Julie tagged me...
If I could be a famous person I would be Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of the printing press...I would have revolutionized the making of books... The Bible, science books and eventually my favorite authors...
If I could be a famous celebrity I would be Robert De Niro...he played good guys, bad guys and funny guys in movies, he won 2 Acadamy Awards...he's the "Godfather of actors and of course he's Italian...
If I could be a famous athlete Yogi Berra would be it...famous for his quotes!
one of my favorites:
"You gotta be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there"
I wouldn't want to be but would love to play piano like Dr. John...
wouldn't want to be any other of my favorites...Chuck Berry, B.B. King, a Beatle or Eric Clapton...
If I could be a famous Christian Mover and Shaker I'd be Ignatius of Loyola who founded the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits), one of the most inflluential of Catholic orders.
I attended Loyola High School in Montreal and my favorite grandson attends Loyola Marymount...
Ignatius was Spanish...fairly close to Italy!
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Saturday, July 14, 2007
excuses, excuses, excuses
Our business is slowing down a bit and about a month ago I laid off some one who’d been here for three years. He came in late most of the time, took sick leave and vacation days to go to Disneyland with his wife and three children. I offered him part time work and suggested he find another job. He found a new job and I gave him two projects to work on and each time one of them was due he had little time to work on it at home. He came in today to show progress on his work. The work was still incomplete. I was prompted to write a blog.
Not surprisingly he told me he has little interest in working and has no motivation to work, even though he has a family, lives in a two bedroom apartment and drives a clunker car. Yet he can’t seem to take time to earn money he needs to survive. This man needs to know that his life style is interfering with what he has to do.
Life is doing what you want and need to do. It’s about doing things, not planning to do things. Many of us when working on developing ourselves spend a lot of time planning, reading, thinking and worrying. Procrastination…nothing gets done and you stay the way you are, with all kinds of plans and ideas about what you will do someday. If you are going to try reaching your potential, it will require not only study and planning, but DOING!
Do you want to meditate? Meditate. Do you need to meet people? Well, then meet people. Write a novel? Start writing. Don't think about it. Don't find reasons not to do these things. Because you never will. You'll never find the "perfect" thing or timing. And don't tell me or yourself you don't have the time, the money or the skills.
You don't have time? The best excuse for anybody, isn't it? Find the time. Skip the TV shows, skip the spy or romance novel, and skip the outing with your friends. Just do what it is you have always wanted to do. Find an excuse to do it, not to avoid doing it. Do a little or a lot. Just get started.
Are you a great procrastinator? Join the club. I make lists and start doing what I can. Sometimes, I choose the easiest and get into the flow of things. Other times, I just choose the nastiest and hardest, just to get them out of the way.
Everyone has reasons for not doing what should be done. Put the excuses aside and do something. Instead of making excuses, take action on your plans.
Not surprisingly he told me he has little interest in working and has no motivation to work, even though he has a family, lives in a two bedroom apartment and drives a clunker car. Yet he can’t seem to take time to earn money he needs to survive. This man needs to know that his life style is interfering with what he has to do.
Life is doing what you want and need to do. It’s about doing things, not planning to do things. Many of us when working on developing ourselves spend a lot of time planning, reading, thinking and worrying. Procrastination…nothing gets done and you stay the way you are, with all kinds of plans and ideas about what you will do someday. If you are going to try reaching your potential, it will require not only study and planning, but DOING!
Do you want to meditate? Meditate. Do you need to meet people? Well, then meet people. Write a novel? Start writing. Don't think about it. Don't find reasons not to do these things. Because you never will. You'll never find the "perfect" thing or timing. And don't tell me or yourself you don't have the time, the money or the skills.
You don't have time? The best excuse for anybody, isn't it? Find the time. Skip the TV shows, skip the spy or romance novel, and skip the outing with your friends. Just do what it is you have always wanted to do. Find an excuse to do it, not to avoid doing it. Do a little or a lot. Just get started.
Are you a great procrastinator? Join the club. I make lists and start doing what I can. Sometimes, I choose the easiest and get into the flow of things. Other times, I just choose the nastiest and hardest, just to get them out of the way.
Everyone has reasons for not doing what should be done. Put the excuses aside and do something. Instead of making excuses, take action on your plans.
Friday, July 13, 2007
Friday the 13th
A Googled quickie blog...
Today is Friday the 13th, a date many people associate with bad luck and it comes just six days after what was billed as the “luckiest day of the century”, 07/07/07, but is Friday the 13th as unlucky as many people believe?Not likely, but don’t tell that to someone who hides under the covers every time Friday the 13th rolls around on the calendar because that person probably suffers from “paraskevidekatriaphobia”, the scientific word for someone who has a fear of Friday the 13th.It’s derived from the Greek words for Friday and thirteen with phobia, or fear, tacked on.There are many theories about why Fridays which fall on the 13th day of the month are unlucky.Some believe that the Friday the 13th superstition has an origin in Norse mythology. In one story, the evil god Loki is said to have crashed a party with 12 guests and tricked the blind god Hod into killing his brother Balder, the god of light, joy and reconciliation.Also, according to Norse mythology, it was the Vikings who decided a hangman's noose should have 13 loops and in British tradition, Friday was the conventional day for public hangings, and there were supposedly 13 steps leading up to the noose.Others believe Friday the 13th has origins in Christianity. According to the Bible, Jesus was crucified on a Friday, and there were 13 men at the Last Supper -- Jesus and his 12 disciples. In addition, Judas the disciple who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th to sit at the table and, for that reason, 13 is considered to carry a curse of sorts.At some places it is also believed that it was Friday the 13th when Eve tempted Adam with the forbidden fruit.Another significant piece of the legend is a particularly bad Friday the 13th that occurred in the Middle Ages. On this day in 1306, King Philip of France arrested the revered Knights Templar and began torturing them, marking the occasion as a day of evil. Both Friday and the number 13 were once closely associated with capital punishment.In Numerology, every number has a particular meaning. The number 13 symbolizes “Death”. It’s a picture of a skeleton with a scythe, reaping down men.Tradition also has it that God confounded languages at the tower of Babel on a Friday the 13th, and Solomon's Temple was destroyed on a Friday the 13th.Friday is named for Frigga, the goddess of love and fertility who was exiled in shame to a mountain and labeled a witch. Some believe that every Friday, Frigga held a meeting with 11 other witches and the devil - a group of 13 - and plotted ill deeds for the upcoming week.By some estimates, businesses lose millions of dollars on Friday the 13th because people are hesitant to make deals, travel or shop as they would at other times. In France, a dinner for 13 is thought to be unlucky, and superstitious hosts may hire a "quatorzieme," a professional 14th guest.Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue and there is no gate 13 at many airports, the numbers go from twelve to fourteen.The state lotteries of France, Italy and elsewhere never sell tickets with the number 13.The fear of 13 has also prompted most high-rise buildings not to have a 13th floor. Hotels do not have room number 13.But no matter what the origin, the fact is that many people are superstitious about the number 13 and are highly superstitious when it falls on Friday.By the way, this is the second Friday the 13th of the year. There won't be another until June 2008.
Monday, July 9, 2007
Saturday, July 7, 2007
I shoulda been working
Finally getting the hang of this...my last blog today even tho I love what I've learned and could go on and on...
I enjoyed a few hours here learning and blogging but doing some real work too...
Green River
We played a round of golf in 100 degrees last Friday and most of us shot about that score...if you know Green River Golf Course most of the holes are pretty narrow with trees on both sides of the fairway...I spent hours in the shade trying to hit out of some nasty rough...but it was cooler there and told my golf buds I 'meant' to do that most of the time...
The Monday after, all of us talked about de-hydration and how beer does not hydrate you well on the golf course and that I and most of them went to bed around 8:00 or 9:00 PM that Friday night...
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Station wagons?
Remember the not-so-olden-days of afternoon drives in your family station wagons? It was a great family car that was first built by Ford in the late 1920’s up to today’s SUV’s. I’m sure you’ve all seen wonderful ‘woody’ wagons plus Chevy’s popular Nomad, Pontiac’s Safari Sport Wagon and maybe Oldsmobile’s Vista Cruiser that was about 20 feet long.
Today ‘crossover’ vehicles are now the latest craze sweeping the country. Except most people don’t know what they’re crossing over from or to. Some are modeled after traditional SUV’s; some look like small SUV’s; some look like mini-vans. They are not a car, mini-van or SUV.
They are Crossovers but they’re really station wagons.
Today ‘crossover’ vehicles are now the latest craze sweeping the country. Except most people don’t know what they’re crossing over from or to. Some are modeled after traditional SUV’s; some look like small SUV’s; some look like mini-vans. They are not a car, mini-van or SUV.
They are Crossovers but they’re really station wagons.
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