I have decided to re-start my weekly live broadcast on Talkshoe. Sometimes life give you time to reflect on exactly what you want out of it. This is one of those times, for me personally and for many others. In this episode I will talk about Where I have been, where I am going and what I feel is coming along next. My apologies for the audio quality here. I didn’t hear the feedback until I replayed the episode and I have found the problem. Future episodes will be much better. Thanks for listening!
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Providing that you didn’t fail miserably on the first task that I set out for you in my previous article (See Becoming Successful: Getting Started) , you should be on your way to starting your new venture. As we discussed earlier, this venture does not necessarily have to be a business. It could be that you want to start or become more involved in a community or charitable organization, start a new hobby that you want to become great at, or possibly just learn something new. Regardless of what your venture is, when you sat down to create your first task list and approached those tasks over the last week or so you probably ran into my most common complaint, “I just don’t have enough time”. Click here to read more.. »
As I write this tonight, the stock market has taken another plunge, the government is debating a bailout of the auto makers and gloom and doom seems to be coming at us from every direction. The dire financial news of today is likely to become the dire financial news of tomorrow and quite frankly for the forseeable future. The problem is that we cannot allow it to control our lives. Too many of us have connected out financial success to happiness. My thought for today is this. Celebrate life.
November 1st marks the beginning of the Holiday Season for me, from this point out the year is focused on celebration. Thanksgiving is just around the corner, holiday sales, football games, parties and other events seem to get endlessly strung together from now thru the end of the year. While the constant taunting of “buy me, buy me” coming from the stores comes earlier each year, I will make a point this year of turning my criticism of this into celebration of it. No, I won’t shop any earlier or buy any more than I usually do, but I may have friends over for dinner this November, or have a pre-holiday party. Click here to read more.. »
Posted on November 12th 2008 in
Family,
Personal Growth
Earlier today I was reflecting on the fact that over the past few years I have been approached dozens of times by people who are looking for a little bit of help getting their project, business, or idea off the ground. It just seems to happen. I’m not sure that I’m the kind of person who brings out the entrepreneur in people, maybe I just tend to have conversations that uncover peoples desires, whatever they may be. Regardless of what causes it, over the years I have been involved with an awful lot of projects and I currently act as an advisor to half a dozen or so people who are trying to better themselves in one way or another. I view these opportunities as one of lifes greatest rewards. Click here to read more.. »
My name is John and I make lists. The crowd answers back in unison, “Hi John”. If there is anything that I have a need for in my life it is the list. Without it I am quickly reduced to a scatterbrained non-thinker. Even without a list on paper, I almost always have a list in my head.
Its not a bad thing, mind you. My lists keep me focused, they free me from the mundane task of tracking how much I have to do and how what I have accomplished. They allow my mind to work the way that it is intended to, one task at a time. My lists make me a task master. Click here to read more.. »
Posted on August 8th 2008 in
Helpful Habits,
Personal Growth
Polls and Statistics, statistics and polls, I just can’t take it anymore! If I get one more phone call from someone “conducting a political survey” I think I am going to be sick. The bias intertwined within the questions themselves is enough to make any sane person wince, but the questions themselves seem to be even more self-fulfilling then ever. Talk about a lack of choice, I’m waiting for a call asking me whether I prefer toast, toast or toast from the american bakers council. Tada! 87% of people questioned prefer toast! (The remaining 13% couldn’t take it anymore and simply screamed uncontrollably into the phone) Click here to read more.. »
Posted on August 2nd 2008 in
Personal Growth,
Rants
