Be careful! RT @vidalblonde: ..rough men running down the street w hammers & toothless druggies in car across str...

Be careful! RT @vidalblonde: ..rough men running down the street w hammers & toothless druggies in car across street. Other than that it's great day!

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Watched the movie Love Me Tonight (1932), Maurice Chevalier. A cute little movie that maintains consistency with ...

Watched the movie Love Me Tonight (1932), Maurice Chevalier. A cute little movie that maintains consistency with other early 30s movies in its quirkness. A high point is the opening scene that follows Chevalier from his Parisian apartment, into the streets, and down a couple of blocks, singing and interacting with many many people along the way. Of course, he gets the girl eventually.

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Did you know you can grow hops on your own backyard?

Who knows, maybe you'll be inspired to brew. At the very least, you can add some to a fresh-poured glass of beer.

Detroit Red Wings pick Nutrilite as their official supplement... http://nutritioninfullcolour.com/health_advocate.htm

How cool. The iconic NHL team goes with Nutrilite. Team members are already hard at work coming up with ideas on how to share the partnership. It might be in product packaging. It will be online and via social media. It may be a la Nutrilite's global partnership with the AC Milan soccer team, where Nutrilite works with the trainer and players to make subtle changes to diet and supplement practices in an effort to maximize performance. The players will certainly notice the difference plant-based supplements make!

How To Think Big By Michael Hyatt I picked up The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz, Ph.D. This book was o...

How To Think Big
By Michael Hyatt

I picked up The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz, Ph.D. This book was originally published in 1959. I read it for the first time in the late 80s. It forever changed my approach to life and work.

Since that time, I have become convinced that thinking big is not a gift, but a skill—one that anyone can develop. It starts by understanding the process and then consistently practicing it.

Here are seven steps to thinking big:

Imagine the possibilities. Give yourself permission to dream. I remember doing this when I was writing my first book. I imagined what it would be like to be a bestselling author. I thought about what it would be like to see my book on the New York Times best sellers list.
Write down your dream. This is the act that transforms a dream into a goal. Amazing things happen when you commit something to writing. I don’t fully understand how it works, but I have experienced it first-hand again and again. The phenomenon is explained in a very compelling book by Henriette Klauser called Write It Down, Make It Happen.
Connect with what is at stake. This is your rationale. Unfortunately, it is a crucial step that people often omit. Before you can find your way, you must discover your why. Why is this goal important to you? What will achieving it make possible? What is at stake if you don’t? What will you lose? Your rationale provides the intellectual and emotional power to keep going when the path becomes difficult (which it will).
Outline what would have to be true. Rather than merely asking how to get from where you are to where you want to go (strategy), I like asking what would have to be true for my dream to become a reality. For example, when I set a goal of hitting the best sellers list, I realized that I would have to write a compelling book, become its chief spokesperson, get major media exposure, etc. I started with the dream and worked backwards.
Decide what you can do to affect the outcome. This is where you transition from the big picture to daily actions. This is where people often get derailed. They can’t see all the steps that will take them to their goal. So rather than doing something, they do nothing. You will never see the full path. The important thing is to do the next right thing. What can you do today to move you toward your dream?
Determine when this will happen. Someone once said that a goal is simply a dream with a deadline. A deadline is one way to make the dream more concrete—which is exactly what thinking big is about. A deadline also creates a sense of urgency that will motivate you to take action. Force yourself to assign a “why when” date to every goal. (If you get stuck, ask yourself, What’s the worst that can happen if I don’t hit this?)
Review your goals daily. When I was writing my first book, I reviewed my goals daily. I prayed over them. I determined what I needed to do today to make them a reality. It gave me a laser focus, especially when the dream looked impossible—when the publisher called to cancel the contract, when my publicist told me no one was interested in the book, when the publisher ran out of inventory right after the book hit the best sellers list.
Don’t listen to that mocking little voice that tells you to be more realistic. Ignore it. You can either accept reality as it is or create it as you wish it to be. This is the essence of dreaming—and thinking big.

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6 Practical Success Steps by Napoleon Hill

Every human being who reaches the age of understanding of 
the purpose of money, wishes for it.

Wishing will not bring 
riches. But desiring riches with a state of mind that becomes 
an obsession, then planning definite ways and means to 
acquire riches, and backing those plans with persistence 
which does not recognize failure, will bring riches.

six definite, practical steps, as follow:

1.

Fix in your mind the exact amount of money you desire. It is not sufficient merely to say “I want plenty of money.” Be definite as to the amount. (There is a psychological reason for definiteness which will be described in a subsequent chapter).

2.Determine exactly what you intend to give in return for the money you desire. There is no such reality as “something for nothing.

3.Establish a definite date when you intend to possess the money you desire.

4. Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire, and begin at once, whether you are ready or not, to put this plan intoaction.

5.Write out a clear, concise statement of the amount of money you intend to acquire, name the time limit for its arrival, what you intend to give in return for the money, and describe clearly the plan through which you intend to accumulate it.

6.

Read your written statement aloud, twice daily, once just before retiring at night, and once after arising in the morning.

AS YOU READ—SEE AND FEEL AND BELIEVE YOURSELF ALREADY IN POSSESSION OF THE MONEY.

It is important that you follow the instructions described in these six steps. It is especially important that you observe, and follow the instructions in the sixth paragraph. You may complain that it is impossible for you to “see yourself in possession of money” before you actually have it. Here is where a BURNING DESIRE will come to your aid.