EP41: Five Things My Father, Bob Proctor, Taught Me

I had something most students of my father never had. I got to watch Bob Proctor when there was no stage, no seminar, and nobody taking notes.

I saw him at the kitchen table.
In the car.
On phone calls.
During ordinary moments at home.
And, ultimately, during the final days of his life.

In this episode of Born to Win, I want to share five of the most important things my father personally taught me—not simply lessons I studied, but principles I watched him live for more than sixty years.

These five ideas have profoundly shaped the way I think, make decisions, handle difficult situations, and live my life today.

My father was one of the most decisive people I've ever known.

When I brought him a big idea, he rarely started by asking me how I was going to accomplish it.

He would ask:

“Brian, do you really want this?”

Because if the desire was strong enough, he believed the way would begin revealing itself one step at a time.

I also watched him deliberately choose where he placed his attention.

He looked for what was good.
He practiced gratitude.
He refused to allow people who had hurt him to occupy space in his mind.

And perhaps the most meaningful lesson came near the end of his life.

Dad told me to keep talking to him after he was gone.

Ask the questions.
Get quiet.
Listen.

He taught me that intuition would continue guiding me if I was willing to hear it—and courageous enough to act on what I heard.

None of these principles are complicated.

That may be precisely why they're so powerful.

My father didn't simply understand these ideas intellectually.

He practiced them.

Again and again.

Until they became part of who he was.

I can't hand you my father.

But I can hand you some of what he handed me.

And I hope you'll take these five lessons and make them part of the way you live your own life.

Simplified Success in 15 Minutes or Less.

Quit Screwing Around: This is Your Life — now at Amazon, Audible, Walmart, Barnes & Noble and other retailers: 
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My Father Knew the Secret: Growing Up with Bob Proctor:
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12 Easy Steps To Change Your Life: Stop Waiting For That BIG Thing:
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