What's the Greatest Thing You've Ever Done?

[SoonToBe]

Cool thread. It'd be nice to see how old some of you guys are too. If the greatest thing you've done at 15 is hold a summer job, that's great, but if you're 34... not so much. Give us some perspective.


The greatest thing I've done, at 19, is pass the physical screening test for SEAL training with elevated scores.

I hope to improve upon this manyfold in the next couple months.

[AidanMatthews216]

Originally Posted by Jake Danger

If a historian in the year 2206 AD were to stumble upon your diary and write your autobiography, what would be the greatest thing you've ever done, from that perspective? What's the greatest thing you ever hope to do?

From that perspective (at 16) I think it'd be either how well I can play piano or being one of a dozen or so in the nation to get a perfect score on a standardized German exam.

But I don't much care. I've done greater things in my own head than are visible to others. But they'll manifest someday.

[Tuumble]

Originally Posted by Jake Danger

If a historian in the year 2206 AD were to stumble upon your diary and write your autobiography, what would be the greatest thing you've ever done, from that perspective? What's the greatest thing you ever hope to do?

A historian write my AUTObiography? Surely that's my job!

Mind you at 238 I'd have a job reading my diary let alone remembering what I'd done!

Seriously, I'd say that the moments that I am most proud of is having run four London Marathons and defeating all the academic odds to get a job as a graphic designer which shaped the next 20 years of my career.

Up until that point I was doing insurance admin and counting travellers cheques. The opportunity to show my creativity is something I cherish.

As from this point on I would like people to remember me as someone who could help them achieve their goals, achieve clarity and live a happy and successful life.

I want to make a difference.

[Freelancer]

Making the descision to change my life forever for the better is my greatest accomplishment...

[Dusty]

Making the commitment to accept, love, and honor myself on all levels. E_V_E_R_Y_T_H_I_N_G in life stems from how much one loves their self.

[Sam988]

Originally Posted by Jake Danger

If a historian in the year 2206 AD were to stumble upon your diary and write your autobiography, what would be the greatest thing you've ever done, from that perspective? What's the greatest thing you ever hope to do?

To still be alive by 2206

[Shamou]

Originally Posted by Freelancer

Making the descision to change my life forever for the better is my greatest accomplishment...

Would you mind sharing with us what led you to taking that decision...??? and... how you are now acting on it... like the positive steps that you have taken... etc...

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[Freelancer]

Originally Posted by Shamou

Would you mind sharing with us what led you to taking that decision...??? and... how you are now acting on it... like the positive steps that you have taken... etc...

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Thats a tough one to answer, you see before I actually made the descision there's a load of history behind it that shaped it. I'll give it a shot though.

Summary:
- Various 'hobbies' (more like obsessions lol) where I focus exclusively on, ranging from Magic the gathering to WoW to poker.
- The last one was poker, I told this story before somewhere on these boards. Poker has a tendency to require changing yourself dramatically, if you want to be good you need to be able to seperate yourself from immediate results. You need to be able to think in terms of weeks and months, if you think in days you WILL get destroyed by the emotional swings.
- Poker went in decline, after playing it for like 4 months about 2-4 hours a day (yes) and reading about poker for another 2-4 hours a day I got 'burned out'. The fact is I stopped enjoying myself so I quit.
- My greatest challenge was always feeling like I was able to beat the game, the moment I felt like I had a solid understanding and was capable of beating it I would move on.
- So I needed my next shot as a 'hobby' and my attention turned towards Personal Development
- I started reading about PD 5-6 hours a day for the past 3-4 months, before I got started I realized that I needed some form of income.
- Reading started changing my mind, I learned more in the past months than I did in the past years.
- During this time I decided that life was the game I'd try to 'beat' from now on (mostly just understand) and since this is a lifetime journey.

Thats a really rough explanation of what happened in the past months, mentally I made heaps of progress thats almost inexplainable. I'm a completely different person than just a few months ago, I can't even begin to identify myself with him. It was the greatest achievement of my life simply because up to now I've lived my life like in a dream, going wherever the community and the winds would take me. My only escape was a temporary obsession and my own mind. I always had a little 'box' in my mind where I basically stored myself in, its tough to explain.

Changes I made so far:
Getting up every morning at 5 AM (busy changing towards biphasic sleeping)
Eating much healthier and paying more attention towards drinking (more water, less alcohol)
Forming several small usefull habits
Cleaning up my desk and KEEPING it that way
Improving my social skills and my self esteem/confidence
Improved my relationship with friends and family
Fixed some issue's from my past (big ones for me)
My emotional state is no longer affected by outside events (90% of the time that is)
Deciding on my goals and beginning to work towards them (important one )
My business is starting to roll, ~130$ a month now. Its time to reap the benefits of my work
Reading every day for atleast one hour (right now busy reading Think and grow rich, can't believe I didn't do that faster lol)
Excersizing every morning
Massive action is starting to roll out of the gate, its time.


Does that answer your question?

[Shamou]

Originally Posted by Freelancer

Does that answer your question?

Thank you for taking time out to give us that account of your transformation... it is a bit like the one that Tony Robbins gave us...

It is evident that all major breakthrough start with the decision that "things must change and they must change right now..."

Looking forward to reading about your progress...

Your post has left me with the following thought... "It is true that things don't change... we change..."

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[Freelancer]

Originally Posted by Shamou

Thank you for taking time out to give us that account of your transformation... it is a bit like the one that Tony Robbins gave us...

It is evident that all major breakthrough start with the decision that "things must change and they must change right now..."

Looking forward to reading about your progress...

Your post has left me with the following thought... "It is true that things don't change... we change..."

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No problem, I could go on about the mental changes but that would probably turn this into a entire book lol.

Also check out my thread about quitting the forum for 30 days in the Personal Effectiveness forum. Be back in 30 days with a ton of improvement and news !

And yeah the first 2 months I was only busy changing my mind other than that not much changed at all...
My life really started taking a sharp turn when I started implementing new habits, jeez that stuff has a tendency to supercharge you in the long run !

[Shamou]

Originally Posted by Freelancer

No problem, I could go on about the mental changes but that would probably turn this into a entire book lol.

Also check out my thread about quitting the forum for 30 days in the Personal Effectiveness forum. Be back in 30 days with a ton of improvement and news !

And yeah the first 2 months I was only busy changing my mind other than that not much changed at all...
My life really started taking a sharp turn when I started implementing new habits, jeez that stuff has a tendency to supercharge you in the long run !

I saw your other thread and responded... and again... thank you for sharing on what you have done so far... nothing like a good example to inspire...

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[Freelancer]

Originally Posted by Shamou

I saw your other thread and responded... and again... thank you for sharing on what you have done so far... nothing like a good example to inspire...

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Just getting started.

[Andrew Brunelle]

I would have to say the greatest thing I ever did was I beat brain cancer. After that I took a lifelong approach to personal health and the health of the planet.

[Liara Covert]

I think the most meaningful thing I have learned in life is to take greater and greater risks because the rewards have grown exponentially.

[kpugh]

I think my greatest achievements are largely unknown to me. I don't often get to hear when I've impacted someone else's life in a lasting, meaningful way, but know that I have.

[evrgrn3]

Not to be too repetative, but the birth and raising of my two children is by far the greatest thing I've ever been involved with.

Cool fact -- One was born 04/03/98, the other born 04/03/00.

Shared birthdays -- fun stuff :-)

[kpugh]

Leo - Guess we know what you like to do around June 28th, eh?

[ladybug]

I learned to truly Love, Forgive, and to Love again.

[Doku]

Originally Posted by Vincentboucher

well....I did a baccalaureat in physic in one month, took one year before I recieved my diploma, I did my master in political in 6 month....And I'm near form being a billionaire. My girlfriend is Miss hawain tropic, and i'm working on teleportation

You might want to add "learning how to type" to your list of things to accomplish in life. It really is an important skill in today's world.

[kpugh]

Seeking counseling 6 years after being sexually assaulted, and finally recognizing that it wasn't my fault. I think that was a really big accomplishment for me, and one that I don't often share with people. I still have lots of work to do on that one...but the biggest hurdle was really just recognizing that I needed help...and asking for it.

I was (and still am, in some ways) stuck in all the crap about how men are supposed to be strong, and able to take care of problems on their own, and not have to talk about their feelings...yada, yada, yada. All that "man stuff" only served to bottle me up, and so I literally had this toxic experience in me for years before I could allow myself to start getting rid of it.

[Buddy]

Originally Posted by Jill

Had 3 amazing kids!

Yup. I helped conceive my wonderful daughter!

Oh, and also beat cancer.

[makessense]

open up many of my friends, family, and others to personal development.