{"id":1372,"date":"2012-03-06T12:36:30","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T17:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/?p=1372"},"modified":"2012-01-30T12:43:23","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T17:43:23","slug":"book-review-%e2%80%93-the-seed-by-john-gordon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/book-review-%e2%80%93-the-seed-by-john-gordon","title":{"rendered":"Book Review \u2013 The Seed by John Gordon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\" At times, we all feel a little lost, a little down, a little bored by life, business and our day-to-day, and maybe we even wonder what it\u2019s all about and that sets us on a path of looking for our passion or our purpose.<\/p>\n

\"\" \u201cThe Seed\u201d <\/em>by John Gordon, is a story about a man named Josh, who has a dog named Dharma (so, you already know I liked this book just because there was a cool dog in it) who is forced by his employer to take two weeks\u2019 vacation to make a decision as to whether he wants to continue working for them or if it\u2019s time he looks at other opportunities.\u00a0 This all happens, because Josh has lost his umph, his passion and his drive for his work.<\/p>\n

Along the way, Josh meets and talks to a farmer, a pilot, a waitress, his dad, a former college professor and many others who show him that most of life isn\u2019t what happens to us, it\u2019s our attitude and our mindset around those things that determine what we do and how we feel about it.<\/p>\n

For me, it seems like everywhere I turn right now and every book I manage to pick up is talking about not what you do, but why you do it.\u00a0 It\u2019s clear to me that when you know why, everything seems clearer. And, by the way, I\u2019m not talking about your why as some big picture or massive world statement \u2013 it might be, but it doesn\u2019t have to be that \u2013 it might start in your own back yard.<\/p>\n

I particularly love the lessons the Dharma (the dog) reminds us of and teaches us in \u201cThe Seed\u201d <\/em> \u2013 the most important one being unconditional love \u2013 something dogs know a lot about\u2026as a matter of fact, I think it might even be their purpose for us humans.<\/p>\n

Although I got a lot out of this book, my big take away from this book is this idea: if you can see negative or nasty people as people who need more love and attention, you will truly be serving the world and the people in it. Doesn\u2019t that give you a different spin on unhappy people?<\/p>\n

Listen to your heart as all knowing exists and begins there. And, when you can begin to listen with your heart, you will see big changes in your life and the world around you.\u00a0 It does, after all, all begin with you.<\/p>\n

Your purpose is like an onion, it has many layers, and has to be peeled back one layer at a time.\u00a0 So, stop being in such a rush to figure everything out all the time. Be a little more patient, enjoy the journey and have a lot more fun along the way.\u00a0 It takes time for your passion to unfold. It unfolds in its own time\u2026not in your time frame.<\/p>\n

When you figure out where to plant your seed and make it grow, you\u2019ll be on your way to fulfilling your purpose, your passion, and your life\u2019s work \u2013 and you will change the world\u2026in your own special way, with your own special and unique contributions!<\/p>\n

To purchase this book click here: <\/strong> The Seed: Finding Purpose and Happiness in Life and Work <\/a> \"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At times, we all feel a little lost, a little down, a little bored by life, business and our day-to-day, and maybe we even wonder what it\u2019s all about and that sets us on a path of looking for our passion or our purpose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[29,13,10,141,430,424,409,275,385,44,428,425,427,423,429,426],"class_list":["post-1372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles-book-reviews","tag-business","tag-complete-marketing-systems","tag-diane-conklin","tag-happiness","tag-heart","tag-jon-gordon","tag-passion","tag-purpose","tag-service","tag-small-business","tag-soup","tag-the-energy-bus","tag-the-no-complaining-rule","tag-the-seed","tag-the-shark-the-goldfish","tag-training-camp"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1372"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1374,"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372\/revisions\/1374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}