Do you feel like you’re ‘saved’ by coffee every morning? Read this story, then!
Do you feel like you’re ‘saved’ by coffee every morning? Read this story, then!
If you’re like many people, you feel like that first cup – or pot! – of coffee is a life-saver in the morning, especially if you’re getting up earlier than you’d like.
Well the guy who was the station manager back when I was the public affairs director at WSUW (that was before I began my newspaper career), he has are more harrowing story to tell, where coffee may have quite literally saved his life!
I’ll use his old air name, because he’s out of the limelight now and may not want his name in print.
Steve Owens had an appointment to meet with his mother-in-law for lunch while his wife was away for business in Singapore.
Instead of going directly to meet her, he stopped for a beverage at a Starbuck’s along the way, delaying him he estimates 15 minutes.
Steve’s quite thankful he stopped because ahead on the highway, about where he would have been if he hadn’t stopped for a jolt of energy – he may have been quite literally melted by a far more powerful burst of energy!
Because ahead on the highway, a truck driver flipped his gas tanker, causing a massive fireball which was so powerful it damaged a bridge and cell phone tower and melted several cars.
The truck driver was cited for speeding and making an unsafe lane change.
Steve had not planned on stopping for coffee although he said he had an overwhelming urge to get a Starbucks’ coffee.
Because he listened to his intuition, he may very well have saved his life.
This is of course a more dramatic example of how important it is to pay attention to your inner guidance and hunches or strong feelings.
Most of the time you’ll never know what might have happened if you continued going in the direction you were heading. Something wonderful may happen because you followed your gut feeling about something. Or something unpleasant may have been avoided. Or something you see or hear may inspire you in an important way or you may run into or think of an important contact or old friend.
Napoleon Hill talks about developing your Sixth Sense in “Think and Grow Rich” – it’s actually so important it’s a separate chapter (see Chapter 14, starting on Page 206 of the “Think and Grow Rich Manuscript & Video Course”). Also the importance of having Faith (see Chapter 3, Page 72) and trusting that the intuitive feelings are really inspired nudges important to your well-being and success in some way – as well as knowing the difference between “noise” or limiting beliefs and your intuition.
I’m grateful Steve has learned to trust that “still, small voice” that we all have within us.
How well are you trusting it? How aware are you of the way it guides you along the shortest and most direct path to fulfilling your Burning Desire? How careful are you to distinguish between intuitive hits and the common noise or talk from the restless ego most people have attempting to drown out that “still, small voice” meant to help them?
Let’s talk about these things in the “Think And Grow Rich Mastermind” and be sure to share the hunches you acted upon and what effect that had on you.
Warmly,
Dan Klatt,
“Think And Grow Rich Guy”
Founder of the CarnegieCentre,
President of the Internet Marketing Organization
….Serving as Your WealthSensei!
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September 7th, 2010 at 2:51 am
I’ve heard so many people complain about Starbucks’ coffee and how it doesn’t taste as good as other coffee. I personally can only drink Starbucks’ Americano coffee. Plus the ambiance in a Starbucks is part of the whole reason why I go there and why I’m a loyal customer. Say what you will, but Starbucks definitely knows how to market and brand themselves!