Share Happiness, Kindness and Goodwill

“1000s of candles can be lit from a single candle – and the life of the first candle will not be shortened.” – Budda

Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Share today, and see what happens.

Grit

Grit – “A combination of passion and perseverance for a long term goal.”  

Grit is a better predictor of success than natural talent and ability, and natural ability does not make a person more likely to have grit.

Research shows that on average, the higher a student’s test scores, the less gritty the student tended to be. A child that has to work harder usually gets farther in the long run.

Pursue what you love, work hard, and don’t give up.

Sands of the hourglass

Last month I was 24. Now I am 52. Soon, I will not be 52. I will be 53. 52 will be gone for me – never to return. Like 51 is now – gone.

Soon I will be 60, and my 50s will be gone. The next day, I will be 70.

Life is passing you by. This is your time. Nobody gets out of here alive.

What are you waiting for?

Dark and Light

“You have to die a few times before you can really live.” – Charles Bukowski

Bad things happen to us. Some of us more than others. We don’t like the pain, and get through it as best we can. But the lows are there so we can recognize the high marks in our lives when we live them.  

There would be no light without dark.  

It’s all a gift – when we see it as so.

Be Charming Today!

“Charm is an odorless perfume, which cannot be analyzed in a chemists test tube.  It is a permeation, a radiation.  It emanates from the climate of a warm human spirit, which not only contains light, but gives it off.”-Fannie Hurst 

Who do know that is charming?  That person who has a way of getting a yes, and getting people to be happy for having interacted with them today?

Emulate them today.  Let’s all practice being charming today!

The best way to get new friends…

Be one to someone new. If you want friendship, give it.

It’s not that difficult. If you want people to care about you, care about them.

If you want people to help you, help them.

If you want love, give it.

What do you want? Give it away first.

Negative Visualization

We have a habit of taking things for granted. We can start to feel ungrateful or indifferent about our blessings, and feel like we won’t be happy until we get more. But of course, if we do get more, the same thing happens.

How can we feel gratitude when we just don’t feel grateful? Visualize your life WITHOUT the things and people that are in it now.

I’m sitting on a couch right now. What if I didn’t have a couch? All of a sudden, this couch feels really good under me.  

What would I do without my job? Without each family member? Without my friends? Without my health? Without all my experiences and things that I learned and was able to do so far?

We all have much to be grateful for.

Net Worth to the World

“Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.” – From the book Pursuing the Good Life.

What would be left after they worked this equation on you?

You're being set up

The world has set you up to trigger you emotionally. News organizations and marketers know you’ll only pay attention when they trigger your emotions – and that’s just what they are doing. They want to inspire fear, conspiracy, conflict and inadequacy.

The television, radio, newspapers, magazines and now your smart phone are their tools of manipulation.

Don’t let them steal your most valuable resource – your attention.  

Shut them down, and take control.

"Into the Dust" Debut on You Tube!

The day has finally come.  Our full-length movie 16 months in the making is finally on You Tube.  It’s a great movie to watch with the family.  It’s called “Into the Dust”, and it’s about our first attempt at the longest non-stop cross country race in the world – the Baja 1000.  My son Tanner and I entered the race, as many of you know.  The move documents the adventure.  

Click here to watch the full movie. 

(If for some reason it doesn’t work, search Into the Dust baja 1000 janesky” on You Tube and it will come up.)