Have you ever had someone comment on something you said or did and you responded with, “that’s just how I am”?
Perhaps it was something astute that you said, a keen observation that you made, or something you did that they thought was extraordinary, but to you it wasn’t especially impressive.
Jane was born in 1934 in London, England and grew up on the southern coast of England.
As long as she can remember, she’d loved animals.
When Jane was two years old, her father gave her a life-like toy chimpanzee named Jubilee.
Well-meaning friends warned him that it would frighten her, but she adored the toy.
(In fact, she still has it and it currently sits on a chair in her home in England.)
At age four Jane stayed on a farm and helped collect hen’s eggs.
When she asked the adults how the hens could lay such big eggs, no one answered to her satisfaction.
So she hid in the small, stuffy hen house for four hours to find out!
(If you’ve ever been around young children this age, you know that’s pretty extraordinary.
Actually, it would be amazing for any age kid, and many adults!)
Unknown to Jane, the family had called the police; everyone was frantically trying to locate the missing four-year-old.
Imagine her family’s relief and amazement, when Jane came rushing out of the hen house in great excitement to tell them how hens lay eggs.
Instead of scolding her youngster, Jane’s mother sat down with her and listened intently.
Not surprisingly, Jane’s favorite childhood books included The Story of Dr. Dolittle, The Jungle Book, and the Tarzan books.
By age 10 or 11, she was dreaming of going to Africa to live with animals.
But instead of discouraging her, Jane’s mother said, “Jane, if you really want something, and if you work hard, take advantage of the opportunities, and never give up, you will somehow find a way.”
Believing her mother’s words, Jane did what it took to get to Africa and at age 23 finally sailed to Kenya.
When there she heard of a famous paleontologist and anthropologist by the name of Dr. Louis Leakey.
She got an appointment to meet him and ended up being interviewed by him about Africa and its wildlife.
Dr. Leakey hired her as his assistant, and together with Mrs. Leakey, they traveled to Olduvai Gorge on a fossil-hunting expedition.
After three months at Olduvai Gorge, the group returned to Nairobi, Kenya and Jane worked at the museum there.
Soon after, Jane and Dr. Leakey spoke about Jane studying a group of chimpanzees on the shores of Lake Tanganyika.
“I could have gone on at the museum.
Or I could have learned a lot more about fossils and become a paleontologist.
But both these careers had to do with dead animals.
And I still wanted to work with living animals.
My childhood dream was as strong as ever.
Somehow I must find a way to watch free, wild animals living their own undisturbed lives.
I wanted to learn things that no one else knew, uncover secrets through patient observation. I wanted to come as close to talking to animals as I could.”
At first the British authorities resisted the idea of a young woman living among wild animals in Africa.
But they finally agreed to Leakey’s proposal when Jane’s mother volunteered to accompany her for the first three months.
In 1960, Jane and her mother arrived at Gombe National Park in Tanganyika (now Tanzania).
And the rest is history.
Jane Goodall’s years of solitary, patient observation and research taught us that chimps hunt for meat, use tools and have unique personalities.
Her few month field study, turned into the longest such study of any animal species in their natural surroundings.
Jane writes: “The most wonderful thing about fieldwork, whether with chimps, baboons or any other wildlife, is waking up and asking yourself, ‘What am I going to see today?’ . . .
It can be exhausting climbing high, far and fast.
Around 3 pm you feel very weary because of spending a lot of the day on your tummy, crawling, with vines catching your hair.
Living under the skies, the forest is for me a temple, a cathedral made of tree canopies and dancing light, especially when it's raining and quiet.
That's heaven on earth for me. I can't imagine going through life without being tuned into the mystical side of nature. People are too busy nowadays.”
You see, Jane wasn’t doing anything extraordinary on purpose – she was simply fulfilling her purpose – her childhood dream of living with and observing animals.
She was living out the proclamation: that’s just how I am.
Do you remember your childhood dream – what you answered when someone asked you what you wanted to do “when you grew up”?
Does it still make your heart race?
Can you still see yourself living it out?
If your answers are “yes,” you’ve most likely just identified your passion – your life’s purpose. And it’s never too late to reclaim it!
Believe Jane’s mother’s words: “. . .if you really want something, and if you work hard, take advantage of the opportunities, and never give up, you will somehow find a way.”
Tonights call is at
9:27 pm est
641 594-7000
Pass code 600088#
Go to http://www.myprivateclassroom.com/
and if you want to grab the the 2 cd set
pick up the Chaos to Cash
http://www.besthotresults.biz/
Get your free video series showing you how to build your business on a budget
http://myhot.buildingonabudget.com/
Call me I dare you to
604 799 3238
Love you all
Karl Radke
Perhaps it was something astute that you said, a keen observation that you made, or something you did that they thought was extraordinary, but to you it wasn’t especially impressive.
Jane was born in 1934 in London, England and grew up on the southern coast of England.
As long as she can remember, she’d loved animals.
When Jane was two years old, her father gave her a life-like toy chimpanzee named Jubilee.
Well-meaning friends warned him that it would frighten her, but she adored the toy.
(In fact, she still has it and it currently sits on a chair in her home in England.)
At age four Jane stayed on a farm and helped collect hen’s eggs.
When she asked the adults how the hens could lay such big eggs, no one answered to her satisfaction.
So she hid in the small, stuffy hen house for four hours to find out!
(If you’ve ever been around young children this age, you know that’s pretty extraordinary.
Actually, it would be amazing for any age kid, and many adults!)
Unknown to Jane, the family had called the police; everyone was frantically trying to locate the missing four-year-old.
Imagine her family’s relief and amazement, when Jane came rushing out of the hen house in great excitement to tell them how hens lay eggs.
Instead of scolding her youngster, Jane’s mother sat down with her and listened intently.
Not surprisingly, Jane’s favorite childhood books included The Story of Dr. Dolittle, The Jungle Book, and the Tarzan books.
By age 10 or 11, she was dreaming of going to Africa to live with animals.
But instead of discouraging her, Jane’s mother said, “Jane, if you really want something, and if you work hard, take advantage of the opportunities, and never give up, you will somehow find a way.”
Believing her mother’s words, Jane did what it took to get to Africa and at age 23 finally sailed to Kenya.
When there she heard of a famous paleontologist and anthropologist by the name of Dr. Louis Leakey.
She got an appointment to meet him and ended up being interviewed by him about Africa and its wildlife.
Dr. Leakey hired her as his assistant, and together with Mrs. Leakey, they traveled to Olduvai Gorge on a fossil-hunting expedition.
After three months at Olduvai Gorge, the group returned to Nairobi, Kenya and Jane worked at the museum there.
Soon after, Jane and Dr. Leakey spoke about Jane studying a group of chimpanzees on the shores of Lake Tanganyika.
“I could have gone on at the museum.
Or I could have learned a lot more about fossils and become a paleontologist.
But both these careers had to do with dead animals.
And I still wanted to work with living animals.
My childhood dream was as strong as ever.
Somehow I must find a way to watch free, wild animals living their own undisturbed lives.
I wanted to learn things that no one else knew, uncover secrets through patient observation. I wanted to come as close to talking to animals as I could.”
At first the British authorities resisted the idea of a young woman living among wild animals in Africa.
But they finally agreed to Leakey’s proposal when Jane’s mother volunteered to accompany her for the first three months.
In 1960, Jane and her mother arrived at Gombe National Park in Tanganyika (now Tanzania).
And the rest is history.
Jane Goodall’s years of solitary, patient observation and research taught us that chimps hunt for meat, use tools and have unique personalities.
Her few month field study, turned into the longest such study of any animal species in their natural surroundings.
Jane writes: “The most wonderful thing about fieldwork, whether with chimps, baboons or any other wildlife, is waking up and asking yourself, ‘What am I going to see today?’ . . .
It can be exhausting climbing high, far and fast.
Around 3 pm you feel very weary because of spending a lot of the day on your tummy, crawling, with vines catching your hair.
Living under the skies, the forest is for me a temple, a cathedral made of tree canopies and dancing light, especially when it's raining and quiet.
That's heaven on earth for me. I can't imagine going through life without being tuned into the mystical side of nature. People are too busy nowadays.”
You see, Jane wasn’t doing anything extraordinary on purpose – she was simply fulfilling her purpose – her childhood dream of living with and observing animals.
She was living out the proclamation: that’s just how I am.
Do you remember your childhood dream – what you answered when someone asked you what you wanted to do “when you grew up”?
Does it still make your heart race?
Can you still see yourself living it out?
If your answers are “yes,” you’ve most likely just identified your passion – your life’s purpose. And it’s never too late to reclaim it!
Believe Jane’s mother’s words: “. . .if you really want something, and if you work hard, take advantage of the opportunities, and never give up, you will somehow find a way.”
Tonights call is at
9:27 pm est
641 594-7000
Pass code 600088#
Go to http://www.myprivateclassroom.com/
and if you want to grab the the 2 cd set
pick up the Chaos to Cash
http://www.besthotresults.biz/
Get your free video series showing you how to build your business on a budget
http://myhot.buildingonabudget.com/
Call me I dare you to
604 799 3238
Love you all
Karl Radke
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