Archive for September, 2009
13 Profound Statements Via Twitter
Posted by Justin Dixon Follow me on Twitter Photo courtesy of Dario Sanches
Its amazing how much knowledge a person can gain in a lifetime. It doesn’t seem to manner what age you are, or what school you go to, or even what job you have. Everyone has something profound that they can share with others. Everyone has something to offer.
Over the weekend I asked everyone I could on twitter what the most profound thing they have ever been told is. I got answers back from moms, martial-artists, a yogi, a zen master, a financial adviser, personal coaches, business men, writers, and some just plain friendly people. They all had something great to say, and they all gave me something to think about.
I thought I’d share some of these with you. (more…)
22 comments September 14, 2009
The ADD Blogger’s Guide to Focus
Post by Justin Dixon follow me on Twitter Photo courtesy of orangeacid
When I was in second grade I was tested for Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). My parents were told that if they did not put me on Ritalin, a drug related to morphine, that they would have to pull me out of school. Thankfully, my parents chose the latter. Up until seventh grade I taught myself, and my parents would check my work. I got through the rest of school with better than average grades. When I got to the workforce however I realized that even at a job that I enjoyed, I would be easily distracted. It was a pain for me to alphabetize books with no mistakes, and if something shiny was thrown by… I was gone. I knew I had to do something, but I had committed to work through my ADD rather than medicate it. I started immediately working on ways to increase my focus. Today if I am really focused on something than no matter what happens around me I will stay focused.
Here are the things that have helped this ADD blogger. (more…)
13 comments September 12, 2009
The Hidden Value of Difficulties
Post by J.S. Dixon Follow me on Twitter Photo courtesy of Shane Gorski
How many times have you found yourself wanting something that’s just not easy to get? A new car, a nice new house, that promotion, self-employment? Do you ever wonder why you want things like that? I mean its just a lot of work to make these dreams and goals happen. Why can’t they be easier?
The fact is that its not those items that you want. What you really want is the difficulty needed to get them. In fact if you were just handed any of those things they would lose most, if not all of their value. (more…)
13 comments September 9, 2009
8 Common Mindsets That Will Kill Your Dreams
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“Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny.”-Tryon Edwards
We do not perceive everything we see. Our eyes and sub-conscious record everything, but it can not all register. Our minds are only able to translate so much information, and the filter through which we process that information is our mind, and it has been proven that what we think in our minds effects very strongly what we will notice.
So the mind is an incredible force, and by determining what you see, your thoughts determine where you go in life. Here are 8 common mindsets that you should look out for.
9 comments September 7, 2009
Joseph Campbell Quotes
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I was introduced to this writer through a list of people who taught themselves. He was told that the degree he wanted to take for his masters was to broad, so he moved to a lodge a little bit away from the city, and read for nine hours a day for five years. He than proceeded to publish several books on comparative mythology and enriching our own lives. He was later awarded the doctorate that he had been denied thus allowing him to become a full-time professor, and his book The Hero with A Thousand Faces is still required reading for many schools.
Here is what a man who chose to decide for himself what he should learn and became succesful had to say.
2 comments September 6, 2009
Are Your Goals Worth 5 Minutes a Day?
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What if I told you that there was something you could do that would improve you as a person, focus your day as a whole, and bring you closer to achieving your goals? What if that thing only took up an average of five minutes a day? (more…)
3 comments September 3, 2009
