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A Year into The Journey

As agreed upon, Ron and Ron+ had their start-of-month calls to discuss the previous month’s progress and current month’s plans. As Ron+ had already indicated, the first couple of months were more difficult than the subsequent ones.

It is a year since they first met and it is time for their twelfth and last session. Ron made considerable progress in all areas of his life and is very much on the trajectory to become Ron+ in five years.

Table 14: Ron’s progress in twelve months

“Ron+, I feel sad now that I know you are leaving me!”

“Ron, I am not leaving you! I was always inside you. You just had to bring me out and I am glad you are doing a great job at it. As Michelangelo said, ‘Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it’. Seeing your trajectory, I am sure you will surpass me. That is another insight from the world of self-help and personal development. People usually end up surpassing their vision or goals eventually if they stay committed to their roadmap on getting there.”

“Ron, I am not leaving you! I was always inside you. You just had to bring me out.”

“Thanks Ron+. It wouldn’t have been possible without you showing that strong faith in myself that I can do it. I was lacking that at the time when we first met!”

“It’s fine Ron. You are welcome! Now that you have understood these principles and have been able to apply them and transform your life, it is my sincere wish that you share them with others and enable them to become their ‘+’ versions. Hold the torch for others and let them see their own light. Be to others as I have been to you, and you will never lack meaning in your life.”

“Hold the torch for others and let them see their own light. Be to others as I have been to you, and you will never lack meaning in your life.”

“You can say that a divine intervention happened in my life and ignited my spark when I realized that I needed to find my answers in the right places. I wish you all the divine strength and hope you will dedicate as much of your time as possible in spreading the message and lighting up more people around you. Formal education can get people a job and money, but it is self-education that can make them wealthy, from all perspectives, physically, intellectually, socially, financially and spiritually.” 

“As John Donne said, ‘No man is an island’. We won’t survive in isolation. Each of us has a fire inside and there are ups and downs in everyone’s life. Now that you are trained in this, you will get into the lows relatively lesser than other people and would be comparatively more resourceful in pulling yourself out of the lows each time you hit them. But again, you are human! There will be days when you want someone around to pull you up. There are days when even the best trainers in the world tell their peer trainers that they feel lazy and seek their support in training them. That’s just our human element and we are all very much Work-In-Progress!”

“It is a natural thing to find your place in the world, and with time, it will become even more difficult. In this age of distraction, everyone around is confused, overwhelmed and more difficult to influence than in the past. The number of options available in everything is exploding and it will become increasingly important for people to be able to find their anchoring in life, otherwise they will continue to increasingly feel lost without even really knowing why. Although this might seem to be the age of quick results, the value of hard work and perseverance cannot be underestimated. The importance of dedicated focus needs to be reinstated into the lives of people. The principles that we discussed will help you do that more effectively. They have been around for hundreds of years and will continue to hold true in the time to come. Remember, future is not built from past; it is built from the present. As Simone Weil said, ‘The future is made of the same stuff as the present’”

“Although this might seem to be the age of quick results, the value of hard work and perseverance cannot be underestimated.”

“Sure Ron+, any final words, something that I should be doing or not so much?”

“Yes, you can stop calling me Ron+. You yourself have become that now!”

They laugh together at how although it sounded really weird, Ron+ insisted on taking that name so that Ron did not feel a sense of dissociation from this enhanced version and is able to relate to it. They agreed on it being a good idea. You too can choose to call your enhanced version as <your name>+ until you manifest that person into reality!