It's my own fault.
New York is a dangerous town; especially at night-
I should have known better.
And now I can't walk.
As you may know, I have been trying to get donations
to help prevent suicide as a way to celebrate my birthday:
http://www.theovernight.org/fundraising/Bones
If you're anything like me, you've been putting off "giving" until
you feel like you've "gotten" enough, but every year, it just seems
that you give less and less.
I wanted to change that.
Well, this weekend I was at a wonderfully joyous wedding,
and I couldn't help but notice a guest there who looked eerily
like someone I went to college with.
Let's call her Ann.
Ann was someone who I had performed with, made jokes with,
and created some great memories with.
Ann was friends with many of the people at the wedding,
so it wouldn't have been so weird if she had been there-
Except that Ann was dead.
Because Ann killed herself.
It's not well known because the family wanted to keep Ann's suicide a secret;
I guess that way they are spared the embarrassment they fear.
But as I sat there, lacking the courage to introduce myself to
the person who looked like our former friend Ann, I thought
about how many people we lose to depression and sadness.
And then it happened.
I realized that the deadline for donations is Friday,
and I'm nowhere near the required donation to participate in the
walk to save people like our friend Ann:
http://www.theovernight.org/fundraising/Bones
"The Overnight" turns the cynical, dangerous, New York city night
into a 20-mile walk dedicated to human kindness.
I can't walk unless I get to the minimum donation.
If friends and family would ask their friends and family to help me qualify,
then I'll be able to walk the 20 miles around New York, all for people
like Ann whom we enjoyed, but now only miss.
If you've lost someone to suicide, you know what I mean.
I would have loved to have seen her at that wedding.
Maybe she would even be married now.
Please help sponsor me and pass this note on to others
so we can stop suicide from robbing us of people like Ann:
http://www.theovernight.org/fundraising/Bones
On the night my mother gave life to me 36 years ago,
it would be such a gift to be able to save a life 36 years later:
http://www.theovernight.org/fundraising/Bones
Thanks for listening, thanks for caring.
Friday, June 06, 2008
I can't walk....
It's my own fault.
New York is a dangerous town; especially at night-
I should have known better.
And now I can't walk.
As you may know, I have been trying to get donations
to help prevent suicide as a way to celebrate my birthday:
http://www.theovernight.org/fundraising/Bones
If you're anything like me, you've been putting off "giving" until
you feel like you've "gotten" enough, but every year, it just seems
that you give less and less.
I wanted to change that.
Well, this weekend I was at a wonderfully joyous wedding,
and I couldn't help but notice a guest there who looked eerily
like someone I went to college with.
Let's call her Ann.
Ann was someone who I had performed with, made jokes with,
and created some great memories with.
Ann was friends with many of the people at the wedding,
so it wouldn't have been so weird if she had been there-
Except that Ann was dead.
Because Ann killed herself.
It's not well known because the family wanted to keep Ann's suicide a secret;
I guess that way they are spared the embarrassment they fear.
But as I sat there, lacking the courage to introduce myself to
the person who looked like our former friend Ann, I thought
about how many people we lose to depression and sadness.
And then it happened.
I realized that the deadline for donations is Friday,
and I'm nowhere near the required donation to participate in the
walk to save people like our friend Ann:
http://www.theovernight.org/fundraising/Bones
"The Overnight" turns the cynical, dangerous, New York city night
into a 20-mile walk dedicated to human kindness.
I can't walk unless I get to the minimum donation.
If friends and family would ask their friends and family to help me qualify,
then I'll be able to walk the 20 miles around New York, all for people
like Ann whom we enjoyed, but now only miss.
If you've lost someone to suicide, you know what I mean.
I would have loved to have seen her at that wedding.
Maybe she would even be married now.
Please help sponsor me and pass this note on to others
so we can stop suicide from robbing us of people like Ann:
http://www.theovernight.org/fundraising/Bones
On the night my mother gave life to me 36 years ago,
it would be such a gift to be able to save a life 36 years later:
http://www.theovernight.org/fundraising/Bones
Thanks for listening, thanks for caring.
New York is a dangerous town; especially at night-
I should have known better.
And now I can't walk.
As you may know, I have been trying to get donations
to help prevent suicide as a way to celebrate my birthday:
http://www.theovernight.org/fundraising/Bones
If you're anything like me, you've been putting off "giving" until
you feel like you've "gotten" enough, but every year, it just seems
that you give less and less.
I wanted to change that.
Well, this weekend I was at a wonderfully joyous wedding,
and I couldn't help but notice a guest there who looked eerily
like someone I went to college with.
Let's call her Ann.
Ann was someone who I had performed with, made jokes with,
and created some great memories with.
Ann was friends with many of the people at the wedding,
so it wouldn't have been so weird if she had been there-
Except that Ann was dead.
Because Ann killed herself.
It's not well known because the family wanted to keep Ann's suicide a secret;
I guess that way they are spared the embarrassment they fear.
But as I sat there, lacking the courage to introduce myself to
the person who looked like our former friend Ann, I thought
about how many people we lose to depression and sadness.
And then it happened.
I realized that the deadline for donations is Friday,
and I'm nowhere near the required donation to participate in the
walk to save people like our friend Ann:
http://www.theovernight.org/fundraising/Bones
"The Overnight" turns the cynical, dangerous, New York city night
into a 20-mile walk dedicated to human kindness.
I can't walk unless I get to the minimum donation.
If friends and family would ask their friends and family to help me qualify,
then I'll be able to walk the 20 miles around New York, all for people
like Ann whom we enjoyed, but now only miss.
If you've lost someone to suicide, you know what I mean.
I would have loved to have seen her at that wedding.
Maybe she would even be married now.
Please help sponsor me and pass this note on to others
so we can stop suicide from robbing us of people like Ann:
http://www.theovernight.org/fundraising/Bones
On the night my mother gave life to me 36 years ago,
it would be such a gift to be able to save a life 36 years later:
http://www.theovernight.org/fundraising/Bones
Thanks for listening, thanks for caring.
I can't walk....
It's my own fault.
New York is a dangerous town; especially at night-
I should have known better.
And now I can't walk.
As you may know, I have been trying to get donations
to help prevent suicide as a way to celebrate my birthday:
http://www.theovernight.org/fundraising/Bones
If you're anything like me, you've been putting off "giving" until
you feel like you've "gotten" enough, but every year, it just seems
that you give less and less.
I wanted to change that.
Well, this weekend I was at a wonderfully joyous wedding,
and I couldn't help but notice a guest there who looked eerily
like someone I went to college with.
Let's call her Ann.
Ann was someone who I had performed with, made jokes with,
and created some great memories with.
Ann was friends with many of the people at the wedding,
so it wouldn't have been so weird if she had been there-
Except that Ann was dead.
Because Ann killed herself.
It's not well known because the family wanted to keep Ann's suicide a secret;
I guess that way they are spared the embarrassment they fear.
But as I sat there, lacking the courage to introduce myself to
the person who looked like our former friend Ann, I thought
about how many people we lose to depression and sadness.
And then it happened.
I realized that the deadline for donations is Friday,
and I'm nowhere near the required donation to participate in the
walk to save people like our friend Ann:
http://www.theovernight.org/fundraising/Bones
"The Overnight" turns the cynical, dangerous, New York city night
into a 20-mile walk dedicated to human kindness.
I can't walk unless I get to the minimum donation.
If friends and family would ask their friends and family to help me qualify,
then I'll be able to walk the 20 miles around New York, all for people
like Ann whom we enjoyed, but now only miss.
If you've lost someone to suicide, you know what I mean.
I would have loved to have seen her at that wedding.
Maybe she would even be married now.
Please help sponsor me and pass this note on to others
so we can stop suicide from robbing us of people like Ann:
http://www.theovernight.org/fundraising/Bones
On the night my mother gave life to me 36 years ago,
it would be such a gift to be able to save a life 36 years later:
http://www.theovernight.org/fundraising/Bones
Thanks for listening, thanks for caring.
New York is a dangerous town; especially at night-
I should have known better.
And now I can't walk.
As you may know, I have been trying to get donations
to help prevent suicide as a way to celebrate my birthday:
http://www.theovernight.org/fundraising/Bones
If you're anything like me, you've been putting off "giving" until
you feel like you've "gotten" enough, but every year, it just seems
that you give less and less.
I wanted to change that.
Well, this weekend I was at a wonderfully joyous wedding,
and I couldn't help but notice a guest there who looked eerily
like someone I went to college with.
Let's call her Ann.
Ann was someone who I had performed with, made jokes with,
and created some great memories with.
Ann was friends with many of the people at the wedding,
so it wouldn't have been so weird if she had been there-
Except that Ann was dead.
Because Ann killed herself.
It's not well known because the family wanted to keep Ann's suicide a secret;
I guess that way they are spared the embarrassment they fear.
But as I sat there, lacking the courage to introduce myself to
the person who looked like our former friend Ann, I thought
about how many people we lose to depression and sadness.
And then it happened.
I realized that the deadline for donations is Friday,
and I'm nowhere near the required donation to participate in the
walk to save people like our friend Ann:
http://www.theovernight.org/fundraising/Bones
"The Overnight" turns the cynical, dangerous, New York city night
into a 20-mile walk dedicated to human kindness.
I can't walk unless I get to the minimum donation.
If friends and family would ask their friends and family to help me qualify,
then I'll be able to walk the 20 miles around New York, all for people
like Ann whom we enjoyed, but now only miss.
If you've lost someone to suicide, you know what I mean.
I would have loved to have seen her at that wedding.
Maybe she would even be married now.
Please help sponsor me and pass this note on to others
so we can stop suicide from robbing us of people like Ann:
http://www.theovernight.org/fundraising/Bones
On the night my mother gave life to me 36 years ago,
it would be such a gift to be able to save a life 36 years later:
http://www.theovernight.org/fundraising/Bones
Thanks for listening, thanks for caring.
Monday, May 26, 2008
I'm Turning 36- FOR CHARITY!!
On June 7th, 2008, I turn 36 years old, and I'm having a party in Central Park!
We'll also be hosting a 5k walk/run for Charity, and having prizes, gifts, and CAKE for everyone! Later that night, I'l be walking in the 20-Mile "Overnight" walk to prevent suicide.
If you can't come, please donate at the site below:
We'll also be hosting a 5k walk/run for Charity, and having prizes, gifts, and CAKE for everyone! Later that night, I'l be walking in the 20-Mile "Overnight" walk to prevent suicide.
If you can't come, please donate at the site below:
I'm Turning 36- FOR CHARITY!!
On June 7th, 2008, I turn 36 years old, and I'm having a party in Central Park!
We'll also be hosting a 5k walk/run for Charity, and having prizes, gifts, and CAKE for everyone! Later that night, I'l be walking in the 20-Mile "Overnight" walk to prevent suicide.
If you can't come, please donate at the site below:
We'll also be hosting a 5k walk/run for Charity, and having prizes, gifts, and CAKE for everyone! Later that night, I'l be walking in the 20-Mile "Overnight" walk to prevent suicide.
If you can't come, please donate at the site below:
How great is this?
Hey, walking around on 34th street, I saw a girl who is DETERMINED to make her dream come true:
I only gave her a dollar, but she gave me so much more!!
I asked her mother to contact me, but maybe she lost my card- I want to help her-
don't you?
I only gave her a dollar, but she gave me so much more!!
I asked her mother to contact me, but maybe she lost my card- I want to help her-
don't you?
How great is this?
Hey, walking around on 34th street, I saw a girl who is DETERMINED to make her dream come true:
I only gave her a dollar, but she gave me so much more!!
I asked her mother to contact me, but maybe she lost my card- I want to help her-
don't you?
I only gave her a dollar, but she gave me so much more!!
I asked her mother to contact me, but maybe she lost my card- I want to help her-
don't you?
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Another kind of Ageless Skin....
It's no secret that I accumulate new web businesses, but I have never been so early like I am today!
Today, I joined here: http://Bones.MySecretAdvantage.com/
And I'm pretty damn sure it's going to be big too.
As I accumulate businesses, I accumulate assets- which put money in the pocket- and that's the point, right?
Another kind of Ageless Skin....
It's no secret that I accumulate new web businesses, but I have never been so early like I am today!
Today, I joined here: http://Bones.MySecretAdvantage.com/
And I'm pretty damn sure it's going to be big too.
As I accumulate businesses, I accumulate assets- which put money in the pocket- and that's the point, right?
Friday, May 02, 2008
DO YOUR GENES DETERMINE YOUR BANK ACCOUNT?
NEW YORK, NY, MAY 2, 2008: It’s been said that in order to succeed, it’s all about “who you know”; but what if it’s actually “who made you”?
GeneLink, a 14-year old publicly traded company has launched a new website, MyGenesFit.com where members can get their DNA assessed for weaknesses, and then get a customized solution to specifically match their needs-
including their financial ones.
MyGenesFit.com is so committed to supporting healthy DNA and spreading the word, they reward their members with cash bonuses when they refer others to the service.
Bones Rodriguez, an independent affiliate with the company, has been aggressively expanding the U.S. market.
He says “I’m looking for the entrepreneurial, go-getter type; basically anyone who wants to be healthy and be paid for telling others.”
Interested parties should contact Mr. Rodriguez immediately at 917-450-7925 or visit http://www.MyGenesFit.com
DO YOUR GENES DETERMINE YOUR BANK ACCOUNT?
NEW YORK, NY, MAY 2, 2008: It’s been said that in order to succeed, it’s all about “who you know”; but what if it’s actually “who made you”?
GeneLink, a 14-year old publicly traded company has launched a new website, MyGenesFit.com where members can get their DNA assessed for weaknesses, and then get a customized solution to specifically match their needs-
including their financial ones.
MyGenesFit.com is so committed to supporting healthy DNA and spreading the word, they reward their members with cash bonuses when they refer others to the service.
Bones Rodriguez, an independent affiliate with the company, has been aggressively expanding the U.S. market.
He says “I’m looking for the entrepreneurial, go-getter type; basically anyone who wants to be healthy and be paid for telling others.”
Interested parties should contact Mr. Rodriguez immediately at 917-450-7925 or visit http://www.MyGenesFit.com
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
The ladies of "FOCUS" discuss Captain Kirk...
Last night I was a guest on the the very funny improv show "FOCUS", which is a parody of "The View". The ladies all had great characters, and chatted, bitched, and interviewed their guests. All of this hilarity took place at the Magnet Theatre in New York City
First was "Sarah", who was an American Idol contestant, and she sang a very cool original song all about wimpy guys. It was a perfect segue for me and:
CAPTAIN KIRK'S GUIDE TO WOMEN- How to Romance Any Woman In The Galaxy.
I demonstrated my Trek-Knowledge to the audience, made some jokes, and gave away some books. The interview surrounded Captain James T. Kirk and his Plasma-Powered Playboy self, but also took some tangents into the world of TV host scandals and such.
A great time had by all!
The ladies of "FOCUS" discuss Captain Kirk...
Last night I was a guest on the the very funny improv show "FOCUS", which is a parody of "The View". The ladies all had great characters, and chatted, bitched, and interviewed their guests. All of this hilarity took place at the Magnet Theatre in New York City
First was "Sarah", who was an American Idol contestant, and she sang a very cool original song all about wimpy guys. It was a perfect segue for me and:
CAPTAIN KIRK'S GUIDE TO WOMEN- How to Romance Any Woman In The Galaxy.
I demonstrated my Trek-Knowledge to the audience, made some jokes, and gave away some books. The interview surrounded Captain James T. Kirk and his Plasma-Powered Playboy self, but also took some tangents into the world of TV host scandals and such.
A great time had by all!
The ladies of "FOCUS" discuss Captain Kirk...
Last night I was a guest on the the very funny improv show "FOCUS", which is a parody of "The View". The ladies all had great characters, and chatted, bitched, and interviewed their guests. All of this hilarity took place at the Magnet Theatre in New York City
First was "Sarah", who was an American Idol contestant, and she sang a very cool original song all about wimpy guys. It was a perfect segue for me and:
CAPTAIN KIRK'S GUIDE TO WOMEN- How to Romance Any Woman In The Galaxy.
I demonstrated my Trek-Knowledge to the audience, made some jokes, and gave away some books. The interview surrounded Captain James T. Kirk and his Plasma-Powered Playboy self, but also took some tangents into the world of TV host scandals and such.
A great time had by all!
Monday, April 21, 2008
Forbidden Kingdom
This movie was awesome. Forget everybody who went to this movie looking to see "remains of the day" or something. The movie gave exactly what it promised, which was a fantasy story, with Jet Li and Jackie Chan. It's basically a "Wizard of Oz" remake for boys who want to kick kung-fu ass.
Which is me.
The story starts in our world and then takes us to a great mythical world where Jackie gets to bring back his classic drunken master character. Jet li even smiles a lot. I would recommend this movie to ANYONE who would want to see it.
What I mean by that is that it IS as cool as it looks- the "please don't suck" prayer is unneeded.
I gave it a 9 because it proposes a certain story, tells it well, and fulfills each of it's promises. I thoroughly enjoyed 90% of it, so it gets a 90 from me!
Forbidden Kingdom
This movie was awesome. Forget everybody who went to this movie looking to see "remains of the day" or something. The movie gave exactly what it promised, which was a fantasy story, with Jet Li and Jackie Chan. It's basically a "Wizard of Oz" remake for boys who want to kick kung-fu ass.
Which is me.
The story starts in our world and then takes us to a great mythical world where Jackie gets to bring back his classic drunken master character. Jet li even smiles a lot. I would recommend this movie to ANYONE who would want to see it.
What I mean by that is that it IS as cool as it looks- the "please don't suck" prayer is unneeded.
I gave it a 9 because it proposes a certain story, tells it well, and fulfills each of it's promises. I thoroughly enjoyed 90% of it, so it gets a 90 from me!
125th and Martin Luther King Blvd...
After going to Rick and Meital's Passover Seder this weekend, and then watching the finale of "The Big Give", I decided that this week would be "Benevolence week".
I went to 125th and MLK in Manhattan to hand out "TooProudForTheNword.com" buttons to passers by. I figured (correctly), that I would find a better concentration of African-Americans there than on my own Columbus and 97th street.
Although many people ignored me as I tried to hand them a button, there were far more who took one, and more importantly, several people gave me a "Thanks Brutha!", which I really appreciated. In fact, I noticed that I got more attention from someone when I called them "brutha or sista", so "Here ya go Brutha- too proud for the N word?" became the opener.
I handed out 2 per person, and after a bit, an older gentleman was so into the movement, he took a bag and started handing them out with me. I felt SOOO proud that this older man (he was at least 65) with a little limp and white hair would stand out there with me handing them out. He gave short lectures and chased people down if they didn't take a button- especially the pretty women! No matter what happens after today (as I've now given out all 2500 buttons that I started with), I can feel like I really did something.
Some people asked if I would come to their school and talk or something, and I figured "sure". The message is all the same.
Now, we'll see if any of the 2500 buttons make it to the website and some more are created...
125th and Martin Luther King Blvd...
After going to Rick and Meital's Passover Seder this weekend, and then watching the finale of "The Big Give", I decided that this week would be "Benevolence week".
I went to 125th and MLK in Manhattan to hand out "TooProudForTheNword.com" buttons to passers by. I figured (correctly), that I would find a better concentration of African-Americans there than on my own Columbus and 97th street.
Although many people ignored me as I tried to hand them a button, there were far more who took one, and more importantly, several people gave me a "Thanks Brutha!", which I really appreciated. In fact, I noticed that I got more attention from someone when I called them "brutha or sista", so "Here ya go Brutha- too proud for the N word?" became the opener.
I handed out 2 per person, and after a bit, an older gentleman was so into the movement, he took a bag and started handing them out with me. I felt SOOO proud that this older man (he was at least 65) with a little limp and white hair would stand out there with me handing them out. He gave short lectures and chased people down if they didn't take a button- especially the pretty women! No matter what happens after today (as I've now given out all 2500 buttons that I started with), I can feel like I really did something.
Some people asked if I would come to their school and talk or something, and I figured "sure". The message is all the same.
Now, we'll see if any of the 2500 buttons make it to the website and some more are created...
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Captain Kirk's Guide To Women- The Blog!
This is the first entry for the new Blog: Star Trek's Captain Kirk: Pick Up Artist.
I have to admit, the name of this blog is just to catch the attention of the people looking up "PUA" on the internet. Truthfully, I think Captain Kirk is more of a ROMANCER than a "Pick-Up Artist".
The difference is that a PUA is someone who uses skills and tactics to "get" women into bed, and a Romancer is someone who loves LIFE, and is therefore attractive to women. I think a lot of the "PUA" philosophies actually agree that a Romancer is a better kind of PUA.
This blog will go BOLDLY into the book: "Captain Kirk's Guide To Women- How To Romance Any Woman In The Galaxy" by John Bones Rodriguez.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Internet Marketers are full of SH*T!!!!!
I was having a talk today with a very entrepreneurial friend, and we got to discussing the whole "Info-preneuring" thing. That's when you sell your expertise about something. You could say my book, Captain Kirk's Guide To Women is like that.
However, we were talking about a person who teaches this from an online aspect, and well.... she is NOT an expert. I've learned that if you make $5 doing something, you'll make $25 teaching other people to make that 5. So, it reminded me of something I wrote a while that can be found here:
http://www.elevenfreakinthousand.com/fullofshit.asp
Here it is:
"Internet Marketers" are:
FULL OF SH*T!
Bones Rodriguez Tells the TRUTH and challenges the rest of them to do the same- and you Get the WHOLE STORY!
Date: Monday March 17, 2008
From: Bones Rodriguez- Actor, Author, Entrepreneur
Let me explain what I mean:
At first, the sheep newbie buys a whole lot of information from guru internet marketers whom they admire because everyone realizes that working 40 hours a week for 40 years is a recipe for misery and poverty.
After spending a lifetime of money on everyone’s ideas, the sheep learns some concepts and techniques, and gets up the guts to put them to work. They MIGHT have their own business, but quickly discover that:
it’s FAR easier to sell to the “internet marketing” crowd than any other.
As the crowd gets bigger and bigger, only a small percentage throw their hat into the “guru” ring- the pie grows faster than the new gurus can proclaim themselves.
So, they start becoming “affiliates” using the same information. Maybe they even write their own.
There’s nothing wrong with any of this.
Yet.
After a while of learning to “build a list”, they start promoting their own products to the list. After they have made a few sales, they realize that they actually CAN create an income, and even learn to recommend other people’s stuff.
This is where the slope gets slippery, and the sheep changes into a wolf.
Having run out of their own information, and having run out of sales, the wolf looks to the “other guys” to either be affiliates for them, or knock-off someone else’s information, repackage it, and sell that too.
Suddenly, they’re part of the “in” crowd, where they buddy-up with other wolves, and wear each other’s sheep costumes; “promoting” each other, but really just shearing the same people over and over.
And the wolf who gives the biggest kick-back wins.
I can’t help but twinge a little every time I notice someone does a “big roll-out” of some product that’s basically a knock-off of someone else’s, and the wolves all promote it to each other’s sheep.
They have a big celebration, and pat each other on the back:
“So-and-so made $100,000 in one day! You can do it too!”-
They’re not lying; the guy DID make that- and they’re happy because they all know that next week, it’ll be their turn.
When everyone is selling the same thing, no one is selling anything.
I was headed down this path; I was writing new stuff, and finding new people, and started to get to know a few of the gurus.
They’re stressed out, constantly needing to make new products, and FEED on each other’s lists like junkies.
Again, they didn’t MEAN to do it; it just came with the territory. And now they’re trapped, because stopping would mean going back to misery and poverty.
If a sheep wanted help, their usual answer was another product that addressed their particular problem. If they didn’t learn it, it’s their responsibility.
Whereas it MIGHT help the sheep, it DEFINITELY helped the seller.
I’m not saying that it’s on purpose, and I’m not saying everyone does this; actually, most of the information given out is great. However, if we’re all saying the same thing, and all promoting each other, all while shearing the newbie sheep, there’s something wrong, isn’t there?
I say “we” because I was headed in that direction, but I had to stop. I wish I could sit here and say that the moral implications are what stopped me, but they weren’t-
I just wasn’t good at it.
Sure, I could have learned, and I could have “buddied-up” better, but I just didn’t. Somewhere I knew it was all wrong, and I felt like a fraud.
Fortunately, I found something that pays me based on how well I help OTHER people.
If I shear them, I get almost nothing.
But if I HELP THEM, then I get paid wonderfully.
So, I’m inviting YOU to help me actually HELP people, and get paid based on it.
To get paid on actually HELPING PEOPLE create an income, and HELPING them learn the new mindsets, new attitudes and new successes that the new world needs.
The whole “promoting each others’ stuff” is getting ridiculous, and leaning towards the immoral.
You HAVE TO know what I‘ve been describing.
Yeah, you do.
Again, I’m not saying that it’s on purpose or insidious, but I AM saying that someone has to stop it-
I’m asking if you’ll help me rescue the sheep, find them a home, and STILL be paid residually and magnificently.
If that sounds like a challenge you’d like to take on, email me.
Let Your Light So Shine Before Men,
www.BonesRodriguez.com
However, we were talking about a person who teaches this from an online aspect, and well.... she is NOT an expert. I've learned that if you make $5 doing something, you'll make $25 teaching other people to make that 5. So, it reminded me of something I wrote a while that can be found here:
http://www.elevenfreakinthousand.com/fullofshit.asp
Here it is:
"Internet Marketers" are:
FULL OF SH*T!
Bones Rodriguez Tells the TRUTH and challenges the rest of them to do the same- and you Get the WHOLE STORY!
Date: Monday March 17, 2008
From: Bones Rodriguez- Actor, Author, Entrepreneur
Let me explain what I mean:
At first, the sheep newbie buys a whole lot of information from guru internet marketers whom they admire because everyone realizes that working 40 hours a week for 40 years is a recipe for misery and poverty.
After spending a lifetime of money on everyone’s ideas, the sheep learns some concepts and techniques, and gets up the guts to put them to work. They MIGHT have their own business, but quickly discover that:
it’s FAR easier to sell to the “internet marketing” crowd than any other.
As the crowd gets bigger and bigger, only a small percentage throw their hat into the “guru” ring- the pie grows faster than the new gurus can proclaim themselves.
So, they start becoming “affiliates” using the same information. Maybe they even write their own.
There’s nothing wrong with any of this.
Yet.
After a while of learning to “build a list”, they start promoting their own products to the list. After they have made a few sales, they realize that they actually CAN create an income, and even learn to recommend other people’s stuff.
This is where the slope gets slippery, and the sheep changes into a wolf.
Having run out of their own information, and having run out of sales, the wolf looks to the “other guys” to either be affiliates for them, or knock-off someone else’s information, repackage it, and sell that too.
Suddenly, they’re part of the “in” crowd, where they buddy-up with other wolves, and wear each other’s sheep costumes; “promoting” each other, but really just shearing the same people over and over.
And the wolf who gives the biggest kick-back wins.
I can’t help but twinge a little every time I notice someone does a “big roll-out” of some product that’s basically a knock-off of someone else’s, and the wolves all promote it to each other’s sheep.
They have a big celebration, and pat each other on the back:
“So-and-so made $100,000 in one day! You can do it too!”-
They’re not lying; the guy DID make that- and they’re happy because they all know that next week, it’ll be their turn.
When everyone is selling the same thing, no one is selling anything.
I was headed down this path; I was writing new stuff, and finding new people, and started to get to know a few of the gurus.
They’re stressed out, constantly needing to make new products, and FEED on each other’s lists like junkies.
Again, they didn’t MEAN to do it; it just came with the territory. And now they’re trapped, because stopping would mean going back to misery and poverty.
If a sheep wanted help, their usual answer was another product that addressed their particular problem. If they didn’t learn it, it’s their responsibility.
Whereas it MIGHT help the sheep, it DEFINITELY helped the seller.
I’m not saying that it’s on purpose, and I’m not saying everyone does this; actually, most of the information given out is great. However, if we’re all saying the same thing, and all promoting each other, all while shearing the newbie sheep, there’s something wrong, isn’t there?
I say “we” because I was headed in that direction, but I had to stop. I wish I could sit here and say that the moral implications are what stopped me, but they weren’t-
I just wasn’t good at it.
Sure, I could have learned, and I could have “buddied-up” better, but I just didn’t. Somewhere I knew it was all wrong, and I felt like a fraud.
Fortunately, I found something that pays me based on how well I help OTHER people.
If I shear them, I get almost nothing.
But if I HELP THEM, then I get paid wonderfully.
So, I’m inviting YOU to help me actually HELP people, and get paid based on it.
To get paid on actually HELPING PEOPLE create an income, and HELPING them learn the new mindsets, new attitudes and new successes that the new world needs.
The whole “promoting each others’ stuff” is getting ridiculous, and leaning towards the immoral.
You HAVE TO know what I‘ve been describing.
Yeah, you do.
Again, I’m not saying that it’s on purpose or insidious, but I AM saying that someone has to stop it-
I’m asking if you’ll help me rescue the sheep, find them a home, and STILL be paid residually and magnificently.
If that sounds like a challenge you’d like to take on, email me.
Let Your Light So Shine Before Men,
www.BonesRodriguez.com
Star Trek Fans Learn About Romance....
Star Trek fans learn about romance from the one person capable of getting through to them- Captain James T. Kirk.
I was up until 3am last night making this video. Enjoy:
Yes, I am available to do talks at Star Trek conventions and anywhere else.
The success of Captain Kirk's Guide To Women has been weird. Star Trek fans like it, but are always looking for what I DIDN'T add, and then are very impressed with my answers. It's like they're always TESTING to see if I really am one of them.
This video I hope will put that question to rest!
I was up until 3am last night making this video. Enjoy:
Yes, I am available to do talks at Star Trek conventions and anywhere else.
The success of Captain Kirk's Guide To Women has been weird. Star Trek fans like it, but are always looking for what I DIDN'T add, and then are very impressed with my answers. It's like they're always TESTING to see if I really am one of them.
This video I hope will put that question to rest!
Star Trek Fans Learn About Romance....
Star Trek fans learn about romance from the one person capable of getting through to them- Captain James T. Kirk.
I was up until 3am last night making this video. Enjoy:
Yes, I am available to do talks at Star Trek conventions and anywhere else.
The success of Captain Kirk's Guide To Women has been weird. Star Trek fans like it, but are always looking for what I DIDN'T add, and then are very impressed with my answers. It's like they're always TESTING to see if I really am one of them.
This video I hope will put that question to rest!
I was up until 3am last night making this video. Enjoy:
Yes, I am available to do talks at Star Trek conventions and anywhere else.
The success of Captain Kirk's Guide To Women has been weird. Star Trek fans like it, but are always looking for what I DIDN'T add, and then are very impressed with my answers. It's like they're always TESTING to see if I really am one of them.
This video I hope will put that question to rest!
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Naruto Trek Convention!
This weekend I went to the Naruto and Star Trek Convention in Ft. Lauderdale Florida to sell my book "Captain Kirk's Guide To Women". It was fun, but I'm afraid that the Naruto fans FAR outnumbered the Trek fans.
I sold to every Trek person there, but that wasn't that many.
I also got to do my talk about the book, which I'll put online one of these days.
Here's a funny picture- one "shuttlecraft" getting a jump from another!
Naruto Trek Convention!
This weekend I went to the Naruto and Star Trek Convention in Ft. Lauderdale Florida to sell my book "Captain Kirk's Guide To Women". It was fun, but I'm afraid that the Naruto fans FAR outnumbered the Trek fans.
I sold to every Trek person there, but that wasn't that many.
I also got to do my talk about the book, which I'll put online one of these days.
Here's a funny picture- one "shuttlecraft" getting a jump from another!
Thursday, March 20, 2008
This is why I don't work a job...
I haven't had a job for a few years now, and it thrills me to no end. I maybe have forgotten what to be grateful for as I create an online income, as I help others with their home-based businesses, and we work to create residual income online instead of doing the 9-to-5 deal.
http://www.DoYouWorkTooHard.com
In case you'd like to be rescued from all of that, call us!!
http://www.DoYouWorkTooHard.com
In case you'd like to be rescued from all of that, call us!!
This is why I don't work a job...
I haven't had a job for a few years now, and it thrills me to no end. I maybe have forgotten what to be grateful for as I create an online income, as I help others with their home-based businesses, and we work to create residual income online instead of doing the 9-to-5 deal.
http://www.DoYouWorkTooHard.com
In case you'd like to be rescued from all of that, call us!!
http://www.DoYouWorkTooHard.com
In case you'd like to be rescued from all of that, call us!!
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
From Freedom to Fascism...
I just watched this WHOLE MOVIE online on Youtube, and I hope everyone sees it.
It's really scary how the government can make deals and take away our liberties, and head us on the way towrds being like Germany was.
Is the dream over? Have a few people made all the decisions and led us down a path towards fascism? I hope not. I hope we end up voting for Obama just to tell the few that we are standing for something else. Watch this:
and then the rest of the movie can be seen here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3ueEfRXZCVA
Be frightened.
It's really scary how the government can make deals and take away our liberties, and head us on the way towrds being like Germany was.
Is the dream over? Have a few people made all the decisions and led us down a path towards fascism? I hope not. I hope we end up voting for Obama just to tell the few that we are standing for something else. Watch this:
and then the rest of the movie can be seen here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3ueEfRXZCVA
Be frightened.
From Freedom to Fascism...
I just watched this WHOLE MOVIE online on Youtube, and I hope everyone sees it.
It's really scary how the government can make deals and take away our liberties, and head us on the way towrds being like Germany was.
Is the dream over? Have a few people made all the decisions and led us down a path towards fascism? I hope not. I hope we end up voting for Obama just to tell the few that we are standing for something else. Watch this:
and then the rest of the movie can be seen here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3ueEfRXZCVA
Be frightened.
It's really scary how the government can make deals and take away our liberties, and head us on the way towrds being like Germany was.
Is the dream over? Have a few people made all the decisions and led us down a path towards fascism? I hope not. I hope we end up voting for Obama just to tell the few that we are standing for something else. Watch this:
and then the rest of the movie can be seen here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3ueEfRXZCVA
Be frightened.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
They're all full of sh*t....
I was having a talk today with a very entrepreneurial friend, and we got to discussing the whole "Info-preneuring" thing. That's when you sell your expertise about something. You could say my book, Captain Kirk's Guide To Women is like that.
However, we were talking about a person who teaches this from an online aspect, and well.... she is NOT an expert. I've learned that if you make $5 doing something, you'll make $25 teaching other people to make that 5. So, it reminded me of something I wrote a while that can be found here:
http://www.elevenfreakinthousand.com/fullofshit.asp
Here it is:
"Internet Marketers" are:
FULL OF SH*T!
Bones Rodriguez Tells the TRUTH and challenges the rest of them to do the same- and you Get the WHOLE STORY!
Date: Monday March 17, 2008
From: Bones Rodriguez- Actor, Author, Entrepreneur
Let me explain what I mean:
At first, the sheep newbie buys a whole lot of information from guru internet marketers whom they admire because everyone realizes that working 40 hours a week for 40 years is a recipe for misery and poverty.
After spending a lifetime of money on everyone’s ideas, the sheep learns some concepts and techniques, and gets up the guts to put them to work. They MIGHT have their own business, but quickly discover that:
it’s FAR easier to sell to the “internet marketing” crowd than any other.
As the crowd gets bigger and bigger, only a small percentage throw their hat into the “guru” ring- the pie grows faster than the new gurus can proclaim themselves.
So, they start becoming “affiliates” using the same information. Maybe they even write their own.
There’s nothing wrong with any of this.
Yet.
After a while of learning to “build a list”, they start promoting their own products to the list. After they have made a few sales, they realize that they actually CAN create an income, and even learn to recommend other people’s stuff.
This is where the slope gets slippery, and the sheep changes into a wolf.
Having run out of their own information, and having run out of sales, the wolf looks to the “other guys” to either be affiliates for them, or knock-off someone else’s information, repackage it, and sell that too.
Suddenly, they’re part of the “in” crowd, where they buddy-up with other wolves, and wear each other’s sheep costumes; “promoting” each other, but really just shearing the same people over and over.
And the wolf who gives the biggest kick-back wins.
I can’t help but twinge a little every time I notice someone does a “big roll-out” of some product that’s basically a knock-off of someone else’s, and the wolves all promote it to each other’s sheep.
They have a big celebration, and pat each other on the back:
“So-and-so made $100,000 in one day! You can do it too!”-
They’re not lying; the guy DID make that- and they’re happy because they all know that next week, it’ll be their turn.
When everyone is selling the same thing, no one is selling anything.
I was headed down this path; I was writing new stuff, and finding new people, and started to get to know a few of the gurus.
They’re stressed out, constantly needing to make new products, and FEED on each other’s lists like junkies.
Again, they didn’t MEAN to do it; it just came with the territory. And now they’re trapped, because stopping would mean going back to misery and poverty.
If a sheep wanted help, their usual answer was another product that addressed their particular problem. If they didn’t learn it, it’s their responsibility.
Whereas it MIGHT help the sheep, it DEFINITELY helped the seller.
I’m not saying that it’s on purpose, and I’m not saying everyone does this; actually, most of the information given out is great. However, if we’re all saying the same thing, and all promoting each other, all while shearing the newbie sheep, there’s something wrong, isn’t there?
I say “we” because I was headed in that direction, but I had to stop. I wish I could sit here and say that the moral implications are what stopped me, but they weren’t-
I just wasn’t good at it.
Sure, I could have learned, and I could have “buddied-up” better, but I just didn’t. Somewhere I knew it was all wrong, and I felt like a fraud.
Fortunately, I found something that pays me based on how well I help OTHER people.
If I shear them, I get almost nothing.
But if I HELP THEM, then I get paid wonderfully.
So, I’m inviting YOU to help me actually HELP people, and get paid based on it.
To get paid on actually HELPING PEOPLE create an income, and HELPING them learn the new mindsets, new attitudes and new successes that the new world needs.
The whole “promoting each others’ stuff” is getting ridiculous, and leaning towards the immoral.
You HAVE TO know what I‘ve been describing.
Yeah, you do.
Again, I’m not saying that it’s on purpose or insidious, but I AM saying that someone has to stop it-
I’m asking if you’ll help me rescue the sheep, find them a home, and STILL be paid residually and magnificently.
If that sounds like a challenge you’d like to take on, here’s my cell phone number; call during the day (I live in New York)- 917-450-7925.
Let Your Light So Shine Before Men,
www.BonesRodriguez.com
However, we were talking about a person who teaches this from an online aspect, and well.... she is NOT an expert. I've learned that if you make $5 doing something, you'll make $25 teaching other people to make that 5. So, it reminded me of something I wrote a while that can be found here:
http://www.elevenfreakinthousand.com/fullofshit.asp
Here it is:
"Internet Marketers" are:
FULL OF SH*T!
Bones Rodriguez Tells the TRUTH and challenges the rest of them to do the same- and you Get the WHOLE STORY!
Date: Monday March 17, 2008
From: Bones Rodriguez- Actor, Author, Entrepreneur
Let me explain what I mean:
At first, the sheep newbie buys a whole lot of information from guru internet marketers whom they admire because everyone realizes that working 40 hours a week for 40 years is a recipe for misery and poverty.
After spending a lifetime of money on everyone’s ideas, the sheep learns some concepts and techniques, and gets up the guts to put them to work. They MIGHT have their own business, but quickly discover that:
it’s FAR easier to sell to the “internet marketing” crowd than any other.
As the crowd gets bigger and bigger, only a small percentage throw their hat into the “guru” ring- the pie grows faster than the new gurus can proclaim themselves.
So, they start becoming “affiliates” using the same information. Maybe they even write their own.
There’s nothing wrong with any of this.
Yet.
After a while of learning to “build a list”, they start promoting their own products to the list. After they have made a few sales, they realize that they actually CAN create an income, and even learn to recommend other people’s stuff.
This is where the slope gets slippery, and the sheep changes into a wolf.
Having run out of their own information, and having run out of sales, the wolf looks to the “other guys” to either be affiliates for them, or knock-off someone else’s information, repackage it, and sell that too.
Suddenly, they’re part of the “in” crowd, where they buddy-up with other wolves, and wear each other’s sheep costumes; “promoting” each other, but really just shearing the same people over and over.
And the wolf who gives the biggest kick-back wins.
I can’t help but twinge a little every time I notice someone does a “big roll-out” of some product that’s basically a knock-off of someone else’s, and the wolves all promote it to each other’s sheep.
They have a big celebration, and pat each other on the back:
“So-and-so made $100,000 in one day! You can do it too!”-
They’re not lying; the guy DID make that- and they’re happy because they all know that next week, it’ll be their turn.
When everyone is selling the same thing, no one is selling anything.
I was headed down this path; I was writing new stuff, and finding new people, and started to get to know a few of the gurus.
They’re stressed out, constantly needing to make new products, and FEED on each other’s lists like junkies.
Again, they didn’t MEAN to do it; it just came with the territory. And now they’re trapped, because stopping would mean going back to misery and poverty.
If a sheep wanted help, their usual answer was another product that addressed their particular problem. If they didn’t learn it, it’s their responsibility.
Whereas it MIGHT help the sheep, it DEFINITELY helped the seller.
I’m not saying that it’s on purpose, and I’m not saying everyone does this; actually, most of the information given out is great. However, if we’re all saying the same thing, and all promoting each other, all while shearing the newbie sheep, there’s something wrong, isn’t there?
I say “we” because I was headed in that direction, but I had to stop. I wish I could sit here and say that the moral implications are what stopped me, but they weren’t-
I just wasn’t good at it.
Sure, I could have learned, and I could have “buddied-up” better, but I just didn’t. Somewhere I knew it was all wrong, and I felt like a fraud.
Fortunately, I found something that pays me based on how well I help OTHER people.
If I shear them, I get almost nothing.
But if I HELP THEM, then I get paid wonderfully.
So, I’m inviting YOU to help me actually HELP people, and get paid based on it.
To get paid on actually HELPING PEOPLE create an income, and HELPING them learn the new mindsets, new attitudes and new successes that the new world needs.
The whole “promoting each others’ stuff” is getting ridiculous, and leaning towards the immoral.
You HAVE TO know what I‘ve been describing.
Yeah, you do.
Again, I’m not saying that it’s on purpose or insidious, but I AM saying that someone has to stop it-
I’m asking if you’ll help me rescue the sheep, find them a home, and STILL be paid residually and magnificently.
If that sounds like a challenge you’d like to take on, here’s my cell phone number; call during the day (I live in New York)- 917-450-7925.
Let Your Light So Shine Before Men,
www.BonesRodriguez.com
They're all full of sh*t....
I was having a talk today with a very entrepreneurial friend, and we got to discussing the whole "Info-preneuring" thing. That's when you sell your expertise about something. You could say my book, Captain Kirk's Guide To Women is like that.
However, we were talking about a person who teaches this from an online aspect, and well.... she is NOT an expert. I've learned that if you make $5 doing something, you'll make $25 teaching other people to make that 5. So, it reminded me of something I wrote a while that can be found here:
http://www.elevenfreakinthousand.com/fullofshit.asp
Here it is:
"Internet Marketers" are:
FULL OF SH*T!
Bones Rodriguez Tells the TRUTH and challenges the rest of them to do the same- and you Get the WHOLE STORY!
Date: Monday March 17, 2008
From: Bones Rodriguez- Actor, Author, Entrepreneur
Let me explain what I mean:
At first, the sheep newbie buys a whole lot of information from guru internet marketers whom they admire because everyone realizes that working 40 hours a week for 40 years is a recipe for misery and poverty.
After spending a lifetime of money on everyone’s ideas, the sheep learns some concepts and techniques, and gets up the guts to put them to work. They MIGHT have their own business, but quickly discover that:
it’s FAR easier to sell to the “internet marketing” crowd than any other.
As the crowd gets bigger and bigger, only a small percentage throw their hat into the “guru” ring- the pie grows faster than the new gurus can proclaim themselves.
So, they start becoming “affiliates” using the same information. Maybe they even write their own.
There’s nothing wrong with any of this.
Yet.
After a while of learning to “build a list”, they start promoting their own products to the list. After they have made a few sales, they realize that they actually CAN create an income, and even learn to recommend other people’s stuff.
This is where the slope gets slippery, and the sheep changes into a wolf.
Having run out of their own information, and having run out of sales, the wolf looks to the “other guys” to either be affiliates for them, or knock-off someone else’s information, repackage it, and sell that too.
Suddenly, they’re part of the “in” crowd, where they buddy-up with other wolves, and wear each other’s sheep costumes; “promoting” each other, but really just shearing the same people over and over.
And the wolf who gives the biggest kick-back wins.
I can’t help but twinge a little every time I notice someone does a “big roll-out” of some product that’s basically a knock-off of someone else’s, and the wolves all promote it to each other’s sheep.
They have a big celebration, and pat each other on the back:
“So-and-so made $100,000 in one day! You can do it too!”-
They’re not lying; the guy DID make that- and they’re happy because they all know that next week, it’ll be their turn.
When everyone is selling the same thing, no one is selling anything.
I was headed down this path; I was writing new stuff, and finding new people, and started to get to know a few of the gurus.
They’re stressed out, constantly needing to make new products, and FEED on each other’s lists like junkies.
Again, they didn’t MEAN to do it; it just came with the territory. And now they’re trapped, because stopping would mean going back to misery and poverty.
If a sheep wanted help, their usual answer was another product that addressed their particular problem. If they didn’t learn it, it’s their responsibility.
Whereas it MIGHT help the sheep, it DEFINITELY helped the seller.
I’m not saying that it’s on purpose, and I’m not saying everyone does this; actually, most of the information given out is great. However, if we’re all saying the same thing, and all promoting each other, all while shearing the newbie sheep, there’s something wrong, isn’t there?
I say “we” because I was headed in that direction, but I had to stop. I wish I could sit here and say that the moral implications are what stopped me, but they weren’t-
I just wasn’t good at it.
Sure, I could have learned, and I could have “buddied-up” better, but I just didn’t. Somewhere I knew it was all wrong, and I felt like a fraud.
Fortunately, I found something that pays me based on how well I help OTHER people.
If I shear them, I get almost nothing.
But if I HELP THEM, then I get paid wonderfully.
So, I’m inviting YOU to help me actually HELP people, and get paid based on it.
To get paid on actually HELPING PEOPLE create an income, and HELPING them learn the new mindsets, new attitudes and new successes that the new world needs.
The whole “promoting each others’ stuff” is getting ridiculous, and leaning towards the immoral.
You HAVE TO know what I‘ve been describing.
Yeah, you do.
Again, I’m not saying that it’s on purpose or insidious, but I AM saying that someone has to stop it-
I’m asking if you’ll help me rescue the sheep, find them a home, and STILL be paid residually and magnificently.
If that sounds like a challenge you’d like to take on, here’s my cell phone number; call during the day (I live in New York)- 917-450-7925.
Let Your Light So Shine Before Men,
www.BonesRodriguez.com
However, we were talking about a person who teaches this from an online aspect, and well.... she is NOT an expert. I've learned that if you make $5 doing something, you'll make $25 teaching other people to make that 5. So, it reminded me of something I wrote a while that can be found here:
http://www.elevenfreakinthousand.com/fullofshit.asp
Here it is:
"Internet Marketers" are:
FULL OF SH*T!
Bones Rodriguez Tells the TRUTH and challenges the rest of them to do the same- and you Get the WHOLE STORY!
Date: Monday March 17, 2008
From: Bones Rodriguez- Actor, Author, Entrepreneur
Let me explain what I mean:
At first, the sheep newbie buys a whole lot of information from guru internet marketers whom they admire because everyone realizes that working 40 hours a week for 40 years is a recipe for misery and poverty.
After spending a lifetime of money on everyone’s ideas, the sheep learns some concepts and techniques, and gets up the guts to put them to work. They MIGHT have their own business, but quickly discover that:
it’s FAR easier to sell to the “internet marketing” crowd than any other.
As the crowd gets bigger and bigger, only a small percentage throw their hat into the “guru” ring- the pie grows faster than the new gurus can proclaim themselves.
So, they start becoming “affiliates” using the same information. Maybe they even write their own.
There’s nothing wrong with any of this.
Yet.
After a while of learning to “build a list”, they start promoting their own products to the list. After they have made a few sales, they realize that they actually CAN create an income, and even learn to recommend other people’s stuff.
This is where the slope gets slippery, and the sheep changes into a wolf.
Having run out of their own information, and having run out of sales, the wolf looks to the “other guys” to either be affiliates for them, or knock-off someone else’s information, repackage it, and sell that too.
Suddenly, they’re part of the “in” crowd, where they buddy-up with other wolves, and wear each other’s sheep costumes; “promoting” each other, but really just shearing the same people over and over.
And the wolf who gives the biggest kick-back wins.
I can’t help but twinge a little every time I notice someone does a “big roll-out” of some product that’s basically a knock-off of someone else’s, and the wolves all promote it to each other’s sheep.
They have a big celebration, and pat each other on the back:
“So-and-so made $100,000 in one day! You can do it too!”-
They’re not lying; the guy DID make that- and they’re happy because they all know that next week, it’ll be their turn.
When everyone is selling the same thing, no one is selling anything.
I was headed down this path; I was writing new stuff, and finding new people, and started to get to know a few of the gurus.
They’re stressed out, constantly needing to make new products, and FEED on each other’s lists like junkies.
Again, they didn’t MEAN to do it; it just came with the territory. And now they’re trapped, because stopping would mean going back to misery and poverty.
If a sheep wanted help, their usual answer was another product that addressed their particular problem. If they didn’t learn it, it’s their responsibility.
Whereas it MIGHT help the sheep, it DEFINITELY helped the seller.
I’m not saying that it’s on purpose, and I’m not saying everyone does this; actually, most of the information given out is great. However, if we’re all saying the same thing, and all promoting each other, all while shearing the newbie sheep, there’s something wrong, isn’t there?
I say “we” because I was headed in that direction, but I had to stop. I wish I could sit here and say that the moral implications are what stopped me, but they weren’t-
I just wasn’t good at it.
Sure, I could have learned, and I could have “buddied-up” better, but I just didn’t. Somewhere I knew it was all wrong, and I felt like a fraud.
Fortunately, I found something that pays me based on how well I help OTHER people.
If I shear them, I get almost nothing.
But if I HELP THEM, then I get paid wonderfully.
So, I’m inviting YOU to help me actually HELP people, and get paid based on it.
To get paid on actually HELPING PEOPLE create an income, and HELPING them learn the new mindsets, new attitudes and new successes that the new world needs.
The whole “promoting each others’ stuff” is getting ridiculous, and leaning towards the immoral.
You HAVE TO know what I‘ve been describing.
Yeah, you do.
Again, I’m not saying that it’s on purpose or insidious, but I AM saying that someone has to stop it-
I’m asking if you’ll help me rescue the sheep, find them a home, and STILL be paid residually and magnificently.
If that sounds like a challenge you’d like to take on, here’s my cell phone number; call during the day (I live in New York)- 917-450-7925.
Let Your Light So Shine Before Men,
www.BonesRodriguez.com
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Star Trek Convention in Secaucus!
I went to Secaucus New Jersey to Creation's Official Star Trek convention this past weekend, and I had a GREAT time!
We set up a table and put up a couple of posters, and gave away a bunch of http://www.SpocksGuideToWomen.com slips, so people could buy some copies of "Captain Kirk's Guide To Women"!
It was Laura's first time at a convention, and well..... I think she thought
it was all pretty weird, but soon enough, she was talkin' Trek with the rest of us!
The best part was how people who bought the book on Friday came back Saturday and Sunday to tell me how much they enjoyed it!
LOVE Long and Prosper!
Star Trek Convention in Secaucus!
I went to Secaucus New Jersey to Creation's Official Star Trek convention this past weekend, and I had a GREAT time!
We set up a table and put up a couple of posters, and gave away a bunch of http://www.SpocksGuideToWomen.com slips, so people could buy some copies of "Captain Kirk's Guide To Women"!
It was Laura's first time at a convention, and well..... I think she thought
it was all pretty weird, but soon enough, she was talkin' Trek with the rest of us!
The best part was how people who bought the book on Friday came back Saturday and Sunday to tell me how much they enjoyed it!
LOVE Long and Prosper!
Monday, February 04, 2008
Star Trek's Captain Kirk Spotted in Barnes and Noble!
I found my Star Trek Book- "Captain Kirk's Guide To Women- How to Romance Any Woman in The Galaxy" at the Barnes and Noble in Lincoln Square!
Captain Kirk's Guide To Women
Thanks to Jessica Silvester, Margaret Clark, and Mollie Glick!
Captain Kirk's Guide To Women
Thanks to Jessica Silvester, Margaret Clark, and Mollie Glick!
Star Trek's Captain Kirk Spotted in Barnes and Noble!
I found my Star Trek Book- "Captain Kirk's Guide To Women- How to Romance Any Woman in The Galaxy" at the Barnes and Noble in Lincoln Square!
Captain Kirk's Guide To Women
Thanks to Jessica Silvester, Margaret Clark, and Mollie Glick!
Captain Kirk's Guide To Women
Thanks to Jessica Silvester, Margaret Clark, and Mollie Glick!
My Star Trek Book- At BORDERS!!
That's right! I found my Star Trek Book-
"Captain Kirk's Guide To Women- How To Romance Any Woman In The Galaxy" at Borders in Columbus Circle!
Captain Kirk's Guide To Women
Thanks to Jessica Silvester, Margaret Clark, and Mollie Glick!
"Captain Kirk's Guide To Women- How To Romance Any Woman In The Galaxy" at Borders in Columbus Circle!
Captain Kirk's Guide To Women
Thanks to Jessica Silvester, Margaret Clark, and Mollie Glick!
My Star Trek Book- At BORDERS!!
That's right! I found my Star Trek Book-
"Captain Kirk's Guide To Women- How To Romance Any Woman In The Galaxy" at Borders in Columbus Circle!
Captain Kirk's Guide To Women
Thanks to Jessica Silvester, Margaret Clark, and Mollie Glick!
"Captain Kirk's Guide To Women- How To Romance Any Woman In The Galaxy" at Borders in Columbus Circle!
Captain Kirk's Guide To Women
Thanks to Jessica Silvester, Margaret Clark, and Mollie Glick!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Star Trek goes high school- in 1988!
My friends and I made this video in high school.
I am putting it up because the embarrassment level is so high,
that I figure I had better get it out before it's leaked!
Enjoy, and notice the BOOTS!
I am putting it up because the embarrassment level is so high,
that I figure I had better get it out before it's leaked!
Enjoy, and notice the BOOTS!
Star Trek goes high school- in 1988!
My friends and I made this video in high school.
I am putting it up because the embarrassment level is so high,
that I figure I had better get it out before it's leaked!
Enjoy, and notice the BOOTS!
I am putting it up because the embarrassment level is so high,
that I figure I had better get it out before it's leaked!
Enjoy, and notice the BOOTS!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
My Star Trek Book- FIRST COPY!!!
I couldn't keep it in, so I made a video!
Star Trek- Captain Kirk's Guide To Women- How to Romance Any Woman In The Galaxy
by- ME!!!
How exciting is THAT??
Star Trek- Captain Kirk's Guide To Women- How to Romance Any Woman In The Galaxy
by- ME!!!
How exciting is THAT??
My Star Trek Book- FIRST COPY!!!
I couldn't keep it in, so I made a video!
Star Trek- Captain Kirk's Guide To Women- How to Romance Any Woman In The Galaxy
by- ME!!!
How exciting is THAT??
Star Trek- Captain Kirk's Guide To Women- How to Romance Any Woman In The Galaxy
by- ME!!!
How exciting is THAT??
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
MLK Day 2008
I watched Oprah's Martin Luther King Jr. Special this week, and it was great. I think about what he would think about how "The N-Word" is being used so much today, and whether or not he would wear one of our buttons.
I think he would. So I'll keep doing it too.
MLK Day 2008
I watched Oprah's Martin Luther King Jr. Special this week, and it was great. I think about what he would think about how "The N-Word" is being used so much today, and whether or not he would wear one of our buttons.
I think he would. So I'll keep doing it too.
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Taxes...
The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" in a casual
manner, think about whether you want the "politicians" spending YOUR tax
money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising
agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in
one of its releases.
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our
government is spending it.
While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let's take a look at New
Orleans. It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division.
Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress
for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans. Interes ting number. What does
it mean?
Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man,
woman, child), you each get $516,528.
Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans, your home gets
$1,329,787.
Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.
Washington, D.C .. HELLO!!! ... Are all your calculators broken??
Tax his: land
wage
bed in which he lays.
tractor
mule
Teach him taxes is the rule.
Tax his: cow
goat
pants
coat
ties
shirts
work
Tax his dirt.
Tax his: tobacco
drink,
Tax him if he tries to think.
Tax his: booze
beers
If he cries, tax his tears.
Tax his: bills
gas
notes
Tax his cash.
Tax him good and let him know that after taxes, he has no dough.
If he hollers, tax him more, tax him until he's good and sore.
Tax his: coffin
grave
Tax the sod in which he lays.
Put these words upon his tomb, "Taxes drove me to my doom!"
And when he's gone, we won't relax; we'll still be after the inheritance
TAX!!
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Perm It Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of the tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge Taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharg e Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was the
most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had
the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the
kids.
What happened? Can you spell 'politicians'?
What the heck happened?????
manner, think about whether you want the "politicians" spending YOUR tax
money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising
agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in
one of its releases.
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our
government is spending it.
While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let's take a look at New
Orleans. It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division.
Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress
for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans. Interes ting number. What does
it mean?
Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man,
woman, child), you each get $516,528.
Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans, your home gets
$1,329,787.
Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.
Washington, D.C .. HELLO!!! ... Are all your calculators broken??
Tax his: land
wage
bed in which he lays.
tractor
mule
Teach him taxes is the rule.
Tax his: cow
goat
pants
coat
ties
shirts
work
Tax his dirt.
Tax his: tobacco
drink,
Tax him if he tries to think.
Tax his: booze
beers
If he cries, tax his tears.
Tax his: bills
gas
notes
Tax his cash.
Tax him good and let him know that after taxes, he has no dough.
If he hollers, tax him more, tax him until he's good and sore.
Tax his: coffin
grave
Tax the sod in which he lays.
Put these words upon his tomb, "Taxes drove me to my doom!"
And when he's gone, we won't relax; we'll still be after the inheritance
TAX!!
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Perm It Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of the tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge Taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharg e Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was the
most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had
the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the
kids.
What happened? Can you spell 'politicians'?
What the heck happened?????
Taxes...
The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" in a casual
manner, think about whether you want the "politicians" spending YOUR tax
money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising
agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in
one of its releases.
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our
government is spending it.
While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let's take a look at New
Orleans. It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division.
Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress
for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans. Interes ting number. What does
it mean?
Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man,
woman, child), you each get $516,528.
Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans, your home gets
$1,329,787.
Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.
Washington, D.C .. HELLO!!! ... Are all your calculators broken??
Tax his: land
wage
bed in which he lays.
tractor
mule
Teach him taxes is the rule.
Tax his: cow
goat
pants
coat
ties
shirts
work
Tax his dirt.
Tax his: tobacco
drink,
Tax him if he tries to think.
Tax his: booze
beers
If he cries, tax his tears.
Tax his: bills
gas
notes
Tax his cash.
Tax him good and let him know that after taxes, he has no dough.
If he hollers, tax him more, tax him until he's good and sore.
Tax his: coffin
grave
Tax the sod in which he lays.
Put these words upon his tomb, "Taxes drove me to my doom!"
And when he's gone, we won't relax; we'll still be after the inheritance
TAX!!
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Perm It Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of the tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge Taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharg e Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was the
most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had
the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the
kids.
What happened? Can you spell 'politicians'?
What the heck happened?????
manner, think about whether you want the "politicians" spending YOUR tax
money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising
agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in
one of its releases.
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our
government is spending it.
While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let's take a look at New
Orleans. It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division.
Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress
for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans. Interes ting number. What does
it mean?
Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man,
woman, child), you each get $516,528.
Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans, your home gets
$1,329,787.
Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.
Washington, D.C .. HELLO!!! ... Are all your calculators broken??
Tax his: land
wage
bed in which he lays.
tractor
mule
Teach him taxes is the rule.
Tax his: cow
goat
pants
coat
ties
shirts
work
Tax his dirt.
Tax his: tobacco
drink,
Tax him if he tries to think.
Tax his: booze
beers
If he cries, tax his tears.
Tax his: bills
gas
notes
Tax his cash.
Tax him good and let him know that after taxes, he has no dough.
If he hollers, tax him more, tax him until he's good and sore.
Tax his: coffin
grave
Tax the sod in which he lays.
Put these words upon his tomb, "Taxes drove me to my doom!"
And when he's gone, we won't relax; we'll still be after the inheritance
TAX!!
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Perm It Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of the tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge Taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharg e Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was the
most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had
the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the
kids.
What happened? Can you spell 'politicians'?
What the heck happened?????
Horns and Punches..
When I was in the Choir in my junior high school, my best friend was Jason Paltrowitz. We had won a trip to go compete in some national championship, so all of us kids from new york city got on a bus and headed down to a town I won't name.
When we met the other kids there, we all introduced ourselves, and said where we were from.
When Jason said "My name is Jason Paltrowitz, and I'm from New York City!"
The kids from this town got all excited. We asked them why:
"Well, Jason.... are you JEWISH?" one kid asked excitedly.
"Yeah, I am" he said, figuring they knew from his last name.
They giggled, and asked quite innocently: "Can we see your horns?"
..........
I was totally aghast. I hadn't even heard that myth before, but I could tell from their faces that they truly and sincerely thought that Jews had horns on their heads.
Like the devil.
They didn't mean anything by it; that's just what they had heard.
I was about to start yelling and screaming and throwing punches, but I was frozen. This was my BEST FRIEND they were talking about.
But then I saw an amazing thing.
Jason just said "Oh, I don't have horns. Jews don't really have horns; that's just a crazy story."
"Oh,... ok" the kids said, disappointed that they weren't going to see a free freakshow.
After that, we all just went out and played "tag" together- and made sure not to yell and mess up our voices!
That day has stuck in my mind forever, and I tell that story a lot to demonstrate the power of perception and how simple they can be changed. But today I tell it because I recently had a conversation (over email) with a wonderful girl who is so stuck in her own perception of herself, that she believes she has horns of her own.
If you met this (very gorgeous) girl, you would immediately see that she is smart, vivacious, witty and deep-feeling.
However, she is always in a drama of some sort, she feels victimized by her circumstances, and she keeps finding people who let her down in one way or another. It's so obvious to everyone around her that she LOVES the drama, even though it makes her feel worthless.
She is ADDICTED to the drama because it justifies her own self-hatred.
She believes the "crazy story" about herself being worthless, stupid, and ugly. So, she believes her personality is all a front and a lie. Which of course, she hates herself for feeling she has to lie to everyone, and so she punishes herself by whatever means necessary.
Mind you, I'm no psychologist, but it is so painfully obvious one doesn't need to be.
It also may be obvious to me because I see myself in her.
-Wait- not like that....
I mean that I recognize that I have some self-hatred, and some self-punishing that I do because I don't think I am worthy for some reason. I've been reading Louise Hayes' "You Can Heal Your Life", and watching the video, and she kinda says that self-hatred is the center of most people's issues. I've been seeing it everywhere lately.
In myself, in my friends, and especially in this girl.
Well, hopefully we'll all get to a point where we can change our perceptions of those "crazy stories" about ourselves so we can go out, quit the drama, and play tag!!!
Let Your Light So Shine Before Men!
When we met the other kids there, we all introduced ourselves, and said where we were from.
When Jason said "My name is Jason Paltrowitz, and I'm from New York City!"
The kids from this town got all excited. We asked them why:
"Well, Jason.... are you JEWISH?" one kid asked excitedly.
"Yeah, I am" he said, figuring they knew from his last name.
They giggled, and asked quite innocently: "Can we see your horns?"
..........
I was totally aghast. I hadn't even heard that myth before, but I could tell from their faces that they truly and sincerely thought that Jews had horns on their heads.
Like the devil.
They didn't mean anything by it; that's just what they had heard.
I was about to start yelling and screaming and throwing punches, but I was frozen. This was my BEST FRIEND they were talking about.
But then I saw an amazing thing.
Jason just said "Oh, I don't have horns. Jews don't really have horns; that's just a crazy story."
"Oh,... ok" the kids said, disappointed that they weren't going to see a free freakshow.
After that, we all just went out and played "tag" together- and made sure not to yell and mess up our voices!
That day has stuck in my mind forever, and I tell that story a lot to demonstrate the power of perception and how simple they can be changed. But today I tell it because I recently had a conversation (over email) with a wonderful girl who is so stuck in her own perception of herself, that she believes she has horns of her own.
If you met this (very gorgeous) girl, you would immediately see that she is smart, vivacious, witty and deep-feeling.
However, she is always in a drama of some sort, she feels victimized by her circumstances, and she keeps finding people who let her down in one way or another. It's so obvious to everyone around her that she LOVES the drama, even though it makes her feel worthless.
She is ADDICTED to the drama because it justifies her own self-hatred.
She believes the "crazy story" about herself being worthless, stupid, and ugly. So, she believes her personality is all a front and a lie. Which of course, she hates herself for feeling she has to lie to everyone, and so she punishes herself by whatever means necessary.
Mind you, I'm no psychologist, but it is so painfully obvious one doesn't need to be.
It also may be obvious to me because I see myself in her.
-Wait- not like that....
I mean that I recognize that I have some self-hatred, and some self-punishing that I do because I don't think I am worthy for some reason. I've been reading Louise Hayes' "You Can Heal Your Life", and watching the video, and she kinda says that self-hatred is the center of most people's issues. I've been seeing it everywhere lately.
In myself, in my friends, and especially in this girl.
Well, hopefully we'll all get to a point where we can change our perceptions of those "crazy stories" about ourselves so we can go out, quit the drama, and play tag!!!
Let Your Light So Shine Before Men!
Horns and Punches..
When I was in the Choir in my junior high school, my best friend was Jason Paltrowitz. We had won a trip to go compete in some national championship, so all of us kids from new york city got on a bus and headed down to a town I won't name.
When we met the other kids there, we all introduced ourselves, and said where we were from.
When Jason said "My name is Jason Paltrowitz, and I'm from New York City!"
The kids from this town got all excited. We asked them why:
"Well, Jason.... are you JEWISH?" one kid asked excitedly.
"Yeah, I am" he said, figuring they knew from his last name.
They giggled, and asked quite innocently: "Can we see your horns?"
..........
I was totally aghast. I hadn't even heard that myth before, but I could tell from their faces that they truly and sincerely thought that Jews had horns on their heads.
Like the devil.
They didn't mean anything by it; that's just what they had heard.
I was about to start yelling and screaming and throwing punches, but I was frozen. This was my BEST FRIEND they were talking about.
But then I saw an amazing thing.
Jason just said "Oh, I don't have horns. Jews don't really have horns; that's just a crazy story."
"Oh,... ok" the kids said, disappointed that they weren't going to see a free freakshow.
After that, we all just went out and played "tag" together- and made sure not to yell and mess up our voices!
That day has stuck in my mind forever, and I tell that story a lot to demonstrate the power of perception and how simple they can be changed. But today I tell it because I recently had a conversation (over email) with a wonderful girl who is so stuck in her own perception of herself, that she believes she has horns of her own.
If you met this (very gorgeous) girl, you would immediately see that she is smart, vivacious, witty and deep-feeling.
However, she is always in a drama of some sort, she feels victimized by her circumstances, and she keeps finding people who let her down in one way or another. It's so obvious to everyone around her that she LOVES the drama, even though it makes her feel worthless.
She is ADDICTED to the drama because it justifies her own self-hatred.
She believes the "crazy story" about herself being worthless, stupid, and ugly. So, she believes her personality is all a front and a lie. Which of course, she hates herself for feeling she has to lie to everyone, and so she punishes herself by whatever means necessary.
Mind you, I'm no psychologist, but it is so painfully obvious one doesn't need to be.
It also may be obvious to me because I see myself in her.
-Wait- not like that....
I mean that I recognize that I have some self-hatred, and some self-punishing that I do because I don't think I am worthy for some reason. I've been reading Louise Hayes' "You Can Heal Your Life", and watching the video, and she kinda says that self-hatred is the center of most people's issues. I've been seeing it everywhere lately.
In myself, in my friends, and especially in this girl.
Well, hopefully we'll all get to a point where we can change our perceptions of those "crazy stories" about ourselves so we can go out, quit the drama, and play tag!!!
Let Your Light So Shine Before Men!
When we met the other kids there, we all introduced ourselves, and said where we were from.
When Jason said "My name is Jason Paltrowitz, and I'm from New York City!"
The kids from this town got all excited. We asked them why:
"Well, Jason.... are you JEWISH?" one kid asked excitedly.
"Yeah, I am" he said, figuring they knew from his last name.
They giggled, and asked quite innocently: "Can we see your horns?"
..........
I was totally aghast. I hadn't even heard that myth before, but I could tell from their faces that they truly and sincerely thought that Jews had horns on their heads.
Like the devil.
They didn't mean anything by it; that's just what they had heard.
I was about to start yelling and screaming and throwing punches, but I was frozen. This was my BEST FRIEND they were talking about.
But then I saw an amazing thing.
Jason just said "Oh, I don't have horns. Jews don't really have horns; that's just a crazy story."
"Oh,... ok" the kids said, disappointed that they weren't going to see a free freakshow.
After that, we all just went out and played "tag" together- and made sure not to yell and mess up our voices!
That day has stuck in my mind forever, and I tell that story a lot to demonstrate the power of perception and how simple they can be changed. But today I tell it because I recently had a conversation (over email) with a wonderful girl who is so stuck in her own perception of herself, that she believes she has horns of her own.
If you met this (very gorgeous) girl, you would immediately see that she is smart, vivacious, witty and deep-feeling.
However, she is always in a drama of some sort, she feels victimized by her circumstances, and she keeps finding people who let her down in one way or another. It's so obvious to everyone around her that she LOVES the drama, even though it makes her feel worthless.
She is ADDICTED to the drama because it justifies her own self-hatred.
She believes the "crazy story" about herself being worthless, stupid, and ugly. So, she believes her personality is all a front and a lie. Which of course, she hates herself for feeling she has to lie to everyone, and so she punishes herself by whatever means necessary.
Mind you, I'm no psychologist, but it is so painfully obvious one doesn't need to be.
It also may be obvious to me because I see myself in her.
-Wait- not like that....
I mean that I recognize that I have some self-hatred, and some self-punishing that I do because I don't think I am worthy for some reason. I've been reading Louise Hayes' "You Can Heal Your Life", and watching the video, and she kinda says that self-hatred is the center of most people's issues. I've been seeing it everywhere lately.
In myself, in my friends, and especially in this girl.
Well, hopefully we'll all get to a point where we can change our perceptions of those "crazy stories" about ourselves so we can go out, quit the drama, and play tag!!!
Let Your Light So Shine Before Men!
Choirs, Myths and Ambassadors...
When I was in the Choir in my junior high school, my best friend was Jason Paltrowitz. We had won a trip to go compete in some national championship, so all of us kids from new york city got on a bus and headed down to a town I won't name.
When we met the other kids there, we all introduced ourselves, and said where we were from.
When Jason said "My name is Jason Paltrowitz, and I'm from New York City!"
The kids from this town got all excited. We asked them why:
"Well, Jason.... are you JEWISH?" one kid asked excitedly.
"Yeah, I am" he said, figuring they knew from his last name.
They giggled, and asked quite innocently: "Can we see your horns?"
..........
I was totally aghast. I hadn't even heard that myth before, but I could tell from their faces that they truly and sincerely thought that Jews had horns on their heads.
Like the devil.
They didn't mean anything by it; that's just what they had heard.
I was about to start yelling and screaming and throwing punches, but I was frozen. This was my BEST FRIEND they were talking about.
But then I saw an amazing thing.
Jason just said "Oh, I don't have horns. Jews don't really have horns; that's just a crazy story."
"Oh,... ok" the kids said, disappointed that they weren't going to see a free freakshow.
After that, we all just went out and played "tag" together- and made sure not to yell and mess up our voices!
That day has stuck in my mind forever.
Why am I telling you this story? Well, two reasons:
1- You are in a business that most people don't understand. If they REALLY did, they'd be involved in SOME sort of Network Marketing company somewhere. I am in three myself, but Agel is the only one I build. I believe that in the future, network marketing companies will be as popular as franchises are today.
Our challenge is educating people correctly. Jason just kept his cool, and very calmly explained that crazy horn story. I recently had a guy tell me that he "Wouldn't want to 'DO Neywork Marketing' TO his friends" because network marketing was a scam and shameful (by the way, that same guy said he was willing to "Do it" to strangers). I obviously have no desire to sponsor him, but I did challenge him to get some REAL information on our industry. I should find out if he ever did, or if he just stayed in his ignorance.
2- You are in a business where people from all over the world come together to help each other, and work together despite their perceived differences. I remember at Agel World '07, one of the Leaders in Israel said that his mission with Agel was to bring Peace to the holy land. Wouldn't that be amazing? "Sorry, I know we've been fighting for eons, but we had better figure out how to stop because there's too much money invested here!"
Now THAT is a mission.
So, when you're out building your business, let's remember that what we're doing is EDUCATING people on our industry and our business, and that YOU are the ambassador.
That way, if someone asks to see your horns, maybe you can explain that you don't have any, and that in this business, you're just trying to:
Create Wealth
Have Fun
Help Others
When we met the other kids there, we all introduced ourselves, and said where we were from.
When Jason said "My name is Jason Paltrowitz, and I'm from New York City!"
The kids from this town got all excited. We asked them why:
"Well, Jason.... are you JEWISH?" one kid asked excitedly.
"Yeah, I am" he said, figuring they knew from his last name.
They giggled, and asked quite innocently: "Can we see your horns?"
..........
I was totally aghast. I hadn't even heard that myth before, but I could tell from their faces that they truly and sincerely thought that Jews had horns on their heads.
Like the devil.
They didn't mean anything by it; that's just what they had heard.
I was about to start yelling and screaming and throwing punches, but I was frozen. This was my BEST FRIEND they were talking about.
But then I saw an amazing thing.
Jason just said "Oh, I don't have horns. Jews don't really have horns; that's just a crazy story."
"Oh,... ok" the kids said, disappointed that they weren't going to see a free freakshow.
After that, we all just went out and played "tag" together- and made sure not to yell and mess up our voices!
That day has stuck in my mind forever.
Why am I telling you this story? Well, two reasons:
1- You are in a business that most people don't understand. If they REALLY did, they'd be involved in SOME sort of Network Marketing company somewhere. I am in three myself, but Agel is the only one I build. I believe that in the future, network marketing companies will be as popular as franchises are today.
Our challenge is educating people correctly. Jason just kept his cool, and very calmly explained that crazy horn story. I recently had a guy tell me that he "Wouldn't want to 'DO Neywork Marketing' TO his friends" because network marketing was a scam and shameful (by the way, that same guy said he was willing to "Do it" to strangers). I obviously have no desire to sponsor him, but I did challenge him to get some REAL information on our industry. I should find out if he ever did, or if he just stayed in his ignorance.
2- You are in a business where people from all over the world come together to help each other, and work together despite their perceived differences. I remember at Agel World '07, one of the Leaders in Israel said that his mission with Agel was to bring Peace to the holy land. Wouldn't that be amazing? "Sorry, I know we've been fighting for eons, but we had better figure out how to stop because there's too much money invested here!"
Now THAT is a mission.
So, when you're out building your business, let's remember that what we're doing is EDUCATING people on our industry and our business, and that YOU are the ambassador.
That way, if someone asks to see your horns, maybe you can explain that you don't have any, and that in this business, you're just trying to:
Create Wealth
Have Fun
Help Others
Thursday, January 03, 2008
I'm a LOSER- please help me.
Hey %$firstname$%,
Y'know- we tend to think we're better than people
who are addicted to drugs or alcohol, but I've
got some news for you:
Your body can be addicted to ANY chemical.
and FEELINGS are chemicals.
FEELINGS are chemical reactions in your body that
your brain spits out. For example, when you think of
something funny, your BODY reacts by laughing.
When you think of something SEXY, your body reacts-
(on us men, it's a little more obvious!)
So, if those are chemicals running around in our
body, and our body can be addicted to ANY chemical-
WE CAN BE ADDICTED TO FEELINGS.
And some of us are ADDICTED to FEELING like LOSERS.
We feel like losers so much, that even when we win,
we're so addicted to the loser feeling, that we find
a way to look at it so we feel like a loser. Or we
mess it up so we can get the FEELING of losing.
AMAZING isn't it?
Now here's the GOOD part-
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
Just like it's not an alcoholic's FAULT that they
are addicted to alcohol, it is a CHEMICAL reaction
in their body.
However-
They ARE responsible for it. That means, they can CHOOSE
to NOT drink. They can CHOOSE to not go to a bar; they
can CHOOSE a new life.
When Alcoholics first get sober, many get attached to,
and get addicted emotionally, to other things: smoking
sex, exercise, work, etc. But ultimately, they choose
something ELSE- that's what "RESPONSE-ABILITY" means:
the ability to CHOOSE your RESPONSE.
So- if you're addicted to being a LOSER, then you'll
do things like ask for information on how to make
money, but then not follow-up. You'll not return
a phone call, or you won't ever get started with
something.
That's what LOSERS do if they keep CHOOSING to be
addicted to their LOSING.
But you can make a DIFFERENT choice. You can choose to
QUIT LOSING by QUITTING doing what a loser does.
You can QUIT QUITTING!!
You can pick up the stupid phone, and call me, and
let me help you instead of being scared and lazy.
I myself am addicted to losing, so I have to
carefully choose NOT to do the loser things I want
to do.
Yesterday I messed up big time.
I did NOTHING productive, and the losing felt GREAT
because I had a pity party for myself. It was only
the second day of the year, and I had already quit
on all my "big plans" for the New Year.
I chose LOSING.
But then I went to a meeting, because I had to,
and got around a bunch of WINNERS.
I got around successful people, and since I wanted to
fit in, I ACTED like a winner- and guess what happened?
It felt even BETTER than losing!
Today I've been ON FIRE!!!
I went to the Gym, I've talked with my publicist, I've
written some new stuff (this email just flowed out),
and I've made a new plan for 2008.
Anyway, I just wanted you to know that if you've already
broken your New Year's resolutions- you're not alone.
AND- that today, you can start AGAIN- you can start a NEW
RESOLUTION TODAY- RIGHT NOW.
You can CHOOSE to QUIT losing, and I'll be right there
next to you-
QUITTING!!!
Let Your Light So Shine Before Men,
Bones Rodriguez
917-450-7925
Y'know- we tend to think we're better than people
who are addicted to drugs or alcohol, but I've
got some news for you:
Your body can be addicted to ANY chemical.
and FEELINGS are chemicals.
FEELINGS are chemical reactions in your body that
your brain spits out. For example, when you think of
something funny, your BODY reacts by laughing.
When you think of something SEXY, your body reacts-
(on us men, it's a little more obvious!)
So, if those are chemicals running around in our
body, and our body can be addicted to ANY chemical-
WE CAN BE ADDICTED TO FEELINGS.
And some of us are ADDICTED to FEELING like LOSERS.
We feel like losers so much, that even when we win,
we're so addicted to the loser feeling, that we find
a way to look at it so we feel like a loser. Or we
mess it up so we can get the FEELING of losing.
AMAZING isn't it?
Now here's the GOOD part-
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
Just like it's not an alcoholic's FAULT that they
are addicted to alcohol, it is a CHEMICAL reaction
in their body.
However-
They ARE responsible for it. That means, they can CHOOSE
to NOT drink. They can CHOOSE to not go to a bar; they
can CHOOSE a new life.
When Alcoholics first get sober, many get attached to,
and get addicted emotionally, to other things: smoking
sex, exercise, work, etc. But ultimately, they choose
something ELSE- that's what "RESPONSE-ABILITY" means:
the ability to CHOOSE your RESPONSE.
So- if you're addicted to being a LOSER, then you'll
do things like ask for information on how to make
money, but then not follow-up. You'll not return
a phone call, or you won't ever get started with
something.
That's what LOSERS do if they keep CHOOSING to be
addicted to their LOSING.
But you can make a DIFFERENT choice. You can choose to
QUIT LOSING by QUITTING doing what a loser does.
You can QUIT QUITTING!!
You can pick up the stupid phone, and call me, and
let me help you instead of being scared and lazy.
I myself am addicted to losing, so I have to
carefully choose NOT to do the loser things I want
to do.
Yesterday I messed up big time.
I did NOTHING productive, and the losing felt GREAT
because I had a pity party for myself. It was only
the second day of the year, and I had already quit
on all my "big plans" for the New Year.
I chose LOSING.
But then I went to a meeting, because I had to,
and got around a bunch of WINNERS.
I got around successful people, and since I wanted to
fit in, I ACTED like a winner- and guess what happened?
It felt even BETTER than losing!
Today I've been ON FIRE!!!
I went to the Gym, I've talked with my publicist, I've
written some new stuff (this email just flowed out),
and I've made a new plan for 2008.
Anyway, I just wanted you to know that if you've already
broken your New Year's resolutions- you're not alone.
AND- that today, you can start AGAIN- you can start a NEW
RESOLUTION TODAY- RIGHT NOW.
You can CHOOSE to QUIT losing, and I'll be right there
next to you-
QUITTING!!!
Let Your Light So Shine Before Men,
Bones Rodriguez
917-450-7925
I'm a LOSER- please help me.
Hey %$firstname$%,
Y'know- we tend to think we're better than people
who are addicted to drugs or alcohol, but I've
got some news for you:
Your body can be addicted to ANY chemical.
and FEELINGS are chemicals.
FEELINGS are chemical reactions in your body that
your brain spits out. For example, when you think of
something funny, your BODY reacts by laughing.
When you think of something SEXY, your body reacts-
(on us men, it's a little more obvious!)
So, if those are chemicals running around in our
body, and our body can be addicted to ANY chemical-
WE CAN BE ADDICTED TO FEELINGS.
And some of us are ADDICTED to FEELING like LOSERS.
We feel like losers so much, that even when we win,
we're so addicted to the loser feeling, that we find
a way to look at it so we feel like a loser. Or we
mess it up so we can get the FEELING of losing.
AMAZING isn't it?
Now here's the GOOD part-
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
Just like it's not an alcoholic's FAULT that they
are addicted to alcohol, it is a CHEMICAL reaction
in their body.
However-
They ARE responsible for it. That means, they can CHOOSE
to NOT drink. They can CHOOSE to not go to a bar; they
can CHOOSE a new life.
When Alcoholics first get sober, many get attached to,
and get addicted emotionally, to other things: smoking
sex, exercise, work, etc. But ultimately, they choose
something ELSE- that's what "RESPONSE-ABILITY" means:
the ability to CHOOSE your RESPONSE.
So- if you're addicted to being a LOSER, then you'll
do things like ask for information on how to make
money, but then not follow-up. You'll not return
a phone call, or you won't ever get started with
something.
That's what LOSERS do if they keep CHOOSING to be
addicted to their LOSING.
But you can make a DIFFERENT choice. You can choose to
QUIT LOSING by QUITTING doing what a loser does.
You can QUIT QUITTING!!
You can pick up the stupid phone, and call me, and
let me help you instead of being scared and lazy.
I myself am addicted to losing, so I have to
carefully choose NOT to do the loser things I want
to do.
Yesterday I messed up big time.
I did NOTHING productive, and the losing felt GREAT
because I had a pity party for myself. It was only
the second day of the year, and I had already quit
on all my "big plans" for the New Year.
I chose LOSING.
But then I went to a meeting, because I had to,
and got around a bunch of WINNERS.
I got around successful people, and since I wanted to
fit in, I ACTED like a winner- and guess what happened?
It felt even BETTER than losing!
Today I've been ON FIRE!!!
I went to the Gym, I've talked with my publicist, I've
written some new stuff (this email just flowed out),
and I've made a new plan for 2008.
Anyway, I just wanted you to know that if you've already
broken your New Year's resolutions- you're not alone.
AND- that today, you can start AGAIN- you can start a NEW
RESOLUTION TODAY- RIGHT NOW.
You can CHOOSE to QUIT losing, and I'll be right there
next to you-
QUITTING!!!
Let Your Light So Shine Before Men,
Bones Rodriguez
917-450-7925
Y'know- we tend to think we're better than people
who are addicted to drugs or alcohol, but I've
got some news for you:
Your body can be addicted to ANY chemical.
and FEELINGS are chemicals.
FEELINGS are chemical reactions in your body that
your brain spits out. For example, when you think of
something funny, your BODY reacts by laughing.
When you think of something SEXY, your body reacts-
(on us men, it's a little more obvious!)
So, if those are chemicals running around in our
body, and our body can be addicted to ANY chemical-
WE CAN BE ADDICTED TO FEELINGS.
And some of us are ADDICTED to FEELING like LOSERS.
We feel like losers so much, that even when we win,
we're so addicted to the loser feeling, that we find
a way to look at it so we feel like a loser. Or we
mess it up so we can get the FEELING of losing.
AMAZING isn't it?
Now here's the GOOD part-
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
Just like it's not an alcoholic's FAULT that they
are addicted to alcohol, it is a CHEMICAL reaction
in their body.
However-
They ARE responsible for it. That means, they can CHOOSE
to NOT drink. They can CHOOSE to not go to a bar; they
can CHOOSE a new life.
When Alcoholics first get sober, many get attached to,
and get addicted emotionally, to other things: smoking
sex, exercise, work, etc. But ultimately, they choose
something ELSE- that's what "RESPONSE-ABILITY" means:
the ability to CHOOSE your RESPONSE.
So- if you're addicted to being a LOSER, then you'll
do things like ask for information on how to make
money, but then not follow-up. You'll not return
a phone call, or you won't ever get started with
something.
That's what LOSERS do if they keep CHOOSING to be
addicted to their LOSING.
But you can make a DIFFERENT choice. You can choose to
QUIT LOSING by QUITTING doing what a loser does.
You can QUIT QUITTING!!
You can pick up the stupid phone, and call me, and
let me help you instead of being scared and lazy.
I myself am addicted to losing, so I have to
carefully choose NOT to do the loser things I want
to do.
Yesterday I messed up big time.
I did NOTHING productive, and the losing felt GREAT
because I had a pity party for myself. It was only
the second day of the year, and I had already quit
on all my "big plans" for the New Year.
I chose LOSING.
But then I went to a meeting, because I had to,
and got around a bunch of WINNERS.
I got around successful people, and since I wanted to
fit in, I ACTED like a winner- and guess what happened?
It felt even BETTER than losing!
Today I've been ON FIRE!!!
I went to the Gym, I've talked with my publicist, I've
written some new stuff (this email just flowed out),
and I've made a new plan for 2008.
Anyway, I just wanted you to know that if you've already
broken your New Year's resolutions- you're not alone.
AND- that today, you can start AGAIN- you can start a NEW
RESOLUTION TODAY- RIGHT NOW.
You can CHOOSE to QUIT losing, and I'll be right there
next to you-
QUITTING!!!
Let Your Light So Shine Before Men,
Bones Rodriguez
917-450-7925
I'm a LOSER- please help me.
Hey %$firstname$%,
Y'know- we tend to think we're better than people
who are addicted to drugs or alcohol, but I've
got some news for you:
Your body can be addicted to ANY chemical.
and FEELINGS are chemicals.
FEELINGS are chemical reactions in your body that
your brain spits out. For example, when you think of
something funny, your BODY reacts by laughing.
When you think of something SEXY, your body reacts-
(on us men, it's a little more obvious!)
So, if those are chemicals running around in our
body, and our body can be addicted to ANY chemical-
WE CAN BE ADDICTED TO FEELINGS.
And some of us are ADDICTED to FEELING like LOSERS.
We feel like losers so much, that even when we win,
we're so addicted to the loser feeling, that we find
a way to look at it so we feel like a loser. Or we
mess it up so we can get the FEELING of losing.
AMAZING isn't it?
Now here's the GOOD part-
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
Just like it's not an alcoholic's FAULT that they
are addicted to alcohol, it is a CHEMICAL reaction
in their body.
However-
They ARE responsible for it. That means, they can CHOOSE
to NOT drink. They can CHOOSE to not go to a bar; they
can CHOOSE a new life.
When Alcoholics first get sober, many get attached to,
and get addicted emotionally, to other things: smoking
sex, exercise, work, etc. But ultimately, they choose
something ELSE- that's what "RESPONSE-ABILITY" means:
the ability to CHOOSE your RESPONSE.
So- if you're addicted to being a LOSER, then you'll
do things like ask for information on how to make
money, but then not follow-up. You'll not return
a phone call, or you won't ever get started with
something.
That's what LOSERS do if they keep CHOOSING to be
addicted to their LOSING.
But you can make a DIFFERENT choice. You can choose to
QUIT LOSING by QUITTING doing what a loser does.
You can QUIT QUITTING!!
You can pick up the stupid phone, and call me, and
let me help you instead of being scared and lazy.
I myself am addicted to losing, so I have to
carefully choose NOT to do the loser things I want
to do.
Yesterday I messed up big time.
I did NOTHING productive, and the losing felt GREAT
because I had a pity party for myself. It was only
the second day of the year, and I had already quit
on all my "big plans" for the New Year.
I chose LOSING.
But then I went to a meeting, because I had to,
and got around a bunch of WINNERS.
I got around successful people, and since I wanted to
fit in, I ACTED like a winner- and guess what happened?
It felt even BETTER than losing!
Today I've been ON FIRE!!!
I went to the Gym, I've talked with my publicist, I've
written some new stuff (this email just flowed out),
and I've made a new plan for 2008.
Anyway, I just wanted you to know that if you've already
broken your New Year's resolutions- you're not alone.
AND- that today, you can start AGAIN- you can start a NEW
RESOLUTION TODAY- RIGHT NOW.
You can CHOOSE to QUIT losing, and I'll be right there
next to you-
QUITTING!!!
Let Your Light So Shine Before Men,
Bones Rodriguez
917-450-7925
Y'know- we tend to think we're better than people
who are addicted to drugs or alcohol, but I've
got some news for you:
Your body can be addicted to ANY chemical.
and FEELINGS are chemicals.
FEELINGS are chemical reactions in your body that
your brain spits out. For example, when you think of
something funny, your BODY reacts by laughing.
When you think of something SEXY, your body reacts-
(on us men, it's a little more obvious!)
So, if those are chemicals running around in our
body, and our body can be addicted to ANY chemical-
WE CAN BE ADDICTED TO FEELINGS.
And some of us are ADDICTED to FEELING like LOSERS.
We feel like losers so much, that even when we win,
we're so addicted to the loser feeling, that we find
a way to look at it so we feel like a loser. Or we
mess it up so we can get the FEELING of losing.
AMAZING isn't it?
Now here's the GOOD part-
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
Just like it's not an alcoholic's FAULT that they
are addicted to alcohol, it is a CHEMICAL reaction
in their body.
However-
They ARE responsible for it. That means, they can CHOOSE
to NOT drink. They can CHOOSE to not go to a bar; they
can CHOOSE a new life.
When Alcoholics first get sober, many get attached to,
and get addicted emotionally, to other things: smoking
sex, exercise, work, etc. But ultimately, they choose
something ELSE- that's what "RESPONSE-ABILITY" means:
the ability to CHOOSE your RESPONSE.
So- if you're addicted to being a LOSER, then you'll
do things like ask for information on how to make
money, but then not follow-up. You'll not return
a phone call, or you won't ever get started with
something.
That's what LOSERS do if they keep CHOOSING to be
addicted to their LOSING.
But you can make a DIFFERENT choice. You can choose to
QUIT LOSING by QUITTING doing what a loser does.
You can QUIT QUITTING!!
You can pick up the stupid phone, and call me, and
let me help you instead of being scared and lazy.
I myself am addicted to losing, so I have to
carefully choose NOT to do the loser things I want
to do.
Yesterday I messed up big time.
I did NOTHING productive, and the losing felt GREAT
because I had a pity party for myself. It was only
the second day of the year, and I had already quit
on all my "big plans" for the New Year.
I chose LOSING.
But then I went to a meeting, because I had to,
and got around a bunch of WINNERS.
I got around successful people, and since I wanted to
fit in, I ACTED like a winner- and guess what happened?
It felt even BETTER than losing!
Today I've been ON FIRE!!!
I went to the Gym, I've talked with my publicist, I've
written some new stuff (this email just flowed out),
and I've made a new plan for 2008.
Anyway, I just wanted you to know that if you've already
broken your New Year's resolutions- you're not alone.
AND- that today, you can start AGAIN- you can start a NEW
RESOLUTION TODAY- RIGHT NOW.
You can CHOOSE to QUIT losing, and I'll be right there
next to you-
QUITTING!!!
Let Your Light So Shine Before Men,
Bones Rodriguez
917-450-7925
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