I started ANOTHER business today, and although I'm not announcing it until I get ALL the systems put together, I AM having a great time, and have already made back my entire investment.
Not bad for two weeks!
Stay tuned- I will OF COURSE start promoting it very soon!
Sunday, April 15, 2007
a NEW one?
I started ANOTHER business today, and although I'm not announcing it until I get ALL the systems put together, I AM having a great time, and have already made back my entire investment.
Not bad for two weeks!
Stay tuned- I will OF COURSE start promoting it very soon!
Not bad for two weeks!
Stay tuned- I will OF COURSE start promoting it very soon!
Friday, March 30, 2007
I'm slyly hidden in a BACKSTAGE article!!
Hey! My friend Alex Goldberg wrote a column in BACKSTAGE today, and I'm mentioned in it!
I'm the guy on the girl's locker....
weird, huh?
I'm the guy on the girl's locker....
weird, huh?
I'm slyly hidden in a BACKSTAGE article!!
Hey! My friend Alex Goldberg wrote a column in BACKSTAGE today, and I'm mentioned in it!
I'm the guy on the girl's locker....
weird, huh?
I'm the guy on the girl's locker....
weird, huh?
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
300 Spartans= 2000 ABS!!
With all the chiseled men in the movie "300", if each of them has AT LEAST a 6-pack (and many 8-packs), then I figure there are at least 2000 abs.
I have been at the gym everyday since.
And oh yeah- it was freakin' cool.
I have been at the gym everyday since.
And oh yeah- it was freakin' cool.
300 Spartans= 2000 ABS!!
With all the chiseled men in the movie "300", if each of them has AT LEAST a 6-pack (and many 8-packs), then I figure there are at least 2000 abs.
I have been at the gym everyday since.
And oh yeah- it was freakin' cool.
I have been at the gym everyday since.
And oh yeah- it was freakin' cool.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Acting Success Seminar
This past weekend I went to the "Acting Success Now" seminar by Robert and Michelle Colt, and I really enjoyed it.
I feel like I met some new friends, and maybe some new business partners; you may know that I started ENTREPERFORMERS with the idea of teaching some of the BUSINESS lessons that the acting teachers forgot to tell us about.
Maybe I can weave what they are doing with what I was doing.
This weekend was a great seminar, all about using your mind to HELP you rather than hinder you, and using the power of CHOICE. I learned about "Releasing" thoughts and emotions that aren't resourceful, and about focusing on beliefs that are resourceful.
Mind you it is ALL stuff I have learned before- and even teach- but like Bruce Lee, I want to get all the perspectives and techniques I can so I can be better at it.
Anyway, while I was there, I met a "Julie", who had signed up for ENTREPERFORMERS a long time ago.
She was SO nice and told me how much she enjoyed the messages I used to email out, and that she had wondered where I went. She told me she found them inspiring and that they helped her sometimes....
Well...
That was great to hear!
Mark Twain said he could live two months on one good compliment.
I should have enough for a year, but it got me thinking that I really DO want to go forward and build Entreperformers up again; I just don't wanna be the figurehead.
I dunno why- maybe some limiting beliefs I have about how much success I should have before I start doing that or something.
That reminds me- one of the sayings Robert gave us this weekend:
"No one likes being 'should' upon"
Also- "Procrastination can be a way of not liking telling yourself what to do"
That one is BIG for me.. like I say to myself "We should really do this" and then I answer "Don't tell me what to do!"
Weird that I say "we" and "me", huh? What can I say, I'm a Gemini!
Anyhow, I really recommend the Colts' seminar, and watch out- I may just start writing to actors again!!
I feel like I met some new friends, and maybe some new business partners; you may know that I started ENTREPERFORMERS with the idea of teaching some of the BUSINESS lessons that the acting teachers forgot to tell us about.
Maybe I can weave what they are doing with what I was doing.
This weekend was a great seminar, all about using your mind to HELP you rather than hinder you, and using the power of CHOICE. I learned about "Releasing" thoughts and emotions that aren't resourceful, and about focusing on beliefs that are resourceful.
Mind you it is ALL stuff I have learned before- and even teach- but like Bruce Lee, I want to get all the perspectives and techniques I can so I can be better at it.
Anyway, while I was there, I met a "Julie", who had signed up for ENTREPERFORMERS a long time ago.
She was SO nice and told me how much she enjoyed the messages I used to email out, and that she had wondered where I went. She told me she found them inspiring and that they helped her sometimes....
Well...
That was great to hear!
Mark Twain said he could live two months on one good compliment.
I should have enough for a year, but it got me thinking that I really DO want to go forward and build Entreperformers up again; I just don't wanna be the figurehead.
I dunno why- maybe some limiting beliefs I have about how much success I should have before I start doing that or something.
That reminds me- one of the sayings Robert gave us this weekend:
"No one likes being 'should' upon"
Also- "Procrastination can be a way of not liking telling yourself what to do"
That one is BIG for me.. like I say to myself "We should really do this" and then I answer "Don't tell me what to do!"
Weird that I say "we" and "me", huh? What can I say, I'm a Gemini!
Anyhow, I really recommend the Colts' seminar, and watch out- I may just start writing to actors again!!
Acting Success Seminar
This past weekend I went to the "Acting Success Now" seminar by Robert and Michelle Colt, and I really enjoyed it.
I feel like I met some new friends, and maybe some new business partners; you may know that I started ENTREPERFORMERS with the idea of teaching some of the BUSINESS lessons that the acting teachers forgot to tell us about.
Maybe I can weave what they are doing with what I was doing.
This weekend was a great seminar, all about using your mind to HELP you rather than hinder you, and using the power of CHOICE. I learned about "Releasing" thoughts and emotions that aren't resourceful, and about focusing on beliefs that are resourceful.
Mind you it is ALL stuff I have learned before- and even teach- but like Bruce Lee, I want to get all the perspectives and techniques I can so I can be better at it.
Anyway, while I was there, I met a "Julie", who had signed up for ENTREPERFORMERS a long time ago.
She was SO nice and told me how much she enjoyed the messages I used to email out, and that she had wondered where I went. She told me she found them inspiring and that they helped her sometimes....
Well...
That was great to hear!
Mark Twain said he could live two months on one good compliment.
I should have enough for a year, but it got me thinking that I really DO want to go forward and build Entreperformers up again; I just don't wanna be the figurehead.
I dunno why- maybe some limiting beliefs I have about how much success I should have before I start doing that or something.
That reminds me- one of the sayings Robert gave us this weekend:
"No one likes being 'should' upon"
Also- "Procrastination can be a way of not liking telling yourself what to do"
That one is BIG for me.. like I say to myself "We should really do this" and then I answer "Don't tell me what to do!"
Weird that I say "we" and "me", huh? What can I say, I'm a Gemini!
Anyhow, I really recommend the Colts' seminar, and watch out- I may just start writing to actors again!!
I feel like I met some new friends, and maybe some new business partners; you may know that I started ENTREPERFORMERS with the idea of teaching some of the BUSINESS lessons that the acting teachers forgot to tell us about.
Maybe I can weave what they are doing with what I was doing.
This weekend was a great seminar, all about using your mind to HELP you rather than hinder you, and using the power of CHOICE. I learned about "Releasing" thoughts and emotions that aren't resourceful, and about focusing on beliefs that are resourceful.
Mind you it is ALL stuff I have learned before- and even teach- but like Bruce Lee, I want to get all the perspectives and techniques I can so I can be better at it.
Anyway, while I was there, I met a "Julie", who had signed up for ENTREPERFORMERS a long time ago.
She was SO nice and told me how much she enjoyed the messages I used to email out, and that she had wondered where I went. She told me she found them inspiring and that they helped her sometimes....
Well...
That was great to hear!
Mark Twain said he could live two months on one good compliment.
I should have enough for a year, but it got me thinking that I really DO want to go forward and build Entreperformers up again; I just don't wanna be the figurehead.
I dunno why- maybe some limiting beliefs I have about how much success I should have before I start doing that or something.
That reminds me- one of the sayings Robert gave us this weekend:
"No one likes being 'should' upon"
Also- "Procrastination can be a way of not liking telling yourself what to do"
That one is BIG for me.. like I say to myself "We should really do this" and then I answer "Don't tell me what to do!"
Weird that I say "we" and "me", huh? What can I say, I'm a Gemini!
Anyhow, I really recommend the Colts' seminar, and watch out- I may just start writing to actors again!!
Monday, March 12, 2007
Luckily, I'm Grateful...
I keep hearing that we should feel "grateful for what we have", so we can open ourselves up to getting more.
And I like more.
However, I've been struggling a bit with feeling grateful, and I'll tell you why:
I have a HARD time feeling grateful for something that I have WORKED for.
If I go to the gym, and I get my body working the way I want, and looking the way I want, should I feel GRATEFUL? I mean, don't I DESERVE that?
Isn't that what is SUPPOSED to happen?
If I work for it, and plan, and have discipline, and eat right, and all of that, I don't see why I should feel GRATEFUL for it.
But I DO want to feel grateful. So, I asked myself:
"Self, when DO you feel grateful?"
and discovered that I felt grateful when something comes out of the blue- when I'm lucky.
But I hear there's no such thing as luck:
"Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity"- Seneca
"There's no such thing as luck"- Obi-wan Kenobi
So it looks like I was stuck-
Until I changed my mind.
If I'm LUCKY that I had the discipline to go to the gym, and I feel LUCKY that it worked out- then I can feel GRATEFUL for it.
If I decide that I am LUCKY that I married the best woman ever, and LUCKY that I get to be an actor, and LUCKY that I read alot, and learn, and start businesses, and write books, etc- then I can feel GRATEFUL for all of that!
SO, I have decided that I am a VERY, VERY, VERY lucky guy, and I automatically feel grateful for it.
I might start to feel guilty for all my luck- BUT NOT YET!!!
Moreover, it used to bother me if someone called me lucky, because I felt it took away from me somehow- like it invalidated anything. But now, I can say "Yup- I sure am lucky!", and then even HE believes it- and I get LUCKIER1!!
So, from now on, I'm a LUCKY guy-
and I'm GRATEFUL for it!!
I keep hearing that we should feel "grateful for what we have", so we can open ourselves up to getting more.
And I like more.
However, I've been struggling a bit with feeling grateful, and I'll tell you why:
I have a HARD time feeling grateful for something that I have WORKED for.
If I go to the gym, and I get my body working the way I want, and looking the way I want, should I feel GRATEFUL? I mean, don't I DESERVE that?
Isn't that what is SUPPOSED to happen?
If I work for it, and plan, and have discipline, and eat right, and all of that, I don't see why I should feel GRATEFUL for it.
But I DO want to feel grateful. So, I asked myself:
"Self, when DO you feel grateful?"
and discovered that I felt grateful when something comes out of the blue- when I'm lucky.
But I hear there's no such thing as luck:
"Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity"- Seneca
"There's no such thing as luck"- Obi-wan Kenobi
So it looks like I was stuck-
Until I changed my mind.
If I'm LUCKY that I had the discipline to go to the gym, and I feel LUCKY that it worked out- then I can feel GRATEFUL for it.
If I decide that I am LUCKY that I married the best woman ever, and LUCKY that I get to be an actor, and LUCKY that I read alot, and learn, and start businesses, and write books, etc- then I can feel GRATEFUL for all of that!
SO, I have decided that I am a VERY, VERY, VERY lucky guy, and I automatically feel grateful for it.
I might start to feel guilty for all my luck- BUT NOT YET!!!
Moreover, it used to bother me if someone called me lucky, because I felt it took away from me somehow- like it invalidated anything. But now, I can say "Yup- I sure am lucky!", and then even HE believes it- and I get LUCKIER1!!
So, from now on, I'm a LUCKY guy-
and I'm GRATEFUL for it!!
Luckily, I'm Grateful...
I keep hearing that we should feel "grateful for what we have", so we can open ourselves up to getting more.
And I like more.
However, I've been struggling a bit with feeling grateful, and I'll tell you why:
I have a HARD time feeling grateful for something that I have WORKED for.
If I go to the gym, and I get my body working the way I want, and looking the way I want, should I feel GRATEFUL? I mean, don't I DESERVE that?
Isn't that what is SUPPOSED to happen?
If I work for it, and plan, and have discipline, and eat right, and all of that, I don't see why I should feel GRATEFUL for it.
But I DO want to feel grateful. So, I asked myself:
"Self, when DO you feel grateful?"
and discovered that I felt grateful when something comes out of the blue- when I'm lucky.
But I hear there's no such thing as luck:
"Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity"- Seneca
"There's no such thing as luck"- Obi-wan Kenobi
So it looks like I was stuck-
Until I changed my mind.
If I'm LUCKY that I had the discipline to go to the gym, and I feel LUCKY that it worked out- then I can feel GRATEFUL for it.
If I decide that I am LUCKY that I married the best woman ever, and LUCKY that I get to be an actor, and LUCKY that I read alot, and learn, and start businesses, and write books, etc- then I can feel GRATEFUL for all of that!
SO, I have decided that I am a VERY, VERY, VERY lucky guy, and I automatically feel grateful for it.
I might start to feel guilty for all my luck- BUT NOT YET!!!
Moreover, it used to bother me if someone called me lucky, because I felt it took away from me somehow- like it invalidated anything. But now, I can say "Yup- I sure am lucky!", and then even HE believes it- and I get LUCKIER1!!
So, from now on, I'm a LUCKY guy-
and I'm GRATEFUL for it!!
I keep hearing that we should feel "grateful for what we have", so we can open ourselves up to getting more.
And I like more.
However, I've been struggling a bit with feeling grateful, and I'll tell you why:
I have a HARD time feeling grateful for something that I have WORKED for.
If I go to the gym, and I get my body working the way I want, and looking the way I want, should I feel GRATEFUL? I mean, don't I DESERVE that?
Isn't that what is SUPPOSED to happen?
If I work for it, and plan, and have discipline, and eat right, and all of that, I don't see why I should feel GRATEFUL for it.
But I DO want to feel grateful. So, I asked myself:
"Self, when DO you feel grateful?"
and discovered that I felt grateful when something comes out of the blue- when I'm lucky.
But I hear there's no such thing as luck:
"Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity"- Seneca
"There's no such thing as luck"- Obi-wan Kenobi
So it looks like I was stuck-
Until I changed my mind.
If I'm LUCKY that I had the discipline to go to the gym, and I feel LUCKY that it worked out- then I can feel GRATEFUL for it.
If I decide that I am LUCKY that I married the best woman ever, and LUCKY that I get to be an actor, and LUCKY that I read alot, and learn, and start businesses, and write books, etc- then I can feel GRATEFUL for all of that!
SO, I have decided that I am a VERY, VERY, VERY lucky guy, and I automatically feel grateful for it.
I might start to feel guilty for all my luck- BUT NOT YET!!!
Moreover, it used to bother me if someone called me lucky, because I felt it took away from me somehow- like it invalidated anything. But now, I can say "Yup- I sure am lucky!", and then even HE believes it- and I get LUCKIER1!!
So, from now on, I'm a LUCKY guy-
and I'm GRATEFUL for it!!
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Creating the atmosphere- FOR LOVE....
Yesterday I was watching a special on space travel and all of that, and they were talking about how we can "terraform" a planet like Mars to sustain Human life.
Apparently, the only thing really standing in the way of that is creating an atmosphere.
An atmosphere is just the air and water that gets trapped orbiting our planet that keeps heat in, and allows it to rain and things like that. An atmosphere is essential for life on our planet. So, how does one create one?
Simple- Hair spray.
Huh?
Yup it seems that the problem with our atmosphere is that it's gotten "too thick" because of chloro-fluorocarbons that are released from aerosols.
But those same particles that are making OUR atmosphere too thick, can be used to CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE on Mars!
So- our HUGE problem has actually become a HUGE solution.
Again.
Let THAT remind you that problems in your life, MAY be the solutions too!!
Yesterday I was watching a special on space travel and all of that, and they were talking about how we can "terraform" a planet like Mars to sustain Human life.
Apparently, the only thing really standing in the way of that is creating an atmosphere.
An atmosphere is just the air and water that gets trapped orbiting our planet that keeps heat in, and allows it to rain and things like that. An atmosphere is essential for life on our planet. So, how does one create one?
Simple- Hair spray.
Huh?
Yup it seems that the problem with our atmosphere is that it's gotten "too thick" because of chloro-fluorocarbons that are released from aerosols.
But those same particles that are making OUR atmosphere too thick, can be used to CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE on Mars!
So- our HUGE problem has actually become a HUGE solution.
Again.
Let THAT remind you that problems in your life, MAY be the solutions too!!
Creating the atmosphere- FOR LOVE....
Yesterday I was watching a special on space travel and all of that, and they were talking about how we can "terraform" a planet like Mars to sustain Human life.
Apparently, the only thing really standing in the way of that is creating an atmosphere.
An atmosphere is just the air and water that gets trapped orbiting our planet that keeps heat in, and allows it to rain and things like that. An atmosphere is essential for life on our planet. So, how does one create one?
Simple- Hair spray.
Huh?
Yup it seems that the problem with our atmosphere is that it's gotten "too thick" because of chloro-fluorocarbons that are released from aerosols.
But those same particles that are making OUR atmosphere too thick, can be used to CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE on Mars!
So- our HUGE problem has actually become a HUGE solution.
Again.
Let THAT remind you that problems in your life, MAY be the solutions too!!
Yesterday I was watching a special on space travel and all of that, and they were talking about how we can "terraform" a planet like Mars to sustain Human life.
Apparently, the only thing really standing in the way of that is creating an atmosphere.
An atmosphere is just the air and water that gets trapped orbiting our planet that keeps heat in, and allows it to rain and things like that. An atmosphere is essential for life on our planet. So, how does one create one?
Simple- Hair spray.
Huh?
Yup it seems that the problem with our atmosphere is that it's gotten "too thick" because of chloro-fluorocarbons that are released from aerosols.
But those same particles that are making OUR atmosphere too thick, can be used to CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE on Mars!
So- our HUGE problem has actually become a HUGE solution.
Again.
Let THAT remind you that problems in your life, MAY be the solutions too!!
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
The DEATH of America?
Someone over at Marvel Comics has made another stupid error:
Ok, so maybe they need to make some sales, and maybe he's not as popular as he might have been when we hadd high morale in the country.
But we ARE at war.
And even if we are at war under false pretenses,
and even if the people we've voted for are completely out of thier minds with power,
and even if we don't trust the government with ANYTHING,
There's a place for Capain America.
Our war may be some international scam, but our enemies DO want us dead.
America definitely NEEDS a hero that stands for our principles of Freedom.
I suppose this is to incite a cry for a Captain America Movie,
and a resurrection at some point (he HAS been resurrected before),
but I think it's just to drum up some sales.
That being said, I WILL be getting a copy!
The DEATH of America?
Someone over at Marvel Comics has made another stupid error:
Ok, so maybe they need to make some sales, and maybe he's not as popular as he might have been when we hadd high morale in the country.
But we ARE at war.
And even if we are at war under false pretenses,
and even if the people we've voted for are completely out of thier minds with power,
and even if we don't trust the government with ANYTHING,
There's a place for Capain America.
Our war may be some international scam, but our enemies DO want us dead.
America definitely NEEDS a hero that stands for our principles of Freedom.
I suppose this is to incite a cry for a Captain America Movie,
and a resurrection at some point (he HAS been resurrected before),
but I think it's just to drum up some sales.
That being said, I WILL be getting a copy!
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Wanna be on Broadway? BETTER GET FAMOUS!
As my friend Rick says: "It used to be that you had to be famous to get on TV, but now you have to get on TV to get famous."
So now FANTASIA, winner of AMERICAN IDOL, is going to play the LEAD in "The Color Purple"
Not having any broadway experience before, but just being FAMOUS gets her the job, and gets the seats filled.
That's cool- she sings as well as hell.
Sounds like I'd better stop auditioning and better go get famous first!
As my friend Rick says: "It used to be that you had to be famous to get on TV, but now you have to get on TV to get famous."
So now FANTASIA, winner of AMERICAN IDOL, is going to play the LEAD in "The Color Purple"
Not having any broadway experience before, but just being FAMOUS gets her the job, and gets the seats filled.
That's cool- she sings as well as hell.
Sounds like I'd better stop auditioning and better go get famous first!
Wanna be on Broadway? BETTER GET FAMOUS!
As my friend Rick says: "It used to be that you had to be famous to get on TV, but now you have to get on TV to get famous."
So now FANTASIA, winner of AMERICAN IDOL, is going to play the LEAD in "The Color Purple"
Not having any broadway experience before, but just being FAMOUS gets her the job, and gets the seats filled.
That's cool- she sings as well as hell.
Sounds like I'd better stop auditioning and better go get famous first!
As my friend Rick says: "It used to be that you had to be famous to get on TV, but now you have to get on TV to get famous."
So now FANTASIA, winner of AMERICAN IDOL, is going to play the LEAD in "The Color Purple"
Not having any broadway experience before, but just being FAMOUS gets her the job, and gets the seats filled.
That's cool- she sings as well as hell.
Sounds like I'd better stop auditioning and better go get famous first!
Friday, February 23, 2007
They HAVE been following me!!
Have you ever thought of a GREAT idea, and gotten all excited about it, and then did nothing?
and then some time later, someone does it, and you're like "Hey! That's my idea!"
Yes? Happened to you?
Happens to me all the time.
You know why?
BECAUSE THEY ARE FOLLOWING ME!!!
Who is "they"?
The Universe- who has been listening to all the ideas I say I want!!!
So, I say "I want a charity that works like MLM"- and Boom. Someone does it.
It's called Feed333.org
go donate to MY idea!!
Have you ever thought of a GREAT idea, and gotten all excited about it, and then did nothing?
and then some time later, someone does it, and you're like "Hey! That's my idea!"
Yes? Happened to you?
Happens to me all the time.
You know why?
BECAUSE THEY ARE FOLLOWING ME!!!
Who is "they"?
The Universe- who has been listening to all the ideas I say I want!!!
So, I say "I want a charity that works like MLM"- and Boom. Someone does it.
It's called Feed333.org
go donate to MY idea!!
They HAVE been following me!!
Have you ever thought of a GREAT idea, and gotten all excited about it, and then did nothing?
and then some time later, someone does it, and you're like "Hey! That's my idea!"
Yes? Happened to you?
Happens to me all the time.
You know why?
BECAUSE THEY ARE FOLLOWING ME!!!
Who is "they"?
The Universe- who has been listening to all the ideas I say I want!!!
So, I say "I want a charity that works like MLM"- and Boom. Someone does it.
It's called Feed333.org
go donate to MY idea!!
Have you ever thought of a GREAT idea, and gotten all excited about it, and then did nothing?
and then some time later, someone does it, and you're like "Hey! That's my idea!"
Yes? Happened to you?
Happens to me all the time.
You know why?
BECAUSE THEY ARE FOLLOWING ME!!!
Who is "they"?
The Universe- who has been listening to all the ideas I say I want!!!
So, I say "I want a charity that works like MLM"- and Boom. Someone does it.
It's called Feed333.org
go donate to MY idea!!
Trying to Lower the Dropout Rate?
So our public schools are a mess, and there are now SUMMITS and COMMITTEES and TASK FORCES whos main goal is to lower the dropout rate.
They will FAIL.
As long as they concentrate on LOWERING the dropout rate instead of RAISING the graduation rate, they will fail. Maybe it's time to see why kids leave, and give them reasons to STAY. I think making the lessons RELEVANT, and making the PROCESS relevant and exciting is where it's at.
Lately I've been writing about THE SECRET, and taking responsibility for everything in my life:
Did I attract a high dropout rate in my life?
Is this reality just something that I have attracted?
If so, maybe I need to concentrate and think about RAISING the graduation rate.
Maybe it'll work- try it with me?
So our public schools are a mess, and there are now SUMMITS and COMMITTEES and TASK FORCES whos main goal is to lower the dropout rate.
They will FAIL.
As long as they concentrate on LOWERING the dropout rate instead of RAISING the graduation rate, they will fail. Maybe it's time to see why kids leave, and give them reasons to STAY. I think making the lessons RELEVANT, and making the PROCESS relevant and exciting is where it's at.
Lately I've been writing about THE SECRET, and taking responsibility for everything in my life:
Did I attract a high dropout rate in my life?
Is this reality just something that I have attracted?
If so, maybe I need to concentrate and think about RAISING the graduation rate.
Maybe it'll work- try it with me?
Trying to Lower the Dropout Rate?
So our public schools are a mess, and there are now SUMMITS and COMMITTEES and TASK FORCES whos main goal is to lower the dropout rate.
They will FAIL.
As long as they concentrate on LOWERING the dropout rate instead of RAISING the graduation rate, they will fail. Maybe it's time to see why kids leave, and give them reasons to STAY. I think making the lessons RELEVANT, and making the PROCESS relevant and exciting is where it's at.
Lately I've been writing about THE SECRET, and taking responsibility for everything in my life:
Did I attract a high dropout rate in my life?
Is this reality just something that I have attracted?
If so, maybe I need to concentrate and think about RAISING the graduation rate.
Maybe it'll work- try it with me?
So our public schools are a mess, and there are now SUMMITS and COMMITTEES and TASK FORCES whos main goal is to lower the dropout rate.
They will FAIL.
As long as they concentrate on LOWERING the dropout rate instead of RAISING the graduation rate, they will fail. Maybe it's time to see why kids leave, and give them reasons to STAY. I think making the lessons RELEVANT, and making the PROCESS relevant and exciting is where it's at.
Lately I've been writing about THE SECRET, and taking responsibility for everything in my life:
Did I attract a high dropout rate in my life?
Is this reality just something that I have attracted?
If so, maybe I need to concentrate and think about RAISING the graduation rate.
Maybe it'll work- try it with me?
Monday, February 19, 2007
This is NOT a country...
Yesterday I was watching the 2-hour "Extreme Makeover- Home Edition", and it was for a marine who saved some people on September 11th. He loved being a Marine, and it showed all over; he was a nice, honorable, family guy. He happened to mention that he would "die for this country", and it got me thinking:
We don't live in a country.
We live in an IDEA.
This isn't a country like England, France, or China- The U.S. is an IDEA that has boundaries.
The IDEA is that the INDIVIDUAL has worth; In China, the philosophy is that the individual is there to serve the government, and whatever is good for the government is good for the individual.
Our IDEA is the opposite; Our idea is that the government is here to serve the individual. Our IDEA is that the individual can do what he or she wants, whenever they want, and with whom. We protect personal property, we spend millions to save one life, and we assume innocence before guilt.
Our IDEA supports that humanity is GOOD.
The IDEA supports that ALL of humanity is good.
I think there are many of us who are forgetting the IDEA, and who are moving more and more towards a "commonwealth" philosophy, and it made me think of this quote:
"People who say 'you should do for others' are mostly planning on being an 'other'"
And our IDEA is OPPOSITE of that.
We don't always live up to the IDEA of the U.S., but we're trying, and YES-
I think that's an IDEA worth dying for.
Yesterday I was watching the 2-hour "Extreme Makeover- Home Edition", and it was for a marine who saved some people on September 11th. He loved being a Marine, and it showed all over; he was a nice, honorable, family guy. He happened to mention that he would "die for this country", and it got me thinking:
We don't live in a country.
We live in an IDEA.
This isn't a country like England, France, or China- The U.S. is an IDEA that has boundaries.
The IDEA is that the INDIVIDUAL has worth; In China, the philosophy is that the individual is there to serve the government, and whatever is good for the government is good for the individual.
Our IDEA is the opposite; Our idea is that the government is here to serve the individual. Our IDEA is that the individual can do what he or she wants, whenever they want, and with whom. We protect personal property, we spend millions to save one life, and we assume innocence before guilt.
Our IDEA supports that humanity is GOOD.
The IDEA supports that ALL of humanity is good.
I think there are many of us who are forgetting the IDEA, and who are moving more and more towards a "commonwealth" philosophy, and it made me think of this quote:
"People who say 'you should do for others' are mostly planning on being an 'other'"
And our IDEA is OPPOSITE of that.
We don't always live up to the IDEA of the U.S., but we're trying, and YES-
I think that's an IDEA worth dying for.
This is NOT a country...
Yesterday I was watching the 2-hour "Extreme Makeover- Home Edition", and it was for a marine who saved some people on September 11th. He loved being a Marine, and it showed all over; he was a nice, honorable, family guy. He happened to mention that he would "die for this country", and it got me thinking:
We don't live in a country.
We live in an IDEA.
This isn't a country like England, France, or China- The U.S. is an IDEA that has boundaries.
The IDEA is that the INDIVIDUAL has worth; In China, the philosophy is that the individual is there to serve the government, and whatever is good for the government is good for the individual.
Our IDEA is the opposite; Our idea is that the government is here to serve the individual. Our IDEA is that the individual can do what he or she wants, whenever they want, and with whom. We protect personal property, we spend millions to save one life, and we assume innocence before guilt.
Our IDEA supports that humanity is GOOD.
The IDEA supports that ALL of humanity is good.
I think there are many of us who are forgetting the IDEA, and who are moving more and more towards a "commonwealth" philosophy, and it made me think of this quote:
"People who say 'you should do for others' are mostly planning on being an 'other'"
And our IDEA is OPPOSITE of that.
We don't always live up to the IDEA of the U.S., but we're trying, and YES-
I think that's an IDEA worth dying for.
Yesterday I was watching the 2-hour "Extreme Makeover- Home Edition", and it was for a marine who saved some people on September 11th. He loved being a Marine, and it showed all over; he was a nice, honorable, family guy. He happened to mention that he would "die for this country", and it got me thinking:
We don't live in a country.
We live in an IDEA.
This isn't a country like England, France, or China- The U.S. is an IDEA that has boundaries.
The IDEA is that the INDIVIDUAL has worth; In China, the philosophy is that the individual is there to serve the government, and whatever is good for the government is good for the individual.
Our IDEA is the opposite; Our idea is that the government is here to serve the individual. Our IDEA is that the individual can do what he or she wants, whenever they want, and with whom. We protect personal property, we spend millions to save one life, and we assume innocence before guilt.
Our IDEA supports that humanity is GOOD.
The IDEA supports that ALL of humanity is good.
I think there are many of us who are forgetting the IDEA, and who are moving more and more towards a "commonwealth" philosophy, and it made me think of this quote:
"People who say 'you should do for others' are mostly planning on being an 'other'"
And our IDEA is OPPOSITE of that.
We don't always live up to the IDEA of the U.S., but we're trying, and YES-
I think that's an IDEA worth dying for.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
ALSO- in regards to the world, it seems like the worse things get as far as wars, and famine and all of that, there seems to be a real push in the opposite direction; There seems to be so many people trying to do GOOD- I wonder if it's a balancing act.
Of course, that means that when things are good, they need to be balanced there as well.
Interesting...
Of course, that means that when things are good, they need to be balanced there as well.
Interesting...
ALSO- in regards to the world, it seems like the worse things get as far as wars, and famine and all of that, there seems to be a real push in the opposite direction; There seems to be so many people trying to do GOOD- I wonder if it's a balancing act.
Of course, that means that when things are good, they need to be balanced there as well.
Interesting...
Of course, that means that when things are good, they need to be balanced there as well.
Interesting...
SO today I gave away some flowers, kinda kick-starting www.ContagiousGiving.com .
I had done it before, but today I got a lot more than I did before, and took a bag, and went on a Saturday, when it was MUCH more busy. Here's the point:
I want to make GIVING contagious... the idea is that someone feels good for getting a gift, so they want to pass that on and have someone else feel it. So, while I was giving out the flowers, I felt great; and many of the people were grateful- after the initial skepticism. In fact, I can say that I honestly noticed the AURA of the train change, and people smiling and all of that-
a great return on some flowers.
I could see that people were watching me, and just kinda hoping that they were going to get one, and I could see the relief when they did. However-
Some people didn't want one.
and that would have been fine, but I realised this:
"No" is contagious too.
If one person said "No thank you", I had a harder time with other people accepting. If I didn't push a little, there would have been far more "No thank you"s than were genuine.
By that I mean that many people WANTED a flower, but were so distrusting of me, or the situation, or whatever that they said no. As an example, there was a girl who, when I asked if she'd like one, said this:
"Oh, I'm afraid I would crush it"
-Which if you know anything about sales, is a YES- she wants one, but needs to be assured that her objection isn't a problem. So I said "That's OK, I've crushed several of them", and then she took one- VERY HAPPILY.
(I realized a second later that a better reply would have been "But you'll crush ME if you don't take it")
So, both "yes" and "No" are contagious, and frankly, people are more predisposed to say "no" than yes in any situation, so I guess that means we get to work a little bit harder.
I learned a bunch today- I hope YOU get to learn some cool things like that too!
I had done it before, but today I got a lot more than I did before, and took a bag, and went on a Saturday, when it was MUCH more busy. Here's the point:
I want to make GIVING contagious... the idea is that someone feels good for getting a gift, so they want to pass that on and have someone else feel it. So, while I was giving out the flowers, I felt great; and many of the people were grateful- after the initial skepticism. In fact, I can say that I honestly noticed the AURA of the train change, and people smiling and all of that-
a great return on some flowers.
I could see that people were watching me, and just kinda hoping that they were going to get one, and I could see the relief when they did. However-
Some people didn't want one.
and that would have been fine, but I realised this:
"No" is contagious too.
If one person said "No thank you", I had a harder time with other people accepting. If I didn't push a little, there would have been far more "No thank you"s than were genuine.
By that I mean that many people WANTED a flower, but were so distrusting of me, or the situation, or whatever that they said no. As an example, there was a girl who, when I asked if she'd like one, said this:
"Oh, I'm afraid I would crush it"
-Which if you know anything about sales, is a YES- she wants one, but needs to be assured that her objection isn't a problem. So I said "That's OK, I've crushed several of them", and then she took one- VERY HAPPILY.
(I realized a second later that a better reply would have been "But you'll crush ME if you don't take it")
So, both "yes" and "No" are contagious, and frankly, people are more predisposed to say "no" than yes in any situation, so I guess that means we get to work a little bit harder.
I learned a bunch today- I hope YOU get to learn some cool things like that too!
SO today I gave away some flowers, kinda kick-starting www.ContagiousGiving.com .
I had done it before, but today I got a lot more than I did before, and took a bag, and went on a Saturday, when it was MUCH more busy. Here's the point:
I want to make GIVING contagious... the idea is that someone feels good for getting a gift, so they want to pass that on and have someone else feel it. So, while I was giving out the flowers, I felt great; and many of the people were grateful- after the initial skepticism. In fact, I can say that I honestly noticed the AURA of the train change, and people smiling and all of that-
a great return on some flowers.
I could see that people were watching me, and just kinda hoping that they were going to get one, and I could see the relief when they did. However-
Some people didn't want one.
and that would have been fine, but I realised this:
"No" is contagious too.
If one person said "No thank you", I had a harder time with other people accepting. If I didn't push a little, there would have been far more "No thank you"s than were genuine.
By that I mean that many people WANTED a flower, but were so distrusting of me, or the situation, or whatever that they said no. As an example, there was a girl who, when I asked if she'd like one, said this:
"Oh, I'm afraid I would crush it"
-Which if you know anything about sales, is a YES- she wants one, but needs to be assured that her objection isn't a problem. So I said "That's OK, I've crushed several of them", and then she took one- VERY HAPPILY.
(I realized a second later that a better reply would have been "But you'll crush ME if you don't take it")
So, both "yes" and "No" are contagious, and frankly, people are more predisposed to say "no" than yes in any situation, so I guess that means we get to work a little bit harder.
I learned a bunch today- I hope YOU get to learn some cool things like that too!
I had done it before, but today I got a lot more than I did before, and took a bag, and went on a Saturday, when it was MUCH more busy. Here's the point:
I want to make GIVING contagious... the idea is that someone feels good for getting a gift, so they want to pass that on and have someone else feel it. So, while I was giving out the flowers, I felt great; and many of the people were grateful- after the initial skepticism. In fact, I can say that I honestly noticed the AURA of the train change, and people smiling and all of that-
a great return on some flowers.
I could see that people were watching me, and just kinda hoping that they were going to get one, and I could see the relief when they did. However-
Some people didn't want one.
and that would have been fine, but I realised this:
"No" is contagious too.
If one person said "No thank you", I had a harder time with other people accepting. If I didn't push a little, there would have been far more "No thank you"s than were genuine.
By that I mean that many people WANTED a flower, but were so distrusting of me, or the situation, or whatever that they said no. As an example, there was a girl who, when I asked if she'd like one, said this:
"Oh, I'm afraid I would crush it"
-Which if you know anything about sales, is a YES- she wants one, but needs to be assured that her objection isn't a problem. So I said "That's OK, I've crushed several of them", and then she took one- VERY HAPPILY.
(I realized a second later that a better reply would have been "But you'll crush ME if you don't take it")
So, both "yes" and "No" are contagious, and frankly, people are more predisposed to say "no" than yes in any situation, so I guess that means we get to work a little bit harder.
I learned a bunch today- I hope YOU get to learn some cool things like that too!
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
A little Valentine's Day Sketch from me to you:
VALENTIME'S DAY - NIGHT
Boy coming home....
GIRL
Hey Honey! How was your day?
BOY
Teaching English to disinterested youth can be difficult….
GIRL
Well, I want to make it all better- Happy Valentime's Day!!
BOY
Oh yes…. Happy Valentine's Day to you!
GIRL
I love you SO much; Every day I Thanks God for you!
BOY
I feel the same way. I THANK God for you, and all of the time we have together, and all of the time we have left.
GIRL
You say such nice things. You always have nice things to say on Valentime's day.
BOY
Well, it's easy with you; Hey sweetie…. I'm excited about the dinner you said you made for ValentiNe's…
GIRL
Yeah, I just had to use my special recipe after I unthawed the meat.
BOY
You Unthawed the meat?
GIRL
Yeah. And I squoze out the juices.
BOY
You Squoze them? Sounds delicious.
GIRL
We'll have a meal, and then we can conversate all night.
BOY
Did we EVER conversate? The word is CONVERSE
GIRL
Oh, like “Converse Sneakers”?
BOY
Ok, that's it.
GIRL
What?
BOY
I can't take it anymore- SPEAK ENGLISH!
GIRL
What do you mean?
BOY
We've been together for 3 months, and I can hardly understand you.
GIRL
What if I was to talk good?
BOY
I'm an ENGLISH TEACHER. This won't work.
GIRL
But we loves each other!
BOY
Maybe it was the sex, but I can't stand it anymore- my family raised me to speak ENGLISH!
GIRL
So what? That's a mute point.
BOY
MOOT point
GIRL
I'm sure I'll learn adventurally-
BOY
Did you just say ADVENTURALLY? That's not even in the realm of-
GIRL
I could care less!
BOY
COULDN'T care less- if you COULD care less, then…what's the problem?
GIRL
Your whole family are snobby- the way yous act.
BOY
IS Snobby- The way YOU act!
GIRL
YOUS act!
BOY
YOU act! I HATE this!
GIRL
(crying)
How can you be so mean?
BOY
Oh.... wait, I’m sorry, you’re right. I am being mean. Maybe we can figure something out.
GIRL
Oh thank you, I KNEW we could come to some sort of agreance.
BOY
Fuck this- I’m out!
GIRL
You’re breaking up with me today?- On Valentime's day??
BOY
It’s VALENTINE'S!!!!! With an N!!!!
GIRL
Nalentime's Day?
BOY
Ugh- I'm leaving now.
GIRL
You're leaving irregardless of my feelings?
BOY
I’m leaving- REGARDLESS of your feelings.
GIRL
Wait what does Irregardless mean?
BOY
REGARDLESS.
GIRL
Well then- Touche'
BOY
Good bye (leaves)
GIRL
(crying again)
This was the worst Nalentime's Day ever!
A little Valentine's Day Sketch from me to you:
VALENTIME'S DAY - NIGHT
Boy coming home....
GIRL
Hey Honey! How was your day?
BOY
Teaching English to disinterested youth can be difficult….
GIRL
Well, I want to make it all better- Happy Valentime's Day!!
BOY
Oh yes…. Happy Valentine's Day to you!
GIRL
I love you SO much; Every day I Thanks God for you!
BOY
I feel the same way. I THANK God for you, and all of the time we have together, and all of the time we have left.
GIRL
You say such nice things. You always have nice things to say on Valentime's day.
BOY
Well, it's easy with you; Hey sweetie…. I'm excited about the dinner you said you made for ValentiNe's…
GIRL
Yeah, I just had to use my special recipe after I unthawed the meat.
BOY
You Unthawed the meat?
GIRL
Yeah. And I squoze out the juices.
BOY
You Squoze them? Sounds delicious.
GIRL
We'll have a meal, and then we can conversate all night.
BOY
Did we EVER conversate? The word is CONVERSE
GIRL
Oh, like “Converse Sneakers”?
BOY
Ok, that's it.
GIRL
What?
BOY
I can't take it anymore- SPEAK ENGLISH!
GIRL
What do you mean?
BOY
We've been together for 3 months, and I can hardly understand you.
GIRL
What if I was to talk good?
BOY
I'm an ENGLISH TEACHER. This won't work.
GIRL
But we loves each other!
BOY
Maybe it was the sex, but I can't stand it anymore- my family raised me to speak ENGLISH!
GIRL
So what? That's a mute point.
BOY
MOOT point
GIRL
I'm sure I'll learn adventurally-
BOY
Did you just say ADVENTURALLY? That's not even in the realm of-
GIRL
I could care less!
BOY
COULDN'T care less- if you COULD care less, then…what's the problem?
GIRL
Your whole family are snobby- the way yous act.
BOY
IS Snobby- The way YOU act!
GIRL
YOUS act!
BOY
YOU act! I HATE this!
GIRL
(crying)
How can you be so mean?
BOY
Oh.... wait, I’m sorry, you’re right. I am being mean. Maybe we can figure something out.
GIRL
Oh thank you, I KNEW we could come to some sort of agreance.
BOY
Fuck this- I’m out!
GIRL
You’re breaking up with me today?- On Valentime's day??
BOY
It’s VALENTINE'S!!!!! With an N!!!!
GIRL
Nalentime's Day?
BOY
Ugh- I'm leaving now.
GIRL
You're leaving irregardless of my feelings?
BOY
I’m leaving- REGARDLESS of your feelings.
GIRL
Wait what does Irregardless mean?
BOY
REGARDLESS.
GIRL
Well then- Touche'
BOY
Good bye (leaves)
GIRL
(crying again)
This was the worst Nalentime's Day ever!
Monday, February 12, 2007
$20 for a slave kid?
So apparently, there are some villages so poor in Africa (how poor are they?), that parents sell their kids to work for fishermen who use them as slave labor.
for 20 bucks.
Of course, the parents don't know they're treated so poorly, but that's beside the point. Some of these kids are 4 years old, and their entire job is to scoop water out of a fishing kayak. Some of them are rowing, and some are throwing nets.
And they get ONE meal a day.
So now there are organizations who are rescuing these kids by asking the fishermen to let them go- out of the kindness of their hearts.
Some DO let some kids go, but the fishermen DO need to make a living, and they want their businesses to continue.
-and they SHOULD want that. Without them, there is NO HOPE for the entire continent.
Even "the land of opportunity" had it's child labor issues, and we flourished on slave labor, but we eventually pulled out. Other countries are where we were just a short time ago.
Why don't we HELP THEM get further along?
If the 4 year old is just scooping out water, why can't we show them a machine that does it?
If the family is so poor that they have to sell their kid to get groceries, why can't we show them that instead of buying groceries, they can buy a COW, and sell milk, cheese, and calves?
If we have figured out BETTER ways to do something, why aren't we showing them?
Of course, isn't this the argument for why we "helped" the Native American, and then took their land?
Where is the line between "helping" and "conquering"?
I honestly believe that what WE are doing- or at least what we SAY we are doing- or at least what we say we are TRYING to do here in America is the way to go- FREEDOM and INDIVIDUAL rights.
So if it costs $20 for a kid, isn't the world better off buying that kid an education, and giving the fisherman a machine?
I think so.
I guess that's it.
So apparently, there are some villages so poor in Africa (how poor are they?), that parents sell their kids to work for fishermen who use them as slave labor.
for 20 bucks.
Of course, the parents don't know they're treated so poorly, but that's beside the point. Some of these kids are 4 years old, and their entire job is to scoop water out of a fishing kayak. Some of them are rowing, and some are throwing nets.
And they get ONE meal a day.
So now there are organizations who are rescuing these kids by asking the fishermen to let them go- out of the kindness of their hearts.
Some DO let some kids go, but the fishermen DO need to make a living, and they want their businesses to continue.
-and they SHOULD want that. Without them, there is NO HOPE for the entire continent.
Even "the land of opportunity" had it's child labor issues, and we flourished on slave labor, but we eventually pulled out. Other countries are where we were just a short time ago.
Why don't we HELP THEM get further along?
If the 4 year old is just scooping out water, why can't we show them a machine that does it?
If the family is so poor that they have to sell their kid to get groceries, why can't we show them that instead of buying groceries, they can buy a COW, and sell milk, cheese, and calves?
If we have figured out BETTER ways to do something, why aren't we showing them?
Of course, isn't this the argument for why we "helped" the Native American, and then took their land?
Where is the line between "helping" and "conquering"?
I honestly believe that what WE are doing- or at least what we SAY we are doing- or at least what we say we are TRYING to do here in America is the way to go- FREEDOM and INDIVIDUAL rights.
So if it costs $20 for a kid, isn't the world better off buying that kid an education, and giving the fisherman a machine?
I think so.
I guess that's it.
$20 for a slave kid?
So apparently, there are some villages so poor in Africa (how poor are they?), that parents sell their kids to work for fishermen who use them as slave labor.
for 20 bucks.
Of course, the parents don't know they're treated so poorly, but that's beside the point. Some of these kids are 4 years old, and their entire job is to scoop water out of a fishing kayak. Some of them are rowing, and some are throwing nets.
And they get ONE meal a day.
So now there are organizations who are rescuing these kids by asking the fishermen to let them go- out of the kindness of their hearts.
Some DO let some kids go, but the fishermen DO need to make a living, and they want their businesses to continue.
-and they SHOULD want that. Without them, there is NO HOPE for the entire continent.
Even "the land of opportunity" had it's child labor issues, and we flourished on slave labor, but we eventually pulled out. Other countries are where we were just a short time ago.
Why don't we HELP THEM get further along?
If the 4 year old is just scooping out water, why can't we show them a machine that does it?
If the family is so poor that they have to sell their kid to get groceries, why can't we show them that instead of buying groceries, they can buy a COW, and sell milk, cheese, and calves?
If we have figured out BETTER ways to do something, why aren't we showing them?
Of course, isn't this the argument for why we "helped" the Native American, and then took their land?
Where is the line between "helping" and "conquering"?
I honestly believe that what WE are doing- or at least what we SAY we are doing- or at least what we say we are TRYING to do here in America is the way to go- FREEDOM and INDIVIDUAL rights.
So if it costs $20 for a kid, isn't the world better off buying that kid an education, and giving the fisherman a machine?
I think so.
I guess that's it.
So apparently, there are some villages so poor in Africa (how poor are they?), that parents sell their kids to work for fishermen who use them as slave labor.
for 20 bucks.
Of course, the parents don't know they're treated so poorly, but that's beside the point. Some of these kids are 4 years old, and their entire job is to scoop water out of a fishing kayak. Some of them are rowing, and some are throwing nets.
And they get ONE meal a day.
So now there are organizations who are rescuing these kids by asking the fishermen to let them go- out of the kindness of their hearts.
Some DO let some kids go, but the fishermen DO need to make a living, and they want their businesses to continue.
-and they SHOULD want that. Without them, there is NO HOPE for the entire continent.
Even "the land of opportunity" had it's child labor issues, and we flourished on slave labor, but we eventually pulled out. Other countries are where we were just a short time ago.
Why don't we HELP THEM get further along?
If the 4 year old is just scooping out water, why can't we show them a machine that does it?
If the family is so poor that they have to sell their kid to get groceries, why can't we show them that instead of buying groceries, they can buy a COW, and sell milk, cheese, and calves?
If we have figured out BETTER ways to do something, why aren't we showing them?
Of course, isn't this the argument for why we "helped" the Native American, and then took their land?
Where is the line between "helping" and "conquering"?
I honestly believe that what WE are doing- or at least what we SAY we are doing- or at least what we say we are TRYING to do here in America is the way to go- FREEDOM and INDIVIDUAL rights.
So if it costs $20 for a kid, isn't the world better off buying that kid an education, and giving the fisherman a machine?
I think so.
I guess that's it.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Saturday, February 10, 2007
A Deck of Cards = Nice Body?
It's damn cold here in NYC.
Damn Cold.
Since my Gym is across town, and it's DAMN COLD, I am less than motivated to go over there.
However, I DO need to work out.
So, I remembered a workout I used to do in college, and thought I'd do it.
It kicked my ass.
Here it is:
Take a regular deck of 52 cards, and shuffle them.
Then turn over a card:
If it's a Spade, you do that number of squats
If it's a Club, you do that many Pull-ups
If it's a Diamond, you do that many crunches
If it's a Heart, you do that many push-ups.
Aces are worth 20.
You can of course increase the intensity by adding weight, by varying the excercises, by doing full sit-ups instead of crunches, etc.
You can also play with the Jokers being something special- like 10 of each in one big circuit.
I take no responsibility for your muscles the next day.
It's damn cold here in NYC.
Damn Cold.
Since my Gym is across town, and it's DAMN COLD, I am less than motivated to go over there.
However, I DO need to work out.
So, I remembered a workout I used to do in college, and thought I'd do it.
It kicked my ass.
Here it is:
Take a regular deck of 52 cards, and shuffle them.
Then turn over a card:
If it's a Spade, you do that number of squats
If it's a Club, you do that many Pull-ups
If it's a Diamond, you do that many crunches
If it's a Heart, you do that many push-ups.
Aces are worth 20.
You can of course increase the intensity by adding weight, by varying the excercises, by doing full sit-ups instead of crunches, etc.
You can also play with the Jokers being something special- like 10 of each in one big circuit.
I take no responsibility for your muscles the next day.
A Deck of Cards = Nice Body?
It's damn cold here in NYC.
Damn Cold.
Since my Gym is across town, and it's DAMN COLD, I am less than motivated to go over there.
However, I DO need to work out.
So, I remembered a workout I used to do in college, and thought I'd do it.
It kicked my ass.
Here it is:
Take a regular deck of 52 cards, and shuffle them.
Then turn over a card:
If it's a Spade, you do that number of squats
If it's a Club, you do that many Pull-ups
If it's a Diamond, you do that many crunches
If it's a Heart, you do that many push-ups.
Aces are worth 20.
You can of course increase the intensity by adding weight, by varying the excercises, by doing full sit-ups instead of crunches, etc.
You can also play with the Jokers being something special- like 10 of each in one big circuit.
I take no responsibility for your muscles the next day.
If you want another great "OLD-SCHOOL" approach, check this out- It kinda hurts though!
It's damn cold here in NYC.
Damn Cold.
Since my Gym is across town, and it's DAMN COLD, I am less than motivated to go over there.
However, I DO need to work out.
So, I remembered a workout I used to do in college, and thought I'd do it.
It kicked my ass.
Here it is:
Take a regular deck of 52 cards, and shuffle them.
Then turn over a card:
If it's a Spade, you do that number of squats
If it's a Club, you do that many Pull-ups
If it's a Diamond, you do that many crunches
If it's a Heart, you do that many push-ups.
Aces are worth 20.
You can of course increase the intensity by adding weight, by varying the excercises, by doing full sit-ups instead of crunches, etc.
You can also play with the Jokers being something special- like 10 of each in one big circuit.
I take no responsibility for your muscles the next day.
If you want another great "OLD-SCHOOL" approach, check this out- It kinda hurts though!
Thursday, February 08, 2007
THE SECRET- again!
I can't recommend THE SECRET enough:
I CANNOT RECOMMEND IT ENOUGH.
I also recommend the CD's.
Here's my take on it:
Our THOUGHTS about something generate a FEELING about that, and those FEELINGS send out a VIBRATION into the Universe- and affects your destiny.
Do you realize what this means?
I have finally become a MUTANT with SUPER-POWERS!!!
Let me explain:
See, when I was around 9 years old, and all the way until.... 34, I used to LOSE SLEEP because I was SO EXCITED that I was going to wake up, and my MUTANT POWER would be there.
I THOUGHT about what power I wanted, and while my friends wanted to fly (lame) I wanted to have SUPER TELEKINESIS- because with THAT power, I could do ANYTHING!
The point was, I wanted to be able to DO ANYTHING!
So now, whenever I am thinking about THE SECRET, I imagine that I have FINALLY grown into adolescence, and have the super-powers I have been waiting for, and I can DO ANYTHING!!
So how do you get those feelings when you don't have the thing yet?
Here's what I've been thinking:
When you were younger, and you asked for something for Christmas, and you KNEW you were getting it- didn't you FEEL that energy BEFORE you actually got it?
That's the feeling you need!
So- now that I FEEL like I am a MUTANT with SUPER-POWERS, I've been doing EVERYTHING I can!!!
What's YOUR super-power?
Go get THE SECRET!!!
I can't recommend THE SECRET enough:
I CANNOT RECOMMEND IT ENOUGH.
I also recommend the CD's.
Here's my take on it:
Our THOUGHTS about something generate a FEELING about that, and those FEELINGS send out a VIBRATION into the Universe- and affects your destiny.
Do you realize what this means?
I have finally become a MUTANT with SUPER-POWERS!!!
Let me explain:
See, when I was around 9 years old, and all the way until.... 34, I used to LOSE SLEEP because I was SO EXCITED that I was going to wake up, and my MUTANT POWER would be there.
I THOUGHT about what power I wanted, and while my friends wanted to fly (lame) I wanted to have SUPER TELEKINESIS- because with THAT power, I could do ANYTHING!
The point was, I wanted to be able to DO ANYTHING!
So now, whenever I am thinking about THE SECRET, I imagine that I have FINALLY grown into adolescence, and have the super-powers I have been waiting for, and I can DO ANYTHING!!
So how do you get those feelings when you don't have the thing yet?
Here's what I've been thinking:
When you were younger, and you asked for something for Christmas, and you KNEW you were getting it- didn't you FEEL that energy BEFORE you actually got it?
That's the feeling you need!
So- now that I FEEL like I am a MUTANT with SUPER-POWERS, I've been doing EVERYTHING I can!!!
What's YOUR super-power?
Go get THE SECRET!!!
THE SECRET- again!
I can't recommend THE SECRET enough:
I CANNOT RECOMMEND IT ENOUGH.
I also recommend the CD's.
Here's my take on it:
Our THOUGHTS about something generate a FEELING about that, and those FEELINGS send out a VIBRATION into the Universe- and affects your destiny.
Do you realize what this means?
I have finally become a MUTANT with SUPER-POWERS!!!
Let me explain:
See, when I was around 9 years old, and all the way until.... 34, I used to LOSE SLEEP because I was SO EXCITED that I was going to wake up, and my MUTANT POWER would be there.
I THOUGHT about what power I wanted, and while my friends wanted to fly (lame) I wanted to have SUPER TELEKINESIS- because with THAT power, I could do ANYTHING!
The point was, I wanted to be able to DO ANYTHING!
So now, whenever I am thinking about THE SECRET, I imagine that I have FINALLY grown into adolescence, and have the super-powers I have been waiting for, and I can DO ANYTHING!!
So how do you get those feelings when you don't have the thing yet?
Here's what I've been thinking:
When you were younger, and you asked for something for Christmas, and you KNEW you were getting it- didn't you FEEL that energy BEFORE you actually got it?
That's the feeling you need!
So- now that I FEEL like I am a MUTANT with SUPER-POWERS, I've been doing EVERYTHING I can!!!
What's YOUR super-power?
Go get THE SECRET!!!
I can't recommend THE SECRET enough:
I CANNOT RECOMMEND IT ENOUGH.
I also recommend the CD's.
Here's my take on it:
Our THOUGHTS about something generate a FEELING about that, and those FEELINGS send out a VIBRATION into the Universe- and affects your destiny.
Do you realize what this means?
I have finally become a MUTANT with SUPER-POWERS!!!
Let me explain:
See, when I was around 9 years old, and all the way until.... 34, I used to LOSE SLEEP because I was SO EXCITED that I was going to wake up, and my MUTANT POWER would be there.
I THOUGHT about what power I wanted, and while my friends wanted to fly (lame) I wanted to have SUPER TELEKINESIS- because with THAT power, I could do ANYTHING!
The point was, I wanted to be able to DO ANYTHING!
So now, whenever I am thinking about THE SECRET, I imagine that I have FINALLY grown into adolescence, and have the super-powers I have been waiting for, and I can DO ANYTHING!!
So how do you get those feelings when you don't have the thing yet?
Here's what I've been thinking:
When you were younger, and you asked for something for Christmas, and you KNEW you were getting it- didn't you FEEL that energy BEFORE you actually got it?
That's the feeling you need!
So- now that I FEEL like I am a MUTANT with SUPER-POWERS, I've been doing EVERYTHING I can!!!
What's YOUR super-power?
Go get THE SECRET!!!
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
www.ContagiousGiving.com
Last night, after performing my "Marital Obligations", I fell asleep (typical man) around 1:30, but woke up at 3am with an IDEA!!
Actually, I've had the BIG version of this idea for a while, but I finally thought of a way for me to START SMALL, and get it going:
www.ContagiousGiving.com
I'm a little wobbly, buut I'm still thinking it all out. Of course while in my fervor, I discovered some other sites already doing this, but that's great- MORE FOR EVERYONE!!!
Gotta go- it seems that I have given myself a TON of stuff to do!!
Last night, after performing my "Marital Obligations", I fell asleep (typical man) around 1:30, but woke up at 3am with an IDEA!!
Actually, I've had the BIG version of this idea for a while, but I finally thought of a way for me to START SMALL, and get it going:
www.ContagiousGiving.com
I'm a little wobbly, buut I'm still thinking it all out. Of course while in my fervor, I discovered some other sites already doing this, but that's great- MORE FOR EVERYONE!!!
Gotta go- it seems that I have given myself a TON of stuff to do!!
www.ContagiousGiving.com
Last night, after performing my "Marital Obligations", I fell asleep (typical man) around 1:30, but woke up at 3am with an IDEA!!
Actually, I've had the BIG version of this idea for a while, but I finally thought of a way for me to START SMALL, and get it going:
www.ContagiousGiving.com
I'm a little wobbly, buut I'm still thinking it all out. Of course while in my fervor, I discovered some other sites already doing this, but that's great- MORE FOR EVERYONE!!!
Gotta go- it seems that I have given myself a TON of stuff to do!!
Last night, after performing my "Marital Obligations", I fell asleep (typical man) around 1:30, but woke up at 3am with an IDEA!!
Actually, I've had the BIG version of this idea for a while, but I finally thought of a way for me to START SMALL, and get it going:
www.ContagiousGiving.com
I'm a little wobbly, buut I'm still thinking it all out. Of course while in my fervor, I discovered some other sites already doing this, but that's great- MORE FOR EVERYONE!!!
Gotta go- it seems that I have given myself a TON of stuff to do!!
Saturday, February 03, 2007
"I'm trying to get my Aura BRIGHTER than any of yours..."
I heard this the other day, and had to write about it.
This quote came from someone who saw what he thinks were auras escaping people as they were dying. So it asks the question:
Is there a competition for whose Aura is brighter?
I say there IS.
I say that most people ARE somehow competing with each other for who is the "better person", and that the "scoring mechanism" changes depending on who is doing the thinking. For example:
Rich people think they're winning
Poor people think they're winning
Ugly people think they're winning
Pretty people think they're winning
They all think they're winning- but the game has arbitrary rules, and no one is following them anyway!
Can you play a game of basketball without a net?
Can you play a game of "tag" if no one is "it"
Can you run a race without a finish line?
No- and similarly, you can't play the "Who is BETTER" game unless everyone agrees to the rules, and is playing the same game.
I might think I'm playing basketball against you, but if you think we're playing soccer, we BOTH think we're winning the game- and meantime:
THERE IS NO GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ask a Muslim, and he'll tell you he's winning the game against the Christian, who thinks he's winning the game against the Jew, who thinks he's winning the game against the Muslim.
Not only that, but even in those LARGE competitions, they compete against each other:
Muslims are trying to be "More Muslim" than the other Muslims.
Christians are trying to be "More Christian" than the other Christians.
Jews are trying to be "More Jewish" than the other Jews.
In this "Better than you" competition, everyone agrees that the scoring mechanism is to be "More Liked by God" than anyone else. However:
No one is asking the same God!
And more importantly- HE IS NOT ANSWERING!!!!
(and by the way, atheists and the "non-religious" DEFINITELY feel superior too)
And it's not just in religion:
"My CAR is better than you car, therefore I am better"
"My WIFE is better than your wife, therefore I am better"
"My CHILDREN are better than your children, therefore I am better"
Sometimes we subtly agree to these games and their rules, but then find a game where WE are the winner:
"Yeah, he drives a nice car, but our house is bigger"
"Yeah, she's pretty, but at least I'm smart"
and my favorite:
"We're not rich, but at least we're honest" (spider man 1)
It would seem that we all think we're in a million different races, but none have a finish line, and in the meantime, we could actually be helping each other run our OWN race.
Look, I'm not saying that I am above ANY of this- (in fact, my wife actually IS better than your wife :-) )
But I AM saying that we have LEARNED all of this, and we can UNlearn it too.
You don't compete with your friends about who learns their ABC's faster, because you have all already learned them, and they aren't important anymore. In fact, if one of your friends or family members didn't know their ABC's, you'd try to help them-
we'd ALL try to help them.
So what do we have to learn before we can ALL try to help each other in our OWN races?
Beats me, but in the meantime, why don't we work on helping YOU get your Aura brighter according to what YOU think it should be, and I'm gonna ask you to help me with mine?
I heard this the other day, and had to write about it.
This quote came from someone who saw what he thinks were auras escaping people as they were dying. So it asks the question:
Is there a competition for whose Aura is brighter?
I say there IS.
I say that most people ARE somehow competing with each other for who is the "better person", and that the "scoring mechanism" changes depending on who is doing the thinking. For example:
Rich people think they're winning
Poor people think they're winning
Ugly people think they're winning
Pretty people think they're winning
They all think they're winning- but the game has arbitrary rules, and no one is following them anyway!
Can you play a game of basketball without a net?
Can you play a game of "tag" if no one is "it"
Can you run a race without a finish line?
No- and similarly, you can't play the "Who is BETTER" game unless everyone agrees to the rules, and is playing the same game.
I might think I'm playing basketball against you, but if you think we're playing soccer, we BOTH think we're winning the game- and meantime:
THERE IS NO GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ask a Muslim, and he'll tell you he's winning the game against the Christian, who thinks he's winning the game against the Jew, who thinks he's winning the game against the Muslim.
Not only that, but even in those LARGE competitions, they compete against each other:
Muslims are trying to be "More Muslim" than the other Muslims.
Christians are trying to be "More Christian" than the other Christians.
Jews are trying to be "More Jewish" than the other Jews.
In this "Better than you" competition, everyone agrees that the scoring mechanism is to be "More Liked by God" than anyone else. However:
No one is asking the same God!
And more importantly- HE IS NOT ANSWERING!!!!
(and by the way, atheists and the "non-religious" DEFINITELY feel superior too)
And it's not just in religion:
"My CAR is better than you car, therefore I am better"
"My WIFE is better than your wife, therefore I am better"
"My CHILDREN are better than your children, therefore I am better"
Sometimes we subtly agree to these games and their rules, but then find a game where WE are the winner:
"Yeah, he drives a nice car, but our house is bigger"
"Yeah, she's pretty, but at least I'm smart"
and my favorite:
"We're not rich, but at least we're honest" (spider man 1)
It would seem that we all think we're in a million different races, but none have a finish line, and in the meantime, we could actually be helping each other run our OWN race.
Look, I'm not saying that I am above ANY of this- (in fact, my wife actually IS better than your wife :-) )
But I AM saying that we have LEARNED all of this, and we can UNlearn it too.
You don't compete with your friends about who learns their ABC's faster, because you have all already learned them, and they aren't important anymore. In fact, if one of your friends or family members didn't know their ABC's, you'd try to help them-
we'd ALL try to help them.
So what do we have to learn before we can ALL try to help each other in our OWN races?
Beats me, but in the meantime, why don't we work on helping YOU get your Aura brighter according to what YOU think it should be, and I'm gonna ask you to help me with mine?
"I'm trying to get my Aura BRIGHTER than any of yours..."
I heard this the other day, and had to write about it.
This quote came from someone who saw what he thinks were auras escaping people as they were dying. So it asks the question:
Is there a competition for whose Aura is brighter?
I say there IS.
I say that most people ARE somehow competing with each other for who is the "better person", and that the "scoring mechanism" changes depending on who is doing the thinking. For example:
Rich people think they're winning
Poor people think they're winning
Ugly people think they're winning
Pretty people think they're winning
They all think they're winning- but the game has arbitrary rules, and no one is following them anyway!
Can you play a game of basketball without a net?
Can you play a game of "tag" if no one is "it"
Can you run a race without a finish line?
No- and similarly, you can't play the "Who is BETTER" game unless everyone agrees to the rules, and is playing the same game.
I might think I'm playing basketball against you, but if you think we're playing soccer, we BOTH think we're winning the game- and meantime:
THERE IS NO GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ask a Muslim, and he'll tell you he's winning the game against the Christian, who thinks he's winning the game against the Jew, who thinks he's winning the game against the Muslim.
Not only that, but even in those LARGE competitions, they compete against each other:
Muslims are trying to be "More Muslim" than the other Muslims.
Christians are trying to be "More Christian" than the other Christians.
Jews are trying to be "More Jewish" than the other Jews.
In this "Better than you" competition, everyone agrees that the scoring mechanism is to be "More Liked by God" than anyone else. However:
No one is asking the same God!
And more importantly- HE IS NOT ANSWERING!!!!
(and by the way, atheists and the "non-religious" DEFINITELY feel superior too)
And it's not just in religion:
"My CAR is better than you car, therefore I am better"
"My WIFE is better than your wife, therefore I am better"
"My CHILDREN are better than your children, therefore I am better"
Sometimes we subtly agree to these games and their rules, but then find a game where WE are the winner:
"Yeah, he drives a nice car, but our house is bigger"
"Yeah, she's pretty, but at least I'm smart"
and my favorite:
"We're not rich, but at least we're honest" (spider man 1)
It would seem that we all think we're in a million different races, but none have a finish line, and in the meantime, we could actually be helping each other run our OWN race.
Look, I'm not saying that I am above ANY of this- (in fact, my wife actually IS better than your wife :-) )
But I AM saying that we have LEARNED all of this, and we can UNlearn it too.
You don't compete with your friends about who learns their ABC's faster, because you have all already learned them, and they aren't important anymore. In fact, if one of your friends or family members didn't know their ABC's, you'd try to help them-
we'd ALL try to help them.
So what do we have to learn before we can ALL try to help each other in our OWN races?
Beats me, but in the meantime, why don't we work on helping YOU get your Aura brighter according to what YOU think it should be, and I'm gonna ask you to help me with mine?
I heard this the other day, and had to write about it.
This quote came from someone who saw what he thinks were auras escaping people as they were dying. So it asks the question:
Is there a competition for whose Aura is brighter?
I say there IS.
I say that most people ARE somehow competing with each other for who is the "better person", and that the "scoring mechanism" changes depending on who is doing the thinking. For example:
Rich people think they're winning
Poor people think they're winning
Ugly people think they're winning
Pretty people think they're winning
They all think they're winning- but the game has arbitrary rules, and no one is following them anyway!
Can you play a game of basketball without a net?
Can you play a game of "tag" if no one is "it"
Can you run a race without a finish line?
No- and similarly, you can't play the "Who is BETTER" game unless everyone agrees to the rules, and is playing the same game.
I might think I'm playing basketball against you, but if you think we're playing soccer, we BOTH think we're winning the game- and meantime:
THERE IS NO GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ask a Muslim, and he'll tell you he's winning the game against the Christian, who thinks he's winning the game against the Jew, who thinks he's winning the game against the Muslim.
Not only that, but even in those LARGE competitions, they compete against each other:
Muslims are trying to be "More Muslim" than the other Muslims.
Christians are trying to be "More Christian" than the other Christians.
Jews are trying to be "More Jewish" than the other Jews.
In this "Better than you" competition, everyone agrees that the scoring mechanism is to be "More Liked by God" than anyone else. However:
No one is asking the same God!
And more importantly- HE IS NOT ANSWERING!!!!
(and by the way, atheists and the "non-religious" DEFINITELY feel superior too)
And it's not just in religion:
"My CAR is better than you car, therefore I am better"
"My WIFE is better than your wife, therefore I am better"
"My CHILDREN are better than your children, therefore I am better"
Sometimes we subtly agree to these games and their rules, but then find a game where WE are the winner:
"Yeah, he drives a nice car, but our house is bigger"
"Yeah, she's pretty, but at least I'm smart"
and my favorite:
"We're not rich, but at least we're honest" (spider man 1)
It would seem that we all think we're in a million different races, but none have a finish line, and in the meantime, we could actually be helping each other run our OWN race.
Look, I'm not saying that I am above ANY of this- (in fact, my wife actually IS better than your wife :-) )
But I AM saying that we have LEARNED all of this, and we can UNlearn it too.
You don't compete with your friends about who learns their ABC's faster, because you have all already learned them, and they aren't important anymore. In fact, if one of your friends or family members didn't know their ABC's, you'd try to help them-
we'd ALL try to help them.
So what do we have to learn before we can ALL try to help each other in our OWN races?
Beats me, but in the meantime, why don't we work on helping YOU get your Aura brighter according to what YOU think it should be, and I'm gonna ask you to help me with mine?
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Gifts Give Profit...
Laura and I are getting lazier and lazier here in our love nest, so instead of going out shopping for food, we ordered our groceries online from FRESH DIRECT.
Because it was our first order, they packed in an unadvertised special "Thank you gift"- a box of "Chocolate Crisps", normally sold for $9.
They were chocolate, andLaura is a woman.
Laura LIKES the Chocolate Crisps.
I thought they were ok- not great. However, I WAS impressed that they sent them to us.
So when Laura ordered again yesterday, she not only bought the $9 Chocolate Crisps for herself, but so that I wasn't left out, she bought me the $7 "Chocolate Bark" made up of Chocolate, pretzels and peanut butter chips.
Yummy.
Wow, Yummy.
So, the $9 gift, which cost them a considerable amount less, became $16 on our next order.
Not a bad return at all for a gift.
Now how can I make this work for me when Christmas comes around?
Laura and I are getting lazier and lazier here in our love nest, so instead of going out shopping for food, we ordered our groceries online from FRESH DIRECT.
Because it was our first order, they packed in an unadvertised special "Thank you gift"- a box of "Chocolate Crisps", normally sold for $9.
They were chocolate, andLaura is a woman.
Laura LIKES the Chocolate Crisps.
I thought they were ok- not great. However, I WAS impressed that they sent them to us.
So when Laura ordered again yesterday, she not only bought the $9 Chocolate Crisps for herself, but so that I wasn't left out, she bought me the $7 "Chocolate Bark" made up of Chocolate, pretzels and peanut butter chips.
Yummy.
Wow, Yummy.
So, the $9 gift, which cost them a considerable amount less, became $16 on our next order.
Not a bad return at all for a gift.
Now how can I make this work for me when Christmas comes around?
Gifts Give Profit...
Laura and I are getting lazier and lazier here in our love nest, so instead of going out shopping for food, we ordered our groceries online from FRESH DIRECT.
Because it was our first order, they packed in an unadvertised special "Thank you gift"- a box of "Chocolate Crisps", normally sold for $9.
They were chocolate, andLaura is a woman.
Laura LIKES the Chocolate Crisps.
I thought they were ok- not great. However, I WAS impressed that they sent them to us.
So when Laura ordered again yesterday, she not only bought the $9 Chocolate Crisps for herself, but so that I wasn't left out, she bought me the $7 "Chocolate Bark" made up of Chocolate, pretzels and peanut butter chips.
Yummy.
Wow, Yummy.
So, the $9 gift, which cost them a considerable amount less, became $16 on our next order.
Not a bad return at all for a gift.
Now how can I make this work for me when Christmas comes around?
Laura and I are getting lazier and lazier here in our love nest, so instead of going out shopping for food, we ordered our groceries online from FRESH DIRECT.
Because it was our first order, they packed in an unadvertised special "Thank you gift"- a box of "Chocolate Crisps", normally sold for $9.
They were chocolate, andLaura is a woman.
Laura LIKES the Chocolate Crisps.
I thought they were ok- not great. However, I WAS impressed that they sent them to us.
So when Laura ordered again yesterday, she not only bought the $9 Chocolate Crisps for herself, but so that I wasn't left out, she bought me the $7 "Chocolate Bark" made up of Chocolate, pretzels and peanut butter chips.
Yummy.
Wow, Yummy.
So, the $9 gift, which cost them a considerable amount less, became $16 on our next order.
Not a bad return at all for a gift.
Now how can I make this work for me when Christmas comes around?
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Hillary's Joke- IS a joke...
C'mon people- who cares?
So Hillary intimated that she MIGHT know some evil and bad men- and then the audience laughed first, and then she laughed too. Big deal.
MAYBE she meant her husband, who has been known to behave badly-
MAYBE she meant Ken Starr, or the current administration,
MAYBE she meant her ex-boyfriend in high school.
WHO CARES- it was a joke, and she's a human being.
-and then there is just as much debate about what people say on "LOST" or some other TV show.
It's like we're expecting our fiction to be real, and our reality to be fiction.
If we keep insisting our leaders be perfect, we leave ourselves open to being manipulated and deceived.
C'mon people- who cares?
So Hillary intimated that she MIGHT know some evil and bad men- and then the audience laughed first, and then she laughed too. Big deal.
MAYBE she meant her husband, who has been known to behave badly-
MAYBE she meant Ken Starr, or the current administration,
MAYBE she meant her ex-boyfriend in high school.
WHO CARES- it was a joke, and she's a human being.
-and then there is just as much debate about what people say on "LOST" or some other TV show.
It's like we're expecting our fiction to be real, and our reality to be fiction.
If we keep insisting our leaders be perfect, we leave ourselves open to being manipulated and deceived.
Hillary's Joke- IS a joke...
C'mon people- who cares?
So Hillary intimated that she MIGHT know some evil and bad men- and then the audience laughed first, and then she laughed too. Big deal.
MAYBE she meant her husband, who has been known to behave badly-
MAYBE she meant Ken Starr, or the current administration,
MAYBE she meant her ex-boyfriend in high school.
WHO CARES- it was a joke, and she's a human being.
-and then there is just as much debate about what people say on "LOST" or some other TV show.
It's like we're expecting our fiction to be real, and our reality to be fiction.
If we keep insisting our leaders be perfect, we leave ourselves open to being manipulated and deceived.
C'mon people- who cares?
So Hillary intimated that she MIGHT know some evil and bad men- and then the audience laughed first, and then she laughed too. Big deal.
MAYBE she meant her husband, who has been known to behave badly-
MAYBE she meant Ken Starr, or the current administration,
MAYBE she meant her ex-boyfriend in high school.
WHO CARES- it was a joke, and she's a human being.
-and then there is just as much debate about what people say on "LOST" or some other TV show.
It's like we're expecting our fiction to be real, and our reality to be fiction.
If we keep insisting our leaders be perfect, we leave ourselves open to being manipulated and deceived.
My last words....
I saw WAKING LIFE recently, and it made me think- what if THIS is the dream world from some OTHER state of consciousness?
Freaky.
So, while I was thinking this, I came up with this sentence:
"My last words were 'I'm going to wake up now'..."
Freaky.
Like what if I were in another dimension (the other side?), and I was talking to someone there, and when I die HERE, those are my last words, and then I'm recounting the story to that someone on the "other side"?
Freaky.
I saw WAKING LIFE recently, and it made me think- what if THIS is the dream world from some OTHER state of consciousness?
Freaky.
So, while I was thinking this, I came up with this sentence:
"My last words were 'I'm going to wake up now'..."
Freaky.
Like what if I were in another dimension (the other side?), and I was talking to someone there, and when I die HERE, those are my last words, and then I'm recounting the story to that someone on the "other side"?
Freaky.
My last words....
I saw WAKING LIFE recently, and it made me think- what if THIS is the dream world from some OTHER state of consciousness?
Freaky.
So, while I was thinking this, I came up with this sentence:
"My last words were 'I'm going to wake up now'..."
Freaky.
Like what if I were in another dimension (the other side?), and I was talking to someone there, and when I die HERE, those are my last words, and then I'm recounting the story to that someone on the "other side"?
Freaky.
I saw WAKING LIFE recently, and it made me think- what if THIS is the dream world from some OTHER state of consciousness?
Freaky.
So, while I was thinking this, I came up with this sentence:
"My last words were 'I'm going to wake up now'..."
Freaky.
Like what if I were in another dimension (the other side?), and I was talking to someone there, and when I die HERE, those are my last words, and then I'm recounting the story to that someone on the "other side"?
Freaky.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
"Let Go and Let...HUH?"
Ok, so if you read my REAL MEN'S GUIDE TO OPRAH blog, then you know that I wrote about this woman who has been trying to get pregnant, and who is FREAKING OUT about it not working.
I happened to catch the "after the show" episode, and it all centered around her, and her need to "Let Go and Let God".
I dunno if I buy that one Oprah.
Here are my thoughts on it:
We are all taught that persistence, prayer, and whatever else you can do to get something you want should be done or else it is YOUR FAULT if you don't get it.
I firmly believe that our lives are in our own hands, and I think every other success person feels that way. However, when something DOESN'T work out, you hear:
"It wasn't part of God's plan"
Was it not part of "God's Plan" when Edison failed 1,000 times before inventing the electric light?
Or rather- 10,000 times??
What about after Lincoln failed at EVERYTHING he tried, but then became one of the best presidents of the United States?
Why wasn't it just "part of God's plan" to have him fail? Wasn't he going AGAINST the "signals from God" when he persisted?
So, I was taking a lot of issue between being persistent, and "letting go".
To me, it sounded like "Letting go" was kinda just "hoping", and basically giving up.
But then Oprah said "It's not giving up- it's using MORE POWER"
Oooh- what the hell does THAT mean?
Well, she meant using "God's Power"- but what the hell is THAT?
It was very frustrating for the woman trying to get pregnant, and for me, as I like things to be explained WELL, or not explained at all.
However, as I sat there, and listened very carefully, and also discussed things with my ever-patient wife, and thought back on all of the success books I have read, I think I got it.
Between many platitudes:
"God helps those who help themselves"
"When you prey, move your feet"
"Do what you can, and let God do the rest"
I think I understood something that I had read before:
It's ok to want something, but it's the being too attached to it that drives it away.
So, she WANTS to get pregnant, but she is SO PETRIFIED that she won't, she gives more energy to the fearful future than to her being pregnant.
It's like when I am HYPER-FOCUSED on making money, it's really out of a fear of NOT having any, so even when I DO make a bunch, I get so scared of losing it all- and I do exactly that.
(I SHOULD edit that last sentence to be all in the past, but I'm going to let it go for now!)
So, I have heard that it's the "Attachment" to your dreams that can trip you up- the vigorous NEED for a CERTAIN, PERFECT result that is really a fear that it won't work out EXACTLY that way.
Joe Vitale mentions that you should end every prayer or visualization or whatever with the words "This, or something better", just to allow for the Universe to add to your dream, and maybe even surpass yours.
Oprah always says that God has a bigger dream for you than you can imagine.
So, I have taken this away: As I am working towards my future stardom and wealth- I am doing what I am doing, and staying focused and all that, but it's the FREAKING OUT that can mess it all up.
Now I'm gonna try not to FREAK OUT about not freaking out!!!!
Ok, so if you read my REAL MEN'S GUIDE TO OPRAH blog, then you know that I wrote about this woman who has been trying to get pregnant, and who is FREAKING OUT about it not working.
I happened to catch the "after the show" episode, and it all centered around her, and her need to "Let Go and Let God".
I dunno if I buy that one Oprah.
Here are my thoughts on it:
We are all taught that persistence, prayer, and whatever else you can do to get something you want should be done or else it is YOUR FAULT if you don't get it.
I firmly believe that our lives are in our own hands, and I think every other success person feels that way. However, when something DOESN'T work out, you hear:
"It wasn't part of God's plan"
Was it not part of "God's Plan" when Edison failed 1,000 times before inventing the electric light?
Or rather- 10,000 times??
What about after Lincoln failed at EVERYTHING he tried, but then became one of the best presidents of the United States?
Why wasn't it just "part of God's plan" to have him fail? Wasn't he going AGAINST the "signals from God" when he persisted?
So, I was taking a lot of issue between being persistent, and "letting go".
To me, it sounded like "Letting go" was kinda just "hoping", and basically giving up.
But then Oprah said "It's not giving up- it's using MORE POWER"
Oooh- what the hell does THAT mean?
Well, she meant using "God's Power"- but what the hell is THAT?
It was very frustrating for the woman trying to get pregnant, and for me, as I like things to be explained WELL, or not explained at all.
However, as I sat there, and listened very carefully, and also discussed things with my ever-patient wife, and thought back on all of the success books I have read, I think I got it.
Between many platitudes:
"God helps those who help themselves"
"When you prey, move your feet"
"Do what you can, and let God do the rest"
I think I understood something that I had read before:
It's ok to want something, but it's the being too attached to it that drives it away.
So, she WANTS to get pregnant, but she is SO PETRIFIED that she won't, she gives more energy to the fearful future than to her being pregnant.
It's like when I am HYPER-FOCUSED on making money, it's really out of a fear of NOT having any, so even when I DO make a bunch, I get so scared of losing it all- and I do exactly that.
(I SHOULD edit that last sentence to be all in the past, but I'm going to let it go for now!)
So, I have heard that it's the "Attachment" to your dreams that can trip you up- the vigorous NEED for a CERTAIN, PERFECT result that is really a fear that it won't work out EXACTLY that way.
Joe Vitale mentions that you should end every prayer or visualization or whatever with the words "This, or something better", just to allow for the Universe to add to your dream, and maybe even surpass yours.
Oprah always says that God has a bigger dream for you than you can imagine.
So, I have taken this away: As I am working towards my future stardom and wealth- I am doing what I am doing, and staying focused and all that, but it's the FREAKING OUT that can mess it all up.
Now I'm gonna try not to FREAK OUT about not freaking out!!!!
"Let Go and Let...HUH?"
Ok, so if you read my REAL MEN'S GUIDE TO OPRAH blog, then you know that I wrote about this woman who has been trying to get pregnant, and who is FREAKING OUT about it not working.
I happened to catch the "after the show" episode, and it all centered around her, and her need to "Let Go and Let God".
I dunno if I buy that one Oprah.
Here are my thoughts on it:
We are all taught that persistence, prayer, and whatever else you can do to get something you want should be done or else it is YOUR FAULT if you don't get it.
I firmly believe that our lives are in our own hands, and I think every other success person feels that way. However, when something DOESN'T work out, you hear:
"It wasn't part of God's plan"
Was it not part of "God's Plan" when Edison failed 1,000 times before inventing the electric light?
Or rather- 10,000 times??
What about after Lincoln failed at EVERYTHING he tried, but then became one of the best presidents of the United States?
Why wasn't it just "part of God's plan" to have him fail? Wasn't he going AGAINST the "signals from God" when he persisted?
So, I was taking a lot of issue between being persistent, and "letting go".
To me, it sounded like "Letting go" was kinda just "hoping", and basically giving up.
But then Oprah said "It's not giving up- it's using MORE POWER"
Oooh- what the hell does THAT mean?
Well, she meant using "God's Power"- but what the hell is THAT?
It was very frustrating for the woman trying to get pregnant, and for me, as I like things to be explained WELL, or not explained at all.
However, as I sat there, and listened very carefully, and also discussed things with my ever-patient wife, and thought back on all of the success books I have read, I think I got it.
Between many platitudes:
"God helps those who help themselves"
"When you prey, move your feet"
"Do what you can, and let God do the rest"
I think I understood something that I had read before:
It's ok to want something, but it's the being too attached to it that drives it away.
So, she WANTS to get pregnant, but she is SO PETRIFIED that she won't, she gives more energy to the fearful future than to her being pregnant.
It's like when I am HYPER-FOCUSED on making money, it's really out of a fear of NOT having any, so even when I DO make a bunch, I get so scared of losing it all- and I do exactly that.
(I SHOULD edit that last sentence to be all in the past, but I'm going to let it go for now!)
So, I have heard that it's the "Attachment" to your dreams that can trip you up- the vigorous NEED for a CERTAIN, PERFECT result that is really a fear that it won't work out EXACTLY that way.
Joe Vitale mentions that you should end every prayer or visualization or whatever with the words "This, or something better", just to allow for the Universe to add to your dream, and maybe even surpass yours.
Oprah always says that God has a bigger dream for you than you can imagine.
So, I have taken this away: As I am working towards my future stardom and wealth- I am doing what I am doing, and staying focused and all that, but it's the FREAKING OUT that can mess it all up.
Now I'm gonna try not to FREAK OUT about not freaking out!!!!
Ok, so if you read my REAL MEN'S GUIDE TO OPRAH blog, then you know that I wrote about this woman who has been trying to get pregnant, and who is FREAKING OUT about it not working.
I happened to catch the "after the show" episode, and it all centered around her, and her need to "Let Go and Let God".
I dunno if I buy that one Oprah.
Here are my thoughts on it:
We are all taught that persistence, prayer, and whatever else you can do to get something you want should be done or else it is YOUR FAULT if you don't get it.
I firmly believe that our lives are in our own hands, and I think every other success person feels that way. However, when something DOESN'T work out, you hear:
"It wasn't part of God's plan"
Was it not part of "God's Plan" when Edison failed 1,000 times before inventing the electric light?
Or rather- 10,000 times??
What about after Lincoln failed at EVERYTHING he tried, but then became one of the best presidents of the United States?
Why wasn't it just "part of God's plan" to have him fail? Wasn't he going AGAINST the "signals from God" when he persisted?
So, I was taking a lot of issue between being persistent, and "letting go".
To me, it sounded like "Letting go" was kinda just "hoping", and basically giving up.
But then Oprah said "It's not giving up- it's using MORE POWER"
Oooh- what the hell does THAT mean?
Well, she meant using "God's Power"- but what the hell is THAT?
It was very frustrating for the woman trying to get pregnant, and for me, as I like things to be explained WELL, or not explained at all.
However, as I sat there, and listened very carefully, and also discussed things with my ever-patient wife, and thought back on all of the success books I have read, I think I got it.
Between many platitudes:
"God helps those who help themselves"
"When you prey, move your feet"
"Do what you can, and let God do the rest"
I think I understood something that I had read before:
It's ok to want something, but it's the being too attached to it that drives it away.
So, she WANTS to get pregnant, but she is SO PETRIFIED that she won't, she gives more energy to the fearful future than to her being pregnant.
It's like when I am HYPER-FOCUSED on making money, it's really out of a fear of NOT having any, so even when I DO make a bunch, I get so scared of losing it all- and I do exactly that.
(I SHOULD edit that last sentence to be all in the past, but I'm going to let it go for now!)
So, I have heard that it's the "Attachment" to your dreams that can trip you up- the vigorous NEED for a CERTAIN, PERFECT result that is really a fear that it won't work out EXACTLY that way.
Joe Vitale mentions that you should end every prayer or visualization or whatever with the words "This, or something better", just to allow for the Universe to add to your dream, and maybe even surpass yours.
Oprah always says that God has a bigger dream for you than you can imagine.
So, I have taken this away: As I am working towards my future stardom and wealth- I am doing what I am doing, and staying focused and all that, but it's the FREAKING OUT that can mess it all up.
Now I'm gonna try not to FREAK OUT about not freaking out!!!!
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