Inspirational Blog 2

This exceptionally inspirational video is by Ric Elias, the CEO of Red Ventures, a marketing services company in the US. In January 2009, Elias was sitting in seat 1D of flight 1549. This was the plane that crash landed into the Hudson River in New York.
After his ordeal, Elias learnt 3 things about himself that were moments of self realisation. These were :
i) All things in life can change in an instant - nothing matters, so never postpone anything.
ii) Never waste time on things that do not matter, adopt an attitude of no more negative energy.
iii) His only goal in life is to be a good Dad.

Having undergone a life threatening incident myself (see blog 14.11), I can relate to all of the three points made by Elias. I would argue that no individual can predetermine what is going to happen at any given time, and therefore it is perhaps better to adopt the missive previously stated. Furthermore, negative energy could be seen as a potential learning barrier. The only way to conquer this is to have self confidence and to use this to its maximum potential. This can be achieved by encouragement from family, friends and peers.
Finally, and from a more personal perspective, I firmly believe that if you have achieved a lifelong goal, then everything else will follow in due course. I am a full time Dad (2 Daughters) and so my lifelong goal is accomplished. My new lifelong goal is to become a good Teacher. I know this can be achieved by adopting the 'rules' spoken of with such heartfelt meaning by Ric Elias.