Dr. Mercola January 17 2009 23,021 views
Do you have a dream? If you’re like most people, the answer is “yes” -- or, more likely, “yes, but…” Just about everyone has a dream they’d love to pursue, but they just don’t know how.
What you need is a little expert advice. The TV line-up is chock-full of shows that promise just that. But chances are, you’re already surrounded by people who can give you the knowledge you need to get moving towards your dreams. You can be forgiven for not recognizing it; probably they don’t realize it themselves.
Everyone develops a body of unique skills and talents in the course of living, almost all of which can be widely applied. It can often take a creative eye to see these hidden potentials for what they are: a lifetime of expertise masquerading as everyday life. Who are these unwitting experts? Your friends, family, and colleagues, of course.
How many people do you know who excel at something so much that it’s become a defining part of their character? Instead of just admiring them for it, why not pay them the greater compliment of learning from them, of letting them set an example for you in the pursuit of your dreams?
What kind of understanding might you find hidden in the strengths of your friends and loved ones?
These are just a few examples of different types of people that almost everyone knows. Don’t dismiss people’s talents just because their accomplishments are small -- even the simplest achievement might be the outcome of an encyclopedic knowledge.
You might be surprised what you learn. And, just as important, they might be surprised at what you learn. You could be opening their eyes, maybe for the first time, to their own hidden talents. And what could be a better gift than that?
What about the wealthy criminals who are never caught or the womanizers whom woman love; what skills could a guy learn from them? As a tax paying monogynous husband, I can dream, can't I?
This is true, I am always learning from my friends, and I hope they learn from me too, because I am a teacher... I've got friends in all areas of expertise, so I never needed to go to a stranger for advice or help. But there are two main ways of learning from friends: one is just watching them or following their example, I take this for free. The second one is through real service or professional advice, and for this I like to pay them, because it's their job and as a friend I should be the first to value it and understand that they need to make a living too. When they refuse my payment I tell them - "Please accept it because otherwise I couldn't come to you next time but would need to go to your competitor and pay them more than I'm paying you." So, they accept and both of us are happy.
Appreciate your quote Duparc. On my days off from work, I learned that those days when I really relax are the simple days of just taking note of everything around me on a very slow delayed ..scale. The things around me I refer to are those daily activities that take place in God's creation, that have been in action long before me and will continue after me.They are free and cost only the time it takes to observe them, but yet awesome in magnificance while at the same time exact in precision,like the habits of an insect and the setting of the sun.
Note Taking Nerd, Checked the site you mentioned but not impressed. The site surely is designed for those who feel inadequate or in some way emotionally wounded and still hurt but, some of us are comfortable with our lot and are happy watching the parade as it passes by. May I take the liberty of quoting the following from a fellow life-traveller:
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?
No time to stand beneath the boughs,
And stare as long as sheep and cows:
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass:
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night:
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance:
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began?
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
Leisure by W. H. Davies