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    The Great Gordino Newsletter - Issue 265 - Wed 8th Dec 2004
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    Hi There,

    I hope Wednesday finds you well.

    I must start today's issue with a fake apology.

    I have all-day business today, so I'm putting this whole issue
    over to an article from my book.

    That was a fake apology.
    It's fake because I think my book is great!
    I happen to think this article is good, and it relates to what I
    said on Monday, and what I will be saying on Friday.

    So, there we are!
    If I felt I was filling an issue with fodder, then I would have
    genuine cause to apologise, but I thought I'd throw in the fake
    one just to show you I'm still here!

    Here we go...

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    1 Simple Key To Happiness!
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    Who is the happiest person you know?

    Not the happiest person you know *of*, but the happiest person
    you actually *know*?

    Maybe someone you work with...?
    Maybe a friend...?
    Maybe a member of your family...?
    Maybe the hot dog seller on the corner...?

    Do they enjoy what they do?

    Now, obviously I can't know who you're thinking of, but I *can*
    tell you whether or not they enjoy what they do.

    (Ok, here's a clue, the answer begins with 'Y' and ends with 'es').

    YES!

    They enjoy what they do, they do it for a reason, it is either on a
    path towards a goal, or it was the goal they worked hard for.

    Maybe the hot dog seller used to be a high flyer in the world of
    finance, but could no longer stomach the stress and the power
    politics.

    Maybe now he's his own boss, and instead of spending every
    weekend flapping over computer reports, he spends them
    fishing in the country.

    They enjoy the present and plan for tomorrow.

    You could pay me a hundred grand to write a newsletter about
    widgets, but I wouldn't enjoy it.

    I'd get stressed, maybe even an ulcer, who knows?

    Leave it to the widget lovers.

    But my newsletter about self-improvement, goal achievement
    and wealth creation?
    I LOVE writing it!

    I love the fact that I can work for myself, helping others to make
    their lives more free and powerful.

    It doesn't earn me a hundred grand, but that isn't the point
    here - or more accurately, it's precisely the point!

    It makes me happy!

    In fact, probably the happiest time of my life was when I was
    earning the least, as a newcomer in the entertainment industry,
    where the money would certainly be described as 'poor'!

    Something had clicked inside me though, and I knew I was
    following my passion.

    I felt like I was enjoying the deep end, rather than just paddling
    at the shallow end of life's pool.

    So there we are!

    Don't do what you do just for money. Whatever the
    elusive 'meaning of life' may be, it surely isn't that!

    1 simple key to happiness?
    Do what you enjoy, and enjoy what you do!
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    Ok, that's it for today!

    'Til Friday,
    Health and Happiness,
    Gordon
    email me at gordon@gordonbryan.com - you'll have to copy and paste
    thanks to the idiot online spammers!



    
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