Over a year ago I attended a presentation that talked about the cycles of history. It was one most interesting presentations, I have heard. It discussed how there is one event every 40 or 50 years that will change history. The presentation taught about how certain key events in history influence the next few decades.
One example of such an event to influence history was the attack on the twin towers on 9-11. A nation’s reactions are influenced by such an event. How we conduct our personal lives influence how we will face various challenges.
The following are some notes of how we can prepare ourselves for the turbulent changes that will be take place. As this lecture was over a year ago, I don’t have additional notes, besides those I briefly jotted down. Some of these ideas touch upon how to live our lives to face new challenges.
1. Embrace the new and now
2. Write new goals
3. Spend evenings and Sundays with family
4. Self-culture
– do what you need to do
– decide what you want to be
5. Create individuals for your life
6. Raise you children as adults.
– They need to be responsible early in their lives.
– stop coddling your kids and grandkids
7. Find meaning for the challenges in your life
Story of prisoners of Germans during World War II who were able to read their bible without the interruption from the guards. When the prisoners were later freed, they asked the guards why they never came in inspected their cells. The guards answered that the fleas in the room made it too uncomfortable for them to enter. The fleas were seen as a trial but ended up being a greater blessing.
8. Service. We, not the government, are responsible to helping others.
9. A good marriage means attention first to your partner and then your kids.
10. Initiative education = you can learn without having to go back to school.
11. Entrepreneurships & Intrpreenturship
– create a community business by yourself
– support new ideas to a local business.
12. Produce wealth = wealth will be needed to rebuild society
13. Be creative and inventive
– check out book the Tightwad Guzett (talks about ways to save money)
14. Ambition:
– You naturally want good to win.
– Story of Abraham Clark and his wife Sarah. Abraham was an original signer of the constitution. The British captured his son and said that he didn’t renounce his allegiance to the Constitution, his son would be killed. Clark offered his wealth or his own life in place of the sun, but the British would not accept his offer He did not agree to renounce the Constitution.
