Spud's comments

THIS Is a contribution from "SPUD" a follower of Ortando's Thoughts:

hello this is Spud. first time on this blog. I have been friends with Ortando and sokerbrain for some time now. I was reading about the tony robins thing and it reminded me about a time when I was in junior high and how I was a rather shy kid and how it really bummed me out that I had few friends (if any) and was VERY rarely included in any activities in school. I was "diagnosed" with ADD when i was in grade school because a teacher that didn't get along with me wanted me to be on drugs to get me to calm down and focus like the "other" kids. I was put on drugs a while later when my mom was heavily pressured to do so by the school (lets face it I was a huge pain in the ass in school back then). BUT! what I have learned since then is that I never needed to be medicated into a mind numbing coma all i needed was a challenge and something to strive for! I find that when i know what the reason i am doing something i find that i excel and often work very hard to accomplish the task at hand. My mom took me off shortly after when she say that i had lost all of my personality and was no longer showing my imagination!

Any way getting back to the Tony thing and me being a shy guy. Those that know me now would NEVER say that about me. I am very out going and rarely afraid of any social event or activity. Along with Ortando's techniques and strategies that help teach you how to actually create change in your life. I simply decided in my life that i was sick and tired of being the shy guy and created some internal self talk and forced my self to be more outgoing and social. i forced my self to raise my hand and volunteer for those tear-ably scary "Come up to the front of the class and help me with this demonstration" situations. Bottom line i changed my way of thinking. Believing in myself for my self and not for anybody else. This was completely true because i truly had nobody to believe in me but myself. Now I actually thrive on my own fear! it is a strange thing to think about but if you do it makes sense. What scares you when you are trying to change something in your life is often what you would like to change. i was afraid to talk to the kids in my school so i just started talking to random people that i believed i would never see again and then that helped me to talk to people that i would see again. Then i could start talking to people that i liked. then I could start talking to people i respected. and then i could start talking to people i was afraid of. It has been totally rewarding and now It puts me head and shoulders above many others in making important business deals and getting jobs and networking.

All of this because most of the time I am afraid and thrive from it Funny huh? Believe me i am scared most of the time it is how you use it to your advantage rather than let you be consumed by it.

Well i am sick of typing and you are probably sick of reading. have fun out there! believe in yourself!