Path of Purpose

Time, an allusive topic. How do you use your time? How do you you measure your time? Value it? The list goes on and on. We all waste time. Yet time is precious. Why waste something precious? So, how do you invest your time? In earning money? Education? Exercise? Relaxation? Eating? Loving? This is not a long podcast - it is a "starter" podcast. A starter to get you thinking - and as time goes by we will explore the topic in more depth.

A rainy morning, a sign in a store window, the purchase of a necktie and an amazing set of subsequent happenings. Enjoy this different story. Sam.

Since I was a kid I have explored. Yes, I know, all kids explore. Then they grow up, into adults. I have never, ever, stopped exploring. It has added so much to my life. Here is an example.

Three words that express service standards. Fast, Good and Cheap. Sounds OK? Try putting them all together and they just don't work! You want it fast? And good? Sure thing - however it will not be inexpensive. It will cost you. How about fast and cheap? Sure, you can have that - if that's what you want - but it may not be much of a job, or be all that good. Absolutely no guarantees, So, let's have it good - and inexpensive. Fine - join the line - there are lots of people in front of you. Anyway you want it or can afford it, they are happy to assist you. Good luck.

Do you have a daily routine? Not a habit - good or not-so-good, rather a routine of your choosing? TFM is my secret. Time for Me - or - Time for You! This podcast covers my routine. Water, walking, tai-chi energy breathing, honey+coffee + "meditation" and jazz music. Breakfast. Work period 1 and Work period 2. Relaxation and Communication. As always, my objective is to talk briefly about something that may be of benefit to you - and also hopefully, enjoyable for you. Sam.

When do you stop to relax and think? Do you stop to relax and think? How long is it since you cleared your mind? Do creative thoughts flow easily in your head? In this podcast I start with clearing my desk - and ditto - clearing my mind. I also discuss when I stop, or in the case of walking, when I get, my best ideas Creative thoughts and reminders just pop into my mind. This is a short PC with a long-lasting effect. Hopefully that effect will benefit you. Enjoy! Sam.

Every picture tells a story. So it is said. This podcast tells a story without any pictures via my voiceonly. This is one of the best, most relaxing, energising, breathing techniques taught to me by the 85 year old physics professor from Beijing University 40 years ago in China. Please give it a go. I really do hope you try it - as I know it works. It works wonders for me and I hope it will do the same for you. Enjoy!

This is my story about meeting a wise, highly educated and very fit, octogenarian Chinese gentleman who taught me the technique of Tai Chi energy Breathing.

This is a true story about a gift, a presentation and a mega sale! The gift was a cake. Not any cake but a purpose-baked, purpose-iced BIG cake. The presentation was to the board-of-directors of one of Australia's major retail groups. The potential from winning the sale was very big - and obviously national in scope, application, management and cover. Think - Act - and Enjoy!

Observation is a skill. Some are born with it. Some develop it - automatically. Some are taught it. However you acquire this amazing attribute the more you use it the more it will benefit you in life, love, work, hobbies and in just about everything and in every way I can think of. So enjoy listening to this podcast on The Power of Observation

This is a tale about opening a bottle of wine. No ordinary bottle of wine. In fact an old, rare, delicious Chartreuse. The bottle heavily protected by a very thick, very solid, wax seal. My pet topic of 'Cognitive Connections' usually involves humans. This time I applied my new, shortened name of Observe - Act to the situation. Instead of rushing in, like a "bull-at-the-gate" I took my time and I thought, thought hard, about my problem - and then acted. Thankfully with a successful conclusion. "Pretty obvious" you may well say. Not so, not with me - and maybe, not with you either. Listen to my story.

Do you smile, frown, laugh or scowl? The choice is pretty much all yours. Take a walk on the lighter side and let a smile be your umbrella. Sounds corny? Give it a try – you will soon see it works. Sure, we all have our issues, our problems, and dark places. Sure, we all have illness (I’m carrying a cracker one!) Friends and loved ones in hospital or terminally ill. We all have either relationship, financial or health problems. It’s a fact of life. As I have said before in these podcasts, we only get one go on the merry-go-round, that we know of –so why not make the most of it while we can. Enjoy this podcast – I really mean that and while you’re at it – enjoy life.

Do you have a full "to-do" list? Are you always "running"? Do you have too much on each and every day to find time to relax - time for yourself - TFM aka "time for me" in my weekly calendar? Breakfast on-the-run, kids to school, early job meeting, zoom calls and conferences, yoga-classes, exercise classes, dancing classes, shopping, home-chores, kids sport, homework, feeding, bed, finish that report before sleep time - and repeat and repeat. Crazy!!? "There is no other way" you tell me? OK, you got hit by a truck last month (always put it in the past then it cannot have happened to you. Phew!) and you are no longer 'here'. Then what happens to that time-chewing, life-destroying, yet "necessary" list above? What is really important to you? Tough, I know. However you only live once - that we know of - and no one has ever come back and said to me, "Sam, it's fantastic - wait till you get there". Your loved ones need you, here and now - and you need them too. Your job needs you - and you need your job, or your business or your profession. However don't make it a balancing + juggling act. Decide where your real priorities lay and what makes you truly happy. 'Then cut, cut, cut. Taint easy - I never said it would be and it is not for the faint-of-heart. You will discover the that less really is more!

Purpose is the framework by which our decisions are made - as we move forwards in our lives. "Cognitive" is the process of perception, memory and judgement - contrasted with emotional 'matching'. Connections are the result.

In this podcast we revisit my involvement with Australia's #1 Advertising Agency at that time and we look at identifying what you want, who you are and maybe even your Purpose(s) in life. Enjoy! Sam.

Are you focused on your purpose? Your purpose in life, at work, at joy and relaxation? I am. I am driven by my purpose(s), numerous ones! In this episode you will hear how Cognitive Connections enabled my particular purpose - on a 747 - flying to the USA. Then how Synchronicity played a part in an amazing meeting. Enjoy.

This PC Episode meanders through this past week. This has been the beginning of my daily podcasts. I am using "Wingman" as in WingmanSam because that is how I present my 'role' within a client organisation. "Flying" (AKA Working) alongside their Team, assisting, stimulating, advising, motivating - and being 'there' for them. Enjoy your weekend. Peace, happiness, light and love.

Hi, in this episode I talk about four people who are doing things - exciting things. Two are in their early 20's and two are in their mid 70's. Fantastic!

Welcome back to my Podcast series. I hope you are coping well and loving life. I sure am and that's why I have started with this short, meaningful greeting to you. Let's catch up again tomorrow. Sam.

As an audience participant at the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) in the USA some years ago I watched and listened to one of the most moving, awe-inspiring talks of my life. It was presented by Rosanne Laflamme. A Canadian woman from Quebec, who has done quite amazing, extraordinary things with her life following a tragic and traumatic childhood. Wow. What a woman. What a person. Look her up. Purpose and Cognitive Connections personified

Today's podcast is all about that initial meeting. How you "break the ice" with someone. Whether a total stranger, someone you see or recognise but don't know. The reason Shaquille O'Neal appears in the image for this podcast is because I met and chatted with him using the techniques described in this podcast. I walked into the Nike store in Chicago and he walked in at exactly the same moment. By co-incidence (cognitive connection?) we both happened to walk out through the store at the same time. "No luck finding what you wanted"? I asked. "No, they didn't have it" he answered. [Genuine statement coming up ...] "Man, you sure are a fit looking guy" I said. "I try sir, I try" he said. "Well you obviously succeed" I said and extended my hand towards him, "my name is Sam". With that he shook my hand and said, "Sam, please, let me get this door for you." "No way, you opened the door for me on the way in". I replied. "You Sam are a visitor, my guest, in my Country" he said. We shook hands again, he smiled, told me to be safe and enjoy my time in Chicago and we parted company. A couple of people rushed up to me and said, "Do you know Shaquille"? "I do now" I said and walked off, smiling to myself.

This episode of my Podcast program opens the door to initiating conversations. Meeting people you have never, ever met before and connecting with them. Hope you enjoy! Sam

This podcast introduces the basis around which these programs will be created. The topics, the guests, the experiences and the times for listening. Plus you will be the first to hear our new, cool jazz, theme-music intro. A good start. Enjoy!

In this podcast I discuss Heart-Mind-Body 'Cognitive Connections' plus Purpose and illustrate these amazing human "drivers" with an audio promo. I discuss the number of times we will enjoy these podcasts and my feelings about our fractured world at this current time. Please excuse my 'errs' and 'ahs' as I was horrified with how many there were when I played this podcast back prior to publishing. Why not re-record? I have stopped trying to be a perfectionist. Aiming at perfection slows me - and you - down and most times it is ineffective. Except when your brain-surgeon is at work! Hey, they don't even let the astronauts dock their module with the space-station - that job is done on auto-pilot by a computer. Perfection - no way! Please enjoy this 1st edition of this new series - and come back often if you do enjoy listening in to what I have to say plus our great guest's views. Warmly, Sam.

Life's journey throws all of us good times and bad times - curved balls and home runs - and that's the way it is. We have always been told it is how you handle adversity that shows what type of person you really are and that it is a choice. Many years ago I was taught to "roll with the punches" a boxing term that I have applied to the tough times in my life. You know what? It works! The good times I cherish - as I am certain you do too. Here is to the 'Good Times'. Love Life, embrace it and show you mean it. When you change how you think, you change how you act and when you change how you act amazing things happen. Please check out my Blog at https://www.wingmansam.com/blog

It has taken a lot of soul-searching, even though I know my purpose in life, my values, my passions and my mission. The challenge was - and is - to distil a lifetime of experiences into short, interesting, positive podcasts. Podcasts that YOU will want to listen to, look forward to and enjoy.

"Know Thyself" Not that easy! We all think we 'know' ourselves. How we react to certain situations. What we like. What we do not like. These things are mainly driven by our Values. Those values dictate what we wear, what we like to eat - and what we never eat. Even how we sit on a bus or train. How we drive a car. All values-driven. The purpose is what pushes us. Our individual, true life purpose. A good question is, "does our purpose motivate us to action that purpose - or - does our motivation force us to follow our purpose"? I believe it is the former - our purpose motivates us. In this segment, I introduce Sam Star. He is an interesting and different person plus a very well-meaning and knowledgable person. Please listen, enjoy and maybe take away something of value for yourself from this segment. Good wishes, Sam.

We are all a bit different. You know that saying, "No two alike". However, the same Purpose can drive many, many different people. Once you know your "Why", which is your purpose, the "how" of achieving your goals becomes ever so much easier. The path becomes obvious. Start by going back in time - to when you were a youngster. What were you 'naturally' good at and what gave you enjoyment and pleasure and was easy for you to do. What you may have found easy, others found difficult or embarrassing or both. You could never understand why they found it that way. To you, it was all a "piece-of-cake" so to speak. As you grew and grew older, that natural talent wanted to be released so that you could be the real you. Sometimes it happened - and you followed your purpose, which became your passion and many times it remained and probably still remains, deep inside you - wanting, hoping, pleading, to be released and embraced and fostered. Let it happen. Find your purpose, release your purpose, follow your purpose and truly live your life!

This episode of the Power of Purpose podcast commences with a brief intro to my personal search for Purpose. Then into a deeper discussion on Values and where our Values are created from, plus a short example of a SEE (Significant Emotional Experience) and finally we get to "Purpose". This episode introduces a guest. Author of a really excellent book, "Slow and Steady" written by John De Ravin. John has been a friend and a colleague for a great many years. His book makes one of the best financial reference manuals I have ever read, written in everyday English that we can all understand - and follow. It is for people at every stage of life, every age and in every financial situation. I hope you enjoy this longer-than-usual (20 minutes) edition.

Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny. Mahatma Gandhi Another way, similar, of saying this is that our thoughts really do create our reality. I have always said, "Think it - Feel it - Say it out loud, to yourself - repeat it daily all week - and then - Do It. Once you know, truly know, your real Purpose (in life and in work and in recreation - they should all match) then nothing will stop you. Watch the video "Full Out" and you will see what I mean.

We have been invaded - or at least our brains have - and our brains affect everything about us. Our hearts - yes, your heart reacts to emotions and will actually change shape over time, based on external and mental stimulus. Our lungs - shortness of breath, stomach - pains and digestive problems, skin - sweaty or dry. I am not telling you anything you do not already know. Our brains are bombarded constantly by social-media. Emails - aaargh - drive me crazy - and I'm sure that's true for you too. Everyone has an opinion. Do you? Travel to places where you can just "shut off" by lazing on a beach, climb a mountain, cruise - as part of the fun - or blissfully on your own. It's time to claim back YOUR time, YOUR life and YOUR beliefs.

Once you know your true purpose, the "why" of life and of doing things the way you do - or want to do - then the "how" of your passion becomes obvious. It also becomes easy and much more enjoyable. Yes, you will also have more energy and focus in everything you are passionate about. However, Purpose - knowing your true purpose, your number 1 internal driver, comes first and foremost.

In this short episode of The Power of Purpose, I discuss alternative human 'drivers' such as motivation, mission and love. We are starting our journey, treading softly on the path that will lead to a greater understanding of the 'what' and the 'how' we humans function throughout our lives.

How many times have you heard someone say - or - said yourself, "I just don't know if what I am doing, or the way I am doing it, is right for me. I know there is something else. Something I should be doing, I feel this kind of hole inside me. I know it's there - whatever it is that will fill that hole, give me joy, focus and energy, but I just don't know what it is." That is what this series of podcasts are all about. Assisting you to find, use and enjoy YOUR true Purpose. I won't make it easy. Very little in life that is really worthwhile is ever easy. We will walk the path together. You will hear some amazing stories, learn some amazing techniques and discover many interesting, valuable - and amazing - things, as we travel this journey together. Until next Tuesday. Sam.