{"id":3911,"date":"2017-01-02T13:03:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T12:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.buffiduberman.com\/?p=3911"},"modified":"2017-01-02T13:03:42","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T12:03:42","slug":"i-started-doing-this-when-i-was-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buffiduberman.com\/nl\/i-started-doing-this-when-i-was-8\/","title":{"rendered":"I started doing this when I was 8."},"content":{"rendered":"

The first time I really sat down and started thinking hard about New Year’s Resolutions was 40 years ago. I was 8. I was visiting my grandmother in Florida (or as we say it, ‘Flahrida’). I thought a lot about my life and what I was happy about (not much) and what I wanted to change (a lot) for the new year. My list looked like this:<\/p>\n

1. Stop going to the hospital so much.
\n2. Be nicer to my brother, but fight back when he hits me.
\n3. Help people more.
\n4. Try to kiss a boy.
\n5. Write a song.
\n6. Go to the mall by myself.<\/p>\n

That’s about it. I had very few wishes but each one meant a lot to me. (Especially the hospital one, I’ve been there way too much – having a chronic disease as a child sucks.)<\/p>\n

That year I did write a song. I kissed a girl AND a boy. I didn’t go to the mall by myself but I did walk around with a friend. I didn’t hit my brother back, but I learned how to hide better. And I helped people.<\/p>\n

Every year since then I’ve made a list.
\nAnd over the past few years my list has gotten shorter and shorter – actually it’s just two words.<\/p>\n

Help people.<\/p>\n

That’s it. That’s really all I want to do for the rest of my life.
\nWhether I’m coaching a CEO of an enormous multinational, writing lyrics with a rock star, helping new Nederlanders with their homework, it’s all the same. I’m helping people. And that’s all I want to do for the rest of my days.<\/p>\n

I’d love to help you. I’m launching my free video course DETOX JE STEENKOLEN ENGELS on 16 January. You can find out more about it (and no, I wasn’t drunk)\u00a0hier<\/a>. Even if your English is not ‘steenkolen’ level, I am sure you will find some eye-openers. Like the 7 things you should never do when writing an English email. Or the 4 things you need to know before you even start preparing your next presentation. Or how 3 tiny tweaks in your mouth can eliminate the biggest pronunciation mistakes. Or the 4 grammar forms that you’ve been mixing up for too long. And more. You can sign up on\u00a0www.buffiduberman.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Let me help you find new confidence in English – I’d really love to!<\/p>\n

What’s on your list for this year? I’m curious!<\/p>\n

May this year bring you love and light, health and happiness, passion and peace.<\/p>\n

With so much love,<\/p>\n

X buffi<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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