How Pain Can be a Great Teacher

Overcoming adversity

I am a teacher by profession and one common quip I hear is: ” those who can’t do, teach…” Now the implication is that people who can’t be a success in their own right often end up in a position teaching others how to do what they couldn’t.  This may have some truth to it but what I have found when it comes to pain and adversity is, most of us are better teachers than students.

It’s real easy to give advice to a friend when they are experiencing pain that we are not. It’s a whole lot harder to take our own advice or even the advice of others we we are the ones in the middle of the painful experience.

The reason (I believe) is; when the pain is not yours it’s much easier to take a higher perspective. See the big picture, by distancing ourselves from the pain of the circumstance and taking the long view.

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But as John Maxwell says; “when you’re losing, everything hurts…” All you can see is your pain and the circumstance you’re in. Taking the long view doesn’t even seem like an option and anyone that suggests it makes you feel like punching them in the face ( ok maybe that’s just me…?).

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What I am finding though, when we are able to elevate our perspective of the situation, adversity can actually become a great teacher. Instead of the stone around our neck, dragging us down, adversity can become the springboard that propels us on to opportunities and experiences that we could not have done or imagined prior to the painful experience.

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It’s all in the way you look at the problem.

In his book “Sometimes you Win, Sometimes you Learn”, John Maxwell offers 6 ways that we can learn from our pain rather than letting it drag us down. I would like to share some of my responses to John’s points, I hope they will help you as they have done me.

1. Adversity Introduces Us to Ourselves If We Want to Know Ourselves

The way we react in adversity, reveals a lot about our true character. How we treat others, the choices we make, the thoughts we entertain when we are under fire, show us the limits of our own character. When we are honest enough to focus on our response to a situation rather than searching for who is to blame, we can learn much about the things that really make us tick. If we’re brave enough to acknowledge it and respond to our weaknesses the growth we experience through the challenge will far out weight the pain.

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2. Adversity Is a Better Teacher Than Success If We Want to Learn from Adversity

The expression “No Pain, No Gain” is true of everything in life. If you want to grow in your capacity as a human being and in your ability to deal with challenging circumstances, pain is a given. It doesn’t mean it’s fun or even right, but if we ask ourselves how we can learn from our pain rather than trying to escape it, we truly do gain far more on the other side. Anyone who has achieved great success has done so  by learning through their challenges, adversity and pain. No exception.

If avoiding pain is what you prefer, then don’t expect to grow. Just like a bodybuilder experiences pain before their muscles grow, pain is the teacher that will bring us the most growth we desire.

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3. Adversity Opens Doors for New Opportunities If We Want to Learn from It

When we’re in the pit, the path forward is not always easy to see. When we develop the long view in pain, we can often discover new opportunities that we may have never entertained before the adversity.

My entering the teaching profession came from a situation where I lost what I thought was my dream job.

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At the time I could not have imagined the skills I have developed and the opportunities I have had since becoming a teacher, but in regrouping and looking for a new opportunity to move forward I was able to find myself in a place that has seen more growth and reward for my life than my “dream job” ever could have.

4. Adversity Can Signal a Coming Positive Transition If We Respond Correctly to It

Sometimes positive transitions and opportunities can appear like adversity because of our expectations. If we expected a particular outcome and it didn’t work out the way we hoped, the immediate reaction can often be one of disappointment.

If we can adjust our expectation and response to realise that a disappointing outcome does not necessarily spell the end, but might just be a door that transitions us into something thing new, the disappointment can become a positive. It’s all in the way you look at it.

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5. Adversity Brings Profit as Well as Pain If We Expect It and Plan for It

The question of whether pain will come or even why it comes really is not the point, it is more about whether we anticipate it and plan our response before hand. Anything we endeavour to achieve will at some point cause us some pain. If we anticipate it and plan to respond with a mindset of commitment, openness and positivity, we will learn and ultimately grow from it rather than letting it destroy us.

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6. Adversity Writes Our Story. If Our Response Is Right, the Story Will Be Good

There are very few high, high moments in an individuals life. We usually mark those moments (wedding, birth of a child, graduation etc…) with celebration because they are far and few between. The true story or our life is frequently shaped not by the highs but how we navigate the lows or the dozens of ordinary days that we face. Those are the times that really shape up.

How we navigate the mundane, the setbacks, the pain, will determine what kind of story we write. A tragedy or a triumph. The experiences we have are not always within our control, but our responses are. Choose well and write a great story.

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So what’s your story?

Comment below and tell us about a time when you overcame a set-back and achieved more than you expected?

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3 Reasons Why You Need to Discover Your Purpose

IS YOUR LACK OF PUROSE HURTING YOUR POTENTIAL? 3 Reasons why you need to discover and know your purpose.

3 reasons why you need to discover your purpose and what could happen if you don’t.

In 2002, Christian Pastor Rick Warren wrote a book called the Purpose Driven Life. The book immediately went to the bestsellers list, topping the Wall Street Journal and New York Times lists for 90 weeks. It eventually went on to sell over 30 million copies, a feat seldom seen for any motivational type books, let alone a Christian book.

Regardless of your beliefs about faith, there is something about the title of this book that so consumes us as humans and perhaps explains it’s phenomenal success…. purpose.

Everybody at some point asks themselves what the purpose of their life is, yet I meet so many people who simply do not have a clear idea of what it actually is… Their why for doing the things that they do.

Why does PURPOSE matter?  Knowing your purpose is essential to success in your personal and professional life…

Knowing your purpose is essential to success in your personal and professional life… Regardless of what success looks like for you, doing it just for money, or just to pay the bills can be an effective motivator for a time, but sooner or later even these primary drivers lack substance in the long term.

Lets face it, most of us at some point have been in a job for the money or to pay the bills yet we’ve hated every minute of being there… Dreaming of a time that we could be doing something we “truly” love.

Here’s the rub… work without meaning is well just that, work… But the flip side of that is; even the most mundane of jobs when done by someone who believes it is their purpose, can become an insatiable passion…

Work without meaning is well just that, work…

The trouble is; so often we are locked into careers, businesses and jobs that have long since lost their meaning and rather than reaching out towards our full potential and living a life that leaves a legacy for others, we spend our time and energy just running the clock down to a time when we can do something we really love (after we retire)…

Why is the Why so important?

So why is knowing your purpose so important?

1. Knowing your purpose, helps you to make choices and decisions now that will influence and shape the future you are working towards… It’s nice to have goals and dreams, but if we don’t fully understand why we are heading towards that destination, we will not always take the chances or opportunities that lead to our destiny. Competing interests, priorities and other people’s agendas will always crowd out the decision making of a person who does not know their purpose. Knowing your purpose, helps you to make choices now that will shape the future

2. Knowing your purpose will also help you assess if the direction you are heading is actually the best fit for you. Just because you’ve got a dream or a goal to achieve, doesn’t mean it is a good fit for your personality, gifts, and stage of life. Challenging your goals / dreams and asking yourself the hard questions about why you’re chasing them will help you assess the long term viability and satisfaction that they can bring. As the old adage says’ “there is no point reaching the top of the ladder if it’s leaning up against the wrong wall…”

No point reaching the top of the ladder if it’s leaning up against the wrong wall…

3. Knowing our purpose pushes us from our comfort zone. If fear of failure or fear of loss in security are the only whys that drive you, you will always play life safe and will miss the opportunities to grow and stretch to your full potential. Knowing your bigger purpose, the thing that is bigger that your own personal needs or fears will give you the courage to step out beyond your comfort zone. With each step you take outside your comfort zone you will push back the limits and the boundaries of your fear. With each step beyond the safe zone, you will step closer to living in your full potential. Each step you take outside your comfort zone pushes back the limits of your fear.

So what’s your purpose. Your why that keeps you going? I sum my why up like this: To live a life helping others reach their full potential. It’s broad enough to encompass a range of my skill sets and passions but specific enough to help me stay on track with my goals while still pushing me beyond the safe zone of my own selfish fears.

With every opportunity, or decision I make, I ask myself; is this step going to help others reach their full potential? If I can answer yes to that, then it gives me a clearer step forward. Under that I have some more specific whys that relate to my skill set, family desires and personal aspirations, but they are all ultimately framed around this one simple life statement.

My challenge for you: Can you state your life purpose simply and succinctly? Does it give you a why for what you do that is bigger than your own personal feelings or desires?  If not, take some time to think through your purpose. Your why and right it down. Filter all of your activities and aspirations through it and ask yourself “what needs to change, what can stay the same…?”

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6 Steps to Discovering Your Purpose

6 steps to discovering your purpose

So, you know it’s important to know your purpose. But what if you don’t know what it is? How can you discover it?

In my previous post I suggested some reasons why knowing your purpose or “why” is so important to reaching your full potential both personally and professionally. But what if you don’t know what that purpose is? Or you’ve discovered that the purpose that was driving you, needs some reevaluation…what then?

John Maxwell suggested 6 questions that can help us assess and identify our why:

1.Do you love what you’re doing now? Seems kind of obvious but if you don’t like what you’re doing now, change it. Too many people keep themselves trapped in jobs and situations that they don’t like, all the while complaining about how much they hate their job, life, etc…  Too many people keep themselves trapped in jobs and situations that they don’t like

Complaining about your situation without changing it does nothing to help you find your purpose, it only makes everyone else around you miserable. Conversely, if you really love what you do, then it’s a good indication you are doing something aligned with your bigger purpose. I like to call this your passion. If you’re doing something you love and it doesn’t feel like a chore, lean into it.

Complaining about your situation without changing it does nothing to help you find your purpose”

2. What would you like to do? Do you have something that you’ve always dreamed of doing? Something that when you’re not preoccupied with the mundane of life it always invades your thoughts? When you’ve got spare time you look for ways to do it? This is called your desire. When your passion and desire intersect, that is where you find purpose… But before you rush out to pursue your desires the next question is important…

“When your passion and desire intersect, that is where you find purpose”

3. Can You do what you want to do? We’ve all seen those folks on TV singing competitions, who say singing is their life, they dream about nothing else but singing, but when they open their mouth everyone cringes because they just can’t sing!

Not all desires should be pursued. If it’s not a gift you possess or something in your strength zone, don’t try and do it. You’ll only frustrate yourself… Ask yourself what you are good at. If you’re not sure what your gift is, what do others say that you’re good at? What’s a task or activity that comes easy to you and brings you enjoyment?  That’s where you’ll start to get closer to your strength zone. “Not all desires should be pursued.”

4. Do you know people who do what you want to do? One of the keys to moving into the area of your desires is knowing others who have gone before you. People who can show you the way, can give you insights into the challenges and how to face them. If the answer is no, start by seeking out and building relationship with others who can do what you want to do.

Jim Rohn says: you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. Are the people you spend your time with helping you move towards your desires or away from your desires? This is your environment. To discover and go after your purpose you have to create the environment around you that will be conducive to your growth.

Some others ways you can achieve this is by joining a mastermind group, getting a coach or joining a professional organisation related to your passion. You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.

5. Will you pay the price? As Maxwell says; To go up you must be prepared to give up… Every stage of your growth and development will require a price to be paid in sacrifice. Having a desire and a passion is a start, but it will only really be realised if you are prepared to pay the price required to achieve it. You will have a good indication of your purpose when you know what you’re prepared to sacrifice for.

“You will have a good indication of your purpose when you know what you’re prepared to sacrifice for ”

6. When can you start doing it? It’s one thing to have a passion and even have the drive to make it happen, but until your desire become action it will remain just that; desire. Purpose is tie closely to action, without action your purpose will remain unrealised. Have you started taking steps toward your purpose? If not, when will you start? The things you move towards today will become your legacy for tomorrow. What are you moving towards now? Do you need to change your focus?

Until your desire becomes action it will remain just that; desire #blogpost Discover your purpose”

Your turn: Do you know your why? Post it below. If not, get started today. take yourself through the above the questions and let me know what you discover. Go on, I’ll be here when you get back. Make your start today.

If you’d like help to walk through this process with somebody, contact me for a free coaching session. I’d love to walk you through it.

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3 Tips For Operating With Integrity

The number 1 leadership characteristic for success: integrity.

Find out how integrity can lift or place a lid on your leadership growth… 

While leaders come in all shapes and sizes and every leader needs to work to their strengths, when developing their leadership capacity, it is character not skill that will keep you growing and moving forward. As John Maxwell says; “charisma will get you in the door but character will keep you in the room”.

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So what are some essential characteristics or qualities of a truly great leader? Every writer has their own list of essentials. Some long, some short, but the #1 characteristic that always comes up and will keep coming up in your growth journey is: Integrity…

Integrity: Why does it matter? 

This is a funny one… because although I think most leaders understand and believe that integrity is important, whenever I teach this, it very quickly becomes apparent in a group that your idea of “right” may be quite different to my idea of “right”.

The dictionary defines integrity as: the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. C.S. Lewis puts it this way: Integrity is doing the right thing when no one is watching.

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On one hand it may appear that it’s just basic common sense, but in a culture that is so fluid in it perceptions of right and wrong, moral sense seems to be far less common than we thought. This can be an even bigger challenge a leaders who lack the ability to think critically and is reluctant to stand for any one set of moral values, lest they offend someone in the process.

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So what to do…?

How do we define integrity in a culture that has such fluid moral values. Ultimately this has to come don to the individual. You have to do some hard work on assessing your own values and asking the questions if your values and actions actually convey integrity.

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2 Simple Questions

To simplify the concept I like to assess my integrity by asking myself 2 simple questions:

1. If someone posted my actions and words on Facebook post, would I have to start making excuses to justify my choice, or would it be a non-event? If you have to justify or explain your actions then chances are; you’re skirting the boundaries of integrity.

2. Another way of testing your integrity is to ask “do I need to do this on the quiet?” If you are intuitively doing things privately or secretly to avoid the scrutiny of others, then you’re probably treading on dangerous territory with your integrity.

See, integrity it is less about whether you think what you’re doing is wrong and whether others will perceive what you’re doing as wrong.

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If the perception of others is that you are doing something dodgy, then whether you are or not, it will begin to erode your leadership credibility.

An ancient Jewish teacher suggested that a wise leader will avoid even the appearance of evil.

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So how’s your integrity? Do you need to do some work on how you operate in this space?

3 Tips for operating with integrity:

  1. Deal in Truth. Half-truths always end up tending towards lies and misunderstanding. Make it a habit to always speak honestly and truthfully.
  2. Operate with Transparency. If you have to hide it, it will only lead to dishonesty. Whatever you do, be transparent and accessible to others.
  3. Maintain Accountability. Put people around you that you trust who will call you on your stuff. Give them permission to speak into your life and to challenge your integrity if they have concerns. Then listen to them if they do.

You will only grow personally and professionally to the level that you can build and maintain credibility with others. Your character will win you credibility and keep you in the game long after the fly by nights have disappeared.

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What are your tips for assessing and maintaining credibility in your leadership?

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How My Taxi Driver Taught Me Gratitude

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Ancient Greek Philosopher Epicurus said “Don’t spoil what you have by desiring what you don’t have. Because the things you have are the things once have hoped for.”

Gratitude is the essential part of doing life well. When we learn to be thankful for what we have it actually gets us focused on the things that matter in life, it gets us tapped into the source of good in our life.

I was in San Diego yesterday waiting for a car to pick me up for the airport. The car service never arrived and I was running late for the airport… I was frustrated so called a taxi. The  taxi driver turned up and he was happy and amiable, wanting to help and wanting to have a conversation…

So as I sat in the cab on the way to the airport, I started chatting with him… I asked him about his family and he told me that he was from Congo and his family was still stuck back in Africa and he was 10 years without his family. Although he had approval to bring them out to the States, he had not been able to do so because of the corruption and the war in his own country…

Ten years without your family!

You know I have a hard enough time being away from my family for 10 days and I can’t even imagine what that would be like… and all of a sudden the perspective of my own life kicked in. While I was frustrated and annoyed and wishing I had a better experience with my pick up for the airport, here was a man who had far more to complain about, yet he was happy, he was amiable, he is wanting to be positive about life…

It got me thinking about gratitude, how important it is to doing life well and tapping in to the source of good. When we are focused on good we make great choices and we can do more and be more in our lives…

Find something to be grateful for in your life today and thank somebody who makes your day a little easier, do that and you’ll find you enjoy the present far more and spend less time wishing the future would arrive to change everything you’re unhappy with…

I am Tarun Stevenson, reminding you that you can lead well no matter where you are in your life…

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4 Tips for Becoming a Person of Influence – #4 Becoming a Listener

Increase your positive impact on others and watch your personal and professional success go off the charts. 

Ok Listen up! This fourth tip of four easy tips from John Maxwell’s teaching on becoming a person of influence, will take a little bit of practice to do well if you’re not in the habit of doing it, but once you do your ability to positively impact others will take off.

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4. Become a Listener

Most people listen with the intent of replying. Don’t believe me? Do a little experiment the next time you talk to somebody and count how many times your mind goes to a story or an experience that you have had that relates to what they are talking about. Or worse, count how many times your mind wanders when someone is talking to you.

The art of becoming a really good listener starts with our ability to suppress the innate (and sometimes very strong…) desire to respond every time somebody talks to us.  Unless you spend time really intently listening to others and actually taking the time to delve beneath the surface of what they are saying, you will struggle to build meaningful connections that give you the permission to speak when it is required.

Most people love talking about themselves (I’m no exception). If you take the time to genuinely listen to others and take an interest in them without trying to jump in with your own reply, they will feel more engaged and connected to you. As a result they will have a greater degree of trust in you and when you need to influence them you will find them more willing to hear you out.

What about you? Are you a good listener or is it something you need to practice? I know I need to be aware of my listening all the time. I love to talk, but have seen fantastic results with others when I’ve learned to listen better.

Did you do the experiment? How did you go? Tell us about your experience it in the comments.

To make it easier for you to learn these tips, I have prepared a FREE tip sheet and 4 short videos that you can watch and start applying in your life immediately. Click here to access your FREE tip sheet and video teaching today and start becoming a person of influence.

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4 Tips for Becoming a Person of Influence – #3 Show Faith in Others

Increase your positive impact on others and watch your personal and professional success go off the charts. 

Alright here it is; tip 3 for becoming a person of influence. If you’ve ever wondered how you can increase your positive impact on other people, then you need to learn how to become a person of influence.

In this post,tip 3 of four easy tips from John Maxwell’s teaching on becoming a person of influence, I want to give you the tip that will enable you to speak into the lives of others and see them rise to the expectations you have for them. A tip so simple you can start applying it straight away, to increase your positive impact on others. If you missed tip 1 go here >>> and tip 2 go here>>>

3. Show Faith in Others

Showing faith in others is all about believing in the potential others, seeing them for what they could be even if they can’t see it for themselves and giving them opportunities to rise to the next level of their growth.

You know, most people don’t believe in themselves and many don’t have someone in their life who believes in them or encourages them to reach the full potential let alone give them opportunities to shine.

When you start seeing others not for who they are but who they could be and give them opportunities to rise to that potential, two things will happen. 1. They will begin to see themselves the way you see them and begin to live up to the potential you encourage them towards. 2. They will begin to open up to you. They will begin to trust and allow you to speak into their life because you show faith in them.

Your ability to influence and impact others positively will grow as you encourage them to grow into their full potential.

A great place to start is to see everybody as a 10/10. No matter where they are in their life journey, get into the habit of seeing the very best in everyone you interact with and focus on who they can be not who they may be.

What about you? Have you had someone who showed faith in you and helped you become the person your are today? Tell us about it in the comments.

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4 Tips for Becoming a Person of Influence – #1 How to Have Integrity

Increase your positive impact on others and watch your personal and professional success go off the charts. 

Have you ever wondered how you can increase your positive impact on other people?

Maybe you’re trying to get a promotion but can’t seem to get anyone to notice. Perhaps you’re a manager and you’re struggling to connect with your team or you’re a leader trying to inspire others but it just feels like pushing bricks up a hill.

The great John Maxwell says; Leadership is Influence, nothing more, nothing less. If you want to increase your impact on others, you need to learn how to become a person of influence. Everything else in your journey of leadership and personal development pivots off this core principal…

Become a person of influence and you will see your personal and organisational success go off the charts… I guarantee it!

Managers will see their employees respond with new enthusiasm
Coaches will see players/clients blossom
Salespeople will break records
Leaders will reach more people
Parents will connect with their children on a deeper level
To help you increase your positive impact on others I have put together a FREE tip sheet and 4 short videos to get you started on your development of influence.
So how do you do it? Become a person of Influence?

Many a book has been written on the topic, so I’m not going to try and re-create them but for those of you just getting started in this realm, I want to give you four easy tips from John Maxwell’s teaching on the topic that you can start applying straight away, to increase your positive impact on others. You don’t have to be an expert, just pick one thing and start making the change..

1. Integrity.
The first key to becoming a person of influence is to become a person of good character and integrity. Integrity is choosing to do right even when nobody’s looking. Conducting yourself in a way that even if those around you are willing to; let it slide, over look the details, blur the line a little (“cos nobody cares or nobody will notice…”) choose to be the person that doesn’t.

Initially people around you may think you’re being a stiff or square, but very quickly you will start standing out, people will notice you for your high moral character and unwillingness to compromise on standards of integrity.

You will also begin to build trust with those around you. They will know they can count on you to do what you say you will do, when you say you will do it. No exceptions.

Start on the little things, the things that most people wouldn’t notice or even care about. As you develop the habit in the small stuff, you will find that it comes very naturally with the big stuff that everyone notices.

Become a person of integrity and watch your influence and respect with others increase.

What do you think? Comment below and tell me about one small area of your life that you think you can grow your integrity.

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How to Set Goals and Stick to Them

Recently Dr. Jin from Healthy Positive Lifestyle Podcast interviewed me about setting New Year’s resolutions and goal settings. We had a fascinating conversation covering a whole range of reasons about why 92% of people don’t stick to their New Year’s resolutions and only 8% ever realise their goal setting for the new year.

If you, like many have been setting goals for the coming year and wondering how you can ensure you actually stick to them this year. Have a listen to our conversation and then download the FREE resources to help you get the most out of your goal setting and New Year’s resolutions in 2016.

Now it’s your turn: Action steps

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  2. Comment below; share with me one of your goals for this year and the steps you are going to take to make sure you achieve it.

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