jacks. We lifted it 3 feet higher all at once. I got it done.
30/ I met Steven Tyler from Aerosmith by purposely walking past his bodyguards. Steve waved them off and I talked to Steve myself for 5 minutes.
31/ With a Mercedes S550 I chased a Maserati and Ferrari down the Florida Turnpike for 30 minutes speeding 130 to 150 MPH and never caught up with them.
32/ I’ve been interviewed live on television 4 times.
33/ One hand chop thru 7 concrete blocks.. Standing 4 feet away at a live demonstration, I witnessed A TaeKwonDo Master, chop thru straight down and break 7 concrete blocks!
34/ I’ve ridden an elephant.
35/ As a kid I used to have a mini Dachshund named Streudel.
36/I look better with a Tan.
37/ I’ve shot an AK47 and an Uzi.
38/ I’ve personally met 2 Billionaires in my lifetime.
39/ My slapshot went thru the net. While playing hockey as a kid, my slapshot was so fast and hard that some goalies would move out of the net when I wound up. In my career it went thru the net twice.
40/ High School Basketball Captain and Star- I would regularly shoot, swish the basketball thru the net from the half-court line.
41/ While the crowd watched, I once saved the little girl in front of me when I plucked her off the escalator as her boots were getting sucked into the moving escalator.
42/ I got lucky and won $50,000.
in Las Vegas.
43/ I swam all around real sharks in the Ocean. No Cage.
44/ When I was 18 I took the Dale Carnegie Course and won the Best Speech and awarded the Mr. Enthusiastic Award.
45/ My Company voted me The speaker of the Year Award in a 30 minute speech with over 2000 people that brought the house down and gave me a standing ovation!
46/ In my lifetime I have personally owned over 40+ Houses and Condominiums and made money on almost all of them.
47/ When I was 18 I got licensed to sell Real Estate and then again at 30.
48/ I self taught myself to walk on fire of 1200 degree hot burning coals long before I met Tony Robbins.
