When the first 262 summits started, I Sara Troy, had no idea it would be so big, so impactful, so illuminating and so exciting. Now that the book is here, with all 262 authors sharing snippets of passion and wisdom, the celebration continues in a big way.
I have had the honor of interviewing many of the authors in this book, and today I share but a few and a snippet of what they are sharing with you. I invite you to take a listen to their shows and hear/see for your self the inspiring knowledge and wisdom they have to share.
Each one has a passion for being and doing what they are called to do, the book reflects that, as do their story’s they share with me. Starting with the amazing Deb Drummond, the seeder of this adventure. Her dedication and passion in getting this book out, and sharing it around the globe, is truly exemplary. She has done six shows with me, each one of them filled with content that will illuminate your way in business and life.
My self Sara Troy and my daughter Tabytha Towe are in the book too, pages 62 and 82, I am very proud of her work as a custom mixologist designing the right cocktail for any event.
Here are but 40+ shows with these inspirational people, do enjoy and do not forget to buy the book and share the shows.
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These journals have been made especially for you! I know that using journals has been a life-saving and mind-saving form of self-care and personal development for myself. I always use paper and pen when building out my business, my ideas, growth strategies, and creative projects. I absolutely love words on paper, which is probably why my closest friends call me ‘Paper Yours Here!
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Aim higher! Are your goals set for a 5-year run or a 40-year run? You may live a lot longer than you think, and you may need a bigger plan than you thought. Here’s how to make the most of it.
Going on 58. I mean, nothing’s changed. Well, maybe a little. When I was a seeming hotshot on Madison Avenue in NYC, I loved walking everywhere. Nowadays, destinations on concrete are not on my list of priorities. I wonder what I would have done differently in my 40s or 50s had I known I’d still be kicking (i.e., writing, speaking, teaching, lecturing) 40 years later???
Fess up. Are your goals set for a 5-year run or a 40-year run? Do your Purposes in life have a longevity option? Chances are you’re going to live longer (maybe a lot longer) than you’ve planned for.
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While you’re planning how to be productive in your 80s (remember, I’ll be 89 this year), I have a suggestion for you — something I do every day. In the evening, I make a short list, hopefully no more than six or seven items. It’s a list of the things I most want to accomplish the next day. I try to get them done first thing during the morning and check them off. Wow! It gives me a great sense of accomplishment. It gives value to the day. But thinking back, I swear I never thought about life after the messy middle. Honestly, I don’t think I had a midlife crisis — I was too busy. Many, many years ago, I embraced a wise quip from the wiseass mouth of Noël Coward: “Work is more fun than fun.” And of course, he’s right. Friends, who knew I had an unforgettable villa in Acapulco for muchos años, said, “Why do you work so much, Jim? You can float around a pool all day with a margarita in your hand.” Hmm, that (was) true. And it’s Great — for maybe 20 minutes — and then the boring nothingness of it takes over.
I know you hear (and read) a lot of stuff about The Power of Purpose (wise words from Richard Leider) and the value of Atomic Habits (Mr. Clear will blow you out of complacency). And guess what? They’re true. Without Purpose, how can you get up in the morning? Yeah, yeah, you have stuff to do. Walk the dogs, make the coffee, maybe check the news to see what today’s traumas are. But, friends, that’s not enough. Yes, we all have the trivialities of living: the necessities of bathing, feeding oneself, cleaning our quarters. But you can do most of that with your eyes half open and your mind closed. I’m smiling, thinking about a good starter. Read Admiral McRaven’s wonderful quickie book Make Your Bed. Or maybe even better, find his speech on YouTube with the same title. It’s brilliant. I started doing it before I read his book, and I still Make My Bed every morning. I’m fortunate; I have a live-in full-time nanny (that’s what I call her) who takes care of most of the trivialities of my life, who will cheerfully make my bed. But I agree with McRaven. If you start your day making something that’s messy, neat, you’re getting your mind set in an orderly path.
Of course, some Purposes in life can’t be knocked off in a few minutes. On my current list (I’m a writer!) is finish the novel I’ve been studiously avoiding because I know it will require total attention, which means I can’t play with the other things on my creative plate. I mean, I finished creating a TV series — even wrote the pilot. And I’m almost finished with a screenplay. If I could make this article five pages longer, I’d tell you about it and ask you for any ideas about how to finish the damn thing.
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So, where am I going, babbling on and on about What Are You Doing That Makes You Wake Up With a Smile? And can you keep on doing it forever, without boring yourself? You are saying, “But I don’t have time. I mean, we still have children, ranging from teens to college, and they require so much.” True. But they’re going to have to learn how to choose their own path; and suddenly you’ll turn around and the little darlings won’t be there, and won’t need you to hold their hand — and maybe won’t want you to hold their hand. I love my children and grandchildren. But I don’t call and ask them: “What shall I do today?” And, hopefully, your kids and grandkids are so busy with their own lives, they don’t want to manage your life.
I really don’t have to tell you Life is a Gift, do I? I mean, there were no guarantees you’d wake up on the right side of the grass today, but here you are — Wow! Another chance to see, hear, taste, smell, touch — it’s called living. And even better than that, it’s an opportunity to help someone else, besides yourself. It’s especially good if you can help someone and not expect anything in return.
Here’s an exercise for you. I can’t remember the smart professor or lecturer who said it, but it’s terrific. See if you can write, in just six words, a statement about who you are, who you want to be, why you matter — in other words, a six-word summary of the essence of you. Hey, being a writer, when I was given that challenge, I thought of the brilliant writer James Michener, who lived 90 extraordinary years and wrote immensely long historical novels, each one a treasure, who said of himself, “I can’t say Hello in six pages.” But I did it—printed it out and have it pasted to the bottom of my computer monitor, so I have to see it every day and try to live up to it. It says: “I am present —living, giving, loving.”
Jim Flaherty was an international advertising writer/creative director, has published two novels, and two non-fiction books. Was also creator and innkeeper of a five-star country inn/conference center. He is a frequent motivational speaker to Elders and Almost-Elders, as well as parenting associations, and writing groups. A strong believer that you are only as old as you think, Jim cheerfully admits to being 88 (going on 58) and is a father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Besides his books, he has a TV series, screenplay, and musical ready for public viewing. Home is a 1940’s art-filled dairy barn in the foothills of the Berkshires.
Our bodies are physically responsive to our emotional experience of life. And, just like a computer program, there is an emotional program that runs in each of us. The “default” program is fear-based and designed to help us survive and it serves us faithfully. There is an infinite number of other programming possibilities including love, hope, motivation, inspiration, peace, serenity that we can experience if that is what we choose. Waking up to this possibility often requires a “life-quake” like a job loss, death of a loved one….or a diagnosis that threatens our very existence. My experience with a 35-year survivor of recurrent esophageal cancer and his protocol for survival clearly demonstrated to me how focused, creative and organized emotional energy can affect a body. However, if we fail to continuously choose to experience life as we would like, the survival-level programming will take over as a default and we continue down the path of automaticity. I believe, based on observation, lab evidence and intuition that this program runs in our DNA, can be passed to subsequent generations and is re-writable. This philosophy flies in the face of the conventional narrative that 97% of DNA is “junk” because the people who write medical textbooks have deemed it so. If we are to move forward with our understanding of these bodies and our lives, we MUST challenge convention and consider alternatives, experiment with them and change our paradigm when a new philosophy demonstrates progress. My philosophy places the power of controlling our emotional response to life and subsequently exerting control over our physical bodies in the control of us individually. It is my mission to teach as many people as I can the specific steps of how to tactically use emotion and imagination to affect our physical health in ways we haven’t even considered.
Dr. Teel has spent his entire adult life fascinated with human development, personal development and the connections between food, emotion and health. After completing his medical training, he returned to Oklahoma where he practiced for 7 years. His efforts to establish patient safety and teach patients how to heal their bodies left him informally banned from practicing medicine in Oklahoma. He retired from medicine while living in Texas and began his writing and coaching career teaching the principles of using diet and lifestyle management to create transformative healing of both acute and chronic illness.
Sara’s View of Life with Sara Troy, on air from March 12th
We won’t find wealth until we see the wealth in unity in our community, for that wealth of knowledge, care and collaboration are what builds a community to enrichment and love.
We do not have dollar signs above our heads, we are not for sale, we are not a commodity.
Our wealth currency is in our actions, in our participation, in our kindness in who we are in our contribution.
Our wealth is in our self-respect and in the respect of others.
Our wealth is in our journeys, in our pain, in our sorrow in our triumphs.
Our wealth is in our courage in our strength, in our ability to face anything and still thrive.
Our wealth is in how we treat others, in our kindness towards them, our caringness of those in need, our help to anyone who asks, our ability to share love freely.
Our wealth is in how we speak to each other, to our selves, to the world.
Our wealth is in our giving, sharing, teaching, caring, learning, loving without an agenda.
Our wealth is in our embracement of diversity, our celebration of cultures, of faiths, of colour, of gender, of perspectives.
Our wealth is in UNITY, in coming together to build, to care, to heal, to support, to guide to love one another to enrich our world as a family of one.
Our wealth is in each others knowledge, in the knowingness, in the divine truth that is within us all.
Our wealth is in our health, our thoughts, our words, our actions our interactions and our intent.
Let our wealth grow, let us enrich each other, let us celebrate our differences, learn from them, open our minds, care for who we are, who we wish to be, who we are meant to be.
Let us feed the possibilities create the opportunities, seed the tomorrows and water them with love.
Let us look to what can be as a collective of nations, what we can make together, what seeds can grow with our collective love, and how in unity, community, as individuals we can, because we choose to make this a world that flourishes for all that inhabit it, for all who contributes to it, for all who choose to believe in this abundant wealthy world of today and our tomorrows.
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