Comments on: Obstacle Illusions Sample Chapter 9: The James Bond Lady Fiasco

By: Dose

Dose — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 05:49:35 +0000

This story is funny but at the same time a learning experience for others to love and accept yourself as you are. However people sometimes need to experience embarrassment for them to grow and learn some of life lesson. Love reading the story.

By: Stephen Hopson

Stephen Hopson — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:02:22 +0000

@ Liara Covert:

You bet! In fact, this story has become the staple of most of my keynote speeches. It always tickles people’s funny bones and they “get the message.” This was definitely one of the more “shockin” and memorable experiences for my audiences. I even won several local Toastmaster humorous speech contests last year with this story!

By: Liara Covert

Liara Covert — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:53:01 +0000

Embarassing moments provide some very useful stories for us to refer back to later. In fact, emotional situations in general often provide indispensible lessons. As we think about it, mundane experiences do not turn our heads abruptly or, raise our awareness as effectively as situations that startle or shock us. This helps explain why nightmares can also be extremely effective wake up calls to pay attention to something we had been denying, rejecting or avoiding. Our physical bodies are incredible teachers. They daze and amaze us!

By: Stephen Hopson

Stephen Hopson — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:29:32 +0000

@ Liara Covert:

That was definitely a most embarrassing moment but I certainly learned a profound lesson. It’s funny now and people laugh appreciably when I tell them this story at speaking engagements or when having a private conversation with people.

By: Liara Covert

Liara Covert — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:01:40 +0000

This story reminds us how far we are sometimes willing to go before we are ready to swallow our pride. Is is not funny, looking abck, how difficult we convince ourselves it is to just be ourselves, accept ourselves with all our imperfections? Based n this story, you were given some humorous opportunities to expand your horizons. Although you did not always follow through, you taught yourself meaning is found in taking risks. When you remain open-minded and receptive, learning is perpetual.

By: Stephen Hopson

Stephen Hopson — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:49:03 +0000

@ Liz Strauss:

Thanks so much Liz – I enjoy writing stories about things that have happened and turn them into life lessons to be shared with humanity. I’m grateful you got a chance to read this story and smile along with me.

I’m also very grateful and humbled that you alerted some of your people about this story because right after you left a comment, I suddenly saw a nice spike in traffic and assume it was because of YOU.

Thank YOU. ((hugs))

By: Liz Strauss

Liz Strauss — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:59:40 +0000

“Are you DEAF?!!”
“WHAT?”

You brought us all with you and beautifully. Thank you for this reminder of my humanity. I’ve been there in my own version so many times. Some lessons we just have to live . . . don’t we? I’m smiling with you.

By: Stephen Hopson

Stephen Hopson — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:30:41 +0000

@ Lorelle:

Thanks Lorelle! It’s a story I’ve told hundreds of times and I continue to refine it for the benefit of the audience I tell it to. Definitely contains a lesson behind it.

By: Lorelle

Lorelle — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:41:22 +0000

When you first told me this story, I thought I was going to wet my pants laughing! Oooh, that’s even funnier!

This is great and just teaches us that we need to be clear about who we are, as well as what we are doing, and learn from our mistakes. You learned a big one here!

By: Stephen Hopson

Stephen Hopson — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:09:33 +0000

@ Karen Putz / DeafMom:

Oh Good God NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I am deathly afraid of someone who looks like the Glenn Close character from the movie “101 Dalmatians”!