Change your Stories and Learn to Thrive
The key to staying motivated towards achieving our goals is the inspiration that comes from the stories we encounter on a daily basis. Learning to listen to the good, powerful and life-changing stories that life offers us enables us to soar above mediocrity and live life at a higher level. Our purpose is clarified and our power is harnessed when we share in positive, life-changing stories.We are used to listening to the stories of people involved in crime and negative things in the news media. I think it is essential to turn off the negative news and start finding the positive things that are being done in society and highlighting them. I am usually greatly inspired to continue working in my community when I read positive stories of people making a difference in their communities.
We get inspired so that we can aspire to higher ideals. Our aspirations provide us with the motivation that we need to stay focused. Being inspired therefore, is foundational to our personal growth and development. I look at and define myself as an inspirational teacher. My stories inspire people so that they can find the motivation to do what they need to do. Motivation may provide people with information that generates good feelings within them but inspiration sparks a fire within them that they can act upon.
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About
Herman J. Najoli
Inspirational speaker
Author and volunteer
Student of leadership
Passion for People
BEd. (Nairobi University)
M.A. (Regent University)
A friend once asked me, “Are you a spiritual teacher?” I replied, ”no”. He continued, “A philosopher?” I said, “no”. He asked, “A thought leader?” I replied, “no”. Then he asked, “An empowerment guru?” I said, ”no”. Exasperated, he demanded, “Then what are you?” Smiling, I answered, “I, am awake.”
Friends, we’ve been all sorts of things but not awake. The world is plunging into crisis yet we continue to snore in our cozy cubicles. It’s time to wake up and make a difference. It’s time to wake up and respond to the challenges of today’s society. I’ve been awakened by the need for empowered youth who can effectively handle today’s challenges.
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Good Day Herman,
I always felt inspired when I heard great stories or watched great movies or read great works of literature, just as you do. I did not understand the power of “story” till I heard Joseph Campbell interviewed one day in “The Power of Myth”. He was an American Mythology Professor and Writer who studied the power of metaphors in stories and how they could influence psychological changes.
Studying the common themes or archetypes in stories and images throughout the world, he found parallels in our world’s mythological heritage. In stories there was a timelessness that spoke to our soul.
George Lucas, the creator of “Star Wars” wrote the “Star Wars” trilogy based on Mythologist Joseph Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces, which outlined the hero’s journey.
Thank you Herman for shining a light on the power of stories and the amazing depth that they may affect us.
I bid you adieu,
Lady Sharon
Knights of the Pain Table