Thanks for dropping by at my site. Excellent and quite inspirational contents you’ve got up here. I will be back and thanks for sharing your thoughts.

The series is just getting more exiting. I praise your effort.
To make sure the I got the most out of this part I’ll repeat your points in my own words:

1. Expect the unexpected: put in mind that you will need to find new action steps, new plans, what works for you and doesn’t work. Because, there will be new challenges, i.e. new adventures. So, be ready for the challenge!!

2. Learn from it: whenever you experience a new adventure that is full of challenges your brain will not forget it easily. So, having experiences accompanied by adventures is a great way to remember what we learnt and experienced. That why we were told learning from our mistakes is the best technique to explore and learn. The mistakes we face through learning is a trigger for the brain to start thinking more deeply why those mistakes happened and will try to find a way to avoid these mistakes in the future.

3. Story Telling: well, I would consider it also as a perfect tool for those seeking to practice their speaking skill, improve fluency, widen active vocabulary …etc. (and I’m one of them). The more story telling, the more vocabulary will be placed in the active memory section in your brain. Thus, the more professional you will be in telling stories, and that will maximize your productivity from this perspective.

4. Connections and Relationships: sharing with each other, feeding off each other, encouraging each other, helping to get through more difficult adventures. That was one aim of having friends. The more true friends sharing the same adventure you have, the more productive you will be, and that because “One Hand doesn’t Clap”.

5. Comfort Zone: if you are afraid of doing a new challenge, nervous, or anxious then plan to do it immediately. Doing a presentation for the 1st time, conversations, meetings, interviews …etc are all an example of situations that you get anxious if you do it for the 1st time. Breaking your comfort zone will let you discover new things about yourself. It will reveal your weak and strength points in your personality. Eliminate your weaknesses and strengthen your strengths.

See you soon with the “Connections” part. Till the next time keep up the hard work up!!

Regards
Husain

Rahul, thanks for pointing that out. I’m never studies L. DaVinci really but can agree that many great leaders and geniuses in their time have taking adventure (among others) to its fullest and they have certainly gained from it. Aren’t those all the stories we still hear about and learn from now years and years later anyway?

What you’ve outlined here is one of the most important, and underrated concepts of personal development. They say Leonardo Da Vinci was a brilliant man, and that’s why he was a genius in so many different areas of his science, art, and design.

Instead, I think it’s because he exposed himself to so many different areas that he started to observe patterns in things no one else was capable of seeing. This ability to recognize such abstract patterns was the reason for his genius. Not the other way around.

Great article!

As for doing this in day to day activities, I’m working on some things right now, that, if they go as planned – will probably be the biggest adventure I’ve been on – and scariest. As I’m not fully committed to it yet, I don’t want to get into any details, except to say that this will challenge me mentally more than I’ve been challenged probably. And the thought is very exciting.

And this is all leading me to the belief – that I desire my life to be an adventure – one full of new and exciting things – it’s what makes life worth living for me.

Excellent article Mike – you nailed it!

I’m glad I’ve sparked some thoughts at least, I hope you take some action on it as well.