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STOP 2 THINK · July 24 · 31 min

Becoming By Overcoming - Episode 25

Becoming By Overcoming I recorded this one after a dramatic stretch of travel, from the wealth of Hong Kong and Macau to a Ugandan orphanage full of children who have already overcome more than most of us ever will. It introduces one of my favourite ideas from the whole series, the tree and its fruit. Ray and I talked about how fruit is never really for the tree itself, only for others, and how the deepest growth in any life often happens completely unseen, in the roots, during the hardest seasons. Somewhere in the middle of that conversation, Ray coined an acronym on the spot, RESL, that has stayed with me ever since. In this episode: The metaphor of the tree, and why fruit is meant to be given away, not kept Meeting children at the orphanage who had already found the strength to leave unsafe situations Receive, exchange, and sow, the RESL cycle Ray built in real time as we talked Meeting Mandela, who runs the orphanage through a charity called God in Action Speaking honestly to anyone listening who has not received the same foundation of love I have Pull quote: "You are giving love into the future, but you don't know explicitly where it's going." Come and join me and Ray for Episode 26, recorded in Los Angeles, where we explore the real difference between authenticity and attachment. Follow us here. Follow me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/petecohen_/ Subscribe to The STOP 2 THINK Newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/stop-2-think-newsletter-7474223126868918272/ Follow Ray on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drraysylvester/ Watch Hannah's Story: https://petecohen.com/hannah Visit Pete's website: https://petecohen.com/

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Becoming By Overcoming

I recorded this one after a dramatic stretch of travel, from the wealth of Hong Kong and Macau to a Ugandan orphanage full of children who have already overcome more than most of us ever will. It introduces one of my favourite ideas from the whole series, the tree and its fruit.

Ray and I talked about how fruit is never really for the tree itself, only for others, and how the deepest growth in any life often happens completely unseen, in the roots, during the hardest seasons. Somewhere in the middle of that conversation, Ray coined an acronym on the spot, RESL, that has stayed with me ever since.

In this episode:

  • The metaphor of the tree, and why fruit is meant to be given away, not kept
  • Meeting children at the orphanage who had already found the strength to leave unsafe situations
  • Receive, exchange, and sow, the RESL cycle Ray built in real time as we talked
  • Meeting Mandela, who runs the orphanage through a charity called God in Action
  • Speaking honestly to anyone listening who has not received the same foundation of love I have


Pull quote: "You are giving love into the future, but you don't know explicitly where it's going."

Come and join me and Ray for Episode 26, recorded in Los Angeles, where we explore the real difference between authenticity and attachment.

Follow us here.

Follow me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/petecohen_/

Subscribe to The STOP 2 THINK Newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/stop-2-think-newsletter-7474223126868918272/

Follow Ray on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drraysylvester/

Watch Hannah's Story: https://petecohen.com/hannah

Visit Pete's website: https://petecohen.com/


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