Life Lessons—The Best Self-Reflections From 108 Bloggers
On the night of 1st June 2010, nine days before I was about to turn 39, I sat down alone and reflected back on my life.
Five days later, based on those reflections, I wrote a post titled 22 Things I Wish I had Known Earlier in My Life which was very well received by the blogging community and some of the bloggers wrote similar posts on their blogs after reading my post.
The idea struck me that why not ask other bloggers to follow the lead, reflect on their pasts and share with us the lessons they have learned in their own lives.
I asked a very dear friend of mine Farnoosh Brock to join hands with me on his project so we may come up with a directory of life lessons and then select and compile the best life lessons into a free PDF eBook for anyone interested to download, read and learn from.
I believed that such an eBook would serve as an inspirational book that will teach you and me things about life, how others lived their lives and what they learned, the hard way or otherwise, and that it will have the potential to teach us a thing or two about living our lives more effectively.
She graciously accepted my invitation and a nine months journey began.
The Life Lessons Series grew word by word, lessons by lesson and post by post. Our initial target was to get 100 bloggers to contribute to the series but as it turned out we managed to reach 108 fabulous bloggers to share their life lessons with us.
Now after nine months we are seeing the birth of an eBook based on the best lessons from the Life Lessons Series, titled Life Lessons—The Best Self-Reflections From 108 Bloggers.
We feel gratitude for all the 108 contributing bloggers for their incredible support, insights and thoughtfulness throughout this project, to make this eBook possible for us.
We also hope that not only you will enjoy reading this eBook, but will also learn from it some great life lessons, that might just touch your heart and change your life around for the better in some way.
Even if one lesson among more than 108 lessons from this eBook touches your heart or makes you think or changes your behavior in a positive manner, we will consider our work done, our effort worthwhile.
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Below you will find everything you need to do so
LANDING PAGE LINK FOR THE EBOOK
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What a collaboration! What an experience! What a journey! And what amazing friendships and relationships have come out of this. Abubakar, I am so happy you sat down that night and wrote that post and had these thoughts. Thank you my dear dear friend!
Here’s to that night and this day then! Thank you Farnoosh for everything.
Sweet! Thank you both for putting such an amazing project together! I am completely in love with the concept behind the life lessons project. I want to thank you Abubakar for giving birth to the idea and also to my dear from Farnoosh who continues to inspires and propels great works everywhere she lands
Thank you both. It’s an honor to have contributed and I’ll of course do my part and then some, in spreading the love around this book!
Tony, you are a sweet heart. Your dear Farnoosh is happy to propel these great works so long as they motivate and inspire her beloved friends.
Tony,
Thank you for all your support and encouragement throughout this project. We are thrilled to see you as a part of it.
Abubakar and Farnoosh,
Amazing!! Wonderful! Awesome!!
You two have really created something meaningful with this – and it’s an honor to be a part of it!
Thank you dear Lance, our shining light wherever we go!
Lance,
It was really great to have you with us in this eBook my friend. The honor is all ours.
It sure sounds like a life-changing moment for you the 1st June 2010. Thanks for including my contribution in your lovely ebook! Have tweeted and shared on facebook. Hopefully more readers will be inspired too!
Thank you for sharing it, dearest Evelyn. So happy you were a part of this.
Evelyn,
This eBook would not have been possible without the support of friends like yourself. So thank YOU for everything.
Farnoosh and Abubakar,
Congratulations for this book. You really did a great job by including the life lessons of so many bloggers and turning them into a beautiful eBook. I’m sure that this book will be useful for many of us and hope that this won’t be the last book from your side. Looking forward to read many more books of yours.
Thank you both
Thank you, beautiful Naziha! Your words really make my day. Thank you.
Naziha,
Thanks a lot for your kind words and support. Of course it is just the beginning and you will get to see many more books from our side.
Hi Abubakar and Farnoosh,
It is wonderful that you had that flash of brilliance as you reflected on your life. This project was really exciting and it is just wonderful that it has united so many people from different parts of the world. I am glad to see that the ebook is finally published. Thank you so much for letting me be a part of this important project.
Irving the Vizier
As I told you dear Irving, it was lovely to have your unique contribution.
Irving,
Your post and support is incredible and please know that it is much appreciated.
Abubakar and Farnoosh,
What a wonderful ebook that you have put together, it is such an inspiration and I am really honored to be part of this great work. I know that many people will be touched and inspired by this.
Well done!
Stacy, so happy you were a part of this. I remember reading your lessons. Thanks for stopping by.
Stacy,
Thank you so very much for all your support and featuring the book on your blog. It is much appreciated my friend.
WOW!!! The finished labour of love is sooo beautiful guys!! BEautifully presented and packaged and such soulful stirring words
Congrats to every single one of you for doing such a great job creating this masterpiece. Honoured to be a part of it! xoxo Tia
Labor of love, indeed. Thank you dear sweet Tia….!
My dear friend Tia,
Thank you so much for kind words my friend and your great contribution to this eBook.
Abubakar,
As I wrote Farnoosh, it was an honor and pleasure to be included in this lovely work. Thank you for assembling it, and happy to have connected with you from across the world thanks to the reach of the Internet.
In spirit,
Dave
The pleasure is all ours Dave and the book is actually of all the contributors like yourself. We just brought you all together and presented it to the world with your support.
Abubakar and Farnoosh, you two did amazing work! This book is BEAUTIFUL and wonderfully inspiring. I love how you made each piece short & sweet. I love the bite size chunks of inspiration, lessons and greatness. LOVE how this turned out! So glad you didn’t rush it – you crafted it beautifully.
Aileen, thank you – it came out nice but it took its toll. So so happy you approve and thank you for appreciating that we took the time.
Thank you for your lovely comment Aileen and I am more than happy that you are as much a part of this project as we are.
That’s Awesome Man, I had a feeling that a life lessons book was going to come out of this. And you caught all the best quotes. Great Work!
Zahib,
Thanks for the comment bro and thank you for being a part of this project.
This is great! Beautifully designed and great content. I’m thrilled to be included in such a stellar group of positive communicators. Thanks for all the work you and Farnoosh have contributed to better the world. I just posted a link on my fb page and will add one to Thought Medicine too.
Congratulations on a brilliant idea and a job well done!
Linda,
Trust me, we are more thrilled than you are for you to be a part of it. Thanks a lot for your support.
P.S. Farnoosh, do you ever sleep? LOL
Linda, you are so sweet. No, I try not to sleep but it does have its powers over me now and again – this week, I am particularly week fighting it
So happy you enjoyed this ebook….thank you for saying so and for sharing it.
You should have asked that question from me instead of Farnoosh.
I’ve come here via Stacy.
I wish I’d been blogging regularly at the time you started this ebook. I only really got restarted back last December after a break. I’ve downloaded and will read at some point.
Marty welcome to the blog, thanks to Stacy. I hope you will enjoy reading the eBook.
Abubakar,
Thank you for compiling such a journey into a book we can all glean from. Thanks to Stacy for inviting us from FB Clever marketer prove it challenge group. 108 life stories, can’t wait to dig in!
thank you too Farnoosh!
Best,
Joe Young
Welcome to the blog Joe and hope that when you dig in, you find a lot of great stuff in the eBook.
Abubakar and Farnoosh,
This turned out absolutely fantastic!! Many months, many incredible people, much hard work, and most of all, so much wisdom shared! I’m honored to be included here…thank you!
Looking forward to the next great collaboration (I have some ideas!!),
~Adrienne
My dear Adrienne,
Yah lots of months and lots of work but it all turned out beautifully in the end. Thank you very much for all your support and featuring the book on your sidebar.
Hi Abubakar,
This is wonderful my friend. Thank you for gathering all the articles in one book. That is a huge accomplishment that you gathered 108 bloggers to write on life lessons. Thanks Abubakar
Thanks to you Dia for being a part of the Life Lessons project and also for all your support.
Abubakar and Farnoosh, I remember sending you an inquiry wondering if I might participate in your life lessons series. I was so delighted when you included me. I was so impressed with the breadth of diversity represented by the contributors. I wrote a blog post about how cool it was that people from so many backgrouds were all talking together about our common life lessons. It was a powerful experience for me. And now here is the gorgeous ebook! Everything about it is exquisite. Thanks so much to both of you.
Galen,
The pleasure is all ours. We are honored to see you as a vital part of this project and thank you for all your support.
Abubakar,
a huge THANK YOU to you and Farnoosh for creating such a wonderful project. This was quite an undertaking for you two, but the publication this yielded is certainly one to be most proud of.
Congrats on an outstanding job. I’m sure every reader will enjoy the inspiration and wisdom of this effort.
All the best!
Thank you Jimi for your kind words, for your participation and most of all for your support throughout this project.
Thanks Abubakar and Farnoosh for putting this together. It looks amazing!! You totally rock. I’m truly grateful to be a part of this wonderful project. What an enlightened idea.
Many loving blessings
Dear Andrea,
We are grateful too to see you as a part of this project my friend. Thank you for your kind words and your support.
Every word was worth reading, Abubakar and Farnoosh. I truly enjoy what you write and this book was a wonderful bonus. Thanks.
Welcome to the blog Vidya and glad that you found the eBook useful. Thank you for your support.
How super duper Amazing AB and Farnoosh!
,
I love the look of the ebook…and really it was awesome writing and reading for this amazing project.
I think we should all ..i.e. 107 of us…write one life lesson post every year..and compile an ebook like this. It would be a great series…
What do you guys think?
Thank you for letting me be part of something so life altering.
Love to you both
Z~
Dearest Zeenat,
It was so nice to see you as part of the Life Lessons eBook. Yah one should take time to reflect on ones life every year. It is a great way to put things in perspective and make little changes here and there as needed in our lives to adjust our directions.
Thank you for all your support.
LOVE IT!! Thanks for putting this together and making it available. Wonderful lessons. Amazing that you two did it for free. Blessings
Amber,
Welcome to the blog and thank you for your support and encouragement.
Congratulations Abubakar and Farnoosh on a job well done! This is a great collaboration that will inspire and encourage anyone who reads this book.
Evelyn
Thank you my dear friend. Glad that you are as much a part of this eBook as we are.
My dear Abubakar and Farnoosh,
I am late here in congratulating you, nevertheless, have to tell you guys – what a wonderful conclusion this e-book is to the heartfelt life lessons journey of 108 bloggers!
I am so proud to be a part of this amazing learning experience.
Special thanks to you, Abubakar, for propelling me in this direction to share my life lessons. If it hadn’t been for your persistence, I would not have made myself sit down to think long and hard and pen down those learnings.
And, Farnoosh, the photo of the book cover look fabulous and is so apt for the title “self-reflections….”.
I am going to share now on my Gorgeous Karma FB page.
Thank you dear Rashmie for all your love and care and putting with my insistence to write for the series.
Thanks so much for this amazing resource! Lots of wonderful wisdom, densely packed. I will be visiting it for a few minutes every day and letting it shine light on my day.
Welcome to blog Mike and thank you for your support.
Hope you enjoy the eBook.
Abubakar and Farnoosh: I was actually reading through my list again and remembering how great of an exercise this was to think through list. Thank you so much for inviting me to participate and thank you for putting together such an amazing eBook. I have enjoyed reading everyone’s lists. What a great idea.
Dear Sibyl,
We are as much thrilled to see you a part of Life Lessons as you are. Thank YOU instead for all your love, care and support.
What a beautiful book! With so many of the friends I’ve come to know through blogging in there I could not resist having a copy. Thank you
Thank you ALison and glad that you enjoyed the book.
The value of an insight to me is whether it produces action and behavioral change; otherwise it is just recreational reading/thinking. I have read way too many self help books seeking epiphanies that skirted the necessities of work hard, incremental progress and the need for one to have the courage to continually step out of one’s comfort zone.
Riley
Totally agree with you Riley. So true! Thank you for leaving your feedback.
Dear Abubakar and Farnoosh,
What a great idea and fine product!
Thanks for all your effort in putting the book together and making it available for free. I am thankful for being part of it. All the photos and especially the cover photo are fabulous.
I have to say that was put together nicely, and it set a very comfortable mood. I think it’s great that you were able to get so many people to be a part of it. Great effort; thanks for creating it.
Welcome and thank you Mitch. Glad that you enjoyed the book.
Very nice! How wonderful of you to compile for us all. Thank you!
dmc
You are welcome and thank you for leaving your feedback.
I love your Life Lessons concept and look forward to downloading the e-book. I’ve also subscribed to your feed. Thanks for your good work!
Thank you Jeffrey. Hope you enjoy the book.
So I stumbled on this today. Have not even gone halfway and I’m already feeling like walking out of my skin. This is awesome, lovely collaboration and amazing result. Thank you guys.
What a teamwork! Abubakar Jamil’s concept of making those 108 bloggers in one book helps a lot. It makes you think changes towards your behavior in a positive maner. Great life lessons that might change your life around for the better. You may visit this site too, http://selfhelptechniques.com/self-help-techniques/can-chakra-balancing-tapping-technique-clean-your-body-and-brain-space.