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All of you who read my blog posts and who signed up on my website to eliminate a limiting belief are “weird,” according to best-selling author and popular blogger Seth Godin.
Why would he apply that term to you? Seth uses the term “weird” to describe anyone who is not “normal,” in other words, people who express their uniqueness and who don’t try to fit in with what “most people” are doing.
What makes YOU weird? Most “normal” people are not interested in personal growth. You—who are on my mailing list and reading this blog post—are a distinct minority. Because you want more out of life … because you are willing to spend your time, energy, and money to create a better life for yourself. Most “normal” people do not have this awareness and commitment.
Interestingly enough, many of the people who come to us to help them eliminate beliefs are normal. Thousands of clients who come to us to get rid of their fear of public speaking only want to get rid of that specific practical problem. Most of them deny they have any problems at all in their lives other than their public speaking fear. They have no interest in personal growth. They are normal.
Seth’s newest book, We Are All Weird, makes the point that there are getting to be fewer and fewer “normal” people in the world, in other words, people who aspire to be just like everyone else. More and more people are beginning to express their unique selves, which are weird to the normal people.
We want to hang out in “tribes”
So if you are weird because you are interested in living the best life you can possible live, because you are willing to put in the effort to overcome the barriers to having a life that truly works, and because you are unwilling to put up with merely getting by—then, first, I want to acknowledge you for that weirdness. You are part of a relatively small group of people on this planet.
And, second, I would like to support you. I have created a page on Facebook that over 1,400 of you weirdoes who are devoted to personal transformation already have joined. I put a link there to my blog posts each week as well as other information that I think would be valuable. I intend to make even more useful material available in the future. You can post comments and questions there and have other members of your tribe respond.
In addition, I have offered to answer any question posted on that site pertaining to personal growth.
If you would like to converse with people who have a similar commitment to personal growth, be given information that will contribute to that growth, and have a chance to get your questions answered, please join your fellow tribe members at http://facebook.com/recreateyourlife.
As one of the weirdoes who has committed his life to helping others get rid of the barriers in their lives that keep them from the lives they want to live, I look forward to interacting with you there
Please leave your comments and questions about how I can support your personal journey to a life free from unnecessary limitations.
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i get called that a lot,(((((: just follow the lord where ever he goes, or not lately, but still weird on regarding his ways the our fathers prayer as it is in heaven so shall it be on earth, but with so many non believers it creeps me out, especially the pm of all australians???? ll’ , ‘ll, now she really creeps me out with its high & mighty exterior but inside bile waiting to burst;;; but lord tells us to love our enemies keep em close, pass wldnt want to catch wot she dishes how many baby boomers,never ever met us so how can she it judge our way a life????? thanx morty, renewin spirit within ((((:
I wouldn’t call it weird, I would call it unique, colorful, different. Isn’t it nicer if a garden has more than just one bland color of flowers? I’m probably just putting what you say into my own words..
I had never even thought about the fact that most people are not aware of their self-imposed limitations and how most of them are uninterested in changing them. I am aware of it all the time.
I’m not going to judge people who have yet to reach that point in life when they find themselves looking up to the heavens (or kneeling in prayer at home) and yelling, “THERE HAS TO BE MORE TO MY LIFE THAN THIS!!!” Most of the people in the tribes where I hang out have usually gone through something similar to that, or they reached a level of awareness that there is something different about themselves. They’re interested in understanding life itself and the cause/effect relationships that make the world go round. So if it’s true that ignorance is bliss, then Mr. Godin must be one happy camper!
Exactly! When I was 21, I had this experience and said, “There’s got to be something better than this!” That was is 1978 and ever since I’ve steadily climbed into the sun instead of hunkering down in the clouds!
Mine was in 1975, Dallas…right around this time…and 11 days later I had a consultation with a consultant from the Americana Leadership College and was introduced to the concept “I am a soul with a body, not a body with a soul.” I am energy, life force, whatever you want to call it. That was the first thing I had heard that made sense. I knew it was accurate. Then during the counseling I met my team of higher energy-spiritual guidance, angels, whatever you want to call it, we all have higher levels of energy working with us. And this was an experience, not a theory…I actually felt them. Because their energy is higher than ours and moves at a faster frequency, they give our nervous system goose bumps or chills when they’re around. If you want to know more, let me know!
On a previous post, I said Life begins where your comfort zone ends. Maybe it should have been Life begins where normalcy ends.
Thomas
Morty
i really do consider that since i have started being weird things are different than it was before . can u tells the probable beliefs that stop the individual to get the right career and moreover since we r so much confined to obey others the main problem for most of us is we don’t really know what we want what’s your take on that . thank you .
best regards
Mayuk
Hi Mayuk,
I can’t guess at what beliefs you have. Everyone would be different. We could help you both identify and eliminate the beleifs that are causing you a problem in a one-to-one session on the phone or on Skype.
Love,Morty
being weird? it’s great. Just like Steve Jobs said… and I feel like I am inspirer when I am in my better moods…
being isolated because you’re “too weird” ? that’s the hard part.
Me, I never fit in. still don’t and have lost the want to…..I’m off on my journey now and really excited to live the rest of my life. Great that your weird too, Morty, so you can help the rest of us weirdos. Thank you!
Morty, I was weird when weird wasn’t cool. Ha Ha!
I did not like being weird when I was a kid but as an adult I love that I am unique…weird. I say let your freak flag fly…
I’m raising my hand, too. And that’s weird, too, because all my life I wanted to be like other people, to do things that other people wanted to do and be interested in what they were interested in, to “fit in.” Now, I’m gaining such a huge sense of individuality(is this what ‘normal’ people call weird??) and confidence in it, that if someone objects to it, I just don’t care anymore. And, Morty, you’re right: ever since I eliminated the beliefs on the Nat. Conf. DVD, my life has grown richer and I’m discovering multiple layers of my self I thought were going to sit in the “basement” forever. “Fitting in” is not what it’s cracked up to be.
Love and Light to all Weirdoes,
Lauren
Hi Morty,
I have been called weird, strange and bizarre many times in my life. I had tried to be normal once but it does not really resonate with who I am.
I have always been attracted to the weird and bizarre in life, especially people.
What if I am so weird that I can’t even fit in the smallest group you’re talking about? And won’t get in a tribe and have any interests to be added to a facebook group or any group what-so-ever? Is that weirdeeerrr?
Yup, I am so glad to be weird! The norm is to lead a zombie-like existence. Those people wake up, go to the office, be flogged by the boss, sit in a chair all day, go to lunch, clock out, watch tv until it is time to do it all over again. That is just sick to me!!!! Hooray for weird!!
Yep
If being weird means I am following my own path and ignoring all the “normal” paths (like wasting your life in a job you hate because you “have to”) then that makes me very happy….
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAA!!!!
:-)
Weird and loving it more and more. Amazing the amount of ppl who say they are weird and you know they are pretending.
Yes, I am weird and different, and I know it from young : ) I like it… haha.
If wierd is wrong. I don’t wanna be right. I’m trying to get as weird as possible. Lol