“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can’t see from the center.” - Kurt Vonnegut
(The photo on the left is from my 1967 trip to Amsterdam, Netherlands; the photo on the right is from the St. Petersburg, Russia train station in 2014, I’m about to board the bullet train to Moscow.)
I have often been to the edge to see and experience many things, in fact, ever since leaving teaching in 1976, every five to seven years I look for new edges to see over. For example, in 1976, my wife Caralyn, and I left New York City and moved to Los Angeles with our three month old daughter Dhyana. We left teaching to create a new life, with no home or job waiting for us, but with dreams and a belief in our ability to make things go right. What we did have was an understanding of the edge we wanted to look over, to see new dreams, new possibilities and new potentialities.
One of my lifelong edges is to travel around the world, and help make a positive impact on the lives of those I meet. And I have been doing that. My first trip out of the country was to Europe in 1967; see photo above – not a bad looking guy if I say so myself :). On that trip I went to Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Scotland and England. My latest trip in 2014 took me to Mexico, Ireland and Russia (and trips are planned for the remainder of the year, though not all finalized, to Australia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Spain, South Africa, back to Russia, and …)
Below is a list of the countries I have visited and/or delivered seminars, workshops, consultations, etc. to thousands of people on education, career choices, parenting, creating ideal relationships, how to build the ideal, business culture, etc. (the numbers indicate how many times I have visited those countries [no numbers means a one time visit]):
Aruba – 3
Australia – 8
Austria
Barbados
Belgium
Bermuda
Bonaire – 3
Canada – 7
China – 5
Curacao – 3
Czech Republic – 7
Denmark – 5
Germany – 2
Great Britain – 3
Guatemala
Hungary – 8
Ireland – 2
Israel – 2
Italy – 4
Japan
Kazakhstan – 2
Kyrgyzstan
Malaysia – 2
Mexico
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Netherlands – 2
Norway
Puerto Rico
Russian -10+
Saint Kitts
Saint Lucia
Scotland
Slovakia
Spain
Sweden – 3
Taiwan – 3
Thailand
Ukraine – 3
My life continues to be one where I am attempting to look over the edge. Though I have occasionally fallen over the edge, I always find my way to get back to the top, and continue my pursuit of new horizons and finding new edges to look over.
The “secret” is knowing which edge to look over, and that is what the Foundations of Brilliance helps you doings – to find the educational/career choices, i.e., edges, that are right for you, For more information go to www.foundationsofbrilliance.com, or call me at 323-804-5113.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT AND WHERE YOUR EDGES ARE?
