The Masters say, "Do it alone!"

Y.O.Y.O.



Live it, breathe it. Learn from it then teach it. Grow from its presence; give it permission to fertilize the dusty path you walk on.



Y.O.Y.O.



Henrik Isben once said, “The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.”



Ralph Waldo Emmerson adds to it, “By going much alone a man will get more of a noble courage in thought and word than from all the wisdom that is in books.”



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You’re on your own.



In his writing titled The Black Belt Book of Life: Secrets of a Martial Arts Master…Richard Andrew King holds nothing back when penning out the realities we all face inside a business world that heavily promotes teamwork and team spirit but the physical appearance of there being such a high spirited shape of motivation is the farthest thing from the truth.



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He continues, “We are born alone, live alone and die alone.”



Ouch!



Fearing for your life is energized when confronted with the facts about friends; nobody is designed to stay true, the act of turning the back is completely natural.



Arroe! Turn this subject into a positive!



Positive begins when you recognize the elements that which lay you down. Why don’t you have life in your step after eight to ten hours at work? Why have your friends disconnected from Face Book? Why do you spend weekends hanging out with the image in the mirror? We spend so much time comparing our happy times with the present that it leaves no time to understand the importance of accepting that you’re on your own.



Somewhere in the tiny print shared before birth there must be sentence that reads: It’s no other person’s duty to protect you or to guarantee they’ll be there when situations become out of control.



Wisdom begins when you accept the presentation of Y.O.Y.O.



Jonathan Livingston Seagull wrote, “Experience joy, deservedly on your own.”



Nothing fuels a bad day more than locating cricket sounds of silence while taking on incredible amounts of stress. We waste more energy screaming for help than we do performing the task at hand.



If the human mind, body and soul was truly created to be alone then why do enormous amounts of university trained thinkers call our modern day dip into social networking through solo devices as computers and smart phones the downsizing of a once ambitious embodiment of energy?



As a Broadcaster I’ve spent 32 years fine tuning the art of one-on-one communications then sending it out to car speakers where four people could be sitting. It’s nearly impossible to cover a subject that each person agrees with. To unfold the blankets covering the face of a computer or smart phone has enforced the importance of learning how to speak with and to rather than at or above.



Can you survive a day of work without having an audience or compliment? What if being aware of your true makings opened the door for you to be less codependent and more independent?



I’m not afraid of being a loner. I’m only horrified of the perception offered. My first wife constantly accused me of not liking people. Learning how to embrace teamwork and spirit that includes all players involved doesn’t challenge me but opens my eyes to the amazingly high number of Y.O.Y.O’s that don’t require other people’s excuses for not participating.



My stepfather Joe was often heard saying, “How can I convince you how unimportant friends are? You know you’ve gone overboard when you can’t go into a public bathroom without them peeing next to you.”



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Try it for a week and expect the world to change. Nobody likes being alone. What if today became the day that you finally realized it’s not your fault. You were made to do it alone.



I will always believe in you first… Can say that? I thought this was a solo project this day forward?



arroecollins@clearchannel.com