philosophy

All humans are philosophers, to what degree depends on how open they are to learning from their experiences and then being able to express it to others. The best lessons I have learned have come from the worst experiences I have had. Strange but true.

I would say the same for the “top-level movers and shakers”. I bet none of them got to where they are without some major dips in the road that made them think about what they are doing. I also bet that none of them got to be successful by doing something they are bad at either.

Looking around at anyone I think is successful at what they do I can see they can be equated to an animal hunting. They have their territory (area of expertise) they know how things should smell and look (have an intimate knowledge of the market) and they know when to chase the deal and when it just isn’t worth it.

That is the level of knowledge I want to have. I am not sure if I have it instinctually. I don’t necessarily want to spend years learning it myself before I take a step towards my prey. That is why I am here as I can tag along with the successful hunters and learn from them (*warning bad pun*)so I can make a killing.

I don’t think you need to be a genius. I would think that when it comes to dealing with humans that a good EQ would be more useful. I have met many high IQ people that have little in the way of common sense. But the ability to learn and to extrapolate that learning into other areas so the “bad lesson” does not need to be learned over and over again, would be the most useful skill of all.

Lessons I have learned along the way have meant that I don’t just “exist” any more, I am taking an active role in my life. I have also learned that for me the accumulation of money, property etc isn’t important at all in the long run (yeah funny thing to say on a forum such as this). Yet that doesn’t mean that my passion to succeed in this area is ill founded. It is grounded in the belief that being a whole human means knowing that death comes to everyone and what you teach is infinately more important than what you have learned.

I better stop now [biggrin]

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Hi jess, a person who does nothing has nothing to contridute, but all those people you talk about have experiences and along with that a personal Philosophy is developed because of the HARDSHIPS they encounted along the way.

You don’t need to necesserially be born into it or be a genius READ “you don’t have to be born brilliant” by John McGrath … Read the Virgin story by richard Branson … read read read

Hey “Y” wouldn’t you like to hear Packers Philosophy’s of his up’s and down’s now that is one seminar worth the money!!!

jess my philosophy is to go for it because we won’t get out of the world alive – live well and prosper “spok”

regards Phil

Jess,
that’s such a simple yet great analogy you’ve posted. It just seems to make sense, as if it’s innate (the hunter instinct).
Cheers,
Gatsby.

Imagine Kerry Packer reading his horoscope..

Bet it say’s “you’ll come into money today”

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