Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Dr. Barwig's Three Rules to Success

1. What is your greatest fear?
2. Where is your greatest joy?
3. How much time to you want to put forth?

These are the three rules to success that my doctor has followed to bring her immense joy and happiness in her career. Dr. Barwig is the most compassionate, emphathetic, knowledgeable doctor and leader that I know. She told me that before she decided to become a doctor she was in a very bad point in her life and knew that she needed to make some drastic changes in order to provide for her daughters the education and future they deserved. I'm not sure of the middle part of the story but she did go to France to study medicine and is now an esteemed professional in her field of gynecology (yes, there's more that goes on during a yearly visit than the obvious).

She cited a examples of friends of hers that have followed THE THREE and have become very successful and happy. That's the main point -- you need to answer and follow all three of them otherwise you won't find true happiness.

OK, so here it goes:
1. What is my greatest fear? Being broke and lonely.
2. What is my greatest joy? Seeing the eyes of someone after I've enlightened their life.
3. How much time? Oh, tough one . . . while I've been off I've had the grand opportunity to expand my horizons ten-fold . . . I've met the most wonderful people on my journey and have been involved in projects that I could never do otherwise . . . do I want to give this up? . . . can I still continue on this adventure while working? . . . Perhaps that's the key -- can I work at a job that fulfills me and continue my exploration into the unknown??

So my friends, stay tuned -- the adventure continues . . .

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