Be the BOSS of your limitations

Posted on 22 February 2009 by Robert A Henru

Hi readers, it’s been a while since I am writing. Today I want to share with you my speech for the Toastmasters International Speech Contest. You can find the video at the bottom of the article. You can choose between reading the script (which I have slightly adjusted) and go straight to the video. And by the way, it’s actually pretty much similar to the article The five steps to win with your limitation.

…Let me start by wishing you Happy Valentine Day. Any of you has a chance to spend the Valentine Day with your loved one? That’s great. I don’t have a girlfriend yet, but if I do here is what I’m going to say…

Honey I loved you so much, that I prayed for an angel to watch over you. But surprisingly, the angel came back after few seconds, he told me, “Robert, I’m an angel, why should I watch over an angel?”

Well, anyway, let’s talk about another angel, but this time he does not have wings. In fact, this angel doesn’t even have arms and legs, but his life has been an inspiration to a lot of people.

His name is Nick Vujicic. He was born in Melbourne, Australia without arms and legs for no medical reason. Yet, now, only in his 27 years old, he is an international speaker, bringing inspiration and gospel to all kind of people all over the world. His resume was written with rejection, low self-esteem, and loneliness, but that’s how he can reach out to many people with the similar problem.

What is your reaction when you hear the story? Are you inspired, motivated to do the same? It was not the same for me, I was jealous. Yes, I was jealous over his limitation. I justified why it’s so much easier for him to become an outstanding motivator and speaker. And subconsciously, I have compared my limitation against his limitation…

I don’t know about you, but if it’s the same for you I hope that you are reminded that…

Everyone is disabled in a way, only that the physically disabled is more visible.

There is no point for us to compare ourselves with others. We all have strengths and limitations. The right question is what we should do with them. And here I want to share how you can BOSS them, not the other way round. It involved 4 steps and let me share with you what they are.

Getting things done with the power of now!

Posted on 06 February 2009 by Robert A Henru

They might be different.. they came from different world, they speak seemingly different language, yet they have something in common. And more than that, they complement each other.

No, I’m not talking about man and woman, I talk about the 2 books that I recently read, Getting Things Done by David Allen and Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. While one is considered business/productivity book, the other is considered as spiritual book. Nevertheless, they indeed have something in common. They complement one another, especially in one thing… that is to help you to get things done!

Free our mind…

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I guess most of us are used to keep a lot of our “things”  in our mind, and that includes our to-do list. Here is what both of them similarly suggested: Let it go from your mind!

Keeping them in mind is a waste of your space in mind, and more importantly that will steal you from the presence, from the now.

It’s a waste of time and energy to keep thinking about something that you make no progress on. And it only adds to your anxieties about what you should be doing and aren’t.
~David Allen

… or you are carrying in your mind the insane burden of a hundred things that you will or may have to do in the future instead of focusing your attention on the one thing that you can do now.
~Eckhart Tolle

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