Last week I wrote to about how life becomes a holiday when you take what you love to do and turn it into your vocation. To give you an example of an original way to do this, I’d like to introduce you to a great man and good friend of mine who has turned his passion for climbing mountains and making a difference into a career.
Right now, he is climbing Mount Kilimanjaro while leading a personal development seminar. Yes, you did read that correctly! Just as I learned lessons from riding my motorcycle through India and the Himalayas, he had some breakthroughs while climbing Kilimanjaro.
He is a multi-millionaire and philanthropist, and he decided to share his formula for success with others by using Mount Kilimanjaro as a metaphor for life. So, each year he climbs Kilimanjaro with 12 students where they are challenged to overcome the snow, rain, wind, cold, altitude sickness and exhaustion, not to mention the mental barriers one has to break through to reach the summit.
So who is this man? Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Eric Edmeades… Eric, originally from Canada, is a shining example of taking one’s passion and turning it into a vocation. Every day Eric wakes up on Kilimanjaro feels like a holiday.
I hope this story inspires you. I’ll share more of them with you over the coming months. Till then, have another miraculous day,
Bruce
