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Education is a beautiful tool to have, but imagination represents the term “the sky is the limit.” Every invention in this world was created from an idea, cultivated from someone’s imagination.
Innovative imagination from the Wright brothers has allowed us to advance to a more efficient means of travel with airplanes.
Henry Ford, with his invention of cars, had the equivalency of a second grade education, but he has created one of the biggest industries in the world, and it all started from an idea and a vision. When the shareholders wanted to remove Henry Ford’s title as Chairman of the Board because he didn’t have the “proper” education, his response was to prove that he surrounded himself with educated people to supplement his lack of it. In Ford’s case, he had the means to surround himself with educated people to be able to keep his mind focused on his imagination and innovation.
Of course, education has to supplement the imagination in order to achieve the final goal. There has to be a defined mixture of both education and imagination. Education without imagination and vice versa is useless.
If you lack in education, be sure to surround yourself with a great creative team. Or, seek educated people to supplement your creative ability, and either way, you begin to prosper. But the beauty about the imagination is that it has the ability to generate happiness.
For example, I’m driving in the car and I hear some good songs playing. I imagine myself on the stage, singing in front of 100,000 people and experiencing something beautiful. I smile.
This is a very interesting message, especially right now. The month of May is full of new graduates emerging into the working world, and they are faced with some issues and thinking, “Where do I go from here?”
You have to imagine and dream about where you want to be. Envision it, plan it, and cultivate it. If you are unhappy with your current position, come home, sit in your backyard, close your eyes, and use your imagination to shape where you want to be.
Everyone has issues, but once you begin using your imagination, you’ll find yourself above all of the stresses of daily life and moving toward a happier existence.
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Looking back to my childhood hockey years, I never realized that I was subconsciously setting goals to reach my purpose. I listened to my opponents as they wished for someone else to fall down so they could capitalize on the opportunity to take a shot, to take advantage of someone else’s misfortune.
The approach has never entered my mind, and still doesn’t. I always believed in what I could do. I created my own opportunities. I didn’t have the time (or the patience) to wait around for someone else’s mistake, with the uncertainty that it may never come. So I made my own success. If it didn’t work out, then I would identify my mistake, learn from it, correct it and move on.
Sure, learning from other peoples’ mistakes may work for the short-term. But analyzing your personal success using someone else’s model is a waste of too much time and too much energy.
The most successful people do not invest their time in worrying about what other people think of them. Get busy, drive your passion, and move in the direction of your goals. If you allow yourself to actively participate in these three steps, you shouldn’t have time to focus on the successes of others and how they’ve accomplished them. Concentrate on enhancing yourself and moving toward your purpose.
It’s tough to move forward when you’re busy looking behind you. It slows you down immensely. You’ll easily forget how far you’ve come and what steps are necessary to move forward.
Holding yourself accountable for your success builds confidence, charisma, and helps you to make solid decisions, whether you’re in the business arena or working toward personal life goals. You always get what you attract. If you fill up your mind with fear of other people, it will allow your competition to surpass you while you’re left choking on the dust they’ve kicked up.
Recognize and revel in your own journey, and enjoy it while it lasts. After all, you are the only person in possession of it, and you are solely responsible for the outcome.
Use this method as a key ingredient in building your success. You hear a lot of people closely examining their competition, as if doing so will ensure your success. During my hockey career and beyond, it NEVER EVER entered my mind that I would lose my job to someone else. Because if it had, I would have been left in the dust before my career even began. I make the conscious effort to focus on how I can improve myself.
That, my friends, is when the magic happens.
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I’m going to make this one simple, because I have important things to do right now. The present moment is so significant, because the present is all you have. You don’t own yesterday, and you don’t own tomorrow. Make no mistake, it is wise to plan for certain things that lie on the road ahead, but you want to make sure you don’t lose sight of living for today. You’ll be missing out on some beautiful experiences.
By choosing to live a conservative and risk-free lifestyle in regards to always looking ahead, you may develop a fear in what the future holds. You lose the present moment, and you’ll never be able to get it back.
I’d like to call myself a spontaneous person. When it feels right, I do it, at that very moment. Do you know what I don’t do? I don’t plan vacations a year ahead of time. The present moment enables you to enjoy what life is all about. Capture it, and let it captivate you. Slow down and enjoy your surroundings, nature, your family and friends, your health, and most importantly, yourself.
If you start to worry about things that may happen 15, 20 years down the road, then your thinking shifts. You’ll constantly be worrying about your investments, health, etc. You’ll be living in fear. And the only way to walk away from this is to remove yourself from your own imagination and the uncertainties that you’ve created, and focus on this very moment.
We all know “The Golden Years” are not promised. “The Golden Years” is the title provided to us by society, and its definition is retirement and settling down. First of all, I don’t believe it’s healthy to retire. I don’t even like the word “retirement.” If you’re not productive in some way, you’re only going to move backward. Instead, look at “your new found freedom” as just another phase in life. The secret is to learn how to adapt and live within the phase you’re currently faced with.
You’re 25 years old, you graduate, and you get a good job, which is what society tells you to do. Don’t spend any money. Save for the future. Buy a house. Pay it off. Guess what? You don’t own anything in this world. You’re just using it. When you die, you can’t take any of these things with you. They’ll just be passed on to someone else who will use them for a while.
So after years of preparing for the future, you look back and say “Shit, I should’ve done this. I should’ve done that.” You spent your time missing out on great opportunities because you were hoping to be better off in the long run. Time does not belong to you, so you better make the best out of your rental. Once it’s gone, it’s never coming back. You can’t buy it, can’t trade it, and can’t ask for an extension. Start thinking about your “Golden Years” as right now. Right now, the market is booming for time, and right now, your time is the most valuable that it’s ever going to be. Your time’s worth is peaking, right now. Right now is the golden time. Spend it wisely.
“Right now, you are the oldest you’ve ever been and the youngest you’ll ever be” – Unknown
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A lack in passion and purpose will lead to a loss of control over your life and success. Do you feel as though you are prohibited by your current situation and you cannot find the method to regain control of your own fate and circumstances? There is a three step process to salvage your sanity and success, and it all starts with passion.
Confucius once said, “If you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life.” Every person has at least one passion in life, but finds it hard to make it work for them. For some it may be sports, or painting, or helping others. Whatever it is that fires you up inside, take the second step and envision it.
People may mistake vision with purpose. You have a vision, a dream, and the purpose is your substance, your outcome. Once you reach your purpose, you can’t just stop. It is a cycle.
My personal, favorite example of how passion, vision, and purpose are facilitated is good, ole’ Mr. Ed Snider. Mr. Snider is passionate about the game of hockey, he visualized one day owning a team in the National Hockey League, and achieved his purpose by building his team. He grabbed hold of his passion and used his vision to build it. He visualized what he wanted his team to be and acted upon it accordingly. The outcome, the Philadelphia Flyers, was his substance and he made it tangible.
But he never stopped.
Mr. Snider’s purpose changed to winning the Stanley Cup. Eventually, it changed to building a new arena. See the cycle?
He visualized how to accomplish these tasks, and once he did, he moved on to the next one.
Mr. Snider’s purposes and visions have impacted Philadelphia greatly. Thousands and thousands of people have benefited from his work; from management to players to fans to employees to builders, etc. Not only did he bring an NHL franchise to a city that is passionate about hockey and the joy of the game, the philanthropic and economic impact he has had on this city is undeniable with all of the jobs and projects he has created such as the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation, Flyers Charities, etc.
Before 1974, Philadelphia was in the dumps; things weren’t going well for the city. People needed something to be happy about. Mr. Snider ultimately gave the people of Philadelphia back their excitement and passion with the winning of championships. His purpose and visions revived a city plagued by depression. And 40 years later, people are still talking about it.
Let’s think of it this way. I’ve been discussing a fishing tournament for this upcoming summer. I visualize the boat and preparing for the tournament, but at the end of the day, if I don’t have a purpose — in this case being the winner of the tournament — I just have a boat floating in the water. Your purpose is connected to your passion, what you love to do. Make your passions your purpose, visualize the steps you need to take, and act on them.
My passion as a child growing up in Canada was obviously the game of hockey, and there was a goaltender by the name of Jacques Plante. I would watch Plante every Saturday night, Hockey Night in Canada. I was only 10 or 12 years old, and when we took it to the streets, I would become him. During the playoffs, I envisioned myself there. I took his place.
I wholeheartedly wanted to be a goaltender in the National Hockey League. And it’s funny, when you reach your purpose, it is very seldom the way you may have visualized it. I’ve dreamed many times about winning a championship with a shutout. My purpose was winning the Cup, but I visualized it being a shutout. When I look back today, we did win the Cup – twice — but it was nothing like what my vision had been.
When you visualize, you’re gliding, everything is smooth, almost like you are on a cloud. But when you’re physically experiencing your vision and you are in the moment, don’t let the bumps and barriers in the road stop you from reaching your purpose. Because nothing is exactly the way it may seem or turn out the way you had planned it. At the end of the day, you have to have something you’re shooting for (and not my head, please).
I recall a time in my life that I didn’t have a purpose. I hung around with people that did nothing, had nothing, and life just sucked. I became that person, too. One day, I had a moment of clarity, slammed my fist down on the table, and I told myself that I would never live this way again. If you find yourself in this situation, search yourself to find what it is you love to do. Some people may say that what they love to do won’t bring them any financial gain, but I’m here to tell people that once you take the first step, people that you don’t even know will come into your life and help you succeed. The process will take care of itself. Once you believe in this, that my friends, is when the magic happens.
Your purpose in life doesn’t have to be financial. It can be physical, mental, part of a recovery, etc. Don’t just say “I want to be successful.” Be specific. You want to be sober. You want to lose 100 lbs. And the key to my success right now is recognizing that my passion, vision and purpose could apply to every aspect of my life emotionally, physically, financially, etc. You have to remember that if you don’t like your current situation, you are the only one that can change it.
Structure your passion, vision, and purpose one step at a time. Set small goals to lead you closer to your purpose. And once you have reached it, create another one. Have as many purposes as you like, either simultaneously or one at a time. Someone is sitting out there right now, whether they’re 15 or 85, and they’re reading my articles. They may find that they are passionate about something and they’re visualizing how it may play out.
The next step is to take action, baby.
Get off your ass and find out what it’s all about. Explore your passion. Do some research. Become a participant, not a spectator. You have the ability to succeed, my friends.
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I am making myself available for readers to submit their questions pertaining to sports/life/current events/relationships/etc., to Bernie@legendssportsmarketing.com. Submit your questions and I may randomly choose yours to be the subject of my next article!
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As of February 1st, 2013, I will be writing a bi-weekly column for “The New Voices” section of Philly.com. The columnists will be covering a wide range of relative topics, as these articles are meant to “reach across the full breadth of our region’s ideas, its people and their lives,” says Steve Alessi, Vice President, Digital Advertising and General Manager of Philly.com.
“Bernie is one of the most legendary players in Flyers history who personally inspires me by the strong bond that he shares with so many in the community through his mentoring and leadership.” said Lexie Norcross, Director of Interstate General Media, parent company of Philly.com. “We are thrilled Bernie will be part of Philly.com and know that he will instantly entertain and motivate readers.”
“Readers are going to feel empowered and motivated in their daily lives when they experience Bernie’s insights through the written word. From his book, to his motivational speeches, Bernie is raising the bar in this new platform and we’re absolutely thrilled that he has agreed to become a columnist at Philly.com. Bernie brings an inspirational vision of how hard work and dedication can bring success even in the most difficult circumstances — our readers are about to experience and learn about one of America’s most influential sports-turned-business personalities,” said Matt Romanoski, Executive Producer for Sports, Philly.com.
I am excited to reach the Philadelphia community and region from a whole new outlet, the most popular news site in this region, and I plan to bring my philosophy and inspirational messages as I interact with readers. Stay tuned!
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