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Wisdom from David Kantor

Wisdom from David Kantor

Nothing you are told that matters, really matters!

What do I mean by that? Well as we are raised, interact with other children, are taught at schools and then indoctrinated in our jobs and careers, we are constantly told what’s important… make a good first impression, look out for number one, find a stable job with good income, buy a house, buy a bigger house, buy a BMW, etc.

And so many times, we lose the idea of what’s important to US and start to believe that all these things are important to us. We fall in line.

But you are a unique individual. And what matters to everyone else, shouldn’t matter to you.

What should matter to you, is what matters to YOU!

It’s hard in the world of constant marketing bombardment to even discover what makes you happy, what makes you self-fulfilled and what you feel your purpose on Earth is.

But that’s the single most important thing. And the earlier you can discover this, the sooner you can have a better than ordinary – and even EXTRAORDINARY – existence!

So many people go through life working at some job that means nothing to them, so they can have a “nice” house and a fancy car….Continue reading at InspireMeToday.com.

David is a speaker, a blogger and the author of Gaining Perspective: Lessons I’m Learning from Taylor, based on wisdom learned from his daughter.

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Gail Lynne Goodwin is the founder of InspireMeToday.com, a website which provides free inspiration, each day from a new Inspirational Luminary, to members in more than 120 countries. Gail has interviewed hundreds of well-known names including Sir Richard Branson, Guy Laliberte, Seth Godin, Tony Hseih, Gary Vaynerchuk, Michael Gerber, Marci Shimoff and Jack Canfield.

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11:09AM PDT on Jun 15, 2012

So true.

3:53PM PDT on Jun 14, 2012

great article thanks for sharing

7:06AM PDT on Jun 14, 2012

Thanks

5:12PM PDT on Jun 13, 2012

Thanks for posting.

5:06PM PDT on Jun 13, 2012

I could not agree more! Thanks for the inspiration.

2:22PM PDT on Jun 13, 2012

lovely article thank you!

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