Is this your wake up call?
Last week I dropped you an email saying that I was going to announce something very exciting this week. Before I do, I just wanted to share a personal story with you...
A little over four years ago at the age of 28, I had a 'wake up call'.
Sure I'd heard many people speak about wake up calls before but at the time I never imagined that I'd be on the receiving end of one.
In my head, it just seemed so unlikely. I was in great health, in a loving relationship with a girl that I adored and financially successful in my career. However, underneath this glossy exterior was a lingering feeling that I just couldn't shake.
I couldn't shake the feeling.
On a good day, this feeling was kind of like a dull ache. On a bad day, it felt as if it was ready to eat me whole.
Like most, I did my best to ignore it, hoping that it would someday go away (it didn't).
I was determined not to let this feeling impose on my life so I kept myself busy... busy chasing after other peoples dreams. I ran after the pay rises, the responsibility, the status... and it seemed to be fooling everyone... that is, everyone but me.
Just when it seemed as if nothing could help me break this cycle of desperation, the Universe stepped in to give me a helping hand.
The day my life changed forever.
Late one Sunday evening, whilst travelling down the freeway at high speed, I collided with a semi articulated freight lorry. My car was totally crushed.
Miraculously (particularly given the fact that the air bags didn't open), I escaped without a scratch. When I squeezed my way out of the wreck I knew that my life had changed forever.
This experience of being so close to my own death has bought me so many illuminating awarenesses, not just in that moment but in the years that have passed since.
Probably the most powerful thing that I took away from the crash was a personal commitment to take a closer look at that lingering feeling. When I allowed myself to get really still, what I discovered in amongst the emptiness was a simple desire... a desire to live my own personal truth.
Desire.
A very big part of this heightened awareness was the desire to be fully engaged doing work that not only inspired me but was a true reflection of my deepest values.
It was this desire that compelled me to walk away from a financially well-remunerated corporate existence to start exploring what it meant for me to be truly alive.
And it was this desire that brought me and my two good friends Davide De Angelis and Steve Nobel to create something that we believe will have a lasting effect on the lives of people searching for a way to express their personal truth through their work.
If you are ready to do big things in the world please click the following link right now...
www.alchemyofwork.com
A little over four years ago at the age of 28, I had a 'wake up call'.
Sure I'd heard many people speak about wake up calls before but at the time I never imagined that I'd be on the receiving end of one.
In my head, it just seemed so unlikely. I was in great health, in a loving relationship with a girl that I adored and financially successful in my career. However, underneath this glossy exterior was a lingering feeling that I just couldn't shake.
I couldn't shake the feeling.
On a good day, this feeling was kind of like a dull ache. On a bad day, it felt as if it was ready to eat me whole.
Like most, I did my best to ignore it, hoping that it would someday go away (it didn't).
I was determined not to let this feeling impose on my life so I kept myself busy... busy chasing after other peoples dreams. I ran after the pay rises, the responsibility, the status... and it seemed to be fooling everyone... that is, everyone but me.
Just when it seemed as if nothing could help me break this cycle of desperation, the Universe stepped in to give me a helping hand.
The day my life changed forever.
Late one Sunday evening, whilst travelling down the freeway at high speed, I collided with a semi articulated freight lorry. My car was totally crushed.
Miraculously (particularly given the fact that the air bags didn't open), I escaped without a scratch. When I squeezed my way out of the wreck I knew that my life had changed forever.
This experience of being so close to my own death has bought me so many illuminating awarenesses, not just in that moment but in the years that have passed since.
Probably the most powerful thing that I took away from the crash was a personal commitment to take a closer look at that lingering feeling. When I allowed myself to get really still, what I discovered in amongst the emptiness was a simple desire... a desire to live my own personal truth.
Desire.
A very big part of this heightened awareness was the desire to be fully engaged doing work that not only inspired me but was a true reflection of my deepest values.
It was this desire that compelled me to walk away from a financially well-remunerated corporate existence to start exploring what it meant for me to be truly alive.
And it was this desire that brought me and my two good friends Davide De Angelis and Steve Nobel to create something that we believe will have a lasting effect on the lives of people searching for a way to express their personal truth through their work.
If you are ready to do big things in the world please click the following link right now...
www.alchemyofwork.com
posted by Damien Senn at Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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