Who Are You.... Really

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The original is here: http://youtu.be/kUtH0DDJorM The voice is from Gangaji, reading her book "The Diamond in Your Pocket" (audio book from Soundstrue).

The music is by Lisa Gerrard and Patrick Cassidy: Elegy, from the album Immortal Memory.

The images are from the BBC series Planet Earth, Mountains episode. Links to sites of the creator of the video, Kosi Freedom: http://www.kosi.co and kosifreedom.ning.com

"Validation"

Ενα έξοχο φιλμ για τις ανθρώπινες σχέσεις και το μηχανισμό που μπορεί να τις βελτιώσει θεαματικά.



"Validation" is a fable about the magic of free parking.

Starring TJ Thyne & Vicki Davis
Writer/Director/Composer - Kurt Kuenne
A Theatre Junkies Production

Winner - Best Narrative Short, Cleveland Int'l Film Festival; Winner - Jury Award, Gen Art Chicago Film Festival; Winner - Audience Award, Hawaii Int'l Film Festival; Winner - Best Short Comedy, Breckenridge Festival of Film; Winner - Crystal Heart Award, Best Short Film & Audience Award, Heartland Film Festival; Winner - Christopher & Dana Reeve Audience Award, Williamstown Film Festival; Winner - Best Comedy, Dam Short Film Festival; Winner - Best Short Film, So Cal Independent Film Festival; Winner - Best Short Film, Idyllwild Film Festival; Winner - Best Short Film, Sedona International Film Festival;

Who Do You Want to Be?

Question: What is the best personality or the best identity for you to assume? Answer: Anything you want! A cheerful friend, a businesslike executive, a caring listener. Whatever is best at the time. Different circumstances require different attitudes. For example, to be a bossy manager at work might be appropriate, but you might drive your spouse crazy if that identity comes home with you. To be a rowdy sports fan at a game is great, but not who you should be when asking for a raise. The reason people have trouble determining who or what they should BE is because . . . they don't start with HAVE. "Children in the West are commonly asked `What are you going to BE when you grow up?' It is a silly question and can drive any child up the wall. Because it's the wrong question -- it hits the wrong end of the cycle." "The child is also asked, `What are you going to DO in life?' That's just as bad. It is quite difficult to answer." "If we asked children, `What do you want to PRODUCE in life?' we could probably get a workable answer. From that they could figure out what they'd have to do to produce. And from that, they could know what they had to BE. Then, with a little cooperation they would be able to lead a happy and valuable life." "A lot of people and businesses fail because they don't do this." -- L. Ron Hubbard

Seth Godin: The tribes we lead

Seth Godin argues the Internet has ended mass marketing and revived a human social unit from the distant past: tribes. Founded on shared ideas and values, tribes give ordinary people the power to lead and make big change. He urges us to do so.

Seth Godin is an entrepreneur and blogger who thinks about the marketing of ideas in the digital age. His newest interest: the tribes we lead.

Awakening your inner genius

If you’d like to know what some of history’s greatest thinkers and achievers can teach you about awakening your inner genius, and how to find, follow, and fulfill your journey to greatness, then you want to read this book today.

See, you can score in the highest ranges of IQ…and fail to succeed in life. You can work incredibly hard…and never realize your dreams. You can stumble across beautiful opportunities…only to watch them wither and die.

There’s something else—something considered unfathomable by many—that lies behind greatness. And in Awakening Your Inner Genius, you’re going to be taken on an adventure to discover what that is, and how you can use it to transform your life.

You see, genius is a path, not a gift. Studies of history’s greatest geniuses have shown that there is a “genius code,” if you will. A combination of very specific traits that we can develop in ourselves, and thus, operate at a genius level.

In this book, you’re going to learn things like…

Paulo Coelho: The way of the bow

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Do you hate rich people?

by Grant Cardone

 Are we becoming a country that hates rich people? Are we becoming a culture that frowns on the Financially Successful? 

Lets be honest about this.

This was the subject of a lot of discussion on my radio show today, The Cardone Zone and I wanted to share it with you because this may be something that is preventing you from achieving the success of your dreams.

You hear of a guy that was born into wealth and never had to work in his life ---- don’t you resent him a bit?
Our society has sayings that suggest resentment, envy, misunderstanding and disdain of successful people... "He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth," and "the meek shall inherit the earth," for example.

I hear people suggest that rich people are greedy, dishonest and the biggest stereotype, "Oh he may have money but he isn't happy." You are bombarded with this type of thinking every time you turn on the TV and hear Obama talk about how wealthy Americans need to pay their fair share or how the top 1% are somehow suppressing the rest of us.

Why do we do this as a society? And most importantly what is the effect on YOU because of these ideas or beliefs being projected onto YOU?

RIGHT OR LEFT IS NOT IMPORTANT, YOU ARE!

The Left or The Right?

While the population of our country further solidifies its position to the ‘right’ or ‘left’ and others frustrated with both and giving up hope, I suggest you put your attention on yourself and what you can do, rather than Left or Right and what neither of them can or will do. If you want to make your life better for yourself, your community and the planet quit waiting for the left or the right to do it when you could be doing it.

You can end any passionate ‘party-blame’ discussion by immediately interjecting, “neither party has a solution to problems today, change will not happen until each of us change.” The Left or the Right are NOT going to improve your personal condition – they have had 50 years to do so and it appears that things are only getting worse. The economy, employment, health care, crime, education, poverty and the likes all show signs of worsening. Both sides are caught up in rhetoric and pleasing their lobbyist friends, while you and I are left to provide for our families and make our companies work. This “left vs right” argument appears to be driven to keep your attention on right or wrong and who is to blame rather than what you can do to improve the conditions of your neighborhoods, your business, and your community.

A Great Attitude is Worth More Than a Great Product

Personal Story

..........The Real Jen Harris

A positive attitude is a thousand times more important than the product itself. Just observe how people on this planet spend their money. A person will spend a small amount of his income on the necessities of life and blow his entire paycheck on entertainment. Why? Because he wants to feel good! Why does Jay Leno make more money than all of the schools teachers in Los Angeles combined? Because he makes people laugh and feel good.

People will pay more for an agreeable, positive and enjoyable experience than they will for a great product. Who doesn’t want to feel good? Who doesn’t want to be acknowledged for being right? Who doesn’t want to be smiled at and agreed with? Show me a person that doesn’t want to feel good and I’ll show you someone that you don’t want to bother selling! Man wants to feel good. Man are moved by positive and confident people, more than he is moved by great products. There will always be a market for products that make him feel good, but a person who can make someone feel good can sell almost anything! The individual that combines a great attitude with a great product becomes unstoppable!

It’s easy for a buyer to say no to a product or a company, but it’s extremely difficult to say no to a positive experience with another human being. When something makes you feel good you want more of it whether it makes sense or not. This is why people do things that aren’t good for them because for a moment or two, it made them feel good. People will spend money on things that make them feel good before they’ll spend money on things they need. This explains the poverty and debt levels we see today!

One time I saw a beautiful jacket on display in a shop window and was so intrigued by it that I went inside to have a closer look. I asked the clerk the price, which she told me as she helped me slip on the jacket. Admiring my reflection in the mirror, I protested that the price was insane and added that I didn’t even need the thing! With a warm, understanding and beautiful smile she said, “No one buys a jacket like this because they need it. They buy it because it’s beautiful and it make them feel good.” Melting in the truth of her statement, I asked her, “Do you take AMEX?”

With all the chaos and bad news that the media disseminates daily, it’s refreshing to meet a solution-oriented, positive person.

You know the kind of person I’m talking about. The kind of person who’s always smiling as they say, “Yes sir, I’ll get it done for you, I’d be happy to do that!” I want to be taken care of by positive people. I don’t want to just be sold. I want people around me who are positive, helpful, smiling and motivated. That’s what all people want.

What a Genius Occultist Can Teach You About Becoming an Expert

Posted by Patrick Clouden

Have you ever woken up, thought about what you wanted to do, sat down to do it, and then talked yourself out of it?

Sure you have. Who hasn’t? Why, though? Was it because you thought it was the wrong thing to do? Probably not.

I’m willing to bet that, in many cases, it was because you thought you weren’t good enough yet.

Why You Must Become an Idiot to Become a Master

Posted by Patrick Clouden

What would you say is the least common denominator of all truly successful people?

What have they done that enabled them to rise above the rest of the crowd?

Why do others clamor to give them their money?

Sure, successful people are usually smart, motivated, hard-working, and so on, but these aren’t the fundamental reasons for their success. They can’t charge customers for their intelligence, energy level, or work ethic.

What they can charge outrageous sums for (and do) and what serves as the foundation of every wildly successful business venture is mastery. Extraordinary ability to do something that others find valuable.

What is Your Most Precious Productivity Resource?

Posted on May 18th, 2012 by Patrick Clouden

What is your most precious resource in production? What, if left unmanaged, will kill your productivity more than anything else?

Most people would answer “time”…and they’re wrong.

The most important commodity you have and must manage in order to maintain high productivity is energy, not time. Why?

ΓΙΑΤΙ ΚΑΠΟΙΟΙ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΤΥΧΕΡΟΙ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΠΟΙΟΙ ΑΛΛΟΙ ΟΧΙ;

Dr. Δημήτρης Τσουκαλάς 
Διδάκτωρ Πανεπιστημίου UNI.NA. Federico II
Ειδικός στα Χρόνια Νοσήματα και στις Διαταραχές του Μεταβολισμού
American College for the Advancement in Medicine


Επειδή σε περιόδους σαν τις σημερινές χρειαζόμαστε όση περισσοτερη τύχη μπορούμε να βρούμε παραθέτω ένα παλαιότερο και πολύ ενδιαφέρον άρθρο άρθρο που δημοσιεύτηκε το 2008, τη χρονιά που ξεκίνησε η παγκόσμια κρίση, στο Riders Digest.

Εδώ και αιώνες, οι άνθρωποι αναγνωρίζουν τη δύναμη της τύχης.

Κάποιοι πιστεύουν ότι η τύχη, καλή ή κακή, είναι κάτι που συμβαίνει απλά χωρίς να μπορούμε να το αλλάξουμε και κάποιοι άλλοι ότι μόνοι μας διαμορφώνουμε την τύχη μας. 

Με στόχο να ερευνήσουν επιστημονικά γιατί κάποιοι άνθρωποι είναι σταθερά τυχεροί ενώ άλλοι δεν είναι, ερευνητές έβαλαν αγγελίες σε περιοδικά μεγάλης κυκλοφορίας για εθελοντές και από τις δύο κατηγορίες. Ανταποκρίθηκαν τετρακόσιοι άνθρωποι όλων των κοινωνικών στρωμάτων.

Greece and the global financial crisis

Greece and the global financial crisis, how does this affect you and your loved ones? What happens if the world economy implodes? What are you going to do about it? I'm ready for whatever happens, are you?

12 Tips to Getting a Job in Any Market

Author of Sell to Survive
and International Sales
and Business Expert

With almost 16 million people out of work, more and more people are finding themselves in the job market having to land a job in a market where more jobs are being lost. This is the toughest environment in 50 years to get a job in and you better have your best game on to do so. While the consensus is that no one is hiring, apply the tips in this article exactly as they are written and I assure you that you will not just get a job but get the job you want!

1. Decide that you are going to get a job and eliminate all other options. Treat unemployment benefits like the plague and a non-option. Unemployment benefits will not prove beneficial to you in the future as they will ultimately destroy your job prospects going forward.

Grant Cardone - Financial Leader of Our Time

Grant Cardone - Financial Leader of Our Time

An Exclusive Interview By Bruce Edwin

The Hollywood Sentinel - Bruce Edwin: You created a program I read about called E-pencil.

Grant Cardone: Right.

The Hollywood Sentinel: And you were working prior to this in the automotive industry, is that the main work you were doing before you became an entrepreneur and inventor?

Grant Cardone: No actually what I did was I got out of college, and I didn't want to be an accountant, which is what my degree was in, I was in an environment that had 25 percent unemployment, two and a half times worse than it is today, interest rates for credit cards, or an automobile purchase, or a home was 15 to 18 percent, the economy was ridiculous, terrible. And this was in the late 70's, caused by the oil embargo, and so really the only job I could get at that time was sales. And when I got in to the sales business, at that time out of college, I didn't know any thing about selling, the people around me obviously didn't know any thing about selling. It’s what makes selling such a bad experience for people. People say God, I hate salespeople, and I say, 'Well, you've never met one, how would you know?" And they say, "What do you mean?,' and I tell them, "You hate meeting people that don't know how to sell, because a professional salesperson that knows what they're doing, is never offensive, they never pressure people, they are just polished professionals, and its a great experience."

Sales Strategies interview with Grant Cardone

Grant Cardone is the man when it comes to giving Sales Strategies tips and advice to small and medium sized business owners.

Most don't understand how to increase sales using online marketing and social media and Grant covers all of this, plus goal setting, how to "hustle" in your market, and much more in this sales strategy interview.

You’ll want to watch this video interview below because you’ll be fired up to take more action and sell more right after.  Here are some of the things Grant covers:

• The real definition of “Sales” and why you need to understand it
• What type of people to hire in sales roles (it’s not who you think at all!)
• The biggest mistake all sales professionals make and how to overcome it
• The easiest way to increase sales using social media
• The art of hustling in sales (in a positive way)
• and much more…

Want to read the entire interview?  Check out the transcript of this interview below: 

Winners Dominate

Be Competitive or Dominate? Winners Dominate, Champions Dominate & Wannabe's Compete... I say don't be competitive, don't compete, dominate. Dominate your competition, crush it. It's not about winning the race. It's about staying in the forefront of his mind. If You're Not First, You're Last 

Control the Content in Your Mind

Sales Training: Control the Content in Your Mind by Grant Cardone

Tips for a Great Attitude