If you don’t know you’re captured, you can’t escape.
That’s the title of a nice LinkedIn post of Geert Degrande
(Link in the comments below).

Do you recognize this situation?
A person feels NOT good in the actual job or even in life, and that person is not aware that she/he is captured, that she/he feels stuck in some sort of a cage or even in an golden cage.
How is it possible that a person does not notice she/he is captured?
“The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change. Until we notice how failing to notice shapes what we think and what we do.” (R.D. Laing)

Feeling captured means, you feel stuck, you feel you cannot change the situation.
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” (Viktor. E. Frankl)
Changing yourself means; you want something else, something new, something you never had.
“If you want to get something you never had,
You need to do something you never did.” (Thomas Jefferson)

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In reaction of my explanation the title of my vlogs: Think, Talk, Walk I got me a lot of nice reactions & comments.

Several reactions came with this quote from Fran (Frances Ann) Lebowitz
born October 27, 1950) is an American author, public speaker, and actor.

Her quote is: “Think before you speak, Read before you think”.
Although the title of my vlogs: Think, Talk, Walk sounds nice and fluent, Fran is right, you need to: We need to Read before we think.
“Read before you Think, Think before you Talk and Talk while you Walk”.
To talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming.

You need to Read first, but with the mindset of:
R - REFLECTING, about what you read
E - ENGAGING your values
A - ACTIVE your potential
D - DRIVE your chain of recurrent actions

Then after reading but before you Talk:
You THINK
T, is it TRUE?
H, is it HELPFUL?
I, is it INSPIRING?
N, is it NECESSARY?
K, is it KIND?

Test it for your self
What was the last book you read, that made you reflect, engage, activate your potential and got you energy to drive your chain of actions.
When you talked about the book, is it true, helpful, inspiring, necesarry and kind. Please give us the title and your why in the comments below.

#values #talents. #passion #leadership #selfdevelopment #inspiration

www.bernardmoerman.com

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According to Mark Twain the two most important days are;
The day you are born and the day you find out why.
For me , The day you start putting your why into action, is as important as the two mentioned by Mark Twain.
Let me explain the 3 days:
1. The day you are born, sounds obvious to all of us as this is the start of our life.
2. The day you find out why, so the day you know why. But knowing is only half the battle.
3. The day you start putting your why into action. Once you learn about yourself, you still have to act on what you know.
“All good thoughts and ideas mean nothing without action” according to Mahatma Gandhi

So, action is key. Any moment is a good moment to start
Starting your action and follow up with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. Make those effective actions daily and these improvements will lead you to become the best version of yourself.
Then you can help to make this place a better world.

Start your action, start doing. You don’t need to be great to start, but you need to start to be great (Zig Ziglar).

What action are you taking today to grow your potential today?

www.bernardmoerman.com

#value #passion #talent #leadership #selfdevelopment

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Your simple way to success? There is no easy way to find your simple way.

People observe their Hero’s success. These Hero’s makes that success look come easy, it looks as if their way to success is so simple, you want to copy their simple way.

Simple is the opposite of complex, to unravel complexity we need smart work.
Easy is the opposite of hard, to make it feel easy, we need loads of deliberate practice imbedded in our hard work.

Hero’s “simple way” only comes with a lot of hard & smart deliberate practice and sacrifice of blood, sweat and tears..
You can not just copy and paste a "simple way", there is no shortcut.
There is no easy way to find the simple way

Tell me about your simple way to your success in the comments below and share this with your network.

#leadership #value #talent #passion #shortcut #impact #successmindset #growth

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