What TAG did for me
This, I became aware of, only once I had done TAG:
We’re in the business of meeting people every day. Most of us are beautiful people who have our own levels of values, standards and integrity. We have sadly lost sight of who we are and what our real purpose is. We go through life thinking that we have nothing to do with our fate, and that our reason for being here is to continue the path where our parents left off….
We start to lose our way from a young age. We are brain washed into believing that it is important to be normal and normal is following the masses, which unbeknown to us, breeds mediocrity.
As children, the world is full of wonders to explore and fear is not an option. We are full of energy, new ideas and we believe we can do anything possible. The indoctrination begins at an early age. We are taught to believe that being out of the ordinary is weird. The inner conflict that this creates is a natural consequence of becoming the person who God did not intend for us to be. We start using our own intelligence to make excuses for not using the God given potential we posses.
Life becomes a catch 22. We either live with this inner conflict or we battle with the conflict from the people that we surround ourselves with, because when we don’t conform, we are classed as rebellious, weird or strange.
During the TAG program, it becomes crystal clear that we are not supposed to be small creatures surviving in a huge universe. We are not designed for mediocrity. Rather, we are part of the energy that keeps the universe alive. We are unique and it is a privilege to be so. The power in our mind is our key to the fulfilment of our perfect end result, whatever that may be. This knowledge gave me incredible courage.
We are too special and beautiful to waste on a boring, uneventful existence. We can soar like a meteor across the universe creating our own fate and destiny. As this realization takes place, of just what we are put on this earth to do, so the layers of insecurities, self-doubt, fear of failure, ones need for acceptance and inferiority complexes that have built up during the years, slowly peel away.
I walked away from the 1st weekend of TAG looking at the world through different eyes. It was a familiar sight, but one that was almost forgotten. I can only explain the sensation as going back to my childhood. I suddenly remembered that this is how I saw the world as a child and I felt exhilarated and reborn.
The second weekend reaffirmed and taught me even further of the powers that lie within me. As time goes by the words “with great power, comes great responsibility”, take on a whole new meaning. I realize just how much a part of the universe I am, just as any other living creature or thing.
One part of the learning process is gaining the knowledge that TAG teaches and the other is exploring new possibilities. A real TAG graduate is one that starts to live the philosophy of TAG every day, making it their life’s philosophy. It is important to master the ability to live in a hijack proof mind bubble, avoiding negativity at all costs.
Every person needs TAG. There is not a person that I meet, after talking to them for a short while, that I don’t find myself thinking how TAG could benefit them. So much so that I easily convinced Dean Naidoo, the owner of Nashua North East to allow my whole sales team to do the TAG program. Within less than one year, my sales team doubled the Division’s profits and their personal incomes. We went on to win the Nashua national incentives, 3 years in a row where we competed against 57 Nashua Franchises countrywide and we won Division of the year twice since the TAG program. This is quite an achievement, as we competed against Divisions that sell Nashua copiers and printers for thousands of rands per unit. You can imagine how many pieces of paper we had to sell to beat them when our average price for 500 sheets of paper is R22.50.
TAG had such an impression on me that I sent my little girl Jessica-Lee on the TAG children’s course when she was just 6 years old. The course has made Jessica-Lee extremely independent and courageous in every life challenge that she is faced with. When I ask her what she feels was the best thing she learned when she was on the TAG weekend, she answers, “I can do anything that I decide to do Mom and if it gets tough, I don’t mind- because I am a survivor”. When I ask her how she knows she is a survivor, she tells me “Whenever I feel scared or uncertain about doing something, I just think of that long river I swam, with all the snakes and that high mountain I climbed, and I am not afraid anymore because I figure if I could do that, I can do anything.”
I would like to thank both Dave and Val for the incredible life changing experiences that have touched my life and those closest to me.
Diane Bouden