“Bukhara, Uzbekistan,” she replied. “Do you know it? Do you know where that is?”
”The Silk Road,” I replied.
She beamed back at me in appreciation, so pleased that someone in her newly adopted city knew of her country and where she was from. It’s not easy being an immigrant.
Bukhara is an old city situated on The Silk Road, an ancient trade route linking Asia with Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In its day, the city was a centre of scholarship, culture and religion hundreds of years before North American was even a glint in Columbus's eye. In fact, the area around the city has existed for over five millennia. Get a feel for the city. The sight of the blue domed mosque will instantly transport you into the city.
Goods and services first started flowing through that region in the year 206 BCE when the Han Dynasty opened up a route to export silk from China.
Back then, of course, it wasn’t only goods and services. On the backs of the horses and camels and in the holds of ships came a steady stream of different peoples, each bringing with them their ideas, customs, fashions and religions – mixing and mingling, intermarrying, learning, growing and expanding their horizons.
Just like today. Only now technology has scrunched time and distance. The flow of ideas and information is infinitely faster than it was the first time around. Now if only we can keep up to it...
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Drew is a personal life/leadership coach, mentor, speaker and author. He coaches people seeking to more their lives/businesses forward, and those who are in transition,thinking about making big life/career changes. www.drewsimmie.com
If you would like to set up a meeting with Drew or have him speak to your orgnization, he can be reached at 1.416.927.9065 or by email at drew@drewsimmie.com. Follow him on twitter@thekite, facebook and LinkedIn.
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( 3.2 / 6 ) Click a star 1-5, left to right, to rate.You never know how far you can go until you go for it. T.S. Elliott
Bundled into following your dream and finding what you believe is your purpose, is an overwhelming belief in yourself.
It’s this belief that will support and sustain as you go out there each day to make your dream a reality. Dreaming a dream is one thing – making it happen takes a little longer – sometimes a lot longer. We all know the story about so and so who became an overnight success…. after slaving in obscurity for years.
It’s not uncommon for people, after they have struggled for 3-4-5 years and more to say, “If I had known what was involved, I might not have done it.” But they don’t mean it. Not really.
It’s not the dream – it’s who you become on the way to attaining it. No matter how long it takes you.
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Drew is a personal life/leadership coach, mentor, speaker and author. He coaches people seeking to more forward, or who are in transition,thinking about making big life/career changes. www.drewsimmie.com
If you would like to set up a meeting with Drew or have him speak to your orgnization, he can be reached at 1.416.927.9065 or by email at drew@drewsimmie.com. Follow him on twitter@thekite, facebook and LinkedIn.
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( 3.3 / 12 ) Click a star 1-5, left to right, to rate."Everyone has been made for some particular work and the desire for that work has been put in every heart." Rumi. 13th century jurist, poet and Sufi mystic.
There’s a great mystery to life, larger and more wondrous, I believe, than any of us can know.
One of those mysteries is that each of us has a special talent, something that we do better than anyone else. The trick is to find that and when you do, you will have found your purpose. Then, you’ll never have to work another day in your life.
Where do you find ‘that,’ you ask? You find it in your heart. Whatever that purpose is, whatever inspires you, that’s what you’re looking for. Listen to what you heart tells you. It never lies to you. On occasion, your head will, but not your heart.
Ask yourself, what is that I really like doing? What is it that when you’re engaged in doing it, it’s as if your heart and mind are as one? You don’t notice the clock. The day flies by. Everything and everyone else fades into the background as you engage in that activity….you’re on fire. You’re lovin’ it.
That’s nice, you say. Following my heart is one thing, but how will I pay the bills? What will I tell the bank when they call? Here’s the thing – when you do what you love doing, the money will always look after itself.
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Drew is a personal life/leadership coach, mentor, speaker and author. He coaches people in transition, and those who are thinking about making big life/career changes. www.drewsimmie.com
If you would like to set up a meeting with Drew or have him speak to your orgnization, he can be reached at 1.416.927.9065 or by email at drew@drewsimmie.com. Follow him on twitter@thekite, Facebook and LinkedIn
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Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. Oscar Wilde.Of all your possessions, time is the most valuable. When the day is gone, it’s gone. So shouldn’t you be living each one to the fullest, being who you know you really are, doing what truly inspires you?
Easier said than done, you say. That’s true. But nothing good ever comes easy and without a ton of work. But you’re worth it, aren’t you?
And what could be more important than singing your own song instead of joining in the chorus of someone else’s.
How do I do that, you ask? Is that possible? That’s the subject of tomorrow’s post.
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Drew is a personal life/leadership coach, mentor, speaker and author. He coaches people in transition, and those who are thinking about making big life/career changes. www.drewsimmie.com
If you would like to set up a meeting with Drew or have him speak to your orgnization, he can be reached at 1.416.927.9065 or by email at drew@drewsimmie.com. Follow him on twitter@thekite, Facebook and LinkedIn
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( 3.3 / 18 ) Click a star 1-5, left to right, to rate.The shine's still on the country's performance! A reader sent me this link.
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