You Matter - The World Didn't END!!!!

OK- it sounds like one of the those
"HEY- be positive" pitches, don't it?
But it's not- although it could be, that
title could mean, YOU - matter.
See it's all in how you see it, isn't it?
On the other hand, that title could also
be played with a bit to mean,
you - MATTER- as in, there is some
special stuff in the universe and it is
made out of you?  Clever though
that may be, close to the truth,
it may also be.

The bigger truths in this
world are coming down                                                                  
to the smallest elements of fact,
what matters, you matter.
Because as the world becomes much
more of a globe than a flat
fighting plane, and the
battles become much more
global in nature, such
as "will we have enough air,
water, earth? That we will survive?"
You become much more of
a factor in how that all comes out.
So pay close attention to this
next paragraph, it's important.

Since we know that the U.S.
is one of the most information
based countries, it's important to
understand how developing economies
within that information based system works.
So we have a federal level economic
development program, it branches down
to a state level economic development
program which then branches down
to a regional within the state system,
which then branches down to
a municipality or city level economic
development system.  It is a gigantic funnel
that produces more and more creatively
energized business concepts and ideas
to flourish within the information based
business of the U.S.

Why is this so important?  You matter, and
in the U.S. we must make the switch from
being a production based, manufacturing
based economy, to a consultive, thought
and information based economy, within
which we will discover enormous amounts
of business opportunities that at present
we don't even see.  So now, do you get
why - you matter?

You ARE Learning FASTER- You WILL Grow Faster (Cont.)

Looks like a face in there?  ;-)

Point THREE - we got the other two squared away,
we know we're growin' that's obvious- after that Pizza
tonight, I'm growin' and, we know we're making the
positive measures about that.  Because if we aren't
sure about those two, catch the previous blog entry
and it will really help you.  That's all these blog
entries are about, you'll notice, there isn't a push
here to buy a thing, is there?  There is not real
mention of any kind of anything you give other
than just reading, right?  And we want to keep it
that way, why(?), because there is a bigger truth
in play here.

Chris Voss tapped into this with me
about six months ago, he called me, just to ask me
about something; can't even remember what it was
now, that's how important it was, but I remember
that call, why(?), because Chris is a big time web
market dude- he really knows his stuff, and he took
his time to treat me like I mattered?  You matter-


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xoJevhLqDE

The worlds greatest motivational speaker...Tony Robbins:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuki4cLnn4M

Isn't Tony something?  He is not only amazing, and sharing
and - well, a star to the world, Tony changes peoples lives
for the better.  So today we went over point three...
do you feel like Tony is positive, and real?

Learn All The Time - You Can - You Do

Want 200 million dollars, well heck yes, who wouldn't?  Only, you have
to jump through 200 million dollars worth of hoops to get it, but, if you
are the one who has the idea, you know it in your soul, get after it.

Wired Site Which Has This Pop Up On It

In trying to put together a presentation for Monday afternoon
doing some research on social media ports and methods, saw this
article about a "New Twitter," platform.  That was interesting, Twitter
is one of my favorite places to catch hold of new ideas, so went to
Wired to check it out.  While there saw the pop up about GE and
the 200 million dollar contest/grant they are offering.  Nice stuff to
know, but only people who go to that website, or read this, or find
it out by some other means will even know about it.  So the question
then becomes, why'd GE choose to advertise it this way, in Wired
magazine? 

Zest for Life - Don't Lose Yours

It's better with this music?

Owl City - Fireflies download at emp3

John Eldredge writes some inspirational type books having to do with the way we approach life.  I remember this book because in it he challenged some long held sayings in the church where I attend about the heart.  I'd always heard it was wicked and that we couldn't trust our emotions, well, John challenged that presumption with this book, in a way that made me realize that what we as people have is precious, and that is our ability to work with and get along with each other; it's how our lives and
the lives of others get better.

What happens then to our lives that
we stop being loving and caring?  My
friend says that we go through a lot
of stuff that doesn't work out good, and
we aren't happy about how things work
out, and we can't always control how
they work out.  What I've been taught
of late is that we might not be able
to control circumstances, but we can
choose to be in charge of how we feel
about those circumstances?  This is
what Eldredge is such a master at
portraying. 


But the zest for life, that must come from
yet another source.  I remember the smile
in the eyes of my wife as we first met,
the joy of our first date, the great joy of
our first kiss, and where we were, that
glint in her eye was joy, it is a prime
component in zest.


When we climbed mountain to have
a lunch like no other in the little
villa at the top of the peak, the view
like no other. Riding to the top of
Pike's peak, eating one of those
doughnuts.  The quiet in the room
after our daughter was born, the
challenge that would lay ahead,
all, unprepared for; how do you
prepare to climb to the top of a
mountain for lunch, or, know your
going to enjoy a mile higher doughnut,
or be quiet after a child's birth?
But in those moments is also a
great component of zest.

I remember the art gallery kept open
by contributions and grants, how the
beauty and magnificence of the old
pieces there are so different from the
modern made to commercial stuff.
The tour of the gardens, botanical
gardens they are called, and how the
plants and heat all seem to add something
to the experience, something that you
can't quite put your finger on, but you
know it's not what you normally do?
What you normally feel?  Something
in that moment is a component of
the zest for life.

We have parts of our lives that make
up a life that has zest in it, I never
make the same spaghetti twice, my family
can tell you, spaghetti in our home, when
dad makes it, is an event, because we
all hope I'll get the ingredients right; and
"this spaghetti," is always the best, better
than the last, and tastes, better, richer,
somehow?  Now you and I know good
and well, that can't be, it's just tomatoe
sauce, and other spices, but it's the family
being there, and the history of the making
of something so simple, but if you take
one of the components out of that, it
won't be the same spaghetti, and I
guaranty you, it won't be as good.