Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime; and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow How much time do you spend trying to figure out the person you want to be? And . . . how much time do you then spend changing your mind when there’s the slightest bit of internal or external pushback to your wants? Here’s a powerful secret you can take to the bank: You can be anyone you want to be! That’s right . . . you can be anyone you want to be if you just destroy your limiting beliefs and start participating in…
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Thinking Magically™ | Stop Wasting Your Time . . . Get a Role Model, Now!
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Seven Ways to Live a More Productive and Positive Lifestyle By Ryan C. Lowe
Motivation Articles, Essays, Tips and Advice14 May 2012 | 11:48 pmDoesn’t it seem like every time you turn on the TV or get on the computer, there is always more negative news that just weighs you down. On top of that, you have your own personal issues to deal with. This “negative storm” can cause someone to feel stuck, lost and full of anxiety. It is the fear of the unknown that builds up in our mind and takes over like a dark cloud. This dark cloud follows us and rains on us, making us negative in our personal and professional lives. As humans, we sometimes focus on the negative and stay under that negative cloud that we created. We must understand… -
The 9-5 Guide to Staying Active
zenhabits15 May 2012 | 10:00 amEditor’s note: This is a guest post from Matt Madeiro of Make Every Day Count. Let’s see if this rings any bells. When the clock hits 8, I sit. I plop back in my rolling chair, crack open the laptop on my desk, and spend the next nine hours with my butt glued firmly to seat. I stand on occasion to step into the bathroom, but I’m back to my post again shortly thereafter — hunched over, bleary-eyed, and nursing my coffee like it’s the greatest thing since toilet paper (I make no claims to the contrary). When that clock hits 5, I bolt. I’m out the door in the blink of an eye,… -
“Happiness Without a Good Work Ethic Is Pretty Impossible.”
The Happiness Project10 May 2012 | 8:29 amHappiness interview: Hugh MacLeod. Hugh is a cartoonist with a wildly popular blog, gapingvoid. He is the master of capturing a large idea in a single drawing, and a great deal of his work focuses on happiness: how to find happiness in work; how to have the courage to be yourself, do what you love, and take risks; how to build a life around your own values, interests, and temperament. He has a new book, Freedom Is Blogging in Your Underwear, where he explores how blogging, and the intellectual and creative freedom it gives him, changed his life. Having a blog isn’t the right route to… -
Top 7 US travel destinations
Carrie and Danielle14 May 2012 | 3:21 pmThe United States is easily one of the most popular countries to visit in the world and so it is not a surprise that people continue to try and get their ESTA US Visas as soon as possible so that they can visit the country. All you really need [...] No related posts.
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The 9-5 Guide to Staying Active
15 May 2012 | 10:00 amEditor’s note: This is a guest post from Matt Madeiro of Make Every Day Count. Let’s see if this rings any bells. When the clock hits 8, I sit. I plop back in my rolling chair, crack open the laptop on my desk, and spend the next nine hours with my butt glued firmly to seat. I stand on occasion to step into the bathroom, but I’m back to my post again shortly thereafter — hunched over, bleary-eyed, and nursing my coffee like it’s the greatest thing since toilet paper (I make no claims to the contrary). When that clock hits 5, I bolt. I’m out the door in the blink of an eye,… -
Three Little Habits to Find Focus
10 May 2012 | 12:42 pm‘Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for miseries and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.’ ~Blaise Pascal Post written by Leo Babauta. I’ll be the first to admit that I fall victim to the trap of the Internet — a wonderful empowering tool that can fill your day with distractions, a million little “productive” tasks that matter little, constant interruptions from messages and status updates. Who doesn’t fall victim to this? We are frittering our lives away. So how do we beat this? How do we make best use of the awesomeness of the… -
How to Live Well
7 May 2012 | 2:59 pm‘Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.’ ~Seneca Post written by Leo Babauta. I’m not a rich man, nor do I fly around the world and drink champagne with famous people in exotic locales, nor do I own a sports car or SUV or a yacht. And yet, I’m very happy. Much happier than seven years ago when I ate fried foods and sweets all time time and felt unhealthy and overweight, when I watched television and was out of shape, when I shopped a lot and was in debt, when I worked a job that paid fairly well and had no time for myself or my loved… -
What I’ve Learned About Learning
3 May 2012 | 10:07 am‘We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.’ ~Lloyd Alexander Post written by Leo Babauta. I am a teacher and an avid learner, and I’m passionate about both. I’m a teacher because I help Eva homeschool our kids — OK, she does most of the work, but I do help, mostly with math but with everything else too. I also teach habits, writing/blogging, simplicity and other fun topics in online courses. I’m a lifelong learner and am always obsessively studying something, whether that’s… -
The 39th Lesson
30 Apr 2012 | 10:05 amPost written by Leo Babauta. Today (April 30) is my 39th Un-un-birthday, and as usual, the day is a good day to pause and reflect. Last year I wrote 38 Life Lessons I’ve Learned in 38 Years, and people seemed to find some use in it. This year, I thought I’d share an additional lesson I’ve learned: You’re not missing out. Our lives are often ruled by the Fear of Missing Out, or FOMO. (Never heard of FOMO? You’re missing out.) Some ways we let the fear of missing out rule us: We check email, Facebook, Twitter and other social networks often, in case we’re missing…
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The Happiness Project
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7 Tips for Good Behavior–from the 16th Century.
16 May 2012 | 9:50 amEvery Wednesday is Tip Day. This Wednesday: 8 tips for how to behave yourself, from sixteenth-century scholar Erasmus. One thing is true about happiness: there are very few new truths out there. The greatest minds in history have turned their attention to the subject, so while it’s often challenging to put that wisdom into actual practice, it’s pretty clear what kinds of actions are likely to yield a happier life. Likewise, “tips lists” have been around for a long time. I get a big kick out of uncovering tips lists from the past: Sydney Smith’s tips for cheering… -
An Overlooked, Exquisite Source of Hapiness? Giving Deserved Praise.
14 May 2012 | 6:33 amOne of the most exquisite of pleasures, and one that’s too often overlooked, is the joy of giving well-deserved praise. I’m a gold-star junkie myself, and maybe that’s why I love the opportunity to give good praise. Yesterday, I was able to do this. In the New York Times Book Review, I wrote about Kristin Cashore’s new book, Bitterblue. As I’ve often noted, I love children’s literature and young-adult literature, and Cashore is one of the best YA novelists writing today. I’ve been a raving fan since I read the first two books in this trilogy, … -
Trying To Be More Virtuous Can Undermine Your Sense of Virtue.
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Do You Make Time to “Treat” Yourself? You Should.
11 May 2012 | 2:46 pmLast week, I posted a question: What are the small treats you give yourself? I was very interested to see the range of “treats” people identified in the comments, and I got some good ideas for myself. I do think it’s important to take time for treats, because treats help us to feel energized, restored, and light-hearted. Without them, we can start to feel resentful, depleted, and irritable. My younger daughter has “Choice Time” every day in first grade, and I think we adults need some “Choice Time” ourselves, at least occasionally. However, in… -
“Happiness Without a Good Work Ethic Is Pretty Impossible.”
10 May 2012 | 8:29 amHappiness interview: Hugh MacLeod. Hugh is a cartoonist with a wildly popular blog, gapingvoid. He is the master of capturing a large idea in a single drawing, and a great deal of his work focuses on happiness: how to find happiness in work; how to have the courage to be yourself, do what you love, and take risks; how to build a life around your own values, interests, and temperament. He has a new book, Freedom Is Blogging in Your Underwear, where he explores how blogging, and the intellectual and creative freedom it gives him, changed his life. Having a blog isn’t the right route to…
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Carrie and Danielle
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Top 7 US travel destinations
14 May 2012 | 3:21 pmThe United States is easily one of the most popular countries to visit in the world and so it is not a surprise that people continue to try and get their ESTA US Visas as soon as possible so that they can visit the country. All you really need [...] No related posts. -
Do-It-Yourself Catering vs. Calling the Pros: Four Rules of Thumb to Consider
9 May 2012 | 1:12 pmMost of us would hire a caterer for every meal if we had the money, but cost isn’t the only factor that should affect this decision. Despite the natural variation personal preference will provoke in the DIY vs. pro catering debate, there are several rules of thumb that can [...] No related posts. -
5 Tips To Have A Healthier Office
19 Apr 2012 | 4:57 pmKeeping your office healthy can be approached in a number of ways. Creating a healthy office environment isn’t limited to just how clean the work surfaces are, but also the overall health of co-workers, employees, and other staff members. Consider these tips when enacting healthy initiatives in your office: Better vending [...] No related posts. -
Power tool safety
17 Apr 2012 | 4:16 pmPower tools offer a wide range of conveniences and have become everyday machines for a number of people. All sorts of power tools include modern safety features that help keep you safe from harm. Although everything from drills to table saws are commonplace in the average home, you must [...] No related posts. -
Does Audio Yoga Really Work?
16 Apr 2012 | 9:39 amA yoga class in audio format is the perfect solution for home or self practice. So many times I have tried to follow a Yoga DVD only to find that I am unable to commit to the practice because my eyes are always being drawn towards the TV to find out what [...] No related posts.
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Daily Inspiration - Daily Quotes
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Life's Storms
15 May 2012 | 11:09 pmThere is no education like adversity.- Benjamin DisraeliBe thou the rainbow in the storms of life.The evening beam that smiles the clouds away,and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.- Lord ByronLife isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...It's about learning to Dance in the Rain.- Vivian GreeneToday's Affirmation:Today is my day to honor my being,release each and every struggle,gather strength from life's storms,relax into the arms of spirit.- Jonathan Lockwood HuieFurther reading: Coping with the ImpossibleTending the Garden of Our LivesAdversity QuotesChallenge QuotesChoice QuotesCourage… -
Coping with Disappointment
14 May 2012 | 11:09 pmExpectations Diminish Joy.- AnonymousRiches do not exhilarate us so much with their possessionas they torment us with their loss.- EpicurusThe more we shelter children from every disappointment,the more devastating future disappointments will be.- Fred G. GosmanFurther reading: My answer to a question about not being appreciated on Mother's DayExpectations - DemandsSocial ObligationsQuotes about FamiliesQuotes about RelationshipsQuotes about ExpectationsDisappointment QuotesQuotes about DemandsCopyright © by Jonathan Lockwood Huie. First published on my Daily Inspirational Quotes blog. -
Stop Fighting Against Yourself
13 May 2012 | 11:09 pmLife does not consist mainly,or even largely, of facts or happenings.It consist mainly of the storm of thoughtsthat is forever flowing through one's head.- Mark TwainYou create stress in your life by getting angry,and you can instantly removethat stress by granting forgiveness.- Jonathan Lockwood HuieInstead of dwelling on negative thoughts,cause your mind to dwell on peace and joy.- Ernest HolmesAttitude is Everything.- Charles SwindollToday's Affirmation:I am not a slave to my thoughts or emotions.- Richard CarlsonBook of the Day: Attitude Is Everything w/Free DvdFurther reading: Attitude… -
Mothers' Day
12 May 2012 | 11:09 pmMother is the name for Godin the lips and hearts of little children.- William Makepeace ThackerayA mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.- Emily DickinsonMen are what their mothers made them.- Ralph Waldo EmersonA mother is not a person to lean on,but a person to make leaning unnecessary.- Dorothy Canfield FisherFurther reading: Pay It ForwardAging With Grace by Dr. David MokotoffQuotes about Love and MarriageQuotes about MothersQuotes about FriendshipQuotes about Loving SomeoneQuotes about Love and RelationshipsCopyright © by Jonathan Lockwood Huie. First published on my… -
Hurrying
11 May 2012 | 11:09 pmIf you want peace, stop fighting.If you want peace of mind,stop fighting with your thoughts.- Peter McWilliamsThe greatest weapon against stressis our ability to choose one thought over another.- William JamesNo good comes from hurrying.- Yiddish ProverbWhen you feel the need to hurry,remember that everything in life is a CHOICE.- Jonathan Lockwood HuieToday's Affirmation:Slowly and Deeply, I Inhale a Calming Breath.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie*** If you appreciate these Daily Inspirations, invite someone you care about to subscribe themselves at www.quotes-daily.comFurther reading: Tending the…
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Inspire Me Today - Today's Brilliance
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Today's Brilliance from Colette Brown
16 May 2012 | 2:00 amTreat today like it was tomorrow. Think about what you want for tomorrow and manifest it today. No excuses... just live your dream now! ~ Colette Brown If I could share 500 words of wisdom to summarize what I've learned so far in life, these are the important things I'd want to pass along to others... It is hard to put a lifetime of experience into so little words. There are so many angles to look at it from and most lessons come from the past. I want to look at what lessons could come from the future, a future we can all aspire to today. There is future reality where all ages of life are… -
Today's Brilliance from Tara Taylor
15 May 2012 | 2:00 amOur greatest fears can become our greatest accomplishments. ~ Tara Taylor If I could share 500 words of wisdom to summarize what I've learned so far in life, these are the important things I'd want to pass along to others... That we are all extremely intuitive and when one understands the true function of the ego is when one is able to deepen one's connection with their intuition. We receive a minimum of 500 intuitive messages a day, we have just forgotten how to see, hear, feel or know that intuitive message because we have numbed our senses over the years. We are constantly distracted by… -
Today's Brilliance from Lesley Rodgers
14 May 2012 | 2:00 amReclaim Your Personal Power - nothing can stop you but you. ~ Lesley Rodgers If I could share 500 words of wisdom to summarize what I've learned so far in life, these are the important things I'd want to pass along to others... Learn to accept and love all things; sure, see what's different but remember what's similar! Appreciate the beauty and wisdom of diversity but remain aware that we rely upon collaboration to exist; competition divides and conquers. True personal empowerment comes from balance. Each one of us has value and a purpose on this earth - make it your life-mission to discover… -
Today's Brilliance from Dr. Shirley Cheng
13 May 2012 | 2:00 amI may be blind, I may be crippled; but with Yahweh as my Guide, I'm certainly not disabled--I'm ultra-abled, for "whoso trusteth in [Yahweh], happy is he"! (Proverbs 16:20, ASV) ~ Dr. Shirley Cheng If I could share 500 words of wisdom to summarize what I've learned so far in life, these are the important things I'd want to pass along to others... What's true wealth? Is it gold that glitters under the sun? Or is it wealth that no one and nothing, not even death, can take away from you? Let's consider material wealth for a moment. We can have everything we want in life: huge mansions, fancy… -
Today's Brilliance from Phil Bolsta
12 May 2012 | 2:00 amSeek to find beauty in everything you look at and you will find it. Invite beauty into your life and your life becomes more beautiful. ~ Phil Bolsta If I could share 500 words of wisdom to summarize what I've learned so far in life, these are the important things I'd want to pass along to others... Your every thought, word, and action spring from either love or fear. The nature of your choices determines the quality of your life. Love is the whisper of the Divine, ceaselessly calling creation back toward the Creator. Fear expresses itself as anger, intimidation, insecurity, despair,…
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Think Simple Now
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The Next Step to Freedom
13 May 2012 | 7:00 pmPhoto by JUCO By Chris Guillebeau Before I made the call, I worried. I had the chance for a new client, a big sale, and a lot of money. It was during a time in my life when I could have used it. No, to be precise—I needed it, or at least I thought I did. But something didn’t feel right. I couldn’t follow-through, so I finally looked the opportunity in the eye and said, “Thanks but no thanks.” After I made the call, I stopped worrying. I walked outside and noticed that something was different about the sky. All of a sudden, it was blue! I felt as if I had never noticed before. Then I… -
How to Find Fulfillment (with Sarah McLean)
6 May 2012 | 7:00 pmEditor’s Note: The following is a conversation between Cat and her meditation teacher Sarah McLean. This is truly an inspiring piece. As I was editing this interview, I felt an inner shift happening within me and with it came a sense of serenity and peace. Hope this inspires you as it did for me. Sarah is truly an incredible and powerful human being. I look forward to learning from her. Don’t miss the giveaway at the end of this interview. By Cat Li Stevenson “Meditation is an essential travel partner on your journey of personal transformation. Meditation connects you with your soul,… -
How to Lose Weight Fast
29 Apr 2012 | 7:00 pmPhoto by JUCO Editor’s Note: This article details my recent adventure into how to lose weight fast. Even if you are not interested in losing weight, check it out. There are some useful thoughts on the power of self image embedded within. By Tina Su “Losing weight is hard.” ~me “Anything worth having in life is hard.” ~my husband I admit it. I am not the most active person. I sit for more than 8 hours a day, and actually prefer to sit than stand, and drive rather than walk. To say that I am adverse to exercise is an understatement. In fact, the last time I visited a gym was over… -
4 Steps to Personal Transformation
22 Apr 2012 | 7:00 pmPhoto by Karrah Kobus Guest Contribution By Bobbi Emel “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” ~Anais Nin Sometimes the path of life comes to a crossroad. One direction ends in stagnation while the other leads to transformation. When I entered my junior year of college I had a sudden identity crisis. I had always been an athlete throughout high school and junior college, and a fairly good one at that. A very shy person normally, my abilities in sports gave me confidence and brought out leadership skills I didn’t know… -
How to Plan the Unexpected
15 Apr 2012 | 7:00 pmPhoto by Sandra Lara By Kayla Albert “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” ~John Lennon Plans are what I’m good at. I plan my meals, outfits, weekends. I plan what I’m going to say when confronted by a certain someone, what my life will look like six months from now and how I’m going to spend the tax return that hasn’t yet hit my account. I plan because I like control, because the only surprises I like are of the party variety and because I don’t want to have to face anything that I’m not entirely ready for. Yesterday I was forced to acknowledge…
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Lolly Daskal
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Integrity Is An Inside Job
15 May 2012 | 6:20 amFor the past few weeks we have been talking about integrity and its source. We have come to realize that integrity is driven by a force, but where does this force come from and how is it defined? Our force is defined by; Knowing youself. – We need to examine and engage in self awareness. As leaders with integrity, we need to know who we are and what drives us, what triggers us and what excites us. Aligning beliefs In life and leadership, we will face moments when we need to make difficult moral choices. Our choices will reveal… -
The Source of Integrity
22 Apr 2012 | 7:11 pmLast week, we blogged about Why Were You Not? We made the discovery that integrity was the anchor of our heart; the commitment of being who we are deep in your soul. So many of you have written to me, saying it was a very difficult and deep. And I agree. Exploring your anchor is difficult. Remembering and rediscovering of who you are is not easy. But to do so, we must go to the source. The source of integrity. Integrity- English Having integrity is being honest and having… -
Why Were You Not
9 Apr 2012 | 1:34 pmThere is a tale of a chassidic rabbi named rabbi Zusya. Zusya was a timid man, a man who concealed more than he revealed. One day Zusya stood before his congregation and he said, When I die and have to present myself before the celestial tribunal, they will not ask me, ‘Zusya why were you not Moses?’ because I would say ‘Moses was prophet and I am not.’ They would not say ‘Zusya, why were you not Jeremiah?’ for I would say ‘Jeremiah was a writer, and I am not.’ And they will not say ‘Why were you not Rabbi Akiba?’ for I would… -
Don’t Throw The Bear In The Road
17 Mar 2012 | 7:28 amThe other day, as I was expressing some frustration about a situation, my good friend Jacqueline Voncken a brilliant consultant, said something in Dutch that caught my ear. “beren op de weg gooien” I asked her what that meant and she said “Don’t throw the bear in the road.” Her words stopped me in my tracks. Throwing the bear in the road is: selling yourself short denying your appreciation belittling yourself before you even have a chance to show up discrediting your gift asking “Will I ever be good enough?”… -
Trust Your Inner Wisdom
10 Mar 2012 | 3:48 pmSometimes, I ask leaders what has made them successful? Many do not mention intuition at all, even though they might claim the importance of their inner wisdom as they make decisions. What is inner wisdom? Inner wisdom is a tool for quick and ready insight It’s a gut feeling, a sixth sense, an inner knowing, an instinct. It’s a hunch, a stillness, a quiet inner voice. Inner wisdom is not a magic switch you can turn on when you need counsel. Yet your intuitive mind tells your logical mind where to…
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Beyond Blue
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Label Me, Please
15 May 2012 | 5:00 amFor a long while I was afraid to write things such as "I am mentally ill" or "I am bipolar." I was afraid of labels. By calling myself a manic-depressive would I trap my psyche in "sick" mode? By accepting my diagnosis of bipolar disorder, would I prevent healing? By writing the words "I am mentally ill," was I holding...Read the full post here » -
In Sickness and In Health
15 May 2012 | 5:00 am"On Wednesday, I will leave my husband of twelve years. He is a depressive. He uses prescribed medication and has available to him a phalanx of good therapists. But he also self-medicates with alcohol. He disdains therapy. He refuses to confront his disease."She communicated this partly as a response to my -
The Cracked Pot
14 May 2012 | 5:03 amI love this tale from India, retold here by Mary Dessein. What a beautiful way of thinking about our illness, frustrating life situations, or crosses we bear. A water-bearer carries two large pots on a yoke across his shoulders up the hill from the river to his master's house each day. One has a...Read the full post here » -
Therapy Thursday: Imagine the Worst
10 May 2012 | 5:00 amI have decided to dedicate a post on Thursday to therapy, and offer you the many tips I have learned on the couch. They will be a good reminder for me, as well, of something small I can concentrate on. Many of them are published in my book, "The Pocket Therapist: An Emotional...Read the full post here » -
Give Up on Being Perfect
8 May 2012 | 5:00 amIn "Being Perfect," bestselling author Anna Quindlen advises high school and college graduates to work from a clean slate ... to give up on being perfect. I keep the gift book beside my computer (with Miguel Ruiz's "
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Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog
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You Earn Passive Income by Being More Generous
14 May 2012 | 7:28 pmNow that we’ve covered setting your passive income goal and a bit about the mindset of passive income — I hope you enjoyed the humor in the last post — let’s explore the details of how to actually create passive income streams. We’ll start out fairly high-level here and then drill down into the specifics in future posts. Here are the 3 basic parts of an income generating method: Value creation Value delivery Payment Notice that these same 3 aspects can be applied to any basic income generation method. When you work at a regular job, for instance, you’re… -
Jobs vs. Passive Income
11 May 2012 | 12:49 pmMany people have the limiting belief that passive income is weird, unusual, complicated, or confusing. As I’ve mentioned previously, passive income isn’t particularly difficult in practice. In many ways, earning a living through streams of passive income is easier than earning a living through a job or as an independent contractor, especially in the long run. The difficult part has to do with getting comfortable with a passive income mindset. To tackle this mindset issue, let’s turn this around and look at it from the other side. Suppose you were already very comfortable… -
Commit to Your Passive Income Goal
7 May 2012 | 8:30 pmNow that you’ve set a specific passive income goal (as per the Set Your Passive Income Goal post), it’s time to strengthen your connection to this goal. The idea here is to begin believing in your goal so that it becomes more real and solid, not just some airy fairy fantasy. Put Your Goal in Your Face Try this for starters. Grab a piece of paper, write your goal on the paper in a positive, personal, present tense format, and then post this piece of paper somewhere that you’ll see it every day, such as on your living room wall or your bathroom mirror. You can even post it… -
Set Your Passive Income Goal
30 Apr 2012 | 11:19 amAs we transition into the how-to aspect of passive income creation, let’s begin by having you set a goal for what you want to accomplish here. Why are you reading this series? Is it just for entertainment’s sake? Do you hope to learn something that you might apply later? Or do you actually want to create at least one new stream of passive income this year? Let me suggest a simple meta-goal for starters: By the time you’re done reading this post, set a clear goal for what you want to gain from this series. Do not close your browser window or move on to something else until… -
The End Game of Passive Income
27 Apr 2012 | 7:23 amLet’s talk about the reality of what it’s like to create streams of passive income and how it compares to working at a regular job. What I’ll share here may surprise you. With a typical job, you’re more or less directly trading your working hours for dollars. You may receive an hourly wage, a salary, and/or bonuses for the time you put in at work. Your ongoing pay depends on your continued presence at work. If you stop working, your paycheck stops as well. With passive income you’ll often get paid nothing at first. Initially you work to create and/or leverage a…
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The Chief Happiness Officer
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Working time through the ages
30 Apr 2012 | 8:39 amWikipedia delivers again, this time with a great overview of working time – from the stone age to today. A few nuggets from the article: …early hunter-gatherer societies enjoyed more leisure time than is permitted by capitalist and agrarian societies;[5][6] For instance, one camp of !Kung Bushmen was estimated to work two-and-a-half days per week, at around 6 hours a day.[7] Aggregated comparisons show that on average the working day was less than five hours.[5] … The automobile manufacturer, Henry Ford, was an ardent proponent of shorter work hours, which he introduced… -
Ed Diener’s FAQ on happiness is all kinds of awesome
24 Apr 2012 | 7:07 amOften you Google one thing and end up with something else and that’s how i discovered that Ed Diener (one of the world’s leading researchers in positive psychology) has an FAQ on Subjective Well-Being and that it is awesome! It’s quite comprehensive (which is great) but it’s also nuanced and doesn’t try to give easy answers when there aren’t any. Here’s an example: Q: What is your advice to those who want to be happy? A: As I have said repeatedly, I have no simple, easy answer that will make everyone happy. Some people with serious problems need to… -
The brain likes surprises
23 Apr 2012 | 1:49 amAccording to research, we become a happier when good things happen to us (duh!) but the effect is even bigger when good things happen to us unexpectedly: Emory University and Baylor College of Medicine researchers used Magnetic Resonance Imaging brain scans to measure changes in human brain activity in response to a sequence of pleasurable stimuli. They used a computer-controlled device to squirt fruit juice or water into the mouths of 25 research participants. The patterns of the squirting were either predictable or unpredictable. The researchers found that the MRI scans showed a brain area… -
Weekend Woohoo
20 Apr 2012 | 3:00 amI just found this video of a Disney World cast member (which is what they call employees) rocking out during a parade: That’s happiness at work right there :o) Also check out the comments on the video: This lady always dances her heart out every single time that parade passes through. Way to go Barbara! Lots of fun to work with her on Main Street. She out performed the parade performers! Get it girl!!! Do you ever do your job in a way that is worthy of filming and putting on YouTube? -
Vroooooom
18 Apr 2012 | 12:42 pmOne problem with electric scooters is that they’re just too silent – other people have no idea you’re coming. Fortunately, you can fix that problem, advertise your business AND make people laugh at the same time. Here’s how: What would your company’s motor-sound be like?
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Self Help Daily
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Dancing in the Rain: A Great Quote About Life - Definitely One of My Favorites... Ah, the Imagery!
16 May 2012 | 8:27 amThis life quote is one worth memorizing! Some people think they can only be happy when the sun’s out, when the kids are behaving perfectly, when the spouse is saying all the right things, when the cat’s feeling cuddly, and when money’s in the bank. The bad thing is, they don’t end up smiling nearly as much as they scowl. Expecting things to be perfectly agreeable all the time’s like expecting the sun to shine every day of the year. The trick is to learn to accept the bad days as well as the good – and to not only accept them, but delight in them. -
Expectations, Bar Setting, and Baseball Fields - How Wild Are Your Expectations?
15 May 2012 | 5:41 pmMy husband and I are regular gad-abouts on Saturdays. (You know I don’t believe I’ve ever written or typed out the word gad-abouts in my entire life… and it’s such a cool-ish word.) Anyway, rarely do we ever just sit still – even during the height of mowing season, Michael always leaves time in his Saturday for our little road trips. On a recent Saturday we… how do I put this kindly… came across bonehead after bonehead. A man who had no idea how the car wash worked, a woman driver who gave the rest of us a horrible name, etc. They just kept… -
Ancestory, Genealogy, and Your Family Tree - The Best Guide for FIning Your Way to the Past
9 May 2012 | 1:46 pmWith my self help website, food blog, and other online publications, I have the opportunity to read and review a good number of books. I’ve been a bookworm since the great and varied adventures of “Spot, Dick, and Jane,” so you can imagine how delirious I am when a new book to review comes in the mail. My smile stretches from ear to ear and my feet kind of do this little happy dance. I’ve got nothing but mad love for great books, the authors who pen them, the publishers who publish them – and nothing but crazy mad love for the publicists who add to my personal… -
The TRUE Opposite of Boldness - It Isn't What You Think!
9 May 2012 | 12:41 pmIn the Bible, there’s a passage that used to bumfuzzle me. When I was much younger, I even wanted to ask my preacher about it. I didn’t because I didn’t want to seem, at best, a simple little dummy or, at worst, a Hell-bound little heathen. I’m certain I’m neither, so I just decided to figure it out for myself. The passage basically says that it’s better to be cold or hot than to be lukewarm. To my young mind, I was certain the Bible had gotten it twisted. After all, wouldn’t it be better to be at least a little warm than to be altogether cold? … -
Very, Very Special Gift Idea for Mom - Make this a Mother's Day Neither of You'll Forget
4 May 2012 | 8:24 amI have been meaning to post about this for about a week now – but with the week I’ve had, I’ve had to write notes on Post Its that say, “Breathe.” Occasionally I see the reminder and breathe. When I have time. But as I’ve always said, when we’re our busiest, we should be our happiest. Grateful to be alive and healthy enough to be busy and thankful to have things to keep us busy. Even when it’s ridiculously busy. Breathe. Mother’s Day is just around the proverbial corner and you’re probably thinking about gifts for one of the…
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Box of Crayons
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Three new (and unexpected) tools to fight malaria
15 May 2012 | 4:01 pmCheese, dogs and pills. Bart Knols at TedxMaastricht. (not up for rubbing cheese on your feet? You could always buy a copy of End Malaria instead…) -
Best 3 Books on Productivity (which aren’t Getting Things Done)
15 May 2012 | 7:00 amProductivity – it’s a slippery beast. On the one hand, it makes all kinds of sense to get focused and efficient and what you do. On the other, it can become an end in itself (“woo hoo, zero inbox!”) as opposed to serving a great purpose: finding more time to do Great Work. Here’s my video review three books that aren’t David Allen’s Getting Things Done that I think find a useful and, let me say it, productive line on productivity. I’m talking about Austin Kleon, Steal Like an Artist Atul Gawande, The Checklist Manifesto Scott Belsky, Making… -
End Malaria wins the Eric Hoffer ‘Culture’ award
14 May 2012 | 5:31 amThe big win with End Malaria is that it raised more than $300k for Malaria No More. That said, there have been some lovely side benefits. Working with a bunch of people I’ve long admired, both creating the books with Seth and The Domino Project team and the 62 brilliant contributors. Hitting #2 on Amazon.com was also quite the thrill. And now it’s the winner of the 2012 Culture prize, one of the Eric Hoffer award categories. Hurrah! (Here’s Seth’s post about the glorious moment.) -
Julia Sloan, Learning to Think Strategically
10 May 2012 | 7:00 amBeing strategic is one of those buzzwords in corporate life. So many companies seek to become more strategic without really knowing what it means or if all the stakeholders are defining it in the same way. Can people really learn it? Is it one of those things that you either have or you don’t? For answers, enter Julia Sloan, author of Learning to Think Strategically. She is an expert in teaching executives and global leaders how to do just that. In this interview I talk with Julia about: How strategic thinking is like positioning a lighthouse The difference between complicated and… -
Six Top Entrepreneurs Share Their Secrets Based on ‘The $100 Startup’
8 May 2012 | 5:07 amLet me introduce my awesome mastermind group – The Brain Trust. Left to right: that’s me (long arms, so I get to hold the camera), Michele Lisenbury Christensen of Loving with Power (with baby Mira), Eric Klein of Wisdom Heart, Jen Louden of JenniferLouden.com, Mark Silver of Heart of Business and Molly Gordon of Shaboom Inc. We’ve supported each other (strategy and tactics, hugs and arse-kicking) for 6 years now, and we met once a year to hang out and go deep on our businesses. A couple of weeks ago we were all on Bainbridge Island, and I happened to have a advanced copy…
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Personal Development Blog - Inspiring & Empowering Lives
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Life is Like a Cup of Coffee
22 Apr 2012 | 2:54 pm3:39 mins Live Simply.. Love Generously.. Care Deeply.. Speak Kindly.. May the God of hope fill you with joy and peace as you trust in Him… Romans 15:13 Tag:Gratitude, Inspiration, MotivationGratitude, Inspiration, Motivation -
“The Carpenter” - Inspirational Story about Life
11 Apr 2012 | 2:04 pm3:24 mins Tag:Inspiration, Motivation, The Carpenter storyInspiration, Motivation, The Carpenter story -
Value of Time
19 Nov 2011 | 4:38 am3:19 mins Tag:Gratitude, Inspiration, Leadership, Motivaiton, Personal Development, Positive Attitude, Quotes, Time Management, Wealth CreationGratitude, Inspiration, Leadership, Motivaiton, Personal Development, Positive Attitude, Quotes, Time Management, Wealth Creation -
What You Can Learn From Steve Jobs
23 Oct 2011 | 5:53 amSteve Jobs’s 7 driving Principles: Do what you Love Put a Dent in the Universe Connect Things to Spark your Creativity Say “No” to 1000 things Create Insanely Different Experiences Master the Message Sell Dreams, Not Products Dream Bigger… See Genius in your Craziness… Believe in Yourself, Believe in your Vision… and be constantly prepared to defend those ideas because it’s those ideas that can potentially change the world… 6:14 mins Related post: Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005 Tag:Apple, Inspiration, Leadership, Legacy,… -
10 tips to feeling happier now
18 May 2011 | 11:42 amAre you happy? It’s such an important question that British Prime Minister David Cameron recently created a national happiness index to check on how Brits feel. Even Facebook is measuring the Gross National Happiness of its members. We’re asking because happiness has a huge impact on your health, from your arteries to your heart, from the glow in your skin to the pep in your step. Happy feelings influence your brain and body chemistry in ways that make you better able to cope with pain and stress, and to fend off colds, flu, heart disease, even cancer. The effects of happiness on your…
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Aspire Higher Motivational Quotes
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Staying Young – Poem
13 May 2012 | 10:17 pmHere’s a poem I found called “Staying Young“:I’ve something to say to you older folks, and you young folks listen too, For what I’m about to say, will some day apply to you.I know that some of you older folks are happily retired, And have no ties to bind you, and work is no longer required.So you’re sitting around in idleness, each day becomes a bore, You’re beginning to start thinking, there’s nothing worth living for.You’d like to be in some business, but think it’s too late to begin, Well, I’ll tell you about a business,… -
Another NEW Old-Style Thought of the Day List
11 May 2012 | 4:32 pmIn case you didn’t see the email, I caved to peer pressure and started a SECOND *new* thought of the day email list, just like the old one.By now you’ve noticed that THIS email (if you’re getting this via an RSS email) looks very different from my usual old “Aspire Higher Thought-of-the-Day” email.Well, some people don’t like this format…or expressed that they had trouble signing up for it. Well, just so you know, I HAVE actually closed the OLD email, along with the 35,000 subscribers that were on it. Why did I close it? It was getting too… -
Thoughts of the Day, May 3, 2012
3 May 2012 | 6:23 amHere’s a few good quotes I’ve shared on FB in the last week:A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction. -Benjamin SpockHope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible. -Charles Caleb ColtonIf you can still read this, you still have a chance! -Ronny M. ColeHumility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows. -Helen Nielsen (I like this one)It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate. -Eric… -
Thoughts for the Day for April 27, 2012
27 Apr 2012 | 10:11 amHere’s a few of the quotes that’s I’ve shared in the last few days on FB and Twitter:There is clearly much left to be done, and whatever else we are going to do, we had better get on with it. -Rosalynn CarterIf you’re in a good profession, it’s hard to get bored, because you’re never finished…there will always be work you haven’t done. -J ChildThe only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren’t is the willingness to work very, very hard. -Helen Gurley BrownMaxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach… -
Thoughts for the Day April 25, 2012
25 Apr 2012 | 1:02 pmHere are some of the latest quotes I’ve shared this week on Facebook and Twitter:If I am anything, which I highly doubt, I have made myself so by hard work. -Sir Isaac NewtonWhoever looks for easy work goes to bed very tired. -Yiddish ProverbThe only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first. -Ginger RogersBy working hard, you get to play hard, guilt-free. -Jim RohnI believe in hard work. It keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit. -Helena RubinsteinHard work beats all the tonics and vitamins in the world. -Col. SandersWhen I was a young man I observed that 9 out of…
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The Future is Bright
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TALWST – Peace Tonight (Official Video)
28 Apr 2012 | 3:43 pmThe artist TALWST formerly known as Curtis Santiago has a message in the madness. Inspired by John Lennon. Produced by ILLANGELO. -
Kris Kasanova – Sleep When I’m Dead (Official Video)
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Speaking of Harlem
22 Mar 2012 | 11:00 amNardwuar vs A$AP Rocky If you are not familiar with the Always Strive And Prosper mob, here is footage from a Spotify event I attended that was held during SXSW Music 2012 -
You should be attending TEDxHarlem
22 Mar 2012 | 10:15 amWhat: A day-long conference that seeks to understand, celebrate and empower the informal methods of social innovation that grow organically in Harlem and throughout communities around the world. For more. When: Tuesday March 27, 2012 – 8a-5p Where: Riverside Church Cost: $20 and $100 Speakers: Click Here Hosts: Click Here Webcast: Live on March 27th www.livestream.com/tedxharlem I’m going to be attending the event and may even get a ticket for my dad who grew up in Harlem in the 50/60s and now lives in Jersey. If I were you I would ask your company to expense this day of… -
Home and Away
19 Mar 2012 | 5:39 amHome and Away, originally uploaded by KenjiSummers. I write this before dawn inside of the Marcy Playground in Marcy Projects in my neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn. I decided to ride by multi gear road bike here to think. Not to think about how I got no sleep but about home and away. Home and away is what I struggle with today. How do I dare inspire young people, especially Americans to get passports and leave home when Projects such as Marcy, once home to Shawn Carter you know him as Jay-Z, still exist? With all the KONY talk I find myself at a perilous path where I must find a…
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Motivation Articles, Essays, Tips and Advice
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Seven Ways to Live a More Productive and Positive Lifestyle By Ryan C. Lowe
14 May 2012 | 11:48 pmDoesn’t it seem like every time you turn on the TV or get on the computer, there is always more negative news that just weighs you down. On top of that, you have your own personal issues to deal with. This “negative storm” can cause someone to feel stuck, lost and full of anxiety. It is the fear of the unknown that builds up in our mind and takes over like a dark cloud. This dark cloud follows us and rains on us, making us negative in our personal and professional lives. As humans, we sometimes focus on the negative and stay under that negative cloud that we created. We must understand… -
Doing the Remarkable By Jim Rohn
8 May 2012 | 6:15 amWhen it comes to meeting and conquering the negativity in your life, here is a key question: What can you do, starting today, that will make a difference? What can you do during economic chaos? What can you do when everything has gone wrong? What can you do when you’ve run out of money, when you don’t feel well and it’s all gone sour? What can you do? Let me give you the broad answer first. You can do the most remarkable things, no matter what happens. People can do incredible things, unbelievable things, despite the most impossible or disastrous circumstances. Here is why… -
Accept No Limits By Vic Johnson
6 May 2012 | 6:47 am“A person is limited only by the thoughts that he chooses.” —James Allen, As a Man Thinketh You are not limited to the life you now live. It has been accepted by you as the best you can do at this moment. Anytime you’re ready to go beyond the limitations currently in your life, you’re capable of doing that by choosing different thoughts. We each earn the income we do today because that is the amount we have limited ourselves to earn. We could easily earn 5, 10, 20 times more if we did not limit ourselves through the thoughts we maintain. Don’t believe… -
Saying No to Others is Saying YES to Yourself By Jack Canfield
4 May 2012 | 2:24 pmThere are only two words that will always lead you to success. Those words are yes and no. Undoubtedly, you’ve mastered saying yes. So start practicing saying no. Your goals depend on it! If you are constantly saying yes to other people, then you are constantly saying no to yourself and your goals. Ask yourself if what is being requested of you is in line with your goals, will it benefit you in some way and bring you closer to your success, or will you simply be spending your time on someone else’s good opportunity? How much time do you waste with projects and activities that you… -
Imitate for Success By James Mapes
23 Apr 2012 | 12:35 pmThe great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.” – Meryl Streep, American actress You have the capability to improve your relationships, ramp up your ability to learn and increase the quality of your overall experience of life. Does this sound like the beginning of a typical positive thinking “self-help” book? How about this: You have an ability that is so very close to mind-reading that when you understand and apply these strategies, you will absolutely open up new possibilities for your life. Have you ever wondered why you, or other sports fans, get so…
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Danielle LaPorte: white hot truth + sermons on life
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Why I stopped meditating: acts of rebellion + intention
15 May 2012 | 12:32 am“Meditator” isn’t a label I’d give myself, though I’ve meditated for years — in temples, on the bus, on cushions, in the tub, with and without formalities and teachers. (People who put things like, “And Joe has been a meditator for twenty years…” in their bios make me wonder. Unless of course, you’re a mediation teacher. But otherwise it doesn’t impress me as a pick up line, mostly because I’ve known some long-time meditators who were very cranky, or paranoid, or rude to waiters. Meditating doesn’t guarantee that… -
Make Money. Change The World: My Big B-School Giveaway and a Tell All Q+A.
11 May 2012 | 9:28 amWomen who get and leverage online marketing have the highest profits, the best customers, and a business that makes money 24-7. It doesn’t matter if you’re selling products or services, whether you sell jewellery or you’re a coach or an author, and it doesn’t matter if you have a local business or if you’ve got customers all over the world — doing business online is the new reality of doing business. - Marie Forleo.com Let me slowly repeat the key part of this statement o’ gold: Women who “get” and leverage online marketing have the… -
Friday’s Thank You Gift
10 May 2012 | 11:48 pmThe Workbook O’ Fire contains ALL of the worksheets that appear in THE FIRE STARTER SESSIONS. 17 of them. So for those of you who can’t bear to write in the book, or who got the Kindle or Nook or audio edition…voila! They’re all here in one place to be printed out and inked up with your knowing. Download the Workbook O’Fire These exercises aren’t fluffy Q&As repackaged from all the self -help seminars we’ve all been to. These worksheets have some traction. You’ll think. You’ll go deeper. You’ll let go. You’ll take action. -
Thursday’s Thank You Gift
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Wednesday’s Thank You Gift
8 May 2012 | 10:00 pmWho loves ya, baby? I do! THE FIRE STARTER SESSIONS is also available as an audio book. I get to go all sultry Kerouac and ar-tic-u-late my worrrds. But that’s beside the point. PREZZIES! Audio segment: Calling All Sovereigns of Time! I loved recording the audio. Three long days, in a dark room in LA, drinking tea and talking about myself. Hell ya!
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37days.com - Home of Patti Digh
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in which I meet Carlos Fuentes.
15 May 2012 | 6:54 pmOddly, I posted this photo as my Facebook profile shot yesterday. It was taken to commemorate my lunch date with Carlos Fuentes, the brilliant, charming, and beautiful Mexican novelist who gave us The Death of Artemio Cruz, Aura, The Good Conscience, The Hydra Head, and more. I was thinking about him, and posted it. He died today. (I feel fairly certain the two events are unrelated, though one never knows for sure, does one?) “For Patti, in the joy of meeting her,” he wrote in one of the books I shyly asked if he would sign. May you rest in peace, Carlos Fuentes, you and all those… -
one of those days we will remember
13 May 2012 | 5:28 pmIt started late last night with a call from Emma. “She’s calling to wish you a Happy Mother’s Day,” John said as he handed me the phone. “But it’s only 11:57!” I joked. “Hi, honey,” I said. “Happy Mother’s Day!” she said. “How’s your new apartment?” I asked. We chatted for a moment, and then, suddenly, she appeared around the corner of the room. I dropped the phone and leapt up. She had driven the four hours from Raleigh to surprise me for Mother’s Day! I can’t remember ever being so… -
oh, daddy : thirty-two years ago today.
12 May 2012 | 9:28 amOne Year When I got to his marker, I sat on it, like sitting on the edge of someone’s bed and I rubbed the smooth, speckled granite. I took some tears from my jaw and neck and started to wash a corner of his stone. Then a black and amber ant ran out onto the granite, and off it, and another ant hauled a dead ant onto the stone, leaving it, and not coming back. Ants ran down into the grooves of his name and dates, down into the oval track of the first name’s O, middle name’s O, the short O of his last name, and down into the hyphen between his birth and death–little… -
change your verbs, change the landscape of your life.
7 May 2012 | 10:43 amI was deeply honored to wear a Harry Potter robe on Saturday morning and march onto the gorgeous lawn of Guilford College to give the commencement address 30 years after I received my own diploma from there. Here are some photos from that special day, some 3x3x365 posts about it, and a link to my remarks, “The Geography of Verbs,” (excluding my preliminary remarks offering advice to any menopausal women in the audience who might be considering wearing a heavy robe and hood-thing to give a commencement speech in the sun, and my dedication of my remarks to my physics professor at… -
write like your hair is on fire.
30 Apr 2012 | 4:34 pmI never knew teaching an online writing class could be such a wholehearted, full-bodied experience. But it is. If you are drawn to knowing who you are, where your creativity resides inside you, and what stops you from expressing yourself like your hair is on fire, I hope you will join me for the next VerbTribe online writing class (starts May 16th).Go here for more info! It may change your life, not just your writing. Here’s what a few folks had to say about it: VerbTribe is pure magic. The real kind. The life-changing kind. Conjured from the brilliant mind and boundless heart of Patti…
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A Beautiful Ripple Effect
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It doesn’t have to be perfect.
11 May 2012 | 12:18 pm… your decision … your project plan … your vision, your intentions, your goals … your resume … your inbox … your home … your failures (yes, perfectionists even like to fail perfectly) … your family … your gifts … your timing … your words … your balance on the yoga mat … your moves on the dance floor … your special night … your wedding … your recovery … your willpower … your relationship … your thoughts … your patience … your attendance … your productivity …… -
Lighting Another Candle
10 May 2012 | 5:45 pmI’ve read this proverb before, but after hearing it again today had to share it with you. It’s such a simple reminder about the gift of compassion. Its supply is infinite and free of cost. Tonight I’m going to remember to take a few minutes to mindfully light another candle. I hope you will join me! Related posts:One Positive Thought Sometimes there are voices that come around that you can’t shrink down. Grace Under Pressure -
Color Me Happy: Colorful Stripes
9 May 2012 | 1:12 pmAfter last week’s craziness (update to come soon), I needed to focus on something cheerful. What better way to add a little cheer to your day than by getting a bit stripe happy. Colorful stripes can be seen literally everywhere—it’s fun to find them in the least expected of places :). Have you found an unexpected burst of color in your day? sources: carrie bradshaw in striped skirt (original source: phoebebrookes.wordpress.com—no longer active)| envelope liner (plurabella calligraphy) | bangle (kate spade) | mug (eat drink chic, photo by amy moss) pillows (original source:… -
The Mayonnaise Jar and Coffee
7 May 2012 | 6:00 amMy husband forwarded me the beautiful story below. I had never read this story before and if you haven’t either, I highly recommend reading through to the end. It’s a wonderful way to begin this new week! When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar… and the coffee… A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked… -
Riding the Emotional Roller Coaster
4 May 2012 | 1:58 pmThis week has been an emotional roller coaster. The ride is far from over, but I’m so grateful that we get to continue this ride. I am forever grateful for the kind souls that entered our lives this week and helped make the journey a little less scary. I am completely drained and exhausted. Yet, I feel like I should be in high spirits and a ball of energy. I’m not and I’m not going to fight it. My emotions are all jumbled and difficult to tease apart. However, I awoke this morning with an immense sense of gratitude that filled me with joy. This I know: I am so very grateful.
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Jungle of Life
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Awaken to the Value of Your Time
16 May 2012 | 7:35 amTweet Trillions of dollars change hands around the world everyday. More items, services and goods are bought and sold each minute than you could possibly imagine. More currency changes hands than you can possibly fathom. Money, in other words, is virtually limitless. There’s more money in the world than you could ever need, want, acquire or imagine. Your time, on the other hand, is limited. We are on this earth for 80 to 100 years in the best-case scenario. Some of us are visiting this world for a much shorter period of time. So why do we treat our time as if its “free” and unlimited,… -
Unleash Your Inner Superhero
13 May 2012 | 6:42 amTweet You are in possession of something powerful. Something with the innate possibility to change the world. You walk around with it every day, but sadly, you’re likely oblivious to its paradigm-shifting potential. Don’t feel bad, however, for even the most advanced airport security scanners are completely unable to detect its presence. What is it? Your greatness. That’s right, even Tony the Tiger would agree: You’re GREAT! But I’m not talking in generic, “you’re great, I’m great, everybody’s great and should get a trophy” terms here. I’m talking about your inner… -
How to Awaken Your Greatness When You Don’t Feel That Great
10 May 2012 | 7:35 amTweet One of my coaching clients (let’s call her Sonia) recently went through a divorce. She has worked hard to get to a place where she can appreciate all the good that came from the relationship. Her teen-aged daughter is foremost in her appreciation. But it is also in relation to her daughter that she struggles with the most persistent difficult feelings related to her ex. You see, the ex is now withholding emotional and financial support from his daughter. My client sees that her daughter is hurting as a result of her father’s neglect and she wants to know how to best support her. -
Awaken Career Greatness
7 May 2012 | 9:47 amTweet To awaken to your greatness in your career, you must love what you do…truly love it. You must see it as a craft… as an art… and yourself as an artist. This is the way to greatness! Note: If you’re having trouble viewing this, please click here. by John Spence -
It’s Never Too Late To Be Great!
4 May 2012 | 7:35 amTweet Ironically, I sit down to write this article on the evening of my birthday. Each passing year I become a little more reflective when May 1st comes around, perhaps because I am more aware of how quickly this carnival ride of life starts spinning. At times, a deep sense of gratitude penetrates through memories of challenges and pain. For in aging I gain the ability to clear the superficial flow that has sometimes been my life, and realize that relationships, family, and living a meaningful life of purpose and harmony are really what I want. But other times I have a penetrating sense of…
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Things I Love – Fodor’s Travel App to NYC
14 May 2012 | 1:43 pmFodor's Travel App to NYC Life is full of wonderful surprises and gifts at every turn. Each day I take the time to honor the gifts in which I have received from the mind, body and spirit level. Some of them are natural, such as the beautiful raindrops falling around my home today, which I adore. At other times, they are gifts that I find out of the blue, which are the most fun to discover! Today’s Sweet Surprise, the Thing I Love and am grateful for is… Fodor’s New Travel App to NYC I just discovered that Fodor’s has created a series of travel apps that are free… -
Innovate or Wither on the Vine: Business Intuition with Kala Ambrose
4 May 2012 | 10:47 pmKala Ambrose - Author, Entrepreneur and Business Intuitive In my work as a psychic who teaches Business Intuition, I share with my clients how to use intuition to discern what is not working within your company or career and how to tap into future trends and see what is coming three to five years ahead. Last year my work caught the attention of the Learning Annex and they asked me to write a report of Business Intuition Trends for 2012 and the Decade Beyond. I happily agreed to write and make these predictions and wrote 11 pages of predictions for business trends including real estate,… -
Living in a Sea not a Land of Opportunity
2 May 2012 | 1:27 pmIn the 21st century, we are shifting from the Age of Pisces to the Age of Aquarius and with this energetic shift, we are moving from a “tribe consciousness” into a “global consciousness”. This means that we begin to see our connection as a greater part of the whole, rather than just to the family in which we were born or the city where we were raised. It is an era of great change and as we undergo this evolution, we see the effects of this change in our political, social and economic atmosphere, along with our spiritual connections. In this new awakening, we are being… -
Seeing Pink – Awaken Your Aura with Kala Ambrose
27 Apr 2012 | 2:29 pmAs an “Auracle” a person with psychic abilities who can also see the aura, I’m often asked what each of the colors mean in the aura. The answer is that the colors have a tremendous depth of meaning and when seeing them in the aura, several things must be taken into consideration including: What section of the auric body is the color appearing, is it in the physical, mental, emotional or spiritual fields of the aura? How deep is the color, is it light pastel, or a deep jewel tone or is it mixed with other colors? Does the color appear stationary or is it in the process of… -
Magical Grimoire Chronicles with Sally Dubats
27 Apr 2012 | 1:47 pmOn this episode of Explore Your Spirit with Kala, Kala speaks with Sally Dubats about her novel, The Grimoire Chronicles: Veil Between Worlds. Cassie is a teenage Witch with a problem — her memory was stolen. She blames astral projection; unplanned out-of-body experiences that induce amnesia happen when life gets ugly. Cassie does what any Witch would do; she casts a spell to remember. The magick sparks a mind-blowing adventure to another dimension where anything is possible, supernatural beings abound, and a dangerous romance blossoms with the very mysterious Trenton. But Trenton is hiding…
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Morning Gratitudes
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Gratitude challenge week 19
11 May 2012 | 8:32 pm“Being grateful for all I have brings more abundance into my life.” —Che Garman I am a grateful woman. I am grateful for the life in the garden. Bean plants of all kinds reaching for the sky, sending tendrils out to wrap around anything that will help them stand upright. I am grateful for dancing last night for a whole hour without feeling sapped and depleted. Woohoo! I am also grateful that my legs didn’t hurt when I danced. Or after. I am grateful for my sister and our shared love and neuroses. I am grateful that I had my first Journey healing process today. Powerful. I am… -
Entering the third trimester of birthing my heart-centered business…
11 May 2012 | 4:59 pmYes, it’s being a long pregnancy. Conception: I began this journey of rethinking, redoing, revamping, repurposing, my business in October of last year. The doldrums (clients completing their work, lack of new clients to take their place) had set in and my efforts of marketing and sales in the same way I always had were falling flat. I had been hearing and reading about Mark Silver and his work in Heart of Business for a couple of years. What I read about his offerings like Opening the Moneyflow resonated in me; I started subscribing to his newsletters in 2009. In my usual slow-to-move… -
Gratitude to share Sunday 5/7—Gratitude Challenge week 18
6 May 2012 | 3:44 pm“If the only prayer you ever uttered was, ‘Thank you,’ that would suffice.” —Meister Eckhart I am grateful today for the state of the garden. I keep telling myself this is the last bunch of kale I’m gonna have to buy. Maybe a couple of more weeks of this…the seedlings are lookin’ good! I am grateful for apricots and cherries at the farmers market! Early summer in da house! I am grateful for my sister, her love, her smarts, her humor, her compassion. I am grateful for Rabbit and Rowan in my life. Sisters by choice. I am grateful for neighbors that are so wonderful… -
Gratitude challenge week 17
28 Apr 2012 | 2:36 pm(this time the quote’s from me! teehee…) “Expressing gratitude causes a fundamental change for the better in my thoughts and words and actions. And because I know from experience that today’s gratitude won’t help me tomorrow, I have embraced a nearly daily practice of writing my gratitudes and sharing them with others.” — Sue Kearney, personal/business coach and graphic designer Hello, my gratitude peeps! Keeping it simple on this gorgeous Saturday. I want to be outside!! I am grateful that I live in California where I get to have gorgeous sunshine so much of the year. -
Is being true to your heart and soul selfish? Does it matter?
27 Apr 2012 | 5:22 pmThis morning I rolled out of bed before 7, before the alarm, and I put on my flipflops and went into the garden. Dragged the heavy hose its full length and started watering the seedbeds. The whole garden looks like more dirt than plants, as you can see, and I spent my time (15, 20 minutes) watering every bed, and the paths in between, bending down and saying hello to each little tiny seedling I could see. This time spent in the chilly morning sunshine was most definitely not on my calendar. I have so much more important stuff to do! Tax-related stuff, business development stuff. I have blogs…
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What's New at Wake Up Eager:
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May 16, Activate Your Greatness - The Best Way I Know to Master This Wake Up Eager Habit
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May 8, Just for Fun Videos and Insights: a NEW Fun Video Has JUST Been Added
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May 2, Best Motivation Techniques - Five Wake Up Eager Habits Free Quiz
2 May 2012 | 4:57 pmA * NEW * free online motivation test/quiz to help you pick the self motivation techniques that will give you more energy, joy and inspiration. Take the 5 Wake Up Eager Habits Quiz here. -
Apr 26, Enter the Zone: Three Practices To Help You Master This Wake Up Eager Habit
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Apr 26, Self Judgment Takes Me Out of the Zone: My Important Document Incident
26 Apr 2012 | 2:51 pmSelf judgment is not always about low self esteem, but it ALWAYS take you OUT of the Zone & it hurts workplace motivation & success. This incident reminds me how important getting in the zone is...
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Jonathan Fields
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Ask JF: How Do I Get Attention In a Crowded Field?
14 May 2012 | 9:31 amI’ve been asked this question by everyone from bloggers to actors, artists to entrepreneurs and corporate aspirants to movement makers. How do I make a mark when it seems everything that can be created, said or done has been created, said or done by someone else? Short answer. No field is too crowded to make a mark when you’re remarkable. Click here to tweet! In fact, the very existence of a robust market filled with competition and a near cacophony of voices is a signpost of demand, which in business, is a good thing as long as you do one big thing… Become the signal,… -
Broken Open to Greatness: Transforming Tragedy into Triumph
8 May 2012 | 10:09 amToday’s guest contributor is my friend, Jennifer Boykin, an amazing writer, mentor and creator of the soulful, sassy and simply divine LifeAfterTampons.com. Last March, my daughter Grace should have been twenty. She should be a sophomore in college. She should have come home for the weekend. There should have been a party and mani-pedis and some lame-ass boy or two hanging around waiting around for us to get home so he could drool all over her. But there wasn’t. Because Grace died shortly after her premature birth. And instead of a lifetime of little girl memories, I had 32 minutes… -
Why I Drool Every Time Forleo Launches (it’s not the product)
5 May 2012 | 10:49 amEvery great entrepreneur or marketer is a student of human behavior. It’s no different with me. I learned to write response-driven copy in part because I wanted to learn how to sell more stuff, but even more because I’m fascinated by the process of influence and action. How can you craft a set of words or images, in print, on screen, on video or audio to move people through a psychological process that triggers a specific behavior? That’s my real fascination. How can I inspire someone to start meditating, eating better, moving their body, embracing a calling, act in the face… -
Giving Power to Gain Freedom
1 May 2012 | 11:29 amHow do you build and scale a venture or a movement to touch as many lives as possible without blowing apart your own life along the way? This is a question I’ve been working on for years. Exploring models, strategies, ideas and tactics. Through it all, one overriding ideal keeps bubbling up to the top. It’s, at once, ridiculously obvious, but at the same time extraordinarily difficult to execute on. Because it means removing ego from the picture. Inserting faith. And focusing on service, empowerment and exalting relationships. The fastest way to expand your own power, freedom and… -
How Danielle LaPorte Set the World On Fire
20 Apr 2012 | 7:01 am“I decided to stop selling and start radiating.” That, from the mouth of highly sought-after speaker, entrepreneur, strategist and author, Danielle LaPorte. The words tumbled out during the filming of an interview for my soon-to-launch web series, Good Life Project TV (don’t ask, more on that soon). We sat facing each other on the floor of the yoga studio I founded in 2001, talking about her killer new book – The Fire Starter Sessions. She was sing-songing her way through a longer answer to a question I’d posed about her success. Wait! I said. You can’t…
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emily stoddard furrow
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confession tuesday: fighting with place
15 May 2012 | 9:19 pmI confess that I have started this post a dozen times, probably dozens of dozens of times if you consider all the times I’ve wanted to say something recently. And now I am exasperated with myself, because I am walking someone else’s line of what is too emotional to share and what needs to be rationalized to be understood and what can be logically said without fear of consequence. But all of these considerations become the equivalent of holding my breath. People forget that — I forget that — when we don’t write what we are meant to say, it’s not just that… -
"The Vatican’s assessment, issued on Wednesday, said that members of the group, the Leadership..."
20 Apr 2012 | 2:19 pm“The Vatican’s assessment, issued on Wednesday, said that members of the group, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, had challenged church teaching on homosexuality and the male-only priesthood, and promoted “radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith.” The sisters were also reprimanded for making public statements that “disagree with or challenge the bishops, who are the church’s authentic teachers of faith and morals.” During the debate over the health care overhaul in 2010, American bishops came out in opposition to the health plan, but dozens of… -
"If you’re a square peg in a round hole, get out of the damn hole. Go find a square one. They’re out..."
16 Apr 2012 | 9:18 am“If you’re a square peg in a round hole, get out of the damn hole. Go find a square one. They’re out there. Part of learning who you are is learning the environment you need to be at your best… Some of us are lucky enough to, as the saying goes, bloom where we’re planted. Many of us are not. We often grow up with a sense of being defective, of something’s wrong with us, so we need to chop and trim ourselves and twist our selves inside out to fit our surrounding reality. This rarely turns out well. Better to search out the reality – or, if necessary, to bring it into being –… -
"I think what’s evolved is coming to see that drawing from my own experiences is enough. That that..."
13 Apr 2012 | 12:10 pm“I think what’s evolved is coming to see that drawing from my own experiences is enough. That that may be more powerful than what I could do if I gave myself five years to research the perfect answer. There’s a perfectionist part of me that feels like, Well don’t I have to master that subject, and don’t I have to read whatever everybody else said about that before I can talk about it? I think what has evolved is really getting the lesson that what is most powerful for people is story, truth and the nitty gritty of sharing our real experiences. That has showed up for me again and… -
poetry book giveaway (kicking off national poetry month!)
31 Mar 2012 | 4:53 pmTomorrow marks the start of National Poetry Month! One of the ways I’m taking action this year is through Kelli Russell Agodon’s Big Poetry Giveaway. This is a great way to get to know poet-bloggers while circulating poetry books. Each blogger selects two books to give away. Visitors (like you) have the month of April to comment on the giveaway post (like this one) and enter. In early May, I’ll select two commenters at random to receive the books. I’ll contact you for your mailing address and send you a bit of poetic happiness on me. (If you want more details, Kelli…
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Everything Counts!
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The Unexamined Life
8 May 2012 | 7:43 pmSocrates said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” I’m in complete agreement. The good news is that today is examination day. Today is the day you take inventory of your life, your choices, and your results. Ready? Do you have a clear sense of where you are going and how you will get there? Are you living the life you imagined, or just going through the motions? What are your proudest accomplishments since the beginning of the year? What important contributions have you made to your work, family and the community where you live? Are you starting fast and finish each day… -
Now or Later
27 Apr 2012 | 2:18 pmBetween 1968 and 1974, Walter Mischel conducted a series of studies on what makes it hard or easy for children to delay gratification and enforce self-discipline. He started his longitudinal study by offering a group of 4-year-olds one marshmallow, but told them that if they could wait for him to return after running an errand, they could have two marshmallows. The “errand” took about fifteen minutes. The theory was that those children who could wait would demonstrate that they had the ability to delay gratification and control impulse. Mischel varied the rewards and experimented… -
Finding Your Moral Compass
18 Apr 2012 | 12:25 amCan Leadership Ethics be Taught? The issue is an old one. Almost 2500 years ago, the philosopher Socrates debated the question with his fellow Athenians. Socrates’ position was clear: Ethics consists of knowing what we ought to do, and such knowledge can be taught. What I’d like to do is teach you a systematic approach to everyday ethics and it is grounded in five questions. I recommend that you ask yourself these five questions at the end of each day as they will help you to practice everyday morality. 1. Did I practice any virtues today? In The Book of Virtues, William Bennett… -
Refocusing Priorities
17 Apr 2012 | 11:59 pmWhat is the most important thing in your life? If you and I were face to face right now and I asked you that question, you’d probably promptly reply with – my god, my family, my children or my spouse. But are you actually living that way? We say our family and relationships are most important, but our values are demonstrated not by our words, but by our deeds, not by what we say, but what we do, and that is why I feel so strongly that behavior never lies! I have found if you want to know what someone really values most, simply look at their calendar and their checkbook. How a person… -
The Grant Study… and what it means to you!
17 Apr 2012 | 11:20 pmWhy do some folks look back on their lives and say they wouldn’t change much? Or anything at all? Is there a special formula? Some mix of love, work, habits, or attitudes that offers the best chance of a well-lived life? Researchers at Harvard have been examining this question for 72 years by following 268 men who entered college in the late 1930s. Their discoveries might surprise you. Just listen to Dr. George Vaillant. Since 1967, the Harvard Medical School professor has dedicated his career to the “Grant Study.” (It was named after its patron, the department-store magnate…
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What My World's Like
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#notetoself: be considerate. build community.
27 Apr 2012 | 10:35 amThis is the seventh #notetoself letter, originally sent on March 19, 2012. Five weeks ago, I arrived at Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua specifically to work on a permaculture farm. Nearly everything I read about this island was that it was magical. That magic wasn’t fully expounded upon, so I hoped I’d figure out for myself what it was about. As I prepare to leave tomorrow, I realize I understand the gravitational pull this island has on one’s heart and mind from my experience in Balgue. I was actually supposed to leave a few days ago, but it didn’t feel right; I… -
#notetoself: show your love.
7 Apr 2012 | 7:20 amThis is the sixth #notetoself letter, originally sent on March 13, 2012. There is a great irony in my personality. I suppose it’s common amongst others that identify as writers, but knowing it’s not specific to me doesn’t make me any more comfortable with it than if it were only my problem. I’m a horrible communicator. Yup. Horrible. However eloquently I may be able to string together written words, I’m much less gifted with the spoken word, especially when it comes to my most vulnerable relationships. Especially when I’m hurt. Especially when hurt and most… -
#notetoself: touch the sky.
3 Apr 2012 | 8:41 amThis is the fifth #notetoself letter, originally sent on March 5, 2012. Henry David Thoreau said, “the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” He lived in the first half of the 19th century and yet those words still contain truth today. It’s sad. Quiet desperation kills the spirit. Before this trip, I realized how discontent I’d become with my life. My work didn’t matter to me. I wasn’t even sure what I was doing with my “work”. I never knew how answer the “what do you do?” question. I don’t know. Live. That was the… -
#notetoself: follow the signs.
30 Mar 2012 | 7:05 amThis is the fourth #notetoself letter, sent on February 27, 2012. So much of life can be enigmatic and perplexing. Undoubtedly, there will be times when you don’t know what to do, how to spend your time, where to invest your energies. For quite a while, that’s been the case with me and my life. That’s part of the reason I’m in Central America. For the past two weeks, I’ve been living off the grid on a farm. On this 26 acre lot, there’s electricity in three locations and two of those are houses I don’t have access to. If you don’t have a… -
#notetoself: relax into the discomfort.
26 Mar 2012 | 4:23 pmThis is the third #notetoself letter, originally sent on February 20, 2012. Isla de Ometepe in Nicaragua is an island formed by two volcanoes with an isthmus between them. Many consider it to be a magical place, although I haven’t yet figured out exactly what makes it so, but suspect I will soon. It’s beautiful and there are more signs of nature than the 42,000 people that live here. I’m staying on a permaculture farm with all kinds of good stuff: random greens, herbs, coconut, banana, plantains, Moringa, Mayan breadnut, taro, jackfruit, neem, guava, cashew, cinnamon, mango…
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Escape Adulthood with Kim & Jason
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The Art of Living Unconventionally: Interview with Chris Guillebeau
15 May 2012 | 1:23 pmA few years ago, Chris Guillebeau made it his goal to visit every country in the world before his 35th birthday. He’s already visited over 175 of them, and is on pace to complete the quest next year. He is also a writer, entrepreneur, purveyor of the blog The Art of Non-Conformity, and author of the excellent book by the same name. His mission is to help people live unconventional lives, make their own choices, and change the world. We had a chance to chat with Chris recently, and covered a wide range of topics. We asked him about his world travels, how his adventure has changed him,… -
Traveling Potato Head
14 May 2012 | 11:31 amHumans love surprises. Well, not the “thank you for your 30 years of service, but we have to let you go” or “Luke, I am your father” kinds of surprises, but the fun, magical kinds that make your soul smile. The cracker jack prizes of life. Some of my best scenes in my life have been surprises, from the surprise birthday party when I turned 30 to surprise tickets to a Switchfoot concert a few weeks ago. (Thanks, Kim!) We actually devote a lot of space on this site to creating surprises. See Hide Pokey, Leave George, Shamwow Your Neighbor, Pajama Run, and belated May… -
Darth Vader Goes to Disneyland
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An Inconvenience is an Adventure Wrongly Considered
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The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying
10 May 2012 | 11:04 amBronnie Ware worked in palliative care for many years. Her patients were those who had gone home to die. She wrote a fascinating post detailing the top 5 regrets of the dying. Here they are: 1) I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. 2) I wish I didn’t work so hard. (This came from every male patient that I nursed. They missed their children’s youth and their partner’s companionship.) 3) I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings. 4) I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. 5) I wish that I had let…
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Love, Staci
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Love and Let Love
11 May 2012 | 9:17 amEven greater than Live and Let Live is Love and Let Love. Race. Gender. Sexuality. Class. Age. Religion. We’re all worthy and deserving. Love, Staci Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Share this on LinkedIn Ping this on Ping.fm Share this on Virb Add this to Google Reader Email this to a friend? Post on Google Buzz Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Digg this! Clip this to Evernote Share this on Plaxo Share this on Plurk Get Shareaholic -
The Best Change
7 May 2012 | 10:08 amSometimes, the best (and only) change you need to make for a better life is a change in perspective. For proof positive, look for the positive. Love, Staci P.S. – Rose colored glasses aren’t all bad. Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Share this on LinkedIn Ping this on Ping.fm Share this on Virb Add this to Google Reader Email this to a friend? Post on Google Buzz Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Digg this! Clip this to Evernote Share this on Plaxo Share this on Plurk Get Shareaholic -
Make Your Own Fresh Start
17 Apr 2012 | 5:58 amIt’s never to late to stop, start or change what you’re doing to get a better outcome. Make your own fresh start. Right now. Today. It’s your new Square One. Create the life you want…Ready, set…GO! Love, Staci Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Share this on LinkedIn Ping this on Ping.fm Share this on Virb Add this to Google Reader Email this to a friend? Post on Google Buzz Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Digg this! Clip this to Evernote Share this on Plaxo Share this on Plurk Get Shareaholic -
Now Not Next
9 Feb 2012 | 7:57 amWe are often rushing to the next thing, instead of focusing on the Now Thing. When it’s time to go to the next thing, move gracefully. Until that time, Be here, gratefully… …for certain physically, but even more, mentally. Now. Love, Staci Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Share this on LinkedIn Ping this on Ping.fm Share this on Virb Add this to Google Reader Email this to a friend? Post on Google Buzz Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Digg this! Clip this to Evernote Share this on Plaxo Share this on Plurk Get Shareaholic -
The Best Part of Waking Up
30 Jan 2012 | 7:04 am…is, well, waking up, and the gift of a day with endless possibilities. Get up. Give thanks. Get going. Love,Staci Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Share this on LinkedIn Ping this on Ping.fm Share this on Virb Add this to Google Reader Email this to a friend? Post on Google Buzz Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Digg this! Clip this to Evernote Share this on Plaxo Share this on Plurk Get Shareaholic
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The BridgeMaker
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A Simple Path – To the Art of Losing Yourself
15 May 2012 | 8:11 pmYou yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. ~ Buddha Some days we need to call a time out; hit the pause button and ask the world to slow down – if only for a moment. Rushing from activity to activity, we can forget where our foundation is built or what it is trying to support. Mondays blur into Wednesdays which become Fridays in secretly appreciative warp speed. There have been more Fridays afternoons than I care to admit when I thought, “I made it.” Translated: I buried my head and didn’t take the time to see what was more important. The… -
The Four Myths of Self Compassion
13 May 2012 | 5:56 pmIf you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others. – Dalai Lama Dr. Kristin Neff was teaching a workshop I recently attended about self-compassion. She had the workshop participants get into pairs and sit facing our partners. Then, one person closed her eyes while the other looked at her and silently repeated a loving-kindness meditation Dr. Neff shared with us. I didn’t know the person I was paired with. But, as I looked at her and silently directed the meditation toward her, I felt waves of compassion and kindness and even love for her. -
The Way of a Mother
11 May 2012 | 11:01 amMothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever. – Author Unknown This week my 13-year-old daughter has been dealing with a tragedy. On Tuesday, she spent the day consoling her best friend. When Emily returned home, see came into our bedroom, curled up in her mother’s lap and let the tears fall. Mary Beth knew exactly what to do. Death’s sting Death’s sting is being felt in my corner of the world. But the tragedy isn’t stopping the community from coming together to offer relief to a family’s pain. There’s no question Mother’s Day will… -
Letting Go of the “Whys” to See the Blessings
8 May 2012 | 6:21 pmA sense of blessedness comes from a change of heart, not from more blessings. – Mason Cooley How often do you ask why when something is happening or has already happened? The cause for things happening can have multiple reasons and asking why is your mind’s need to make sense because confusion and uncertainty can feel unsafe, unpredictable, and painful. Answers give relief We ask why to understand and to regain control so we will know what to do. We ask why because we often look at life circumstances as problems or bad things. When we do things we regret, feel shame, or beat ourselves… -
A Simple Path – To Leaving It on the Ocean Floor
6 May 2012 | 5:06 pm“Forget regret or life is yours to miss.” ~ Jonathan Larson Every now and then our baggage can surface when we least expect it. Shame, resentment, bitterness, and guilt can pop up and surprise us. Our baggage seems to glisten even brighter when we try to look away. Before we know it, the things we have left in the past are standing before us – taunting us with their presence; stealing our happiness. Wine, friends and a surprise attack Mary Beth and I went to another couple’s house for wine, food and conversation last night. After a busy month promoting my book, I welcomed the…
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Your Voice of Encouragement
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Larry Winget – Truth-telling at Its Best
15 May 2012 | 8:14 amI’ve always been attracted to people who can articulate the truth with utter clarity and simplicity.Larry Winget is that kind of person, and I was spell-bound as I listened to him speak at the GKIC SuperConference in April. What made him unique was his ability to incorporate humor into serious subjects. The truth goes down easier when you can laugh along the way.The titles of his best-selling books tell you all you need to know about his unique approach:Shut Up, Stop Whining, and Get a LifeYou’re Broke Because You Want to BeIt’s Called Work for a Reason!People Are Idiots and I Can Prove… -
Knowing Is Not the Same as Doing
8 May 2012 | 9:33 amA lot of people say they want to get physically fit. They read books and articles about the right foods to eat, and watch videos to find out the best exercises to do for cardio and strength training. But nothing will happen until they actually change their eating habits and start working out.The same holds true for developing the personal strengths you need to handle the tough situations you face every day in your work and life. You can take a course, read books by the world’s best experts and watch videos by the most inspiring speakers, but until you apply this “head” knowledge in the… -
John Rich – Entrepreneur AND Musician
26 Apr 2012 | 8:51 amArtist Owen Garrett presents his portrait of John Rich to the talented musician at 2012 GKIC SuperConference.It’s been many years since I followed country music, so I didn’t recognize “John Rich” when I saw his name as the celebrity keynote speaker at the GKIC SuperConference for entrepreneurs and small business owners.That all changed after he took the stage on the opening day of the event.Not only did he entertain the audience with one of his hit songs, he inspired us with stories revealing a strong entrepreneurial spirit. That spirit has led to unprecedented success in the… -
Do You have a Vision for Your Future?
13 Apr 2012 | 8:45 amMartin Luther King Jr. was one of the greatest visionary leaders of our time. His famous “I have a dream” speech, delivered in 1963 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, is among the most inspiring speeches in human history. His ability to articulate his vision for racial equality was pivotal in advancing civil rights in this country.Now, one problem with seeing a dramatically better future is that it takes a lot of work to make it come true. And it can be controversial. Dr. King paid the ultimate price for his efforts to bring his dream into reality. While you’re not likely to face… -
Parents of Tweens and Teens – Books to Guide Your Child’s Development
10 Apr 2012 | 10:02 amI remember all too well the unexpected transformation that happened when my daughter Alison entered the pre-teen years. The sweet, lovable little girl we’d had for 11 years suddenly seemed possessed by a stranger with a sassy mouth and disrespectful attitude.Those were some trying times, and my husband and I did the best we could to balance patience with appropriate boundaries and consequences. We weren’t always successful but Alison transitioned from the teen years to adulthood relatively unscathed, and we’re very proud of her today.Still, it would have been so valuable to have the…
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Building Personal Strength
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Are You Strong Enough to Accept the Truth?
11 May 2012 | 1:00 amYou may have heard of the five stages of grieving loss, described in On Death and Dying (1969), by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, M.D. (1926-2004). The five stages are:DenialAngerBargainingDepressionAcceptanceThree things I like to keep in mind when considering this theory...The important stage is the last one - acceptance - which is the goal of grieving.The stages aren't rigid. They don't always happen in this order, and some people skip stages as they move towards acceptance.I like to add a sixth stage after acceptance - affirmation. It's important to affirm what is real and natural and good, and… -
Tiger Woods Wants His Old Groove Back - What He's Doing Wrong
9 May 2012 | 1:00 amHave you ever tried to solve a Rubik's cube? It's maddeningly difficult if you don't know what you're doing. Also, did you know there are expert solvers who compete in tournaments? The champion usually posts an average solve time of under 10 seconds. Amazing, huh?I once talked to an up-and-coming cube wizard. He said he recently posted a practice time of under 10 seconds. He said he'd been limiting his practice to timed solutions and that this was making a big difference.My comment to him: "Of course it makes a difference. Skills ingrained in the heat of competition are different from those… -
Intimacy, Separateness and Social Media
7 May 2012 | 1:00 amRecently I attended a lovely outdoor dinner party hosted by friends in my neighborhood. About 25 people were there, most of them familiar acquaintances. It was interesting and fun to "catch up." And I met some people for the first time. The weather cooperated, and I had a good time.Talking with these people, I was reminded of the limitations of intimacy. All of us assume that we "know" each other; but realistically, we know very little about what we've been doing each day or what's going on now. If there are issues, things going on behind closed doors, we're not privy to it. That's how life… -
How Books about the Teen Brain Fall Short
5 May 2012 | 1:00 amI've been writing about the teen brain for several years now, and I'm currently gathering the most important insights into a book for parents. I'm doing this knowing that during the past eight to ten years dozens of articles and about ten books about the teen brain have already been published. Why not just refer readers to the best of these works? Why another book about the teen brain?The reason is that while all these articles and books report the research findings, they fail to get to the heart of the matter. Some of them communicate well to parents, but they get the science wrong. Some of… -
Want More Good Luck? Some Helpful Advice...
3 May 2012 | 1:00 amOften when I look over at my wife, Kathleen, I think: How lucky I am to be sharing my life with her. I can no longer imagine living without her. And when I think realistically about it, luck had a lot to do with our being together. How we met, fell in love and eventually got married was a chain of events that began with an incident that turns out to be one of the luckiest things that ever happened to me.It began over 20 years ago, when I was busy speaking and consulting. I got a call from a friend who was working for a large consulting firm.“An association of retired CEOs is chartering a…
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Innovation: A Path To Talent Development?
15 May 2012 | 9:30 amThe following is a guest post by Lewisa Anciano and Amanda Fenton.Companies everywhere are facing increased competition and diminishing returns. We’re told “Innovate or die”. Almost every company I know would say they are trying to innovate their products, services, customer experience or even their business model.But where is innovation happening in your organization? Is it relegated to secret suites and high-level handshakes? What is the ratio of innovators to employees? There is an untapped opportunity to embrace an innovation culture and move innovation out of the tower to the front… -
Do You Dare Your Employees To Dream?
8 May 2012 | 9:30 amI’ve written a number of times about the importance empathy, passion, and fostering a sense of shared purpose plays in our ability to succeed through our collective efforts, ideas that are normally considered too touchy-feely or soft to be of any practical benefit in the business world. Then again, in light of the rising tide of employee disengagement, the ability to empathize and communicate a shared sense of purpose is becoming ever more critical to an organization’s long-term health and viability.But what about dreams? Could our dreams also help to push the boundaries of… -
Are You Waiting For Permission to Grow?
1 May 2012 | 9:30 amThe following is a guest post by Darcy Eikenberg.“We’ve cut back on our training—nothing I can do about that.”“Our conference budgets have been cut, so it’ll be hard for me to stay current.”“My manager doesn’t know any more than I do—how am I going to grow?”Heard those comments in your workplace lately? If so, you’re not alone. One of the biggest laments uncovered in survey after survey is that the current lack of learning and development programs is a strong contributor to disengagement.Makes sense, right? After all, you’re human. You want to learn, grow, and… -
Changing The Way We Work For Today’s World
24 Apr 2012 | 9:00 amIf there’s one thing business leaders and thinkers can agree on, it’s that the way we work is changing. Thanks to a combination of technological advances, emerging global markets and demographic shifts, both the kind of work we’ll do – and how we’ll do it – is undergoing a radical transformation to better mirror the needs and demands of today’s global economy.In a previous piece, I wrote about how the rise in employee disengagement in today’s workplaces is in part due to a disconnect between what we do and what we’re passionate about. Another key… -
Bringing Your Passion Back To Work
17 Apr 2012 | 9:15 amWhen you head off to work, do you feel passionate about the challenges and opportunities you’re about to face? Looking at the numerous studies that have shown the rise in employee disengagement found in today’s workplaces, it wouldn’t be too surprising to see most of you responding in the negative.Of course, just to be clear, when I’m talking about being passionate about work, I’m not referring to those sentimentally-driven aspirations we had as children; of those feelings that had us dreaming about being an astronaut, a firefighter, a doctor or a teacher when we…
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Simply Encouraging Blog
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Default Settings
12 May 2012 | 5:36 pmBeware of what your relational “default settings” become, and this is what I mean. When you open a blank “Word” or “Pages” document, it always opens to the exact same font, line spacing, and pagination as it always does. You can make changes, but if you don’t save them and really lock them in, the next time you open a blank document, there you are, one more time, working hard to execute the changes that make the document pleasing to you. Relationships can take on their own default settings over time, all on their own, and it’s typically not in… -
A Missing Part
3 May 2012 | 5:26 amHave you ever done puzzles? If you haven’t, you probably have. Relationships are puzzling. We try to put them together. We try to make them pretty. We try to make them whole! It’s hard. And as if “pretty” and “whole” isn’t challenging enough, sometimes, maybe more, but sometimes, there’s just a missing part. Oh, that empty space. It can seem like the Grand Canyon! We anguish to fill it in, desperate to make it work, and we search for what is missing, but it just can’t be found. The more we anguish, the more we try, and the more we search,… -
Respectfully Yours
19 Apr 2012 | 7:34 amDoesn’t it really bother you when people are disrespectful? I know, but don’t give it too much power; they’re just acting the way you do, sometimes. And at least their rudeness frees you from having to show them respect, right? Wrong! I know, the common understanding is that people have to “earn” our respect, but I respectfully disagree. I think of respect as a personal outlook that we develop, or we don’t, and a commodity that we give freely to all, or not so much. This means that we show respect to all people, regardless, simply because that’s the… -
Truth Never Hurts
9 Mar 2012 | 6:34 pmThe truth never hurts, but people do! If you speak from a heart of love and a vision of drawing others to higher ground, then your words will always heal life, not wound it. Truth, if it really is, can never come packaged in anything but grace. Beware of counterfeits! If the truth hurts, then it’s not truth, and it’s not about you. Seek truth. Respect truth. Acquire peace! Simple Encouragement and Simply Encouraging are Trademarks of Simple E Creations, Inc. Simply Encouraging® Stories & Narratives to Brighten Your Day, and Make Your Relationships Bright™! -
Follow Inspiration!
3 Mar 2012 | 5:38 amI don’t set goals, I follow inspiration! Goals are chosen in the psyche, and they exist at some future time and place. Inspirations are received from the heart, and if we follow their gentle voice, they happen in the now! Living inspirationally this side of bedtime tonight keeps my journey fresh. Responsiveness to the inner voice as I step through each day is my striving. Perhaps I could accomplish a whole lot more if I lived in my head, but living from my heart seems right for me. I step, I listen for the voice, I adjust, and then, I step again. Goals seem awkward for my life, and…
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Feed the Beauty
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Celestial Cartography
11 May 2012 | 10:54 am“For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” ~Vincent Van Gogh Celestial Cartography from the Harmonia Macrocosmica by Andreas Cellarius, 1661 Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Andreas Cellarius, antique maps, Celestial cartography, Harmonia Macrocosmica, Ptolemic universe -
good morning fresh sap of ideas
16 Apr 2012 | 11:54 am“I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming that comes when you finish the life of the emotions and of personal relations; and suddenly find-at the age of fifty, say- that a whole new life has opened before you, filled you with things you can think about, study, or read about…It is as if a fresh [...] -
The Three Pearls from ‘Feed the Beauty®White Rose’
12 Apr 2012 | 12:30 pmFiled under: FTB Soul, Sophie Lumen art Tagged: Beauty is an inside job by Sophie Lumen, Feed the Beauty, Feed the Beauty®White Rose, inner beauty, Soul quotes, The Three Pearls by Sophie Lumen -
Technology Feeds the Beauty in “Alive Inside” – Watch it to the end to hear Henry sing.
9 Apr 2012 | 8:33 pm‘”Alive Inside” is a documentary that studies the effects of music therapy on the elderly, and examines the quality of life of nursing home patients, especially for those who suffer from degenerative diseases. Social worker Dan Cohen, along with neurologist Oliver Sacks, author of “Musicophilia,” describe the way that patients “awaken” when music unlocks memories.” [...] -
Agelessness
26 Mar 2012 | 1:36 pmbackground-Mixed media/acrylic on recycled wood by Sophie Lumen Filed under: Art of Aging, FTB Soul, Sophie Lumen art Tagged: Beauty is an inside job by Sophie Lumen, Feed the Beauty, inner beauty, Sophie Lumen art
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The Curious Brain
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How Common Is Your Birthday?
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John Cleese – a lecture on Creativity
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FROM THE BIG BANG TO TUESDAY MORNING
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JASON BARD YARMOSKY
14 May 2012 | 8:07 amJason Bard Yarmosky’s art ” ELDER KINDER” explores the notion that age is not a deterrent to living fully, but rather a springboard for exploration. Great stuff!! Via beatifuldecay -
Smart people vs Stupid F***S
14 May 2012 | 7:30 amWe are sooooo loosing! Via heroin
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Interruption Management
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Your Brain Can Handle It
15 May 2012 | 11:25 amMatthew Blakeslee writing for Discover a few years back wrote, "If old dogs haven’t been able to learn new maybe that’s because no one has known how to teach them properly. Until quite recently orthodox neuroscience held that only the brains of young children are resilient, malleable, and morphable—in a word, plastic." "This neuroplasticity, as it is called, seems to fade steadily as the brain congeals into its fixed adult configuration. Infants can sustain massive brain damage, up to the loss of an entire cerebral hemisphere, and still develop into nearly normal adults; any adult who… -
Concentrate, Despite Clutter!
9 May 2012 | 12:18 pmIn 1981, I attended Sam Horn's session on Concentration. Still great advice to this day! * Concentration defined: voluntarily focused attention. * Discipline of ignoring irrelevant matters * Fixing ones' powers, efforts and attention * Most people work best under a deadline; when their concentration is focused. * Fatigue is a big road block to concentration This last note is telling!: * Society is moving towards a lower frustration tolerance with less discipline, and more need for immediate gratification. These are detriments to concentration. -
Homogenized Holidays
9 May 2012 | 12:15 pmLater this month we will "celebrate" Memorial Day, a day for remembering and honoring military personnel who died in the service of their country, particularly those who died in battle or as a result of wounds sustained in battle. We've homogenized our holidays, however.. Instead of letting many of the holidays fall as they would, scattered throughout the days of the week, we now force fit them into Mondays or Fridays so that we can enjoy long weekends. No more Lincoln's Birthday, no more Washington's birthday, we now have President's Day, and too many citizens have no idea which presidents… -
Your Brain gets a Boost
2 May 2012 | 1:37 pmAccording to a 2008 article in the Big News Network, an endless year of campaigning could have a silver lining. Election-year politics could give your brain a boost: "the fever pitch of the season can," says Neuro-pharmacologist John D. Roache of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio "inspire us in many ways. The brain has hard-wired systems that control attention and learning in processes that motivate us, including hunger, sex drive and social involvement." An interest in politics can perhaps stimulate these systems in the brain! We should be so lucky! "As we listen… -
Oxbridge Newsletter Directory
2 May 2012 | 1:04 pmI hadn't encountered the Oxbridge Directory of Newsletters in many years, so it was surprising to see how much it had grown. Now containing nearly 1400 pages and more than 5,000 listings, every kind of newsletter you can imagine is listed here. Amazingly, more than 6,000 newsletters are cited that are available only in email or e-zine online type of format, in addition to more than 3,000 newsletters available only in print, and another 5,000+ available in both hard copy and online format. That alone makes this volume ultra useful. Plus, you get detailed information such as the year the…
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Han of Harmony
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The Intuition Principle: An Interview with Angela Artemis
16 May 2012 | 5:27 amLogic while important in life can only reveal so much. Going through life relying on logic alone is akin to managing with one hand tied behind your back. There will be times where something seems logical, but does not feel right. The only way to realize this is through intuition. Intuition allows you to know things that logic alone cannot know. If you choose to ignore your intuition, you will not be living your life in a truly optimal way. When I think of intuition, I think of Powered by Intuition (PBI) and Angela Artemis. Angela has written many articles on intuition. In fact, if you have a… -
Lasting Success Has No Short Cuts
14 May 2012 | 10:06 amLong Road by Trey Ratcliff Everyone wishes for success in his or her chosen field in life. How people choose to define success for themselves is personal and unique. But while there are many paths we can take to succeed it is always best to avoid taking short cuts. Short cuts may bring success in the short run, but it usually leads to needless problems in the end. Short Cuts in Sports: Breaking the Rules Nowhere are the dangers of short cuts more apparent than in the world of sports. Many top athletes have used anabolic steroids to enhance strength and performance. But such usage puts their… -
Make Better Choices by Weighing the Merits of Viewpoints
9 May 2012 | 9:54 amThinking by Shopping Diva We live in an age of information overload. There are so many people out there telling us what we should do and what is good for us. The problem is that not all of these views agree. There are always two sides to the story at least. If we listen to and follow the “wrong side” of the story when it comes to making an important choice, we will have misfortune. So which is the right side? What is the best choice? How do we separate the good and useful views from the ones that are not so good and useful? Architect of Fate Before I discuss how to consider the… -
A Good Ending for a New Beginning
2 May 2012 | 7:40 amDark Night Sky by Mr T in DC The end is just as important as the start, if not more so. This applies to many areas in life especially relationships, where a bad end can have lasting damage. Relationships usually start with great care. Even if there are a few minor hiccups, the start must be reasonably good for the relationship to survive and thrive. But if things sour midway leading to the end of a relationship, the end is rarely as good as the start. Everything has a start and an end. With each end comes a new beginning. This is the way of the world and the natural order of things. But here… -
Common Ground and the Illusion of Boundaries
23 Apr 2012 | 11:36 amCornsweet Illusion by Fibonacci Many of the changes that we face in life involve people. After all, their choices and our choices create the reality around us. It is therefore important to ensure, as far as possible, that we have good relationships with the people who appear in our lives. This makes it easier for us to achieve our goals and to flow with change. But before we proceed further, please look at the picture above. What do you see? Is the colour the same shade throughout? Cornsweet Illusion The picture is actually an optical illusion. Its colour is indeed the same shade throughout…
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Scott Grossberg | Thinking Magically™
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Thinking Magically™ | Stop Wasting Your Time . . . Get a Role Model, Now!
13 May 2012 | 10:00 amLives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime; and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow How much time do you spend trying to figure out the person you want to be? And . . . how much time do you then spend changing your mind when there’s the slightest bit of internal or external pushback to your wants? Here’s a powerful secret you can take to the bank: You can be anyone you want to be! That’s right . . . you can be anyone you want to be if you just destroy your limiting beliefs and start participating in… -
Thinking Magically™ | The Great Half-Full/Half-Empty Glass Deception
6 May 2012 | 10:00 amThe optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose. – Kahlil Gibran Perhaps one of the biggest deceptions put forward in the self-help industry is the concept that you must choose between being an optimist and being a pessimist. And this propensity is supposedly unveiled when you are asked and then answer the inevitable, stylistic question: Is it half-full or half-empty? In the real world, when someone sees a glass that is not full, do you… -
Thinking Magically™ | The Truth About Being Content
29 Apr 2012 | 10:00 amDiscontent is the first necessity of progress. - Thomas A. Edison I am often asked a very interesting question: Are you content? And my answer is always the same: I’m content with my discontent. Then people want to know why I’m not happy. And, I’m thrilled when they jump to this conclusion and make the mistake, because it allows me to explain that I’m incredibly happy – I’m just not satisfied to keep most things as they are. Yes, I confess, I’m one of those – I want more! You’re about to discover that the tangible key and tough reality to… -
Thinking Magically™ | You’re Not Really Afraid . . . But You Might Be Incompetent!
22 Apr 2012 | 10:00 amThe whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed. – Buddha Spiders. Public speaking. Flying. Terrorist attacks. Snakes. Death. Rejection. Commitment. Being a failure. War. Crime. Being alone. The future. The dark . . . These are just a few of the things that people routinely list as… -
Thinking Magically™ | Can You Really Trust Your Passion?
15 Apr 2012 | 10:00 amThere is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. – Nelson Mandela I often hear people tell me that they are intense about this-and-that. They proclaim early, easily, and often that they…
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Experience Optimism
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Heading toward The Optimist
16 May 2012 | 11:26 amWith three district tournaments having already been played in South Florida, Tennessee, and Atlantic Central and with two more events being held this weekend in North Carolina and British Columbia, I think we can say the race to the 2012 Optimist International Junior Golf Championships (The Optimist) is on. Junior golfers hope to advance to The Optimist from the Pacific NW District Tournament in British Columbia The Optimist takes place near the end of July each year. With more than 5,000 junior golfers participating in qualifying tournaments each year, The Optimist has… -
Share love, share optimism
13 May 2012 | 10:27 amDo you know who the ultimate optimists are? Mothers. Every day, 24/7, they hope for, work for and expect only the best for their children and families and when the nucleus is nurtured, the whole body flourishes. Mothers do all of that with love. Our message today: Love (is all you need) For Mother's Day at Experience Optimism, I hope you enjoy this simple message along with The Beatles and "All You Need is Love." Share optimism and you share love. I learned that from you mom. Happy Mother's Day. Experience Optimism has provided a "Share Optimism" poster every day… -
The virtue of respect
12 May 2012 | 6:19 pmI thought about many good words to share with you today such as tolerance, understanding, awareness and acceptance, but on further reflection, it occurred to me that none of those words are needed when there is respect. Therefore today's message is respect. Respect should be given to all people, ideas, places and things. Respect should be two-way and automatic. I'm not one who buys into the concept that respect has to be earned for that implies a hierarchical culture where someone is always passing judgment from above. I wouldn't want that job; would you? I do believe, however, that… -
Today's message: Express gratitude
11 May 2012 | 11:54 amWilliam Arthur Ward said, "Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." That's why today's message, like all messages this week, is not merely about feeling, it is about doing. In other words, don't just be grateful. Express your gratitude, say 'thank you' and mean it. If I might share a word of caution, please don't be indiscriminate in your thankfulness for that takes meaning away from it. I once had a supervisor who would say to me, "Thanks a ton," about everything I did. I fully believe that he thought he was showing appreciation, but in my mind,… -
How to grow optimism
10 May 2012 | 2:36 pmToday's message: Be kind. When I considered the message that I wanted to share with you today, my mind went straight to flowers for the graphic display. Depending on when they are given, flowers might symbolize love, hope or respect. They might be a sign of sympathy or gratitude. Flowers are even used to say I'm sorry. Tending to flowers in a garden requires a gentle touch and enjoying them growing in the wild suggests a gentle nature even in the gruffest of characters. I don't think there is any doubt that each of those actions are done with kindness. However, before I was able to post my…
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Cohabitaire
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The Maldives, the most…
15 May 2012 | 8:43 pmSo I gave you a little sneak peak of our trip to the Maldives in last week’s ‘Crazy in the coconut‘ post and didn’t want to be a tease, of course I was gonna show the rest! You can guess for yourself that it’s pretty close to paradise. Yep, story-book stuff, turquoise waters, white coral sand and endless days of heavenly humidity. We landed here late in the night from Sri Lanka, meeting my Dad and brother & sister-in-law at the arrivals gate from Australia (love a good reunion!) and took a speedboat from Male for 40 mins north to our home at Coke’s… -
Tycho – music } ISO50 – design
10 May 2012 | 7:22 pmI was going to blog about something else today until I got hit in the face with this so felt I had no choice than to hit you with it too! It’s the work of graphic designer Scott Hansen, known as ISO50, who creates this visual mastery for his music project – Tycho. He’s got a gazillion facebook followers so I’m certainly not the first who’s has cottoned onto at how incredibly original this stuff is – can’t say I’ve ever seen anything like it. You? I love the subdued, grainy hues that give a vintage, dreamy feel. He’s a photographer too. -
Crazy in the coconut + chilli sambal recipe
8 May 2012 | 9:58 pmI ate so much coconut on holidays I swear I nearly turned into one. (ha! sorry, Dad joke) You could say I’m nuts for coconuts (sorry!). We were literally surrounded by them, and I don’t know if by some law of abundance, I just simply couldn’t get enough coco in my cookie. Each morning in the Maldives we’d get the chef to put a few in the fridge, then in the peak heat of the day we’d go get a straw stuck in and drink it cold then crack it open, and with the help of a trusty pocket knife – dig in and devour the thick fleshy goodness. Oh yum, oh yum! Sweet… -
Sri Lankan palms, sunrises & sets
6 May 2012 | 7:40 pmSri Lanka really was a land of stellar sunsets and sunrises, tropicana coast lined with palm tree silhouettes…. pretty much all my favourite things in one place. Our trip started on the western shores of Negombo, snaking our way down the subliminal south coast for the most chilled out week of sunshine and surf before looping back through the tea leaved Hill Country… and all the way along the sun was showing off every moment it was shining it’s pretty face. As the cold sets into Sydney – these images are giving me so much comfort right now! Paradise does indeed exist! -
Geoffrey Bawa architecture } Sri Lanka
2 May 2012 | 8:16 pmKandalama Hotel, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka I was first given a tip off about Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa by a great couple we met at a wedding the week before my trip. They had just returned from Sri Lanka and India and had a tonne of brilliant info of where to stay, do and see. Don’t you just love a good coincidence? Bawa carved a name for himself as the father of what is now known as ‘tropical modernism’, with a reputation throughout Asia for his large scale architecture, hotels, universities and residencies that blend with the environment, embracing the tropical climate…
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Mind Map Inspiration
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Homeless cure
15 May 2012 | 9:05 amCure sounds unlikely. Of course it would depend on whether the homeless wish to be cured. Naturally some would, some wouldn’t. Yet, if a cure for homelessness were a reality, what might that reality look like? What, all be it hypothetical, system might represent a cure, or as close to a cure as possible? I’ve pondered this question for months and this mind map explores an idea that came to mind by considering the adaption of existing structures. Rather than instantly mind map this idea, I chose to visualise in my mind the unfolding and developing of the idea, adding extra ideas and… -
Lessons from a swan
8 May 2012 | 2:52 amDown a narrow country lane a swan stood in the middle of the road and stopped my car. It raised its wings momentarily and slowly walked around, continuing its journey – this time nearer the grassy side verge. Nature is full of wows; pockets of brilliance – moments that can easily leave you speechless. Nature takes its course, the planet, the weather, animals moving, everything unfolding in perfect harmony moment by moment. The beauty is often silent – the swan moved by without a sound, save for a few gentle flaps of its long brilliant white wings. The swan had one pace, no rushing, it… -
Heath Robinson
1 May 2012 | 3:18 amBackground: W.Heath Robinson (1872-1944) British author-illustrator, best known for his weird and wonderful ‘inventions’ he drew for the “Strand” magazine. Dictionary definition: Heath Robinson – absurdly ingenious and impracticable (after the name of the cartoonist) What an achievement! An illustrator so famous for his inventive cartoon contraptions that he not only has absurd devices referred to as “Heath Robinson” he also makes it into the dictionary! The incredible influence of fun illustrations What if dreaming up a “Heath Robinson” idea is not so absurd after all? What… -
Natural joys
24 Apr 2012 | 2:54 amNatural joys rarely need words so I have made this a wordless mind map. Natural joys surround us daily; only, how quickly we forget them – how soon our thoughts overlook life’s natural wonders and the beauty of living. Remembrance and reconnection, a few seconds of awe, can lead to deep appreciation and gratitude. Being thankful for simple pleasures and all the marvels and miracles of being alive. The crunch of fresh fruit and vegetables. Twinkling stars lighting up the night sky. Fragrant flowers shining in the sun. Ripples and reflections on a pond. Clouds drifting and swaying. Birds… -
Inner gifts
17 Apr 2012 | 2:53 amThis mind map shares ideas for consideration and expansion along the theme of the many beautiful inner gifts we can all feel grateful for. Some come, some go, some are permanent, some impermanent – some we might label good or bad, most of the inner gifts we have are reasons to feel thankful and blessed. Perhaps you can add more or create your own mind map to celebrate the multitude of inner gifts that form part of being human. Some inner gifts we each share, others may be unique to you as an individual, your likes, tastes and preferences. What makes you who you are on the inside? Focus on…
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Positive Thinking: Tips for Getting Ahead
26 Apr 2012 | 3:15 pmThis is a Guest post by Lauren Bailey The power that positive thinking can have in one’s life is no new concept. Many of us know that positive inner thought and a generally positive outlook throughout daily life is a great way to get ahead in your pursuits and feel satisfied about life. But, of course, while many of us know that these things are true, not many of us actually put them into practice. Maintaining a positive and productive outlook on your life and your personal and professional endeavors can be quite difficult at times. Our lives can pass through challenging moments—some… -
Singing Bowls and Chakra Balancing
17 Apr 2012 | 1:39 amThis is a guest post by Jill Magso from the Silva Team (Some opinions expressed in this guest post may not necessarily reflect those of the blog author) High up in the Himalayan mountains, as close to the heavens as man could get, ancient Tibetans understood how to tune themselves to the natural vibrations of the earth. As early as three millennia ago, the vibrations of singing bowls were used to meditate and heal. Monks, who were skilled artisans in the craft, would carefully tune the bowls to produce the desired harmonics. Their skill and knowledge is immortalized in the wide variety… -
How to find happiness within yourself: a rough guide
12 Feb 2012 | 1:30 pmNote: this article is about 1,400 words long and takes about five minutes to read. If you want to understand more how to find happiness within yourself then I guess they’re five minutes well spent. The article suggests that we ought to find happiness by discarding certain ‘mental models’ we are used to. More importantly to look within ourselves and seek inner peace through acceptance and other little pearls of wisdom. Enjoy! The quest of finding happiness is possibly the only goal shared among all human beings – past, present or future. Who doesn’t… -
Soul Hiker Espresso: Inspirations of the week
21 Nov 2011 | 2:55 pmThe theme of this second edition of Soul Hiker espresso is inspirations (after finishing this sentence I just realized I am jotting down this in a cafe` called inspirations…can I call that synchronicity?). The topic of inspirations has been a pervasive thought clouding my head recently, possibly incited by a felt sense that moments of inspirations have been particularly lacking these days. Admittedly I have been feeling this momentary impasse in my creative journey for a number of weeks. Well, it happens. Luckily inspirational stuff is not that hard to find if you look out for… -
The ‘Pause, Cancel & Resume’ Strategy on Life
19 Oct 2011 | 3:09 pmFrom start I have to be honest by telling you that this post will describe nothing new – nothing you do not already know deep down. From my own observation I can say that most personal growth books and articles convey nothing profoundly new in reality. What they do successfully offer however is a fresh reminder of those juicy bits of practical wisdom that tend to make our lives better yet have the habit of continuously forgetting (Yes we need constant reminders let’s face it! ). This post is just that. It’s a reminder of something you very probably know but I have…
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The Happy Path
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The Somebody Else Syndrome
11 May 2012 | 9:18 amI’ve been working with someone who is out of control and ego based and has no idea that 1) he is, 2) it is a problem. This person is a victim and most excellent example of the “Somebody Else Syndrome”. No one wants to deal with the potential fall out of telling the king he has no clothes. What a disaster we create when we decide to go down the path of ‘someone else will do it’. Look around it is everywhere, at work, in politics, government, etc. We all know it isn’t working well, this ‘I don’t want to be the one’ risk aversion. … -
But Did You Ask?
25 Apr 2012 | 7:34 amI was listening to someone complain the other day about something someone else did not do for them. I asked them why the other person didn’t do it. They responded they didn’t know. I asked, “Did you ask them to?” They responded sheepishly “No.” It is YOUR responsibility to ask for what you want. If you do not ask for what you want, please don’t be surprised when you end up unhappy and/or when you end up far down and entrenched on a path you are not crazy about. (Although you can always ask, at any point.) If you are not liking this post so… -
Higher Incentives Lead To Poorer Performance
15 Apr 2012 | 11:02 amIf you are operating in management or leadership you may be thinking the better the reward, the better the performance. Makes sense right? Or does it? Science shows there is a paradox… check it out… adapted from Dan Pink’s talk at the RSA. This clip illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace. Money is often valued less than mastery, creativity, etc. It is about purpose just as much if not more as profit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc -
If You Are A Working Woman At A Certain Level, DON’T Do This!
14 Apr 2012 | 10:35 amI read a short article this morning that really struck me as completely true. If you are a woman in a management position somewhere in the food chain, read this article and take the advice. As someone who manages my own business as well as another business, I promise you, the advice is valid! http://littlepinkbook.com/little-pink-book/career/dont-ask-tell -
Go For It! It Is All Perspective After All
13 Apr 2012 | 7:56 amMore and more lately I’ve been talking with fabulous people who are working in amazing jobs and loving it! These are jobs they are crazy passionate about and jobs most of us would think ‘oh, I can’t do that, I wouldn’t make enough.’ Some of these fabulous people are making a ton of money and some are making a decent amount and some are even working a second job to fuel their ability to do what they love. My question of the day is this… Have you traded passion and “right work” (work that is good for you and the world) for a job that makes…
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All About Gratitude | How to be More Grateful | Increase your Gratitude | Gratitude Quotes | Paul B. Taubman, II
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Somethings Coming
8 May 2012 | 7:42 amNatalie Wood as Maria in West Side Story Today’s Gratitude Burst was a Native American Saying that reminded me of how Gratitude and good things are always coming to us. We might not know what it is, or what to expect, but they are coming. The Burst reminded me of the lyrics to the song from West Side Story, Somethings Coming. Tony, the male lead, gets a feeling that something is going to happen that day – he is not sure what – but he knows, something is coming. It is that night that he meets, and falls in love, with Maria. These lyrics certainly apply to gratitude as well. -
Gratitude Starts Now
6 May 2012 | 1:36 amAre you looking for an easy way to have more gratitude in your everyday life? Would you like something that you can do starting right now that will make you day better than it currently is? Here is one very simple way that you can change your disposition immediately. Try this for an hour. And then another hour. And finally, one last hour. See if you show any signs of additional gratitude after just 3 short hours. As you go about your day, try to see the things that you want to see; concentrate on those items that are good and that you want. Do not focus on the things that you don’t… -
A sweet lesson on patience.
2 May 2012 | 11:14 pmThis was posted on Facebook although I have read it before. I thought it was worth sharing here. A NYC Taxi driver wrote: I arrived at the address and honked the horn. After waiting a few minutes I honked again. Since this was going to be my last ride of my shift I thought about just driving away, but instead I put the car in park and walked up to the door and knocked.. ‘Just a minute’, answered a frail, elderly voice. I could hear something being dragged across the floor. After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her 90′s stood before me. She was wearing a print… -
How to Improve Your Visualization Skills
30 Apr 2012 | 2:06 pmGratitude and visualization go hand in hand. Visualizing is an important part of manifesting any goal. As with anything else, there are ways of using this technique that are more effective than others. When used effectively, your levels of gratitude will increase exponentially! This process may be a little more involved that what you’re currently doing to manifest your objectives, but don’t let that stop you. Practicing will only require 5-10 minutes each day, and the results are well worth the effort. Let’s get started and make something happen! Follow these suggestions and… -
Share your Passion
3 Apr 2012 | 8:08 amMany of you know how I got started with Gratitude and the history behind me as I live my life of gratitude. This has been a process for me that literally has been going on most of my life.The website All About Gratitude has only been around for a couple years. Through this time, it has changed and grown to what it is today. It receives plenty of traffic each day and the Gratitude Burst goes out to thousands of people every day.Three years ago, I would have never thought I would have a website dealing with Gratitude. It just never occurred to me to do so. And I hope that it shows that I am…
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Council of Love
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Divine Mother speaks of our progress in fulfilling her Divine Plan of Love
14 May 2012 | 2:28 pmThe transition is a time of awakening, yes, which we have had this channel call the Great Awakening. And it is a time of restoration and the fulfillment of my Plan. You have been recently at a crossroads, my beloved ones…but you collectively with your hearts of purity have remembered and you have chosen love. [...] -
Let Quan Yin help you transform an ‘irritant’ into a beautiful pink pearl
12 May 2012 | 12:38 pmI give you the pearl because it has many layers and the more you do, the more you forgive, the deeper you go into the mercy of what is right and just and balanced, the more lustrous, the more beautiful the pearl becomes. It is not a clear gem, it does not sparkle with clarity, [...] -
Advanced LaHoChi Workshop ~ June 2 – 3, 2012
10 May 2012 | 6:57 amThe date for the upcoming Advanced LaHoChi Workshop has been changed to Saturday and Sunday, June 2nd and 3rd. How on Earth we didn’t remember that the planned dates fall on Father’s Day. Sorry Dads… Now, will you come an join us, please. Details on this transformation weekend Advanced 13th Octave LaHoChi ~ Here We [...] -
I AM Energy Process
9 May 2012 | 10:30 amDonn Smith is a delightful spirit, gifted coach and intuitive who has recently began a blogtalk radio show called A NEW Donn-ing dealing with his I Am Energy process. It is really worth a listen – open your hearts and receive. -
Mary Magdalene shares her experience as a channel
7 May 2012 | 4:36 pmIn Linda’s latest webinar “How to Channel” Mary Magdalene talks of some of her experience on Gaia that is as relevant now as it was back then… Greetings. I AM the Magdalena, yes many of you know me as Mary and it is my joy to be with you and to join with you in [...]
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Shake Off the Grind
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How to Uncover Your Hidden Potential
15 May 2012 | 9:08 am“I have to know me to grow me.” – John Maxwel You are much more capable and remarkable than you give yourself credit for. You may not be able to see it right now but there is amazing potential within you. There is amazing potential within all of us but it just needs to be [...] -
The 11 Habits of Happy People
11 May 2012 | 9:06 amEditors note: This is a guest post written by Judy Belmont (www.judybelmont.com) a mental health and wellness media expert, author and speaker. “True wealth comes not from having more but in wanting less.” – The Augusta Chronicle “When I finish school I’ll be happy.” “When I get married I’ll be happy.” “When I get divorced I’ll [...] -
It’s All in Your Head: How to Beat the Illusion of Stress
7 May 2012 | 7:21 amWe all get stressed, feel anxious, and get depressed on occasion. We live in a world with constant stimulation where it can feel like we never have enough time. If we’re aren’t careful this stress and anxiety will wear us down until we’re exhausted. I have learned that it’s all too easy to get myself [...] -
Using Positive Thinking and a Positive Attitude to Manifest Happiness
1 May 2012 | 11:46 amThe idea that “we are what we think” has been around for centuries. Many of the greatest thinkers in history have taught that by altering what we think about and the beliefs we hold we can transform our life for the better. Despite this clear message that has proven true for many people, the majority [...] -
You Cannot Change or Heal What You Don’t Acknowledge – An Interview with Alex Blackwell of The BridgeMaker
27 Apr 2012 | 8:25 amEver struggle with making lasting change? Are you holding on to past hurts that are keeping you stuck? Want to know how to move forward and make positive lasting change? Well keep reading! I had the pleasure of interviewing Alex Blackwell, founder of The BrideMaker about his new book Saying Yes to Change:10 Timeless Life Lessons [...]
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The Inspiration Blog
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Personal Development Hub
16 May 2012 | 11:07 amPersonal Development is the main theme of this website and we have some great resources, many of which are completely free. So in this quick hub post, I wanted to point you to some of the highlights. 1. We have … Continue reading → -
Time Management Revisited
16 May 2012 | 5:00 amAs I always used to say in the introduction to my workshop on the subject, time management is a misnomer because you simply can’t manage time. I don’t know who comes to mind for you when you think of high … Continue reading → -
Rude Tube: Five Seconds Movies
15 May 2012 | 8:43 pmAs a little tribute to Rude Tube, a TV program that picks and comments on YouTube videos, I have compiled a little selection of 5 second movies that made me laugh. I hope you enjoy them … Titanic in 5 … Continue reading → -
7 Artists that Impacted My Thinking
15 May 2012 | 3:50 pmTo me, art is something that speaks to me. It does not need to be something that I like or, indeed, something that other people like. In fact, there are works of art that I don’t really like at all … Continue reading → -
Attracting the Life You Want – Part 2
15 May 2012 | 3:49 amRecently, I seem to have been attracting offers from other marketers to participate in their programs and I always welcome such contacts because I genuinely believe in the principle of win-win relationships. When I started this site, I was completely … Continue reading →
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Happiness and Good Life articles from YES! magazine
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North Carolina's Fight for Marriage Equality Continues
15 May 2012 | 3:04 pmIn the wake of North Carolina's new amendment banning same-sex marriage, couples across the state are protesting by requesting marriage licenses.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/yes/happiness/~4/MZrkSxsbTfI" height="1" width="1"/> -
Ilana "Invincible" Weaver: Hip-Hop Activist
14 May 2012 | 5:41 pmPowerful, passionate, and politically charged rhymes that speak for marginalized people.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/yes/happiness/~4/yybQHoqQAik" height="1" width="1"/> -
Rabbi Steven Greenberg: Advocate for Acceptance
14 May 2012 | 5:01 pmBringing personal warmth and serious scholarship to advocacy for marriage equality in Orthodox Judaism.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/yes/happiness/~4/G4jDDn1Vdc8" height="1" width="1"/> -
Yes, the Climate is Changing
11 May 2012 | 1:09 pmVideo: People around the world show how climate change is already affecting their lives.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/yes/happiness/~4/m16kgcbcvYo" height="1" width="1"/> -
“You Have My Permission to Wear a Hoodie Every Day”
11 May 2012 | 12:49 pmIn the wake of Trayvon Martin’s death, what advice should a mother give to her young, brown son? Rasha Hamid pondered that question, and wrote this poem to her son Jibreel.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/yes/happiness/~4/TV0YkVMtx4Y" height="1" width="1"/>
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ZEN INSPIRATION
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Three Little Habits to Find Focus
11 May 2012 | 5:27 am‘Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for miseries and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.’ ~Blaise Pascal I’ll be the first to admit that I fall victim to the trap of the Internet — a wonderful empowering tool that can fill your day with distractions, a million little “productive” tasks that matter little, constant interruptions from messages and status updates. Who doesn’t fall victim to this? We are frittering our lives away. So how do we beat this? How do we make best use of the awesomeness of the Internet (which has given me the power to do what I love)… -
How to make money online
10 May 2012 | 3:55 amSeth Godin is amazing , he is sharing some wonderful tips on building a blog ,a brand and mistakes people make on way to make money online . Don't pay anyone for simple and proven instructions on how to achieve this goal. In particular, don't pay anyone to teach you how to write or sell manuals or ebooks about how to make money online. The first step is to stop Googling things like, "how to make money online." Not because you shouldn't want to make money online, but because the stuff you're going to find by doing that is going to help you lose money online. Sort of like… -
Six Productivity Principles to Live By
9 May 2012 | 4:50 amHere are six principles I strive to live by. This is my own “personal productivity manifesto”: it summarizes what works for me about personal productivity. Whenever I follow these guidelines, I am at my very best, feeling productive and joyful. If I feel that I am doing things outside these guidelines, I know I can refer to them and quickly get back on track. Since these principles work so well for me, I figured they might work for you, too. Here they are: Devote Time Focus Your Attention Honor Thy Commitments Develop a Sustainable Pace Keep Moving On Feel Good. Now. Read the full article… -
‘Losing yourself’ in fictional character can change you
8 May 2012 | 4:43 amWhen you “lose yourself” inside the world of a fictional character while reading a story, you may actually end up changing your own behaviour and thoughts to match that of the character, a new study has suggested. Researchers at Ohio State University examined what happened to people who, while reading a fictional story, found themselves feeling the emotions, thoughts, beliefs and internal responses of one of the characters as if they were their own – a phenomenon the researchers call “experience-taking.” They found that, in the right situations, experience-taking may lead to real… -
10 Small Habits of Less Stressed People
7 May 2012 | 2:12 am“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” Sydney J. Harris Keeping the stress away in life isn’t just about the big decisions and challenges like the career, your most important relationships, money and health. It is also to a large degree about what you do each day and week. Those small habits that you may forget about or neglect that when added up make a huge difference. Here are 10 of them that are having a wonderful impact in my life and have had a very positive effect for many people. Write it all down. One thing at a time. Ask instead of guessing. Don’t make…
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Thin Difference
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Life Is About Momentum, Not Motions
10 May 2012 | 6:50 am“Going through the motions…” It is a phrase we hear maybe too often. It seems to mean we are just moving through activities without much thought or meaning. It may be like sleepwalking through a job or zoning out at home. Going through the motions is not a positive indication of living a life fully and completely. The other side of this is sometimes we are in constant motion, and we feel motion equals momentum. It does not. Continuous motion can create an illusion of momentum. The danger is we may be just running in place, turning up the speed rather than digging in to gain traction. -
Lessons Learned from Love Does
5 May 2012 | 1:48 pmI am a fan of Donald Miller. From his blog and other interactions, I learned about Bob Goff and his book. When BookSneeze® offered it as an option, I grabbed the opportunity to read Love Does. Love Does is a book of short stories woven together in a fun and inspiring way. It is an easy read, which doesn’t mean it lacks in relevance. It is hugely pertinent to the way we live our life, and Bob Goff serves as a great role model of how to embrace life fully. Here are the three things I learned from Bob Goff and Love Does. 1 – Pull life’s threads. “It’s about going to extremes and… -
What Type of Wake Are You Cultivating?
3 May 2012 | 6:51 amI am not a sailor. I am a farmer’s son. As a teenager, one of the jobs I had was cultivating corn. I was on a tractor and, behind me, was an implement designed to remove weeds in between the rows of corn. The corn rows were left intact, as long as I could drive straight enough. If I swerved, then four rows of corn would be lost. It was an unnerving responsibility for someone closer to ten than twenty years old. I also felt the power of not only the responsibility but the impact I could have on those proudly independent stalks of corn. In whatever way I drove, the results were clearly shown… -
The Unfortunate “Nature” of Leadership
25 Apr 2012 | 6:41 amWhat do a meadowlark, cricket, and squirrel have to do with leadership? The answer in a minute… Nature has a way of spurring memories and calming minds. It is that fresh breeze blowing through the prairies or those cool, fresh mornings where everything seems renewed and possible. We hear a meadowlark sing their continuous song, oblivious to all around. During the day, we may see squirrels playing in a park, running carefree until a dog may interrupt their joy. As a day ends, we hear crickets in the night, chirping us into a silent sleep. All seems good and right, right? And, what does this… -
How Would Your Headline Read Today?
19 Apr 2012 | 6:44 amThere is an old political adage that states: “Don’t do something that you would not want to appear on the front page of The Washington Post.” Pick your favorite newspaper, as this was one the used while I was working in Washington, D.C., early in my career. The simple statement delivers sound advice. As always, the evidence of our character is made on what we do when we think no one is watching. Even though we know this to be true, there are still many failures of character that occur. One of the most recent examples is what happened with several Secret Service agents in Cartagena,…
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Later Bloomer
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Mary Granville Delany: An Artist Blooms at 72, Pt. 2
5 May 2012 | 12:25 amIn Part 1, we left Mary waffling. Patrick Delany, a man she adored but hadn’t seen in 10 years, had just asked her to marry him. Mary was 43 and had been a widow for two decades, not for lack of proposals. Her first marriage at 17, to a gross old drunk she called “my jailor,” left her scarred and scared. “I can endure even suspense for you,” Patrick entreated her, “though I would not endure it for anything this earth calls honor: the hope of the alliance is of a higher species.” What was he on about? Patrick was a commoner and Mary’s family was… -
Mary Granville Delany: An Artist Blooms at 72, Pt. 1
3 May 2012 | 3:11 am“An ingenious mind is never too old to learn.” ~Mary Granville Delany Let me introduce you to this spectacular alien. It’s called pancratium maritimum, sea daffodil. It grows on beaches along the Mediterranean. Examine the the stamen antennae, fluid white petals, deep blue shadow on the rear leaf. (Look here if you want extreme detail.) How was it created? Oil, pastel, water color? And when? Is it a modern interpretation? It’s a collage, sliced with a razor from colored paper. Each stamen, shadow, and gradation represents a separate layer. A woman nearing age 80 created it. -
John Muir: Father of Steampunk?
21 Apr 2012 | 4:20 amIt’s 1 a.m. and John is awake. He knows what will happen but has no desire to stop it. The tick tick tick of the clockwork device sounds like hail upon the windowpane. Any second it will go off. Bam! The device kicks a stone attached to the leg of his bed. The bed crashes down and throws John to the floor. He leaps up, rushes to the freezing cellar where his clockwork desk opens a book and rotates it to him. An hour later, the book closes and the next one rotates into focus. Algebra, geometry, trigonometry, Shakespeare, and ah! Emerson. “I gained five hours, almost half a day!” he… -
Lee Child: Legendary Late Bloomer
10 Apr 2012 | 3:51 pmNo doubt the best thing about becoming a legendary author is writing your own legend. According to Lee Child’s official biography, he was “fired in 1995 at the age of 40 as a result of corporate restructuring.” He then spent $6.00 on paper and pencils and wrote an international bestseller. Now Child commutes between homes Manhattan and St. Tropez. He drives a turbocharged Jaguar, “built in Jaguar’s Browns Lane plant, thirty yards from the hospital in which he was born.” Sacked at 40, millionaire author within a decade. Does Lee Child have anything to teach…
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Look who Found the Marbles
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Food is Not a Privilege
14 May 2012 | 7:46 pmOver 192,000 people have taken the pledge. A year ago I took the pledge. Have you? Have you pledged to add your voice to the national movement of people committed to ending childhood hunger in America? No child in America should go hungry. Food should be a right, not a privilege. I have written about this issue before. Yet one in five children in this country does not have enough to eat and soon that number could get even larger. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (known as SNAP) is formerly the food stamp program. Contrary to the old myths about people on food… -
In the NICU Daze
14 May 2012 | 12:24 pmNotorious for having lousy birthdays, it was beginning to look like this one would be no different than the last few. There were just nine weeks to go in my first pregnancy. Well, not exactly my first, but my first that had made it this far along. That morning of my birthday, I woke up with a sudden jolt. My water had broken. They kept me in the hospital on bed rest for four long weeks. At 35 weeks my son was born and we got to bring him home with us two days later. With baby number two, I wasn’t as lucky. That time my water broke at 26 weeks and we lived in fear with each day… -
On Being Mom Enough
13 May 2012 | 7:03 amOn the heels of this week’s hoopla about the now infamous Time magazine article, there has been a lot of talk about the various choices women make as mothers. Motherhood is not about whether we co-parent or not, whether we breastfeed or not, whether we work full time or not. Motherhood is about giving it our all and loving with all of our hearts. Motherhood is about being there while: …. an embryo becomes a fetus, growing inside your womb until it is ready to see the world. …. a fetus becomes a newborn; with sleepless nights, poopie diapers and late night phone calls to the… -
#VlogMom: The Today Show, Please!
10 May 2012 | 12:41 pmWhat show would you like to be guest on? The question this week comes from Jennifer at MommyBKnowsBest.com. As for me, I have two answers. What’s yours? Leave it in the comments below. I can’t wait to hear them! Check out the responses from the other #VlogMoms too: Technorati Tags: ESPN, The Today Show, Today's Professionals, vlogmom -
Thoughtful Thursday Blog Hop: Way to go, Facebook!
9 May 2012 | 3:39 pmFacebook has over 845 million active monthly users and it’s users either “like” or “comment” on the site a whopping 2.7 billion times per day. In the United States alone there over 161 million Facebook users. With numbers like that, it is fabulous to see that Facebook is taking it’s social responsibility seriously. In case you were unaware, Facebook recently added organ donor status to its Timeline. Considering the numbers of people around the world in need of an organ transplant, and how many will die waiting for a donation. this change could have an…
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Be The One Blog
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Highlights From May 2012 #BeTheOne Tweetchat
5 May 2012 | 10:17 amBridgetHaymond Welcome to the #BeTheOne tweetchat. Today’s theme is respect, which conveys the idea thoughtfulness, consideration or admiration. BridgetHaymond Respect also indicates a feeling of deference and paying attention to someone or refraining from violating something. #BeTheOne BridgetHaymond Q1: How do you define respect? #BeTheOne Greetums Unconditional Acceptance RT @BridgetHaymond: Q1: How do you define respect? #BeTheOne BridgetHaymond A1: For me respect means considering others, putting aside self-interest, listening without assuming & appreciating differences. -
Highlights From April 2012 #BeTheOne Tweetchat
31 Mar 2012 | 11:38 amBridgetHaymond Today’s them is “cause” which can be reasonable grounds for doing, thinking, or feeling something; a principle, aim, or movement. #BeTheOne BridgetHaymond A cause can be a deep commitment, one is prepared to defend or advocate; something that unites others to achieve a shared aim #BeTheOne BridgetHaymond Q1 What does it mean to have a cause, to know what you stand for? #BeTheOne MartinaMcGowan A1 It means understanding yourself, your motives and values. It means that all of your actions are focused toward the mission #betheone KatCaverly Making a commitment to your… -
Highlights From March 2012 #BeTheOne Tweetchat
10 Mar 2012 | 10:56 amBridgetHaymond Q1: What is the most important thing you wan to leverage this year in order to #BeTheOne who makes a difference right where you are? burgessct A1 – Relationships — Leverage the relationships that exist to create new opportunities for all #betheone – gingerconsult A1: Leveraging relationships, and connections with new folks. Ensuring that I expand my circle of service #betheone KatCaverly A1: I want to leverage my compassion to make a difference in other people’s lives. #BeTheOne pdncoach A1: The spirit I bring and #therightquestions I ask – what… -
Highlights From February 2012 #BeTheOne Tweetchat
4 Feb 2012 | 7:09 pmBridgetHaymond Today’s chat theme is going to be on the topic of significance. #BeTheOne BridgetHaymond Significance is the quality of being worthy of attention, importance or having an effect which is more than mere chance #BeTheOne. BridgetHaymond Q1: What is most significant to you on a daily basis? #BeTheOne KatCaverly Give significance to that which makes a difference in other people’s lives. #BeTheOne burgessct Q1 – A1 #Betheone – Everyday – Let me help you be successful (but don’t forget to actually do it too). BridgetHaymond Q1: Significance is knowing… -
Highlights From January 2012 #BeTheOne Tweetchat
14 Jan 2012 | 7:57 pmBridgetHaymond Today’s theme: uncertainty-lack of absolute certainty or knowledge that makes it impossible to do more than guess at a result #BeTheOne BridgetHaymond Uncertainty arises due to insufficient evidence & implies a wavering or fluctuating between one conclusion & another #BeTheOne BridgetHaymond Uncertainty can get in the way of intention & execution, limit belief in our abilities, growth, development and risk taking. #BeTheOne Greetums I love those moments of certainty I like to WAVE at them as they pass by. #BeTheOne BridgetHaymond Q1: How does uncertainty…
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EMPOWERED EVERYDAY: Your "Daily Deep Breath" for Empowered Living
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adulthood
16 May 2012 | 12:39 pm"We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until... we have stopped saying 'IT got lost', and say 'I lost it'." ~Sydney J. Harris ~THE FOCUS AND FLOW QUESTION~What does being an adult mean to you? ~THE DAILY DEEP BREATH~ Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember... "BEING AN ADULT MEANS TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOURSELF." Share This Post! Follow Focus and Flow on TWITTER! ~ "Like" The Daily Deep Breath FACEBOOK Page! Subscribe RSS ~ Subscribe by email! -
missed chances
15 May 2012 | 2:53 pm"Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try." ~Jack Canfield ~THE FOCUS AND FLOW QUESTION~What will you try? ~THE DAILY DEEP BREATH~ Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember... "TRY SOMETHING NEW." Share This Post! Follow Focus and Flow on TWITTER! ~ "Like" The Daily Deep Breath FACEBOOK Page! Subscribe RSS ~ Subscribe by email! www.focusandflow.net - contact:ee@focusandflow.net -
welcome humor
14 May 2012 | 11:28 am"Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air, and you." ~Langston Hughes ~THE FOCUS AND FLOW QUESTION~ Do you welcome enough humor into your life? ~THE DAILY DEEP BREATH~ Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember... "WELCOME HUMOR." Share This Post! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Dr. Shelly on TWITTER! ~ Get posts via the "Focus and Flow" FACEBOOK Page! Subscribe RSS ~ Subscribe by email! http://www.shellyharrellphd.org -… -
the gift
13 May 2012 | 10:40 am"Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.” ~Jean Anouilh ~THE FOCUS AND FLOW QUESTION~Who has given you the gift of themselves? ~THE DAILY DEEP BREATH~ Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember... "HONOR THOSE WHO GIVE THE GIFT OF THEMSELVES." Share This Post! Follow Focus and Flow on TWITTER! ~ "Like" The Daily Deep Breath FACEBOOK Page! Subscribe RSS ~ Subscribe by email! www.focusandflow.net - contact:ee@focusandflow.net -
hand in hand
11 May 2012 | 10:24 pm"Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand." ~Emily Kimbrough ~THE FOCUS AND FLOW QUESTION~Whose hand are you holding? ~THE DAILY DEEP BREATH~ Take a deep breath, exhale, and remember... "WE ALL STUMBLE." Share This Post!| Subscribe RSS ~ Subscribe by email! MAIN WEBSITE: weFOCUSandFLOW.com CONTACT US:ee@wefocusandflow.com
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Tony Michalski's Master Key Coaching
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Investing: Bet the Jockey Not the Horse (J.F. (Jim) Straw)
1 May 2012 | 12:29 pmLately I have been asked—in various ways— “How do I go about picking winners in the Small Cap Companies, Initial Public Offerings, Start-ups and Private Held Companies for Investment?”Well, since my personal win/lose ratio is about 80/20 (more winners than losers), you might expect me to go into some detail about reading the financial statements; looking at price-to-earnings ratios; using arcane calculus formulations; or observing mystical patterns in the trading activity of the stock. But that ain’t how I learned to pick the winners. In reality, I wasn’t much… -
Life is Like a Three-Legged Stool (Claire McGee)
23 Apr 2012 | 1:12 pmA dear friend of mine once said, “Life is like a three legged stool. You must balance all areas of your life in order to remain supported and strong to keep moving forward.” I thought long and hard about what he said. He is absolutely right! If you choose only to focus on your career it would be like going about your day, every day, on a pogo-stick. Constantly moving and bouncing and never staying still for a single moment. In the mean time you miss out on other luxuries of life because the moment you stop you feel you could fall and lose everything. If you were to focus on your career… -
How To Use Your Mind More Effectively (Jawara D. King)
20 Apr 2012 | 11:06 amChannel your energy and efforts in the right direction by deactivating and defusing all failure ideas. With focused effort, you can become successful in everything you do. Extra effort is required for success, which is 2% inspiration and 98% work. Take action, because inaction invites failure. To be successful, action of some sort is always required. The strenuous effort necessary for success is complimented by looking on the bright side of things. Output always equals input, so never feed failure ideas into your subconscious mind. Override negative concepts and ideas of fear and failure by… -
What Does It Really Take To Be An Entrepreneur? (J.F. (Jim) Straw)
18 Apr 2012 | 9:00 amBelieve it or don’t, I just flunked another test for “entrepreneurial” traits! From my test score, it appears I am probably better adapted to washing dishes than running a business. Then again, according to the governing laws of aerodynamics, bumble bees can’t fly either. Let me tell you a true story about those tests. You’ve seen them. They usually have a headline like Do You Have What It Takes To Become An Entrepreneur? Back in 1977, an old millionaire friend of mine in his late 70s sent me a 20-question test with a personal note asking me to answer the questions and return them… -
Successful Achievement Requires Right Thinking (Jawara D. King)
13 Apr 2012 | 12:22 pmImagination unlocks the door to abundant life. The power of imagination is a key to achieving success. Using your creative imagination will help you discover solutions to your personal problems. Your subconscious mind doesn’t distinguish between what’s a real experience or imagined. Your subconscious mind reacts to what you imagine and to the information you program into your conscious mind. Program your subconscious effectively by seeing yourself as you want to be. Believing that something is possible programs your subconscious mind to bring your vision into reality. Using your…
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site of wisdom
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Values I Learned from My Ateneo Community
13 May 2012 | 8:09 amAteneo (short for Ateneo de Manila University) is a premier Jesuit educational institution in the Philippines, where I had served for 34 years as faculty member and administrator, before I retired from service in 2009. While I was reviewing my old computer files yesterday, I stumbled upon this speech I delivered to a group of newly [...] -
Five Simple Ways to Read a Man’s Body Language of Love
14 Apr 2012 | 6:16 amMan’s Body Language of Love Photo Models: April Rose Meris and Mark Ballesteros L ADY, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW IF A GUY IS INTERESTED IN YOU, learn how to read man’s body language of love. Fortunately for you, a man’s body is very much like an open book. It is not as difficult for [...] -
How to Become the True Gentleman That Everyone Admires
30 Mar 2012 | 10:15 pmE VERYBODY ADMIRES A TRUE GENTLEMAN. He is the ladies’ “knight in shining armor”, the hero and idol of teenage boys, hungry for a good role model to emulate, and the paragon and inspiration of other men, aspiring to be like him. How does a man become a true gentleman that everybody admires? Here are [...] -
How to Make Extra Money with Facebook Marketing
29 Feb 2012 | 8:13 amW HETHER YOU ARE A HUGE MARKETING CORPORATION OR SOME SMALL INDIVIDUAL MARKETER, struggling to make extra money online, one of your most effective promotional strategy is internet marketing via social networking – Facebook marketing, in particular. Why Facebook Marketing Is an Effective Strategy to Make Extra Money You don’t need to be an internet marketing [...] -
What and How to Eat for Weight Loss: Some Practical Tips and Tricks
22 Jan 2012 | 1:58 amHow to Eat for Weight Loss Photo Courtesy of Dreamstime Y OU JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHAT AND HOW TO EAT FOR WEIGHT LOSS, so that you can continue losing weight without starving yourself. Otherwise, you decrease your likelihood of success in your weight loss program. What to Eat for Weight Loss Eating is an important [...]
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ModernLifeBlogs
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New Freemake Music Box Rocks More Cool Stuff Inside
14 May 2012 | 1:33 amInternet radio and online music are satellites of our daily life. Among other cool music apps we reviewed like Spotify, Grooveshark and Last.fm, there is an app that deserves to try – Freemake Music Box 0.9.3. The app was recently updated to deliver great music experience. So let’s take a look what’s inside the Box. Freemake Music Box is free Windows software that help search and listen to music online. It contains inbuilt music player so you can find a song and start enjoying it right away. Now Music Box was improved with search suggestions. Like Google search, Freemake Music Box… -
Mother’s Day Special : The 5 Truths Of Motherhood
13 May 2012 | 1:27 amMotherhood is not something you are taught nor something you learn from the books. Motherhood is a way and only by walking it can one know what it takes to share such a love. Motherhood is caring, loving and feeling for another being more than for one’s own self. It is the ultimate unconditional love experience. The bonding is made not by flesh nor blood but by connection, emotions and a sense of unity with another being to whom we feel linked with essential Life. Motherhood is more than the gift of giving Life. Motherhood is the blessing of keeping Life alive, within, so that it comes… -
3 New Cloud Services Worth Checking Out
11 May 2012 | 1:02 amUnfortunately for legacy systems, cloud computing services are becoming the small businessman’s best friend. With speedy innovations, the cloud is steadily tearing down IT barriers, providing users with usability, mobility, flexibility, acceleration, and an overall cool vibe associated with high technology. Here are just some cloud-based tools that have radically changed the usual way we do business: Google Drive – Free storage in the cloud Better late than never may be the most appropriate tagline for Google Drive, which experts say came late in a market presently captured by Dropbox… -
Localscope v2.3 Adds Citysearch and Wikipedia
10 May 2012 | 12:45 pmWikipedia with your location and presents you with relevant articles about places around you. For users living in or traveling to the United States, we have added the popular yellow pages service, Citysearch. The Wikipedia source helps you find interesting and relevant information that matters to you. Wikipedia, the worlds largest encyclopedia, is a remarkable source of information on countless number of places written and maintained by volunteers from all over the world. Over 1.3 million pages are tagged with geo data. They mesh this data with your location and present to you a localized… -
5 Daily Ways To Grow A Sense Of Presence
6 May 2012 | 4:27 amPresence is the power behind confidence, self-confidence, self-esteem, boldness and more. It is the foundation to leadership and whenever charisma is felt, presence is loud. While presence exists and cannot not be, very often the societal dogmas in which most of us grows keeps it under-developed. Awareness and meaningful-ness are necessary to its development and practice, essential to its success. Here is a list of 5 daily ways to guide you on the path to presence. Practice with dedication and awareness, they will provide you with everyday guidelines to unfold your presence and build your…
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The Master Key Coaching Teleseminars
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The Exercise in Week Ten of “The Master Key System” Explained
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The Exercise in Week Nine of “The Master Key System” Explained
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The Exercise in Week Eight of “The Master Key System” Explained
23 Mar 2012 | 9:26 amThe exercise for Week 8 of The Master Key System is one of the most important in the book. This teleseminar will explain why — and also how you can use it to accomplish anything you wish to accomplish. Listen now. More importantly, use it! The article will be posted soon. -
The Exercise in Week Seven of “The Master Key System” Explained
16 Mar 2012 | 12:27 pmHere is the recording for the teleseminar held March 5, 2012 in which we discussed and explained the exercise for Week 7 of The Master Key System. The article will be posted shortly. -
The Master Key Coaching Teleseminars Will Resume in February
16 Jan 2012 | 7:54 pmHAPPY NEW YEAR! This is just a quick note to let you know that the Master Key Coaching Teleseminars will resume on Monday, February 27, 2012. If you’ve been following, the last teleseminar covered the exercise from Week Six of The MasterKey System. We made it through one-quarter of the book! Those first six exercises will get you into the “state” that you need to be to continue with the rest of the book. So pleas take your time to master them. If you have already, then please use this extra time to completely perfect them. You’ll be glad that you did! I look forward to…
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Soul at Work
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Sophia Space
14 May 2012 | 5:52 pmBetween the intention and creation, there is a space. If this space didn’t exist, our thoughts would be mirrored back to us in a flash, and life would get really messy. Fortunately, the Universe is intelligently designed, so as life circles ‘round, we will invariably come to find ourselves in an in-between space, whereby chapters in our lives come to a close and new ones unfold. I’ve come to know this interval as the Sophia space. You may know Sophia/Sofia as a Christian saint, the Greek word for wisdom, or the Jungian term for the integrated anima. Sophia is also the inner knowing,… -
My Dearest Winter Body
13 Apr 2012 | 3:51 pmDear Winter Body, The persistent rains are finally coming to an end, and soon cooler temperatures will make way for deliciously sunny days. As I’ve quite a few outdoor adventures in store for you this Summer, I would like to make some commitments to ensure that you are fully prepared and functioning at your highest capacity for our upcoming journeys. I’m certain you’ve noticed that grad school intensives and thesis writing have required extended periods of sitting and stillness. Sure, there’s been some dancing, yoga and mountain climbs, but you’ve also been incredibly… -
Let Life be a Dance of Joy
16 Feb 2012 | 12:30 pmI’ve been reflecting lately upon the beautiful dance of life. Life’s dance is an intriguing blending of energies coming together, an ebb and flow, and a balancing act. By surrendering and trusting in the dance, one can live in a more flowing way, which allows an appreciation for the beauty of the moment and the joyful gifts it holds. Here are some ways to let the dance unfold in its greatest majestic beauty. Trust your partner –Know that the Universe is a wonderful loving partner, and trust that you are in good hands. Fears can enter, and you may find yourself… -
Dig a Little Deeper
11 Jan 2012 | 7:34 pmIt is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. ~Aristotle~ I like to believe that Aristotle was suggesting that we watch not only the external voices, but our own internal voices, as well. In a recent post I invited you to watch your thoughts and recognize the negative voices that may be holding you back from living your best life. Our thoughts make up our experience of the World, moment to moment, and being aware of our thoughts, and consciously rewriting the messages we are telling ourselves is important. This time I am going to recommend… -
Beauty and Wonder of Bali
4 Jan 2012 | 9:18 pmAntonia, morning meditation at Sanur Beach After many, many hours of flight (three days, to be exact), a friend and I finally arrived upon the beautiful Indonesian island of Bali. There is a magical wondrous underlying energy here, and I’ve felt immensely grateful to have an opportunity to realize my dream of visiting this spectacular and special land. While the journey’s beginning didn’t match my pictures, my quest to seek out the beauty of the land and incredible temples has exceeded my expectations. I share some of the gloriousness with you here, beloved reader. EnJoy!
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Personal Development Wisdom
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Learning Affirmations – As A Lifelong Learner
14 May 2012 | 9:12 amI am a life-long learner. Each moment is an opportunity for learning. This never ceases. From the moment of my birth to the moment of my death, I have chances to grow, choose, and shape myself anew. In more specific terms, I choose to stay mentally and physically active. This way, I am always growing. [...] -
Affirmation – Move Closer To My Dreams
13 May 2012 | 8:18 amEach day, I move closer to my dreams. My life is filled with possibility and I trust that my heart’s deepest longings are on their way. Because of these things, I have the courage to take action. Each day, I move closer to my dreams. Some steps I take are big. I may enroll in [...] -
Benefits of Living Simply
10 May 2012 | 10:15 amHave you ever been so overwhelmed by your life that you wish you could just chuck it all and live a simpler existence? What’s fascinating is there are so many ways you can alter your life to make it easier for you and your family to enjoy everything that life has to offer. Living simply [...] -
Affirmation – I set my own examples
9 May 2012 | 9:51 amI set my own examples. My decisions and actions in life are based on what I feel is best for me. I set examples for myself because I know myself better than anyone else could possibly know me. I rely on the help of my Creator to guide my steps and keep them aligned with [...] -
Life Plan To Design The Life You Love
8 May 2012 | 9:51 amWhen you engage in active planning, you’re highly likely to be more successful in life. You know what you want and how you intend to get it. Maybe you already have your life all planned out. Maybe you don’t. Either way, these tips will help you devise or tweak your Life Plan so you can [...]
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Famous Inspirational Quotes
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This you should do
15 May 2012 | 2:11 amSee the invisible. Believe the incredible. Attempt the impossible! Robert Schuller -
On life challenges
23 Apr 2012 | 9:18 amLife’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are. Bernice Johnson Reagon -
Start somewhere
23 Apr 2012 | 9:06 amIf you don’t start somewhere, you’re gonna go nowhere. Bob Marley -
Got the Key
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Dull ones will do
13 Apr 2012 | 3:13 amThere’s no need to sharpen my pencils anymore; my pencils are sharp enough. Even the dull ones will make a mark. Ze Frank
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Keith Jennings | Creative Writer
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A New Resource for Writers & Artists
3 May 2012 | 9:48 amYesterday, the first issue of my Root Notes newsletter went out to inboxes around the world (literally). The feedback was wonderful. If you signed up to receive it, thank you! If, for some reason, you signed up but didn't receive the email, please check your spam filter. If you haven't signed up, now is a good time. We're just getting started. If you are ready to go deeper into the tensions, craft & community of your creative life... If you are interested in reading more about how a life in harmony offers you more than a life in balance... If you are interested in reading more about how… -
Back to My Roots
26 Apr 2012 | 12:09 amWell, this is it for Keitharsis, as you and I know it. The last post. And, frankly, I’m excited. I’m ready to engage with you in new ways, on a more dynamic platform. I’m ready to spend less time blogging and more time writing creative nonfiction for national publications. Not to mention more poetry. And I’m ready to begin the marathon of creating and collecting content for my first book. Yes, book. But something more important is happening in my life right now. Something that has begun to absorb my attention, my daydreams, my energy and my prayers. In a couple of handful of… -
Word-in-a-Word Wednesday: "Show"
24 Apr 2012 | 11:15 pmToday's word is "show". The word within it is "how" - sHOW. There are two ways we communicate, as artists/creatives. We reveal. And we explain. In both cases, we show. But how we show varies, depending on which approach we take. When we reveal, we allow others to experience something, then arrive at their own unique explanation or understanding of its context and value. However, when we explain, we seek to influence others' experience, so that they can see how we arrive (or will arrive) at a predetermined place. Neither is right or wrong, good or bad. What matters is context. From my… -
From Queso to Catharsis
23 Apr 2012 | 11:55 pmIf I've accomplished anything through this blog, I hope I've inspired you to shift from seeing your life as a path to accepting it as a portfolio. Life as a path defies the essence of the creative life. It’s like an author trying to write only one book. Or a poet trying to write one poem. Or a painter working on a single painting. Makes no sense to me. The essence of the creative life is one of exploration and experimentation. It’s about trying on new ideas and voices. It's about testing new platforms and audiences. It’s about wandering and wondering new landscapes. It’s about finding… -
Gifts, Connections & Community (Part 2)
19 Apr 2012 | 1:01 amTo give is a powerful thing. I give you these little essays. You give me and others new ideas that these essays generate through you. It’s not me giving and you receiving. Because the act of receiving can itself be a gift to the giver. It’s a cycle of giving. I give so that you can give. And you give so that I can give. The idea of community is powerful—people who are very different from one another co-exist in ways where one’s strengths compensate for another’s weaknesses. Where no one is lacking, because sharing and trade within the community provide for each of its…
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Seven Deadly Sins in Dogs Reflecting our Society, What is yours?
15 May 2012 | 4:14 pmThe Seven Deadly Sins, also known as the Capital Vices or Cardinal Sins, is a classification of objectionable vices (part of Christian ethics) that have been used since early Christian times to... This is a content summary only. Click on Title for more! -
Round-up Of Free & Useful Web 2.0 Fonts
15 May 2012 | 7:59 amFonts are the most essential part of your web design and you should have to perform very carefully when you are seeking for web 2.0 fonts for your website. This is quite hard to find fonts when you... This is a content summary only. Click on Title for more! -
Top 10 Most Excellent Painting Artists
14 May 2012 | 4:51 am“Painting only can “describe” everything which can be seen and suggest every emotion which can be felt! Art reaches back into the babyhood of time, and is men only lasting... This is a content summary only. Click on Title for more! -
PinkWorld: The Power of Pink Color Inspired Photography
10 May 2012 | 4:13 pmWe all like colorful photos and if it is Girl’s favorite color pink then it makes photos more vibrant and attractive, for your inspiration we have gathered pink color inspired photos with the... This is a content summary only. Click on Title for more! -
The Most Sexy and colorful Butterflies ever seen
9 May 2012 | 4:39 pmSexuality always is in demand or a betterway to get quick attention since the print media started it work. Sexy looks used in adverts are of many types and consist of a variety of elements and... This is a content summary only. Click on Title for more!
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Very Smart Girls (tm)
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Quotes about Compassion
19 Apr 2012 | 10:04 pmSelf-compassion is the first step in cultivating compassion. To be conscious of your own divine humanness, to accept yourself, and to be unconditionally kind to yourself evokes the inner peace necessary to extend compassion outward. What a way to live! Enjoy these quotes about compassion. “What comes from the heart goes to the heart.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge “A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.” Edward Bulwer-Lytton “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” Dalai Lama “The whole idea… -
5 Reasons to Live in the Present Moment
20 Mar 2012 | 8:08 pmHave you heard that living in the present moment is important and beneficial? Do you want to know why? 5 Reasons to Live in the Present Moment 1) Professional & Personal Success When you are focused on a task, problem, opportunity, or situation you are more likely to be productive, find answers to problems, and manifest what you want if you are focused and fully present. This is true for job related responsibilities and personal tasks like planning a vacation. I also believe in taking “mind breaks” and some of my most creative problem solving has happened… -
The Best Reason to Live in the Present Moment
18 Feb 2012 | 4:22 pmWhat is the best reason to live in the present moment? Joy, Peace, and Love happen in the present moment. “You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.” Henry Drummond (1851-1860) “The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.” Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) As always, comments welcome. The name you type in the comment section (for example, Jo-Ann, Jo-Ann Downey or Jo-Ann from Boston) will appear on the site. Your email address will NOT appear. -
“I Hear You” is the new “I Love You”
15 Jan 2012 | 12:23 pmHave you ever wanted someone to truly feel that you are listening to them? Have you ever wanted to lovingly acknowledge what someone was saying even though you didn’t agree with it? How to you acknowledge feedback from someone, especially if you don’t agree with it? People want to be Genuinely Seen and Heard As shared in “Seeing from your Heart”, to truly connect with someone is to see them as a whole and perfect human being, as someone who is always doing their best. To do this, you must feel kindness, compassion, appreciation and reverence for the person…and to do… -
Quotes about Actions Speaking Louder Than Words
14 Dec 2011 | 7:00 pmEnjoy! “Well done is better than well said.” Benjamin Franklin “Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.” Baltasar Gracian “The shortest answer is doing the thing.” Ernest Hemingway “Action is eloquence.” William Shakespeare “The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps – we must step up the stairs.” Vance Havner As shared in “Actions and Reactions Speak Louder Than Words”: “Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.” Alfred Adler “As I grow…
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The Road
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To the Hedges
14 May 2012 | 1:18 pmOn this dreary and cloudy day, I found it hard to escape my Pastor's words he had pulled from scripture on Sunday "go out in the highways and the hedges..." I kept visualizing him deliberately spilling those words before us in attempt to make us clean them up. His breaths drew quick and shallow as he looked at the church, hoping we were all hearing the message. I have not been in the highways nor the hedges. I took my reluctant body outside to hopefully see what He needed show me. I walked a few paces and stopped. The silence was so loud my own thoughts screamed at me. I began to hear… -
the Mother's Day
13 May 2012 | 2:24 pmI spent my first Mother's Day eleven years ago, holding my newborn baby. He was three days old at the time. I held my baby close, rocked him and sang him lullabies...knowing he couldn't hear my voice. I sang them anyway, because I was his mother, and he could feel my song. Today I watched him walk to the front of the church as we all sang Happy Birthday to those who celebrated their special day this past week. He nervously stood with his hands in his pockets, shoulders raised and a shy grin upon his face. I couldn't help but thank The Lord for giving me this Blessing on Mother's… -
Backside of a Burden
7 May 2012 | 8:57 amI have to admit, I've been struggling. Often when I struggle, people see it when I write, because this is what He has chosen for me to do...write. I'm fully aware that if affects people when I have unresolved burdens, because I do not wear them well. I have really focused on this burden the last couple of weeks, trying to resolve it. I kept praying and praying about it, hoping that if I prayed hard enough, long enough, that the burden would resolve itself the way I had secretly hoped it would. Instead, I finally reached a point this morning where I've accepted this burden, resolved it as… -
Because Sometimes...
1 May 2012 | 1:09 pmBecause sometimes, for really no other reason at all than He died on the cross for me, or because He gave me another day with my children, or because I deserve nothing-yet I seem to have everything I want and need...I drop to my knees in prayer. I've been talking to Him all day long and suddenly after lunch, I felt the need to drop immediately and pray, just because. My heart and mind had been racing with things I felt like I needed to do but all I really wanted was One on one time with The Lord. And because sometimes I pray, because sometimes I listen, because sometimes I… -
That Tree
23 Apr 2012 | 6:29 amI couldn't believe how well I rested last night. I awoke singing church hymns in my head. I scurried to get my coffee ready so I could watch the sun, which was about to rise outside. I sat at the table and watched patiently. I looked to my favorite tree. This tree never looks the same to me, it changes every single time I looked at it. There's always something new I didn't see before, and today was no exception. As I sat on the bench peering out across the field at the tree, I felt like I was back at church, on that bench anticipating something great. I sipped my coffee quickly…
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Thin Difference
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Life Is About Momentum, Not Motions
10 May 2012 | 6:50 am“Going through the motions…” It is a phrase we hear maybe too often. It seems to mean we are just moving through activities without much thought or meaning. It may be like sleepwalking through a job or zoning out at home. Going through the motions is not a positive indication of living a life fully and completely. The other side of this is sometimes we are in constant motion, and we feel motion equals momentum. It does not. Continuous motion can create an illusion of momentum. The danger is we may be just running in place, turning up the speed rather than digging in to gain traction. -
Lessons Learned from Love Does
5 May 2012 | 1:48 pmI am a fan of Donald Miller. From his blog and other interactions, I learned about Bob Goff and his book. When BookSneeze® offered it as an option, I grabbed the opportunity to read Love Does. Love Does is a book of short stories woven together in a fun and inspiring way. It is an easy read, which doesn’t mean it lacks in relevance. It is hugely pertinent to the way we live our life, and Bob Goff serves as a great role model of how to embrace life fully. Here are the three things I learned from Bob Goff and Love Does. 1 – Pull life’s threads. “It’s about going to extremes and… -
What Type of Wake Are You Cultivating?
3 May 2012 | 6:51 amI am not a sailor. I am a farmer’s son. As a teenager, one of the jobs I had was cultivating corn. I was on a tractor and, behind me, was an implement designed to remove weeds in between the rows of corn. The corn rows were left intact, as long as I could drive straight enough. If I swerved, then four rows of corn would be lost. It was an unnerving responsibility for someone closer to ten than twenty years old. I also felt the power of not only the responsibility but the impact I could have on those proudly independent stalks of corn. In whatever way I drove, the results were clearly shown… -
The Unfortunate “Nature” of Leadership
25 Apr 2012 | 6:41 amWhat do a meadowlark, cricket, and squirrel have to do with leadership? The answer in a minute… Nature has a way of spurring memories and calming minds. It is that fresh breeze blowing through the prairies or those cool, fresh mornings where everything seems renewed and possible. We hear a meadowlark sing their continuous song, oblivious to all around. During the day, we may see squirrels playing in a park, running carefree until a dog may interrupt their joy. As a day ends, we hear crickets in the night, chirping us into a silent sleep. All seems good and right, right? And, what does this… -
How Would Your Headline Read Today?
19 Apr 2012 | 6:44 amThere is an old political adage that states: “Don’t do something that you would not want to appear on the front page of The Washington Post.” Pick your favorite newspaper, as this was one the used while I was working in Washington, D.C., early in my career. The simple statement delivers sound advice. As always, the evidence of our character is made on what we do when we think no one is watching. Even though we know this to be true, there are still many failures of character that occur. One of the most recent examples is what happened with several Secret Service agents in Cartagena,…
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Your Daily Hope
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Wise Men Still Seek Him
19 Apr 2012 | 10:57 amSCRIPTURE “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding” (Proverbs 9:10, NIV) WORD After Jesus was born, the Bible tells us in Matthew chapter two that Wise Men came from the East to bow before Him and worship Him. They went to great lengths just to get a glimpse of the Child and traveled a long distance for many months, following the star. When they saw Him, they were so overwhelmed. The scripture says they fell on their faces to honor and worship Him.The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. That means that we should have a… -
The Father’s Anticipation
19 Apr 2012 | 10:56 amSCRIPTURE “For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father [of Eternity], Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6, AMP) WORD When you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, not only is your eternity secure, but you become a child of the Most High God. You instantly have an Everlasting Father! Think about that word everlasting. It means that before the beginning of time, the Father was there. He was waiting for you to accept Him and become a child of His. I can only imagine… -
Prince of Peace
19 Apr 2012 | 10:54 amSCRIPTURE “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6 NIV) WORD The Bible calls Jesus the Prince of Peace. That means He is the ruler of peace. He is the ultimate peace. Having His peace is not like having the peace the world has; His peace is permanent. It never changes, and it can never be taken away.It’s interesting that the word “peace” literally means “to set at one again.” In other words, when we are one with the Father,…
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Instilling Passion for Living Well
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Now That’s Light!
10 May 2012 | 5:30 pmOkay, so if you have been reading my blog for any length of time, you know that I “must” write a blog entry that has something to do with American Idol inspiration. :) So here goes! I was watching the show last week, and some of the performances were SPECtacular! The judges and audience were giving standing ovations and lauding the young rising stars with their praise and admiration. These young people come week after week and pour their hearts out on that stage. They each are finding their way in how to let their gift shine and how to let go of… -
A Healthy Dose
3 May 2012 | 10:40 amDon’t you just love a good laugh? Don’t you just love a good laugh in those moments when you really are supposed to be quiet? When you are laughing so hard you think you just might snort, and you are working so hard to chill out so you don’t make a scene? Oh my those are good times! My sister Jill and I are really good at what I will call “A Healthy Dose of Irreverence.” We are known for creating moments of comedy or slight disruption at all the “wrong” times. Usually they are the “wrong” times as dictated by our cultural norms…and well,… -
Are You My Lover?
26 Apr 2012 | 11:17 amDo you remember the wonderful old Dr. Seuss book, Are You My Mother?, about the little birdie that was asking everything under the sun if it was it’s mother? The bird was on a quest for Mom, and on the way he thought that perhaps she was a dog, a bulldozer, a big chicken, and even an old car. I thought perhaps this week we could talk about our own quest to experience love. Have you ever found yourself complaining about something or someone and then you came to find out that there was a gift for you in the situation or relationship? Or perhaps it was much… -
Illuminations from Row 3
19 Apr 2012 | 10:12 amI have never really thought too much about the expression “Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater”, though I have used it before plenty of times, and there have even been times I’ve felt like the baby! As I think more about it and look at images of adorable babies, I realize more and more just how precious the baby is. Just what a gem this “baby” is that we might tend to “throw out” in our attempt to rid our lives of something or in our attempt to move on to new things in our lives. I’m starting to think that most people probably don’t… -
Riding the Wave
12 Apr 2012 | 9:33 amI saw a video the other day where in the credits it said, “In honor of life’s irrepressible urge to thrive.” Man that leapt off the screen at me! What powerful urgent compelling words! I believe with all my heart that we are here to thrive. And I realize there are so many days when we are most in touch with surviving…..and feel anything but thriving. And I wonder though how much we can support and sustain this irrepressible urge to thrive by just remembering that this is our inner truth. So that when circumstances and our perspectives have…
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Are You a Parasite or Messiah?
16 May 2012 | 1:50 pmWho you are in your relationship to others is the determining factor to the quality of your relationships. With this in mind, finding out the role you play and how to adjust that role can create deeper and more satisfying ties to others. In order to have the opportunity to recreate your relationships in ways that are healthier and happier for all involved, determining if you are a parasite or messiah can have immediate and dramatic affects on how you choose to recreate yourself within your relationships.A parasite is a person that expects other people to take care of them. If you are a… -
PORRC for Less Stress and More Success
8 May 2012 | 12:05 pmStress is the number one killer. Ongoing bad stress lends its ugly face to creating mental and physical health deterioration, not to mention the reduction of how happy you are able to be on any given day. I say bad stress because some stress is good; it spurs us into action and is one deep exhalation away from excitement which can be a lot of fun.When you practice PORRC, you become more mindful. When you become more mindful you will:Become more successfulHave more energyBe able to focus betterHave more creativityImprove your immune systemEnjoy a better appreciation for lifeHave increased… -
The Privilege and Pitfalls of Taking Things for Granted
26 Apr 2012 | 11:36 amNone of us like to feel taken for granted by other people, but we are all guilty of taking other people and lots of other things for granted. I’ll bet while you are sitting here reading this, you are taking a dozen things for granted, maybe breathing or being able to read this. So am I, even though I would like to say otherwise.We take things for granted because of our human need for security. When we take things for granted, it gives us the comforting illusion that whatever we’re taking for granted is going to stay available to us. I will breath tomorrow; my spouse and children will be… -
Living with an Alcoholic or Addict? You are Not Alone
25 Apr 2012 | 7:02 amGetting help when you begin to suspect you are living with an addict is critical to your own mental health and well being. That can be hard to wrap your head around, after all – they are the one with the problem, not you. However, getting the support and education you need is every bit as important as it is for the addict to get help. This is true whether you stay with the addict or remove yourself from the situation.Even non-drug and non-alcohol related addictions such as gambling or porn addictions can create havoc and lead to extreme destruction. As a participant in the addict’s… -
The Fault of Positive Thinking
22 Apr 2012 | 7:38 amPositive thinking isn’t all it is cracked up to be. This is a crucial fact to sink in to your psyche after being bombarded with constant positive thinking messages. Positive thinking is great, it feels good, and I’m a firm believer in “What you think about, you bring about”. The problem with all that positive thinking is the very fact of all that thinking.To see true progress, you need to get out of your head, roll up your sleeves and get to work. Sometimes that means your mind is going to do the opposite of positive thinking. It might grunt, groan, complain and be a total bitch to…
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Be Happy Stay Happy
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Let Go & Just Live
14 May 2012 | 4:49 pmI have been meaning to write a blog for a while but you know how it goes. We put things off until tomorrow and then you get busy and think to yourself, I’ll get to it. So I decided that I can’t wait until tomorrow anymore, I need to do it now even if it is just a small post. There are so many things that go through my mind that I want to share! I know I can’t share them all in one post so I will try to make more of an effort to post regularly and share my thoughts. First of all, I want to thank you all for supporting me and Be Happy Stay Happy! I love the feedback I get from… -
Love University with Mastin Kipp
3 May 2012 | 4:20 pmI am so excited to tell you about this! I am a loyal follower of The Daily Love. The Daily Love was founded by Mastin Kipp. He is a 30 year-old entrepreneur and writer from Los Angeles, CA. The Daily Love is a website, daily email and Twitter account that’s merging pop culture with inspiration. The Daily Love inspires almost 500,000 people a day. Mastin has started The Love Uni-Versity through en*theos Academy. His classes are enlightening, eye opening and educational. I attended one of his teleconferences earlier this year and I have just signed up for his Love & Relationship… -
Shame on Jane Mother’s Day Contest
17 Apr 2012 | 11:45 amShame on Jane is having a contest for an awesome ring similar to below! All you have to do is submit a quote, word, or phrase that is less than 30 characters. If yours is chosen, you will win the ring you designed and more! Take a look at all the jewelry Shame on Jane has here. My favorite so far is the Inspirational RemindeRing Set! -
Dr. Seuss Inspiration
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Feeling Overwhelmed?
14 Nov 2011 | 10:27 amYou are not alone. Ever have a day where you feel like your world is crashing in on you? If not, good for you! If you are like the majority of us that do, how do you handle it? It is not easy sometimes to find your way out of those moments. It is important to express your feelings and talk to someone if you can. You may feel that you are the only one out there that has it bad, but the truth is there is probably someone worse off than you. You need to stop and put your problems in perspective. On the grand scheme of things, the way you are feeling is probably because a bunch of little things…
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Active VS Passive: The Lottery Fantasy
14 May 2012 | 11:42 pmRecently someone asked me this question, “How do I win the lottery?”. I was stumped by the question at first and I don’t really know what to answer. I could answer the question if I am writing a lottery blog, but I got to say that I’m not the right person to ask about this topic since I don’t touch lottery for more than a grand 3 times in my life. However, this question sticks with me and it reminds me of some differences that exist between winners and losers. Giving Up Your Life (And Wealth) Will you let go of your life and allow others to direct it for you? -
How To Deal With Busyness
7 May 2012 | 12:06 am4 more days to my first exam paper. It is the high time for stuffing myself with coffee, energy drinks and enjoy as little sleep as possible. Really busy with studies now but I will still commit to write every single week. Commitment is needed to things that you care about. Anyway, exams will be over soon and I will share with you some new stuff that I want to implement here at HMS. Stay tuned! Are you constantly being busy? If you find yourself constantly being busy, this article is for you. The problem with busyness is that it is myopic. You can be really busy but all you do is running very… -
Only 72 Offer: $1,020.48 worth of products for $100, Seriously?
30 Apr 2012 | 11:18 amThe world best offer in the blogosphere is here again. Before I proceed, there is something that I would like to tell you beforehand. First of all, this is a promotion offer and if you are not one of those people who like offers/sales/promotion, you can simply ignore this post. Secondly, I do make a commission from the offer but it is ok if you do not buy anything. 100% of my writing is free at HMS and I value your comment and readership more than getting money in my pocket. But you can trust me to only recommend great value products because this is only the first promotion on HMS for the… -
Illusions So Real That They Stop You In Your Track
25 Apr 2012 | 11:52 amMy schedule has been pretty tight and it will be crazier for the next one and a half month due to my exams. However, I will continue to write and post at least once a week, though the articles may not to be those that are at least 2000 words. Thanks for the continuing support and I am really grateful for it. I will still be on HMS Facebook Page and Twitter though, so drop by and say Hi whenever you’re free. — Think about a lemon (a really sour one). Imagine that you put a slice of freshly cut lemon with juices still dripping into your mouth and taste it. If you imagine it vividly, you… -
A Small Hiccup And An Update For You
17 Apr 2012 | 10:58 amMy final year exam takes place in 3 weeks time. It means that it is the time for me to study in school and not leaving until night time and not to mention the many cups of coffee that accompanies me. Life Throws You Curve Balls I had mentioned earlier that I want to launch my first ever product at HMS on early April but it seems that I will not be able to do so. I had completed the productivity ebook and the fast action guide workbook that comes along with it. It is ready to be launched but I decided to push the deadline back. Why? I can go ahead and launch the ebook right now, however it…
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Stay In The Conversation
15 May 2012 | 6:01 pmIt’s now much easier for you and your commenters to keep track of the conversations you’re involved in across WordPress.com. Some recent tests have shown that by subscribing commenters to new comments by default, they are more likely to stay engaged and come back and comment more on your blog. With that knowledge, we’ve changed the default comment following behavior to help you get more conversations going on your blog. We made the initial changes last week and after great feedback from you we just launched an update. Here’s how it works: By default, posting a comment… -
Look at These Gorgeous Blogs
15 May 2012 | 1:05 pmWe’ve added a user showcase where you can view stunning customizations made by people just like you. From complete redesigns with CSS to adding pizzazz with Custom Fonts to clever use of options like background and header, this showcase will spark your imagination and inspire creativity. Discover details about what each showcase blog is doing with WordPress.com themes and customizations by clicking a thumbnail to see a colophon-style list of credits on the left. We’ve also updated footer links so blog owners can show off the types of customizations they’ve made and visitors can… -
Photo Blogging 101, Part 1
14 May 2012 | 10:00 amSpring is in the air. With the weather warming up, now is a great time to get started on a photo blog. Creating a photo blog is a wonderful introduction to blogging on WordPress.com or an opportunity to refresh your current site. Ready to get started? You can sign up for a new blog right over here. Getting started Photo blogs, sometimes called phlogs, use pictures instead of words. While many photo bloggers choose a type of photo that they want to focus on, such as portraits, others use their photo blog to document their life’s events. Photo blogs come in a variety of styles, including… -
New Themes: Just Desserts and Oxygen
10 May 2012 | 8:11 amHappy Thursday! We’ve added some exciting new themes to our ever-growing collection, and we’re happy to tell you all about them. First out of the oven is…Just Desserts. Yep, that’s a theme! Designed by Andy Rutledge, Just Desserts is a deliciously stylish premium theme that’s perfect for blogs centered on food. With its responsive, single-column layout and unique presentation of images and posts on the front page, Just Desserts gives you a delectable canvas on which your mouthwatering photos and text can really shine — even when viewed on smaller mobile devices… -
Find Friends Who Use WordPress
1 May 2012 | 2:32 pmAre you curious to see how your friends are using WordPress? Give the new and improved Friend Finder a try to connect with your Twitter, Facebook, and Google contacts who have WordPress sites! After authorizing WordPress.com to use your Twitter, Facebook, or Google account to find your friends (don’t worry — none of this account information is saved!) you’ll see a list of people you know who have WordPress sites. Click Follow and each time your friend publishes a new post it will show up in your Reader under Blogs I Follow. If you have multiple blogs, make sure to set the…
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The BullBuster Cafe
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My Needs Don’t Matter
15 May 2012 | 5:23 am(You can access the podcast at the bottom of this article.) This is a tricky lie of the day! Surely, you are not actively using this tought, or walking around believing that your needs don’t matter. Sadly, this one sits deep underneath our conscious thoughts, so we don’t even know we’re thinking it. It’s the belief that you are supporting every time you make an excuse to not go to the gym, not get your hair done, not eat good food, not have alone time, and so forth. It’s so damn easy to get caught up in taking care of everyone else’s needs and find… -
I Never Accomplish Anything
8 May 2012 | 7:55 am(Podcast available at the end of this article – and it’s more animated! ) I recently realized I had gotten into a habit of beating myself up for all the stuff I didn’t get done. I pointed out to myself that I neglected to clean off my dining table, hadn’t gotten very far on designing my website, didn’t make an appointment to get my hair cut…..wow, it’s so damn easy to find all that stuff I didn’t get around to! The list got longer and longer, and I found myself feeling pretty demotivated. What kind of person doesn’t get their hair cut,… -
I Can’t Publish My Website Until It’s Perfect
1 May 2012 | 7:31 amI can’t tell you how much I hear this lie or some version of it! I hear and see it so much, that I am going to make this a podcast and a blog so you can really let the message sink in, ! (Scroll to the bottom of this post for the podcast.) If you’re a sole proprietor launching a business, every day you hold off publishing your website, is just one more day you deny everyone the pleasure of finding you. Entrepreneurs, sole proprietors, and small business owners, especially, seem to really struggle with having to get things perfect before they put them out to the world. You… -
I’m Only As Good As Other People Think I Am
24 Apr 2012 | 7:52 amHave you ever had a dream or an idea, shared it with your closest family and friends, and then been told that your dream is stupid, lacks common sense, is a bad idea, will never happen, isn’t something you could possibly pull off,…..(add on your own list of responses) ? And then, after you’ve been completely blasted (or felt like you were, because you didn’t get the positive response you were hoping for) you end up believing they’re right? So, you either give up on your idea entirely and never even try, or, you half-ass your idea. In order to avoid… -
I Can’t Accomplish My New Year’s Resolution
17 Apr 2012 | 10:50 amOops, remember that little New Year’s Resolution you made? Did it kind of slide toward the bottom of your priority list already? Hey, the year’s not even half over yet, so you still have time! But, I wanted to explore this one because, why is it that we feel so empowered in January, and then drift off in that empowerment feeling by the end of January? AND, guess what? Today’s podcast has another FREE action guide for you to download! Just CLICK HERE and get your copy – no sign up required.
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VeehCirra
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Naked
16 May 2012 | 10:21 amI stand in a pool of hopelessness, Soaking with sadness, My clothes are dripping with sorrow, Trickling down my numb body, My head is hanging with disbelief, As my heart aches with untold despair, The weight of my punishing thoughts is slowly driving me to my knees. I gasp desperately, Knowing I am drowning [...] -
SuperHuman|May 13
13 May 2012 | 2:08 pmSuperhuman, Carried me within her for nine months, Endured my laborious journey out of her, Welcomed me with open arms into this world, Cared for me from my very first cry, Fought my battles for me, Loved me even when I was unlovable, Carries the weight of our family in her heart, She keeps us [...] -
How To Refine Yourself And Get The Results You Want
11 May 2012 | 12:13 pmWhat is the secret behind creating and achieving the results you truly deserve? Results in life are all around you and it is truly an inspiring kind of symphony. With every breath, step, and action you take, you produce a result. Even in not taking action you produce a different kind of result – nothing. [...] -
Love and Live a Life Full of Scars
9 May 2012 | 4:20 pmHow wonderful it would be to be a super human? With no worries, problems, scars just pure bliss every waking hour? Sadly, it’s impossible to walk through life without facing disappointments, some extreme lows and going through trying moments. Along the way you get scarred. Just like James. When I look at my knees, I [...] -
The Zen of First Times| How To Do What You Fear
7 May 2012 | 5:27 pmDo you remember the first time you did something new? There is always something utterly fascinating with doing something for the first time. The anticipation keeps the heart beating a bit faster. The imagination runs wild creating scenarios of what will/ should happen. Often times, what you had imagined does not always play out as [...]
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Self Confidence Blog & Podcast
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Here’s why you never have to be afraid of getting older
14 May 2012 | 5:18 pmWe watched our parents grow up and grow old. As you get older there are certain things that we believe are ‘normal’ parts of aging. Putting on weight as our metabolism slows down, illnesses and other health problems occur and we start taking pills and potions for them. We are not as flexible as we used to be. We might experience things not working as well as they used to and we say things like “I’m getting old!” almost as a joke. The thing is the subconscious mind doesn’t understand our sense of humor and as we speak and think so shall it be. I have… -
We are never too old and its never too late to have fun
12 May 2012 | 3:47 pmSometimes life can get so hectic, so crazy, so full of things to do that we don’t believe we have the time to stop and just have some fun, let loose, go wild, be silly and giggle with friends. You may believe that fun ends when we become adults but I believe it never ends and that we are never too old and its never too late to have fun. So what’s fun for you? Hopefully after reading my blog post about how exciting and significant a relationship with yourself is, you stopped to think about how to build that relationship and if during your moments of reflection you came to the… -
Building self awareness will help you build self-confidence
11 May 2012 | 4:05 pmIf you are going to build self confidence the first thing you need to focus on is becoming more self aware. You need to figure out what you do and why you do it. Life is full of challenges and right now you may seem a challenge or problem that is in your life as inconvenient or bad or just something to fear and be depressed about. What if you looked at your problems and challenges as a way to make you stronger within yourself. A way to make you more aware of who you are and what you are capable of coping with. These challenges that life throws at us are nothing more than opportunities to… -
The most exciting, challenging and significant relationship is the one you have with yourself
10 May 2012 | 2:16 pmI am always on the look out for new ideas to write blog posts on self-confidence specifically and personal growth generally. Last night thanks to the last ever episode of Sex And The City (still love watching the repeats) I got the inspiration to write today’s. Right at the very end Carrie talks about the different kinds of relationships we have with people and ends… “…the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself” Its strange that I have watched that ending several times but only actually heard that ending… -
The power of inner voice guidance
9 May 2012 | 2:46 pmIt is hard for me to write about your inner voice or following your inner guidance without beginning to sound a little ‘out there!’ and while being seen as a tree hugger is not new for me I do like to do my best to keep to the logical side of building self-confidence without going too far into my realist world However, the power of inner voice guidance is so very real for women looking to develop the strength and self-confidence to make their own decisions and rely on their own judgement that I have to let go of what’s logical for a little while. I want to deal here with…
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Starcat's Study
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Why Drumming Helps With My Writing
15 May 2012 | 10:43 amFeline Drummers at the Watch City Festival in Waltham, MA5/12/12 photo by Jennifer Wright OwenElven Tiger and I are taking a drawing class at our homeschool co-op, based on the book "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" by Betty Edwards. At this point in my life, I've done lots of meditation, yoga, and other practices that enable me to enter the alpha state at will. So I'm finding it relatively easy to slip into that right-brain mode as I draw, even though I'm far from an accomplished artist. I'm having fun sketching, with no expectations about the outcome.In recent years I've become… -
Cleanse Complete!
10 May 2012 | 6:48 pmOops. I guess I've wandered away from the regular updates about the raw food cleanse! Well, it was a busy but fun week, and it's been going well. Now we're on day ten of ten, so I guess it's pretty much complete. On Monday, I got a bit bored with the food I was eating, but just shrugged and went along with it. My Mom was so sweet. I had asked if we could have a big salad when we came over for dinner, and not only did she do that (along with making soup, rolls, and pudding for the rest of the crew), but she also made me a lovely and delightful fruit plate for dessert. Asian pear, Grannysmith… -
A Blessful Weekend
6 May 2012 | 9:17 pmWell, I was going to write either "blessed" or "blissful" in the title, and ended up combining the two. I think it works well as a description. I've been having lots of fun!Saturday BlackLion and I celebrated our anniversary, and also Cinco de Mayo! We started our day with a yummy green smoothie. We did a bit of shopping for fruits and veggies, then headed down to Exeter, NH to the Grand Opening of the Good Karma Cafe! It's a new vegan and raw cafe that is just delightful. BlackLion and I are going to blog about it tomorrow over at the Feline Dreamers website, if you'd like to know more. -
Am I Rusty?
4 May 2012 | 10:09 pmWoke up to lots of rain again today. The trees and plants are loving it! I enjoyed giving a Reiki session this morning, followed by doing some chores and then working on my book. The cats were in and out, and Percy came and snuggled on my lap for a while when I was writing. Rainy day bliss!Later in the day I felt a bit physically weak, like I was perhaps low on iron. Perhaps my iron doesn't like the rain - maybe it got rusty. Anyway, I snacked on some dried fruit, and had a spinach salad for dinner, and that helped.We had a lovely Full Moon ritual tonight, even though we had to be indoors and… -
Resting Today
3 May 2012 | 9:03 pmIt's day 3 of the raw food cleanse, and you might be sick of hearing about it already, heh heh. This morning I woke up feeling a bit dizzy and not really ready to face the day. But it is Thursday, which means our homeschool co-op day, so I got ready and we headed out. I was feeling very low-energy for much of the day. Some of it is probably due to the time of the month (sorry if that's TMI), as well as detoxing because of the cleanse. Or perhaps it's just the combination that got me down. I was in good spirits for the most part, just moving more slowly than usual. Breakfast was a smoothie,…
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The Bryan Project
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How to be a Fighter (Without Throwing a Punch)
15 May 2012 | 11:37 pmphoto credit: boltron- via photo pin cc Let’s face it. Every once in awhile, life walks up and punches you straight in the mouth with a cheap shot. No warning. Just…. BAM! Right in the kisser. Life can be a jerk that way. The question is… are you just gonna take that? I hope your [...]This post by Bryan Weller of http://thebryanproject.com -
One Thing You Need For More Adventure
11 May 2012 | 11:32 pmphoto credit: heatherlyone via photo pin cc Whatever happened to hitchhiking? Bear with me here. You may wonder who cares, but I do. And I think in the wider sense, you should too. I started thinking about this the other day when I was listening to the Freakonomics Radio Podcast and they were discussing [...]This post by Bryan Weller of http://thebryanproject.com -
Put Passion In Your Life
8 May 2012 | 10:11 pmphoto credit: KariHak via photo pin cc It’s time to bring back a little of that passion in your life. Put some sizzle in that steak, as they say. No, I know where your mind is going, I’m not talking about that. Well…. maybe…. I guess I could be, but what I am talking about [...]This post by Bryan Weller of http://thebryanproject.com -
Back in the Saddle
3 May 2012 | 9:41 pmphoto credit: Thomas Hawk via photo pin cc So I stopped. Or rather, paused. I disappered. I wasn’t present in this space. I’ve been gone, but never permanantly. I never walked away from this blog. I simply stopped writing it for awhile. I guess you could say I took some time off, but it was [...]This post by Bryan Weller of http://thebryanproject.com -
Life’s Questions, Answered!
6 Mar 2012 | 9:39 pmphoto credit: asafantman via photopin cc If you absolutely never want to reach any of your goals in life, let me recommend being as vague as humanly possible. Be vague about the goal, vague about the deadline and, by all means, be vague about the plan to get there. If you do these things, [...]This post by Bryan Weller of http://thebryanproject.com
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Motivation for Life
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Gujarati Poem : Friendship
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WE ARE WHAT WE BELIEVE WE ARE
13 Apr 2012 | 11:02 amWE ARE WHAT WE BELIEVE WE ARE A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $ 500 Note. In the room of 200, he asked, "who would like this $ 500?' Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this note to one of you, but first let me do this.' He proceeded to crumple the note up. He then asked, 'who still wants it?' Still, the hands were up in the air. 'Well,' he replied. 'What if I do this’? And the dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up now, all crumpled and dirty. 'Now who still wants it?' Still the hands went… -
Friendship Story : Sand & Stone
22 Mar 2012 | 1:17 pmSAND & STONE A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE." They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND… -
Why do I exist?
21 Mar 2012 | 9:00 amWhy do I exist? I am trying to find answer of this question for long now, I am not sure if I have the correct answer with me but there are various reasons and purposes I have found those are partially answering my question of “Why do I exist”. This is more related to Hinduism Karma belief. 1. When I was born to my mother and father, one of the reason of my existence could be, Almighty God wanted to bless my father and mother with a second child like myself. 2. From my perspective; the god wanted to gift me such great… -
Gandhi Quotes
14 Mar 2012 | 9:54 amA ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.” “Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.” “Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.” “I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.” “Fear has its use but cowardice has none.” “I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won’t presume to probe into the faults of…
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Mastering Your Life - The Soul Institute
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Being the “Awesome You”, Even with Allergies, Too!
14 May 2012 | 4:40 pmWhen you love yourself, you make decisions that nurture and support you. When it comes to your health, you have the chance to make conscious choices, whether it be taking yourself to a health practitioner for care or choosing a salad when you go out to eat. When you choose to take care of yourself, you are also choosing to take care of your inner child. This leads you to feel safer within you and to trust yourself more. Today, I would like to share something special with you…a beautiful book that teaches parents and children with allergies exactly how to care for, nurture and support… -
Are You Letting Your Past Control Your Future?
9 Apr 2012 | 10:33 amHave you noticed how you always seem to get mad at certain people or situations? Do you ever notice how the things you’ve experienced or felt in the past can affect your life today, and tomorrow? You may question: How is it that our past can control our future when we’re already beyond it? We don’t often realize that everything from our past experiences has made us the person we are today; our personal beliefs, the way we do our relationships, and even the way we do business. It’s easy to assume that the reason we’re getting mad or upset with the person in front of us is because of… -
How to Experience and Flow Your feelings and create the Results you want!
16 Feb 2012 | 7:38 amSome of the most common questions I receive are about Feelings: What do I do about them, how do I “control” or “handle” them, why not just ignore them? … Does this sound familiar? The answers to these questions are simple and clear. Feelings are just Energy. Pure feelings, like anger, fear, sadness, etc. give you information about yourself. You do not want to control them, nor be controlled by them. If you try to control or hide the feeling, it will control you, and your results. In other words, you will unconsciously create what you do not want – by ignoring feelings and… -
Spirituality and Business – Are They In Harmony?
31 Jan 2012 | 11:13 amI love it when people ask me about ‘Spirituality in business.’ They are not concepts that traditionally go together, yet I see them as almost inseparable. Why? We are Spiritual Beings. As such, it would be natural for us to express that in everything we do, including a business or workplace. When you factor in all the brilliance, collaboration, creativity, imagination, and wisdom it takes to run a successful business, it seems only natural for us to want to include ALL of our selves – our Spiritual side, as well as our human side. The Spiritual nature of us is the Truth of us. We are… -
Beauty Beyond the Mirror
24 Jan 2012 | 2:32 pmKahlil Gibran once said, “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart”, and if it had not been for S.O.U.L., this would never truly impacted me the way it has today. When I thought of beauty growing up, I thought of Barbie, MTV, Disney channel, and movie stars. So let’s just say I didn’t exactly have a sense of self-worth or self-love for that matter. I just knew that to fit in you had to be like what you saw on TV. To have friends you had to know what was “cool” and what wasn’t. I went all through middle school and high school thinking this way. I went on…
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Inspirational Quotes Today
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Inspirational Quote from Orville Wright: If we all worked on...
16 May 2012 | 8:00 am"If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance." Orville Wright Inventor & Aviation Pioneer Image Source -
Inspirational Quote from Truman Capote: Love is a chain...
14 May 2012 | 9:32 pm"Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life." Truman Capote Novelist, Short Story Writer, Playwright, & Non-fiction Writer Image Source -
Inspirational Quote from Salvador Dali: Have no fear...
13 May 2012 | 9:23 pm"Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it." Salvador Dali Surrealist Painter Image Source -
Inspirational Quote from Johnny Cash: You build on failure...
13 May 2012 | 8:00 am"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space." Johnny Cash Singer-songwriter, Actor, & Author Image Source -
Inspirational Quote from Morgan Freeman: If you live a life...
11 May 2012 | 8:00 am"If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn't worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality." Morgan Freeman Actor, Director, Aviator, & Narrator Image Source
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Motivational Thoughts
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A Moment of Pure Joy
5 May 2012 | 12:45 pmIn this busy and hectic life Which often made my sigh and cry All I ever wanted was To have a moment of pure joy My crazy and fast paced life Seemed to be full of worry and strife Happiness had become a sacred word Never to be experienced but only heard Happiness had become a thing of the past Which I had in abundance when I was a kid All my moments of joy were shrouded in fear As I worried that this joy and happiness will not last To have a moment of eternal peace and bliss To be in total harmony with the universe I craved for a moment of pure joy To be as happy as a small boy To be happy… -
Your Life: A Life Worth Living
23 Apr 2012 | 12:57 amDo not complain that life is hard That it is full of suffering and pain Do not cry that life is full of difficulties That your life has become a bane Life is hard but is worth fighting for There is a bit of pain but a lot of gain too Obstacles come to make you strong To give you strength and teach you all along Do not let your days become a bore Do not let your life become a routine chore Do not spend your time in regret Thinking of the things you could not get Do not keep thinking about the past You never know how long your life will last Leave behind a legacy that will long last Go out… -
So, What is Your Excuse?
9 Mar 2012 | 11:00 amI just could not follow my passion and my dream At the thought of it my heart gave out a scream I thought of all the excuses real and imaginary That made chasing my dreams all the more scary I did not have a lot of money To start working on my dream I realized making a start was the important part That all mighty things had a humble start I cried that I did not have talent and skill To work on my dream and go for the kill I learned that persistence is more important than talent It is a skill necessary on the road to accomplishment I did not have friends in the right places Who could help me… -
Success Factors and a Word of Advice
18 Feb 2012 | 9:21 amOn a dreamy Sunday afternoon I had a chat with success I asked why it never came to me I asked why it left me in a state of distress I asked if it was all about luck I asked if it was all fate I asked why only a few possessed you I asked if only few were destined to get you Success replied, I see no differences To me everyone is the same What matters is how you play the game What’s important is how good is your aim Success said, you need a lot of qualities to get me Chief among them are your attitude and personality Success said, you need to have conviction to reach me You need to have… -
The Daily Fight
8 Feb 2012 | 8:00 amEach morning I wake up With a heart full of hope and courage To fight the things that hold me back To fight the feelings that hold me in a cage I realized today marks a new beginning To stop all the whining and complaining To go ahead and start creating To dream and to start achieving Today I fight for my dreams To stop hearing others screams I am determined not to let my dreams die out To fight it out and win over all the doubt Today, I fight to get out of mediocrity Not to let the world pull me down To use my skill and ability To excel and not to drown Today I fight the fear of failure As I…
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Self Improvement Saga
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A Mother’s Day Message to My Mom and Daughter
13 May 2012 | 2:28 amHappy Mother’s Day The greatest gifts on Earth, I believe, are those that are as much a gift to the giver as the receiver. That’s certainly the case with motherhood. In the spirit of this one day dedicated to moms, I’d like to share my Mother’s Day thoughts with all of you. This is deeply personal, but I hope you enjoy the sentiment. To the woman who gave me life: I deeply appreciate you. I appreciate you for loving me when I couldn’t even see a reason to love myself. I appreciate you for standing by me when everyone else turned their backs, for believing in me… -
One Question to Stop Asking and a Great One to Take Its Place
10 May 2012 | 7:29 amShift from “Why” to “What’s Next?” It is not wise to ask too many whys! “Why is he so shy?” “Why didn’t our relationship last?” “Why can’t I seem to get my life together?” “Why am I so sensitive? ” “Why does my husband act like this?” “Why didn’t my child turn out better?” “Why can’t I get my life together?” Although asking yourself “why” has its place so that we can learn from the past and be more aware going forward, the obsession that many of us have with “why” leads less to insights and more to preoccupation… -
Inspirational Thoughts: Trying to Make Others Happy
7 May 2012 | 1:41 pmNote: Inspirational Thoughts is a weekly self improvement series posted on Mondays with the intention of shining the light of inspiration on the start of your week. Make Others Happy Do you find it tough to be happy when someone you care about is unhappy? I know the feeling. You want to make others happy and self gets sacrificed in the process. The nurturer within us wants to fix all the pain in the world—especially that which affects those we love. It’s a noble desire, but today’s inspirational thoughts remind you that you are not responsible for anyone’s happiness… -
9 Healing Foods and Herbs That Do Your Body Good
5 May 2012 | 3:57 amHealing Foods and Herbs That Do Your Body Good I didn’t always know it, but healing begins in the kitchen- not in the doctor’s office. That’s what this post on healing foods is all about. Thanks to an unexpected lapse in health insurance, I learned that knowing what to eat and what natural remedies are available is the key to allowing my body to heal itself. Healing with food is not just some fad; it’s natural, practical and even necessary. I hope you’ll enjoy this little intro to the power foods, herbs and spices that your body will surely love. Quinoa I… -
8 Little Questions That Inspire Big Change
26 Apr 2012 | 8:31 pmLife Coaching Questions: Little Questions, Big Changes If you’ve ever experienced life coaching, you know that powerful questions are one of the many tools a life coach uses to help you get unstuck. Why questions, you might wonder. We all have a great deal of dialogue going on in our heads, but much of it needs to be renewed, refreshed or simply laid to rest. The right questions can do just that. Questions, when we’re willing to face them with honest answers, poke holes in ideas and beliefs that hold us back while shining light on opportunities for personal growth. The questions…
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the happy student: studying for lifetime success
14 May 2012 | 12:08 pmSource A day after a Positively Present reader asked me to write an article about how to cope as a stressed out college student, I received a copy of Daniel Wong's The Happy Student: 5 Steps to Academic Fulfillment and Success. Pretty perfect timing, I'd say. Though I'm no longer a student myself, I decided to give the book a read, figuring it would help me help the stressed out college girl asking for my help. Much to my surprise, the book was a wonderful read and provided so many lessons that could be applied not only to the life of a student but to life… -
positively present picks: week of may 7, 2012
11 May 2012 | 6:28 amSource "Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes, by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers and sisters, aunts and cousins, but only one mother in the whole world." Kate Wiggins 60 Lessons I Learned from My Mom : I'm lucky to have such a great one! Caniner : a dog diary app that's a must-have for any dog owner Everyday I'm hustling tattoo : I love all the Tattly designs A fresh take on the MD pitbull ruling : nice work seeing the positive, Juliana! Write Your… -
the best medicine: 5 reasons you should laugh more
7 May 2012 | 7:34 amSource Cliche as it might sound, laughter really is the best medicine -- and I can certainly vouch for that these days. Atop the stress of my new career, this week I've been battling a fierce cold, and one of the best distractions from my aching head and stuffy nose has been laughter. When my boyfriend pokes fun at me, when I catch my daily dose of Ellen, when I receive a hilarious text message -- all of these things crack me up and make whatever's ailing me disappear for a moment. Laughter might seem like a frivolous thing to spend time… -
positively present picks: week of april 30, 2012
4 May 2012 | 12:58 amluxurynoise “Do not get discouraged.It is often the last key that opens the lock." Unknown Make a folded notebook : looks hard to do, but cute The Best Medicine : my new, laugh-loving Pinterest board What do you want... that you already have? : great question! Yvette Inufio Photography : just plain beautiful T + C's Wedding Inspiration : helping a friend with her wedding. so fun! Win The Fire Starter Sessions! : enter to win this inspiring book New month, new color : never too late join in on the 365 Photo Project Oh Joy! Copious Shop : thinking of… -
book review + giveaway: the fire starter sessions
30 Apr 2012 | 7:29 amWeeks after I'd already pre-ordered my copy of Danielle LaPorte's latest book, The Fire Starter Sessions: A Soulful + Practical Guide to Creating Success on Your Own Terms, her team contacted me and asked me to review a copy. My answer was a resounding, "Hell ya!" I'd already been planning to share my love of the book, and now I have the good fortune of an extra copy for a giveaway (check the bottom of this post for details on that!). To say I loved the book would be an understatement. I lovvvvvvved it. Having been following Danielle's site for the past three…
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“If you want to know your past – look into your present...
15 May 2012 | 11:56 am“If you want to know your past – look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future – look into your present actions.” — Chinese Proverb -
“I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t...
15 May 2012 | 1:29 am“I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all.” — Coco Chanel, an influential French fashion designer, founder of the famous brand Chanel, whose modernist thought, practical design, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important and influential figure in 20th-century fashion. She was the only fashion designer to be named on Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century. -
“Friendship… is not something you learn in school....
14 May 2012 | 12:35 pm“Friendship… is not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.” — Muhammad Ali, an American former boxer and three-time World Heavyweight Champion. As an amateur, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. After turning professional, he went on to become the first and only boxer to win the lineal heavyweight championship three times. -
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend...
12 May 2012 | 5:06 am“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” — Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserved the Union, and ended slavery. Reared in a poor family on the western frontier, he was mostly self-educated. -
“The best years of your life are the ones in which you...
11 May 2012 | 11:09 am“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.” — Albert Ellis, an American psychologist who in 1955 developed Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). He held M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in clinical psychology from Columbia University and American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). He also founded and was the president emeritus of the New York City-based Albert Ellis Institute. He is generally considered to be one of the…
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Online Homeschool Curriculum Review: Time 4 Learning
15 May 2012 | 8:43 amA Big Move In February of this year, Little Lotus and I were preparing to move to Florida from Connecticut. I didn’t want to enroll my first grader in a new school for the remaining few months of the school year, so we began to toy with the idea of returning to our homeschool roots. We homeschooled for preschool and kindergarten, and this time around I wanted the experiment with an online homeschool curriculum. Looking for an Online Homeschool Curriculum I began to look for an online homeschool curriculum that was affordable, user friendly, and met state standards. A friend suggested… -
Make Your Own Chai, Mama’s Boy! by Farah Tejani
11 May 2012 | 9:15 amMake Your Own Chai, Mama’s Boy! In her entertaining and thought-provoking compilation Make Your Own Chai, Mama’s Boy!, author Farah Tejani challenges antiquated ideas about what it mean to be Indian. A young girl, unable to bear children, is shipped off to meet her fate and marry “The Cotton King”, who is not only older and far from Prince Charming, but already with child. A young East African woman must make a very difficult decision when it comes to the acceptance of her half-breed child or the acceptance of her family. A young Indian man, denying who he really… -
One of the Benefits of Courage: Making Your Mark on the World
10 May 2012 | 10:27 am“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.” —Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the U.S. 1933-1945 Yesterday, during a phone conversation with a friend, I mentioned to him that, although I’m excited about our city homesteading project, sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night in a panic thinking, “What have I done!” The dialogue goes something like this: “What was I thinking, purchasing a house that needs so much work? -
Revealed: How to Live Green In an Apartment
9 May 2012 | 8:43 am“Everything is connected. Connectivity is going to be the key to addressing these issues, like contaminants and climate change. They’re not just about contaminants on your plate. They’re not just about the ice depleting. They’re about the issue of humanity. What we do every day…can have a very negative impact on an entire way of life for an entire people far away from that source. ” —Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Inuit activist Green living is not just for a rural setting or those with lots of space. Urbanites and apartment dwellers can also add a eco-touch… -
Our Homestead in the City—A Rose Growing from Concrete
8 May 2012 | 8:43 amA Rose Growing from Concrete “The rose it grew from concrete Keepin all these dreams Provin nature’s laws wrong It learned how to walk without havin feet It came from concrete”—Nikki Giovanni, poet During our first week at our homestead in the city, we’ve focused on cleaning our yard. There is so much to clean, and some of it is really gross! I must admit, at times I felt a little overwhelmed, like a rose pushing it’s way up through heavy concrete. Helping Hands Make Our Work Easier Over the weekend, our cousins came over to help. This was great…
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7 May 2012 | 3:54 pmOh boy, I'm waaaay late on any updates. Apologies. I have been otherwise occupied on an extended tour through the 9 circles of Dante's Inferno. Did you know Palermo Tours now offers this as an excursion? Truly! Last year I met a very driven woman, Christine Chew, who was developing her own app for healthy eating and fitness. She understood the basic problem with both is the challenge of maintaining MOTIVATION and WILLPOWER in the face of daily life obligations and general ennui. Being healthy as a way of life, as she said, is "such an abstract goal" for many that it becomes overwhelming. So… -
Guest Post: David Haas
30 Jan 2012 | 9:33 amRecently I made the e-acquaintance of David Haas, a cancer patient advocate for the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance. He researches and writes for the betterment of cancer patients around the United States with a particular focus on Mesothelioma, a lung-related cancer of the mesothelial tissue associated with exposure to asbestos. As an example of the disease that many of you probably already have familiarity with, large numbers of the 9/11 first responders are suffering now from mesothelioma. David reached out to me to ask whether I ever have guest bloggers. I was flabbergasted, having never… -
Sitting on the fence is harmful to your nether regions.
9 Jan 2012 | 12:25 pm"I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I've written a long one instead." - attributed at various points to Blaise Pascal, Mark Twain, Voltaire, Samuel Clemens, and probably others too. Dear Family and Friends: I've not updated my blog or reached out regarding the DFMC in some time, despite having been accepted for the 4th consecutive year to the Dana-Farber Marathon team. 2011 was a horrific year on so many levels, and these last several months have left me feeling rudderless. I felt myself wanting to withdraw from everything, including running 26.2 miles on a cold April morning from… -
New Record Broken!
21 Oct 2011 | 12:25 pmTeam members (left to right) Hillary Hall, Amy Chambers, Denise Nolan, and Jan Ross, director of Marathon and Running Programs, present the ceremonial "BIG CHECK" Barrett Rollins, MD, PhD, Dana-Farber's Chief Scientific Officer and DFMC teammate. No, not a new record for my longest marathon run ever. No need to be a smarty pants. I heard you. THE 2011 DANA-FARBER MARATHON CHALLENGE TEAM broke all records and raised a new all-time high of $4,598,628.50. Yes. That is Four Million, Five Hundred Ninety Eight Thousand, Six Hundred Twenty Eight Dollars (and fifty cents). Of which, ONE HUNDRED… -
SuperTy's Dad Running for Fred's Team
19 Oct 2011 | 10:40 amTy Louis Campbell :) For more information, visit SuperTy.org ... Many of us have been following Ty Campbell's progress this past year, fighting a deadly cancer his parents have been told was/is fatal, living well past when it was thought last January that he would not make it. Here is Ty's life by numbers, although we all know it is so SO much more than this. It always has been. It always will be. But the numbers help to pummel this into our brains. I read them and they feel as if Mike Tyson is slamming my head repeatedly before I go down for the count. 365+ days of cancer 167 nights in…
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Seriously Distracted and Loving It
11 May 2012 | 3:00 pmWhat if my kids don’t have perfect grades, hair and manners? What if I don’t put together the perfect blog post? What if I blow off a few things on my to-do list? What if I just let myself enjoy … Continue reading → -
Power Tools and Empowerment: Every Day a Little Bit Stronger
4 May 2012 | 3:00 pmDoesn’t happen overnight but you turn around And a month’s gone by and you realize you haven’t cried … I’m busy getting str0nger ~ Sara Evans, A Little Bit Stronger You’re not helpless! My mom would say when I hesitated or … Continue reading → -
Introverts Do It Passionately and Creatively: How It’s Possible to Love Solitude and Be Popular
27 Apr 2012 | 3:00 pm“Susan Cain is a closet extrovert.” — Unknown So read the juvenile and snarky comment on introvert author and champion, Susan Cain’s blog. Susan’s heavy presence in the media (TED Talks, NPR, morning shows) during her book promotion (Quiet: The Power … Continue reading → -
The Power of Poetry: Helping Us Heal, Feel and Transition
20 Apr 2012 | 3:00 pmI taped Jorge Luis Borges’s poem, You Learn, to the wall above my desk. It’s helping me through the married to not married transition. It whispers messages about love and endurance when I need them. Often my eyes drift to the poem … Continue reading → -
Halfway Home: Somewhere Between Building a Home and Feeling at Home
13 Apr 2012 | 3:00 pmYou strive, struggle and sacrifice to build a home. To create a structure for your life that includes a home base. But, do you feel at home? Do you breathe freely, laugh easily and love openly? Remember What It Feels … Continue reading →
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You've Only Got One Life to Live
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Reminders of Success 3 - Success Takes Consistent Action
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Reminders of Success 2 - Success Takes Focus
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Reminders of Success 1 - Success Takes Desire
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Some L'Inspiration - Lessons Jeremy Lin Can Teach Us
12 Feb 2012 | 9:44 pmInspiring Forbes article about Jeremy Lin of the Linsanity Institute
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Thought of the Day: Be The Change You Wish To See
13 May 2012 | 9:03 pmPlanet Earth has given great resources to its inhabitants Abundant in unconditional love in all its miraculous brilliance She takes care of us in ways that one cannot completely recognize Contributing to its progressing downfall and ultimate demise A minor globe, about to bust Overwhelmed like a playground ridden with rust A planet in peril, [...] -
Review: Act Like a Man
13 May 2012 | 2:12 amIt’s no big secret that I live in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (the only place on Earth where even after mentioning the city, province and country it still doesn’t ring a bell for non locals) and that I really dislike it here. Nearly everyone I know except my friend Justin Gregory (holla) and I seem [...] -
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The Biggest Mistake Ever On Television.
11 May 2012 | 12:08 amReady to cringe in awkwardness? Who do you feel worse for? The host that completely got it wrong, the girl falsely named the winner or the actual winner who’s big moment was taken away and replaced with confusion and awkwardness? Hmm…The prize for the competition was a shoot and Harper’s Bazaar cover, a modeling contract, [...] -
Birds Gettin Funky With It
9 May 2012 | 1:37 amThat one made me laugh. There are so many “Dougie” dance videos on Youtube that the song was due an attempt by an animal. Hahahhahaha sorry, but that was Epic.
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The Ordinary Buddha
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Avoiding the Trap of Self Pity
15 May 2012 | 10:20 amYou don’t always get it right. I don’t always get it right. We make mistakes and fail at times. It is a natural, albeit annoying part of life. And it feels poorly. Who am I kidding. . .... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
Becoming Flexible
14 May 2012 | 8:29 amI am not a flexible individual. I can barely touch my toes. My shoulders are stiff from Japanese Sword training and hamstrings as tight as a drums from weekly track workouts. It has slowed my... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
Follow Your Heart
7 May 2012 | 2:10 pmNo ladder. No compass. No map. The sun glides effortlessly on its path to brighten our lives. No guru. No guide. No book. Follow your heart effortlessly on its path to a bright life. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
The Path
3 May 2012 | 1:49 pmIf we begin our True Life Blind to our moment of Completion Then there is no time to Fear or Wonder if we are on the “right” path. Rain and Snow Both seem unique at the start Up close,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
Gifts Come In Strange Forms
1 May 2012 | 9:44 amIt was a horrible ending to a beautiful weekend. A contrast of epic proportions. Darkest of nights and the brightest of mid-days. I was coming home from one of the most incredible weekends I have... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Why I Gave Up on Setting Goals
14 May 2012 | 8:03 amI want to share with you an effective way to achieve what you want without the added stress and unhappiness that often comes through setting goals. The title of this post may seem like treason to many people. Like most, I started off my adult life a firm believer in the power of setting goals. Who isn’t? Goals are the American way, aren’t they? “You can achieve whatever you believe.” If you run across someone who doesn’t have goals, our society treats them like they treat someone who smokes. They get condescending but compassionate looks from a holier-than-thou… -
The One Ingredient Diet Update with 5.5 Whole Food Recipes
9 May 2012 | 5:05 pmThis is day #8 on my 30-day experiment of The One Ingredient Diet and I wanted to give you an update on my progress and share some of my favorite recipes that I have been experimenting with over the past week. First, a quick recap of how this experiment is going: Processed Food Withdrawals Now on day #8, I feel pretty amazing on this diet. I experienced some withdrawal symptoms for the first 4-5 days, not as severe as giving up coffee, but still disruptive. I was more tired than normal, moody, and seriously craving a piece of bread or a brownie. Even more severe than the… -
The Art of Controlled Accident
7 May 2012 | 6:50 pmThis weekend I read a fantastic little book, Zen in the Art of Archery. It is a biographical account of Eugen Herrigel, a German who traveled to Japan in the 1930′s to study the art of archery as a way to understand the deeper spiritual dimensions of Zen. Each page is packed with timeless wisdom. One thing that struck me is how clearly Japanese archery (kyudo) illustrates the principle of wu wei, action without action, or the art of controlled accident. For example, when Herrigel was trying to learn how to release the arrow at the proper time, he kept struggling His arms would tremble… -
How to Overcome Emotional Pain
3 May 2012 | 11:22 amWe all know what it’s like to feel emotional pain. If you think of a situation where you were rejected or alone, you can immediately feel the sensations pain, just as if you had been physically hurt. Emotional pain occurs when our fragile human psyche feels injured. The injury can be self-inflicted, as with a pattern of negative thinking. Or it can start with an external person or situation, like your spouse cheating on you. Regardless of the cause, YOU are the one in pain and it is YOUR responsibility to overcome the pain. Surprisingly, this pain can be a blessing. It is a positive… -
The One Ingredient Diet
1 May 2012 | 4:33 pmToday I am starting an experiment of eating 100% whole foods for an entire month. This experiment is based on an eating plan I developed called The One Ingredient Diet. In my experience, this is the simplest, healthiest, and most natural way of eating. Before we get too far, The One Ingredient Diet has nothing to do with eating just one food (like grapefruit) all day long. The name is based on the idea of eating whole, natural foods that contain only one ingredient. The plan can be explained with just one single rule: Everything you eat must start as one whole ingredient. You can combine…
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Conscious Living | Inspiration and Self Improvement
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Why Animals Are Afraid From You
13 May 2012 | 10:49 pmNote: The following article is NOT based on any scientific experiment but rather on my own subjective experiences. Ever wondered why some animals get scared and run away whenever you try to approach them? You might be thinking that maybe it's part of their instinct. Since they consider us to be possible predators (and sometimes we really are). Yet still... There seems to be a sort of "no-harm" bond between herbivore animals. i.e. They seem to be able to recognize each others. But how do they separate friend from foe? Apparently (and this is where my personal experience kicks in), herbivore… -
Why You Don't Want To Be Happy
10 May 2012 | 12:38 pmWhy am I here? A question that have kept people awake at night since the beginning of human life (or at least since humans started to think). Some people compromise their life purpose to: losing weight, making lots of money, having a successful career or finding their soul mate. Or more simply: "being happy". But in reality, happiness is in fact a negative form of energy. WHY??! Let me 'splain... No, there is too much. Let me sum up... Happiness is selfish Even if you find happiness in making others happy; on the inside, you're only doing it because it makes YOU feel happy one way or another. -
Reincarnation and Soul Mates
26 Apr 2012 | 7:03 amPhoto credit: syncretia.en.spirit Today I was thinking about reincarnation (Soul transcendence from a physical body to another after the first one dies), and I thought: If reincarnation is real and souls really can transcend from one body to another, that would mean that the number of souls is constant. But in reality, the world population is increasing in an accelerating speed. And we know that the world only started with Adam and Eve. But then I had an idea: What if souls don't transcend, but rather split? I don't mean that the soul split in two complementary halves, but rather… -
Daily Addictions: How to Identify And Break Them
12 Apr 2012 | 12:20 pmAddicted to Self-Help by Luis Vasquez/Gulf News We all have addictions; Our own small guilty pleasures. Whether big or small, public or private, and whether we're aware of them or not, they exist. Addictions and Conscious Living can't coexist; we can't live consciously if our happiness is attached to daily addictions. It's essential then to identify our addictions and start working on eliminating them. How to identify addictions Some addictions are clear and easy to identify but some remain unconsciously hidden in your daily routine and you probably don't… -
Question Everything
1 Apr 2012 | 7:03 amQuestion Everything by dullhunk One of the key habits that you must cultivate in order to live consciously is to question everything and not to accept anything that comes your way. I've always been the kind of person who questions the status quo and wonders why things are done the way they're done. I always used to wonder: "why do we have to sleep all that time?", "why should we learn everything in school?" and "how babies are born?" When you're young, all you can do is wonder. But when you get a little older and more mature, it becomes necessary to investigate and take concrete action. One…
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Two Basic, Must-Have Creativity Tools
13 May 2012 | 11:18 amI’m sitting in front of my computer, sweating bullets about submitting an article pitch for this blog. It’s way past my bedtime and I’d rather be sleeping. Impossible, of course, with the deadline looming. Why, I wondered, don’t I have any ideas for an article? Wasn’t I just brimming with ideas just a while ago? I remember discussing a few ideas with friends just a few weeks ago. So what happened? I didn’t write them down, that’s what happened. Now, they’ve gone back to where un-jotted-down ideas go. And here I am stuck and staring at a… -
How To Feel A Little Bit More Alive
6 May 2012 | 11:01 amWhen someone asks you how you are, you tell them “Good, thanks” – when really, you’re not. You pretend that you care about certain stuff like charity because it’s the RIGHT thing to do – when really, you don’t. You then turn to different methods to substitute that emptiness; from gym to therapy, make-up sex to no-phone zones… anything to just feel alive again. I believe that most of us experience this – when everything you do in life just feels superficial, to the point where you don’t recognise it anymore. So here’s a great… -
How and Why You Should Eat a Live Frog Every Morning
29 Apr 2012 | 11:28 amImagine waking up and having to eat a live frog before going about on your day’s work. It’s pretty much the worst thing that can happen to you for the rest of the day – once you’ve done that, everything seems easier and you can pretty much do anything! Usually, the worst thing you have to do each day is your most pressing task. It’s the task that makes you sweat thinking about it, it’s that ugly, nasty, task that we don’t want to do, but it needs to be done. We usually shove it into the corner of our desk, look at it disgustingly and hope that it will… -
Never Be Overwhelmed Again
22 Apr 2012 | 10:20 amYou know, there are some days when I just want to be an ostrich and stick my head in the sand because there’s just so much to do and I don’t know how I’m going to do it. So I’ll tell anyone who would listen that I’m overwhelmed. What do you think of when you hear the word overwhelmed? Do images of a tiny little boat tossed about a very stormy sea, pummeled by waves, and helpless to do anything as it is broken up in a million little pieces come to mind? And that’s exactly the message that we give ourselves when we say that we are overwhelmed. We’re… -
A New Perspective on Change
15 Apr 2012 | 7:46 pmYou have changed. The person I used to know is no more; you are so different now. You may have heard these words before. Friendships or relationships may have broken because of change. We value our friendships, and when we get such comments, I’m sure we have wondered – is change bad? Not necessarily. It simply means you’ve grown. Change is a by-product of growth. Without growth, there will be no change.
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Probability Versus Possibility
10 May 2012 | 2:50 pmThe company I work for was having our annual strategic planning meeting this week. It was such a great experience to be a part of, especially coming from a corporate job, where my opinion didn’t have any influence. I learned a lot during this event, but there was one thing said by one of our co-founders that really struck home. She made a statement about us basing our future on possibility rather than probability. I have discussed topics similar before, but I haven’t heard it put quite like this. When trying to plan for the future, we have two ways in which we generally operate. -
Sticks and Stones Have Nothin’ on Words
2 May 2012 | 1:30 amSticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. That’s a load of crap if I’ve ever heard one. We all have been in situations where people say hurtful things. This phrase suggests that we should just brush off insults because we are strong, confident individuals and we don’t care what people think, right? In reality, we should try to learn and grow from anything others say about us. It’s true, sometimes people say nasty things with no basis at all, other than being just plain mean (you tell ‘em Taylor Swift). But often, we can learn a lot from what people say. -
How to Avoid Being Boring
28 Apr 2012 | 1:56 pmIf you’re not somebody, you’re nobody. We’ve talked about first impressions and how important they are, but you’re not off the hook after that. You can’t make a great strong first impression and then completely ruin it by being a tool bag the next time you see them, or even worse, by being boring. A few years back, I noticed a trend that my friends would be reliving stories or moments we all had and they would say to me “were you there?” or even just start telling me the story as if I didn’t remember it. Once it happened more than a few times I… -
My Personal Brand Video
24 Apr 2012 | 11:53 pmFor those of you who don’t stalk my “About Me” page, I posted a video I made that discussing this blog and my personal brand. I made it so convenient for you that you don’t even have to click the about me page, it is just a blog entry of it’s own now. You are so welcome. Stay tuned for a blog about branding yourself. -
Clean Your House
24 Apr 2012 | 2:38 amWhen I say clean your house, I don’t mean your literal house. That would be awfully hypocritical seeing as my house is a slight disaster at the moment. I am talking about your hypothetical “life” house (that may be the corniest thing I’ve ever said). Think about it. Screw the box of chocolates, life is like a house. You can design it, make it pretty, rearrange it, work on it, let it turn into a meth house, etc. Now, in this hypothetical house, you don’t have a maid. That means it’s your own responsibility to clean up after yourself, or don’t make a…
