Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Addicted to Coffee?

I feel that I have a safe and controllable coffee addiction. Click on the link and take the quiz yourself.

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Achieve Your Ambition & Belief in Yourself

Another article of interest that discusses the subconscious mind and how controlling the input can unlock it's power fuel achievement.

Achieve Your Ambition & Belief in Yourself
By: Stephen Campbell

Fundamental to success in any vocation whatever is self-confidence. Unless a man believes firmly in his ability to succeed he can not achieve much. And, unfortunately, the tendency of many people is to personal underestimation. Looking about them, in fact, the generality of men fix their gaze wonderingly on some outstanding figure in their line of work, some acknowledged leader.

"I wish I could do what he has done," they say to themselves. "But it is of course impossible. He had advantages I have never had. He was better endowed by inheritance than I, enjoyed a better education. Mine is a pygmy mind compared with his. He is a born genius. That is why he has prospered."

This is the attitude consciously or unconsciously taken by most people. Nor is it surprising, in view of the belittling influences to which many are subjected from their earliest days. In childhood, their natural aptitudes unstudied, they are pitch forked into a rigid educational system making next to no allowance for individual trends. Parents and teachers, finding them "misfits" in such a system, but not appreciating the desirability of modifying the system, combines not so much to help them as to fill their minds with ideas of inferiority. They are reproached for their "dullness." Other children who happen to fit better into the school curriculum are extolled as superior beings certain to travel fast and far, while they, the inferiors, lag behind.

Later the terrible teachings of the heredity fanatics impinge upon them with crushing force. They now know what the matter with them is. If they did not get along in school and they unmistakably did not it was because they were born in some degree mentally defective. The best they can hope for is to earn a difficult living in a subordinate role. Thus influenced to disbelieve in themselves they are fated to mediocrity and obscurity unless a happy chance intervene as it often does to awaken them to a belated realization that they can accomplish more than they have thought possible. Otherwise they continue to flounder, continue futilely to marvel at their more successful fellows more successful largely for the reason that they have refused to acknowledge inferiority, and have, through good fortune and ill, clung to the belief that they have it in them to succeed.

"I can and I will," has been the creed of the victorious, whatever their origin, whatever the blessing or the blight of their heredity. With "I can and I will" they have climbed to the heights, even despite the handicap of a family history that would fill a eugenicist with dismay.

"Of course there are limits," as the wise William James once pointed out. "The trees don't grow into the sky. But the plain fact remains that men the world over possess amounts of resource which only very exceptional individuals push to their extremes of use." This doctrine of unused resources, of hidden powers, accessible to all if all would but learn to make use of them, is indeed one of the most important of modern psychological findings. And it is not based on theory merely.

It is borne out by an abundance of facts of every-day observation and by the results of scientific researches which go to show, more specifically, that there is in the depths of every person's mind what may figuratively be described as both a storehouse wherein are lastingly preserved all of life's experiences, and also a factory for the creation of ideas. Psychologists call this wonderful region of the mind the subconscious, and for the past quarter of a century many of them have been industriously exploring it.

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Monday, July 16, 2007

Are You Prepared For Success? (Section II - Installment #11 "Potential” - Male and Female versions)

(If this is your first time on this site, please begin with "Are You Prepared For Success?" [Introduction])

Potential
To achieve your potential,
You know that you can;
You must make everything
A part of your plan.

Eliminate the negative,
That's in your life.
Reduce the worry,
And get rid of the strife.

Focus your energy.
Keep your goal in sight.
Be ready to win.
Prepare for the fight.

Don't be distracted.
Keep moving ahead.
Dare to go
Where no one has tread.

(An original Poem by Mel Kaye)

I strongly suggest that you write down your immediate reaction, after passionately reading this poem.

List what's most negative in your life?

If you really wanted to, what could you eliminate?

Go to Section II (Installment #12)

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Sunday, July 15, 2007

Do you give your cat baths?

I thought you loved me!

You just wait .. I'll get even with you for this....

You said the water was warm!!!!

I don't like you anymore.....

I'm gonna sit here until you get the towel ... now go!

You're squeezing too tight ... look at my eyes ... they say "tilt"!

No, I am NOT your good kitty!

What's wrong with you people? This is cruel....and....WET!

Why can't I get any traction?

I wish I could get on my knees to pray

No, no, no, no! Damn it all ... I said "NO!"

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5 Ingredients For Success In Law of Attraction

My last post was entitle "The Law of Attraction; My take on it." So for those of you who are unfamiliar with this concept, I thought I would post a brief summary by someone who has no bias.

5 Ingredients For Success In Law of Attraction

By: Khoon Eng

In this article, I will outline 5 ingredients for success in the Law of Attraction. Make the Law of Attraction a part of your life to achieve your goals and dreams. Whatever you want in your life, you can accomplish. Be it wealth, health, happiness, love and more.

Ingredient 1 is The Science of Getting Rich

There is a book that you should read to help you fully understand the Law of Attraction and how it can help you in your life with anything you want to achieve. The Science of Getting Rich, by Wallace D. Wattles can help guide you through how you can change your negative thoughts, doubts, worries, and fears into positive thinking and how this will help you achieve what you want in your life.

Ingredient 2 is Thoughts Become Reality

Your thoughts do actually physically manifest themselves in your life. Therefore, when you think negatively, those thoughts will bring about negative things in your life, ie. things you do not want. Negative thoughts attract negative events and things. The Law of Attraction can help you change your way of thinking. When you think positively you will attract positive things in your life. Your positive thinking can help you make those positive things in your life become a reality.

Ingredient 3 is Redirect Your Energy

You can redirect your energy by controlling your thoughts. Remember your thoughts do not have control over you, you are the one (and the only one) who can change the way you think. If you are like most people, you might constantly think about what you do not have. This is a waste of your energy and incurs negative thoughts about your life and yourself. You need to redirect your energy to be grateful for everything, and everyone you have in your life. By being grateful you will realize that you have a lot more than you thought you did, that you may not need more material things, that you have accomplished more in your life than you are giving yourself credit for, and that you can achieve what you want in your life. This takes the focus off of the negative thoughts of what you do not have, what you cannot have, and what you wish you had and redirects your energy toward being grateful for your life and everything in it.

Ingredient 4 is Visualization and Goal Setting

Positive visualization and proper goal setting is the platform from which you jumpstart your life and reaching your dreams. With positive visualization you can help your mind think positively and attract positive things in your life. You should spend at least five minutes a day with visualization. You should feel peaceful, relaxed, and calm. Visualize your goals and dreams using all of your senses. Visualize yourself as the person who has already accomplished these goals and dreams.

Ingredient 5 is Positive Actions Bring You What You Want

None of these ingredients of the Law of Attraction will work for you if you do nothing to make them happen. You must take action toward accomplishing your goals and dreams. Take the necessary steps to get there and you will.

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Saturday, July 14, 2007

The Law Of Attraction; My take on it

I have and will always be skeptical of anything that uses the word “secret” or “what others don’t want you to know.” The Law of Attraction is what is behind the book called “The Secret.” In my view, the basic Law of Attraction is sound, the problem is that when applying it to the attainment of wealth it is fundamentally flawed. However, applying it to wealth is the hook that draws in the people to spend their money and buy it.

In a way, it’s like a diet. There are hundreds and possibly thousands of diets out there, but for most people none of them work. The allure of weight loss, of the ease of the diet, using celebrities, appealing to our vanity, the fundamental concept of advertising is what is used to get us to spend our money on another diet that won’t work. Why won’t it work? It’s because our mindset is not there. We are looking for the easy way, the “secret,” the way with the littlest amount of work needed. If we are in the mindset that we will lose weight and do whatever it takes, then any one of the diets will work. It’s all in our heads! One of the hardest things to do is to step back from the situation and perform an objective analysis. We are too caught up in our lives to know what is best for ourselves.

When it comes to the attainment of wealth you have to be prepared. I have put together a program that will help prepare you for books like “The Secret” and I am not charging you a penny. It is all laid out in this blog “Are You Prepared for Success?” aka "The Process."

This is a complex subject and I could go on for hours, however, I just wanted to write a short essay. I elaborate more in the "The Process" and will probably write other essays with more detail.

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How addicted are you to blogging?

50%How Addicted to Blogging Are You
I think that is is a safe place to be; I am committed but short of being committed.

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Friday, July 13, 2007

Don't Mess With Kids

A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales.

The teacher said it was physically impossible for a
whale to swallow a human because even though it
was a very large mammal its throat was very small.

The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a
whale.

Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could
not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.

The little girl said, "When I get to heaven I will ask
Jonah".

The teacher asked, "What if Jonah went to hell?"

The little girl replied, "Then you ask him ".

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A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom
of children while they were drawing.  She would
occasionally walk around to see each child's work.  
As she got to one little girl who was working diligently,
she asked what the drawing was.

The girl replied, "I'm drawing God."

The teacher paused and said, "But no one knows
what God looks like."

Without missing a beat, or looking up from her
drawing, the girl replied, "They will in a minute."

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A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten
Commandments with her five and six year olds.
After explaining the commandment to "honor" thy
Father and thy Mother, she asked, "Is there a
commandment that teaches us how to treat our
brothers and sisters?"

Without missing a beat one little boy (the oldest
of a family) answered, "Thou shall not kill."



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One day a little girl was sitting and watching her
mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She
suddenly noticed that her mother had several
strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her
brunette head.

She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked,
"Why are some of your hairs white, Mom?"

Her mother replied, "Well, every time that you do
something wrong and make me cry or unhappy,
one of my hairs turns white."

The little girl thought about this revelation for a while
and then said, "Momma, how come ALL of
grandma's hairs are white?"



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The children had all been photographed, and
the teacher was trying to persuade them each to
buy a copy of the group picture.

"Just think how nice it will be to look at it when
you are all grown up and say, 'There's Jennifer,
she's a lawyer,' or 'That's Michael, He's a doctor.'

A small voice at the back of the room rang out,
"And there's the teacher, she's dead."



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A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation
of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer,
she said, "Now, class, if I stood on my head, the
blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would
turn red in the face."

"Yes," the class said.

"Then why is it that while I am standing up right in
the ordinary position the blood doesn't run into
my feet?"

A little fellow shouted, "Cause your feet ain't empty."



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The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a
Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head
of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun
made a note, and posted on the apple tray:
"Take only ONE. God is watching."

Moving further along the lunch line, at the other
end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip
cookies.

A child had written a note, "Take all you want. God
is busy watching the apples”.

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Are You Prepared For Success? (Section II - Installment #10 "The Achiever” - Male and Female versions)

(If this is your first time on this site, please begin with "Are You Prepared For Success?" [Introduction])

The Achiever

The power of positive

Thinking is great.

As to this fact

There is no debate.

Great feats can be achieved

By woman or man

Simply because

You believes that you can.

Whatever the field,

Whatever the goal,

Whatever the task,

You know in your soul,

You know that it's true,

That no great achiever

Ever achieved greatness,

Not being a believer.

You too can be great,

Its not reserved for the few.

The next great achiever

Can actually be you.

You too can attain

These loftier heights.

Believe in yourself

And reset your sights.

(An original Poem by Mel Kaye)

I strongly suggest that you write down your immediate reaction, after passionately reading this poem.

What do you need to believe in order for you to achieve?

Go to Section II (Installment #11)

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Thursday, July 12, 2007

BLOGGER'S CORNER - INDEX

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12 Rules of Blogger Etiquette by MondayMorningPower

If you link to a site, try to visit that site at least once every 2-4 weeks.

Always leave a comment on these sites.

Always be honest and encouraging in your comments.
Do not use gimmicks to attract readers. This will diminish the worth of what you are saying.
If you give a blog more than a casual glance, leave a comment.
If you see a blog that could have potential and you have an idea as to how to make it better, leave constructive comments.
If you find a blog that deeply interests you, link to it.

Announce in a comment in that blog that you have done so and invite the author to visit your blog.
It is okay to ask for reciprocity but do not make your link contingent upon this.

Encourage new bloggers, especially the ones that represent interesting content.

Offer to swap links. (This differs from #6. I believe that with a new blogger, offering to help with a link to their site should be reciprocated.)

When leaving a comment on a blog for the first time, let the author know how you found his/her blog, especially if you found it through a link on another blog.
If you want to increase readership, you have to read other blogs and leave comments. "Do onto others as you would have them do onto you.”
If you reprint another’s work, be sure that you give credit to the author and link to the author’s site. Most authors, including me, do not mind if you reprint their work as long as correct credit is given and a link-back is established.

Be careful of copyright infringements.

Plagiarism is bad.......very bad.
Language and appropriateness is difficult to discuss. What is appropriate to one can be inappropriate to another. The same goes for language.

You do have the ability (“Flag Blog”) to notify a Blogger of objectionable content.
However, just like with television, you have the power to not visit objectionable blogs.

I have created this as a working document. I know that I have missed some points. Please, if you can add to this list, leave me a detailed comment and if I agree, I will update this post.

The more we can assist talented and dedicated aspiring bloggers the better the blogesphere will be for all of us. I do not see blogging as a competition, but a true sharing.

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Automatic Technorati Tag Generator

It took a while for me to find this, but I found it to be invaluable so I though I would share it with everyone, giving credit where credit is due.

In searching for information on "Blogger Etiquette", which I will write about on a later post, I came upon a post called "Top 20 Tips For Beginner Bloggers," of which I found some useful information. However, the following paragraph struck me as extremely useful:

"Use Technorati tags at the end of your blog posts. Technorati tags are a way of classifying your blog posts by topic and have them added to Technorati�s index (Technorati is the most important search engine for blogs). Use this automatic Technorati tag generator to avoid having to create the HTML code manually."

So I performed some extensive Google searches and came across the the following site: Fintan Darragh's Technorati Tag Generator.

For bloggers who want to increase their traffic, this is an absolute must!!

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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Don't Mess With Old Ladies

An older lady gets pulled over for speeding...

Older Woman: Is there a problem, Officer?

Officer: Ma'am, you were speeding.

Older Woman: Oh, I see.

Officer: Can I see your license please?

Older Woman: I'd give it to you but I don't have one.

Officer: Don't have one?

Older Woman: Lost it, 4 years ago for drunk driving.

Officer: I see...Can I see your vehicle registration papers please.

Older Woman: I can't do that.

Officer: Why not?

Older Woman: I stole this car.

Officer: Stole it?

Older Woman: Yes, and I killed and hacked up the owner.

Officer: You what?

Older Woman: His body parts are in plastic bags in the trunk if you want to see

The Officer looks at the woman and slowly backs away to his car and calls for back up. Within minutes 5 police cars circle the car. A senior officer slowly approaches the car, clasping his half drawn gun.

Officer 2: Ma'am, could you step out of your vehicle please!

The woman steps out of her vehicle.

Older woman: Is there a problem sir?

Officer 2: One of my officers told me that you have stolen this car and murdered the owner.

Older Woman: Murdered the owner?

Officer 2: Yes, could you please open the trunk of your car, please.

The woman opens the trunk, revealing nothing but an empty trunk.

Officer 2: Is this your car, ma'am?

Older Woman: Yes, here are the registration papers.
The officer is quite stunned.

Officer 2: One of my officers claims that you do not have a driving license.

The woman digs into her handbag and pulls out a clutch purse and hands it to the officer. The officer examines the license. He looks quite puzzled.

Officer 2: Thank you ma'am, one of my officers told me you didn't have a license, that you stole this car, and that you murdered and hacked up the owner.

Older Woman: Bet the liar told you I was speeding, too.

Don't Mess With Old Ladies

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Climb Out of That Bucket and Live the Life of Your Dreams

The following article portrays a very nice visual analogy and an interesting way of looking at attaining your dreams.

Climb Out of That Bucket and Live the Life of Your Dreams

By: Joe Farcht

From birth to adulthood we learn to become good citizens and well-adjusted adults in the world of work and life. Many people make this transformation relatively successfully and lead somewhat normal, happy lives.

Some people make it to adulthood grumbling and blaming the world for all the "bad things" it brings their way including the job they hate. Others can't make the adjustment at all and wind up in prison or dead.

What I'll call the "normal" group - the one that achieves a somewhat happy existence - learns to live by a set of rules, norms, and expectations that often limit their growth, potential, and true greatness.

A few members of this "normal" group discover something special about themselves, make a choice to excel, and take action to create the life of their dreams. They do it without the support of the normal group.

You see, the normal group wants its members to be just normal. By the way, work groups and some families act in the same way. They discourage their members from getting ahead (of the other normal group members).

The Normal Group is Crabby

If you've ever been crabbing, you've seen the "normal" group in action!

You catch crabs by attaching some meat (often a chicken neck) to a long piece of cord and lowering it to the bottom of the bay. Crabs attach themselves to the meat and begin eating. You raise the meat and catch the crabs in a net. Then you throw the crabs into a bucket to keep them from running around the boat and pinching people.

Watch the crabs and you will see that as soon as one crab tries to escape the bucket by climbing out, the other crabs will pull it back down into the bucket. There's no escape from the bucket.

Life is often like that. A person wants to get ahead and knows that there is more to work and life than what they are presently experiencing.

Get Out of the Bucket!

It takes personal leadership to become aware that escaping the normal is possible. It takes personal leadership to choose and commit to creating a better life. It takes personal leadership to take the actions necessary to propel yourself and create the new future you imagine and want.

You can do it. . . All things are possible. Many others in our great land have done it.

Don't let the other crabs in your life prevent you from developing your unique potential and discovering your greatness.

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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Patriotism & Denzel Washington

The Media Missed this one!

Subject: Denzel Washington, and

Brook Army Medical Center

Don't know whether you heard about this

but Denzel Washington and his family visited

the troops at Brook Army Medical Center , in

San Antonio , Texas (BAMC) the other day. This

is where soldiers who have been evacuated from

Germany come to be hospitalized in the United

States, especially burn victims. There are some

buildings there called Fisher Houses. The Fisher

House is a Hotel where soldiers' families can stay,

for little or no charge, while their soldier is staying

in the Hospital. BAMC has quite a few of these houses

on base, but as you can imagine, they are almost filled

most of the time.

While Denzel Washington was visiting BAMC, they gave

him a tour of one of the Fisher Houses. He asked how

much one of them would cost to build. He took his check

book out and wrote a check for the full amount right there

on the spot. The soldiers overseas were amazed to hear

this story and want to get the word out to the American

public, because it warmed their hearts to hear it.

The question I have is why does:

Brad Pitt
Madonna,

Tom Cruise and

other Hollywood fluff

make front page news with their ridiculous
antics and Denzel Washington's Patriotism

doesn't even make page 3 in the Metro section of

any newspaper except the Local newspaper in San

Antonio.