What a difference a year makes. Soon it will be officially a year since the divorce was finalized, a whole year wow! Also I will submit my goals for 2010, not “New Years Resolutions” those are for rookies. I am talking about and something YOU need to think about “GOAL’S.” However I digress and talk about where we are in our journey.
A year ago I was most likely in the same place I am writing this and that is on the road. Actually I am on a plane writing my thoughts to you. Now I can not tell you how important two words I am going to type will change your life. These two words have really helped me this past year and we all need to incorporate them into every situation we come across. First off I am currently typing not only on a plane but specifically in FIRST CLASS because of these two words. Now let me explain where I got this concept; the book “The Last Lecture.” I know this book has been mentioned before in my blogs, but it is so good and well, life lessons with-in this book are so simple. When I say simple I mean how I ended up in first class tonight. Ok I need to tell you the secret how I am sitting in seat 1 C tonight. I hope you are sitting down, I just asked. Sure I currently have over 122,000 miles (even more after tonight) but I would not be here if I just did not just ask. Please think about taking this principal and creating this into your daily life.
Where have I gone on my journey this year and more importantly will I am going? Let’s talk about this past year shall we? Lets. I still have a job training software and sales and that was to end last month. I received a call from the past project manager and she asked if I would stay on until the project ends. Hold on here and let me get this straight, unemployment or retain a job? I will take the job and the year supply of Turtle wax. Ok still have a job, nevertheless having a break from travel six days a week would have been fine. The bottom line was well I needed the money as crazy as that sounds. Ok working is a good thing. Just asking in a reverse way, they asked me to stay.
I have also been dating someone since February of this year and well she enjoys hockey. We will protect her name and call her Angie. I am very fortunate to have her in my life because of one important reason. My important reason is of course my son Connor. The two of them get along very well and hey both know how to forget to turn off the light inside the garage if they go into the garage to get something. The three of us make up a great team.
A year ago there was no way I thought my life would improve. All I could see was the ground and there were the thoughts of even being lower. I really need say thank you to my mom and dad for their advice and repeating that this will pass. Wholly cow it did pass and guess what? I am very happy. Without having that type of support system my life might be different. I have spoken before how it is important to have people be there and Daryl Gedney was also someone that helped me through this year. She, well let us just say kept me sane. To all of my friends THANK YOU for your emails, calls and hugs (ok I like hugs). I would not be typing this blog to all of you without your support. Chris K I need to say a special thank you for your friendship and being my mentor as a parent. You don’t know how many times I ask how you have raised three great boys on your own. Please give yourself a pat on your back and have one of your favorite beers and send me the bill.
I would regret mentioning how much Dwayne “Mac” McPhail was vital to my life this year. We all knew him as Mac and WOW he was the type of person that you were either on his good side or well not. Mac passed away this year and he was so full of life. I had the pleasure of not only working with him, but clothing shopping with him. I know I could never dress like him nor have his charisma but just knowing we were friends was all I needed. I have several pairs of cufflinks he gave me that I wear and wear with pride. I had the pleasure of meeting his mother and daughter this year and what two strong will people. All of us who knew Mac are better people because of his friendship and leadership while on the job. Mac I love you.
Our journey is getting ready to get even more exciting. I have enrolled back into school at the University of Phoenix. With my travel schedule I will do my classes online and looking forward to the new challenge. December 29, 2009 will be my first day; gosh what do you wear to an online class? I will be majoring in Communication of Technology; I will keep you in the loop as we continue on this new journey.
We are getting close to the end of the year and some people will sit there and write down “resolutions” that will not last long or not even write them down. Ok if you really want to put your self out there and want us to help you with your 2010 GOALS then post them in the comments section! Are you scared?? I have no issues telling you my goals for 2010 and sharing them with all of you. I will not only hold you accountable by keeping me honest, but I need to keep the onus on myself as well. So what do you say? Here are my 2010 GOALS, please no flash photography:
Ø I am going to get down to 175 pounds by June 1.
Ø I am going to maintain a “B” or better average for school.
Ø I am going to have a new job opportunity by March 15.
Ø I am going to have a waist size of 34” by June 1.
Ø I will post twice weekly to both of my Blogs on Monday’s and Friday’s.
Ø I am going to spend more time with Connor.
Ø I am going to get my bike fixed so I can ride with Connor.
Ø I am going to write a business plan by April 5.
Ø I will play hockey by the Summer.
Ø I will take a cooking class.
Ø I will have something I wrote get published in a magazine.
Ø I am going to maintain my weight goals of 175 and 34” waist by December 31.
Ø I will take one of my mom’s yoga classes.
Ø I will look for a mentor to help me achieve becoming a speaker by January 31.
Ø I will try to put the past behind me.
I was thinking about how I was in a book store and looking at all of the self helps books. To see so many of them got me thinking that, heck I could write one. Then I thought no because here is how I am going to save you money. You look at my goals for the New Year, and if you just write down what you want in life, put dates on these goals, and place them where you can see them. Focus on them and work to achieve them you will be successful. Simply if you want to change then no book will make you get up in the morning to go for a walk ONLY YOU!! I want us to say enough of writing down the same goals year after year. To me a goal to write down every year is something like spending more and more time with my son Connor. For you it might be maintaining a healthy weight, but we need to get off of the hamster wheel of life and take control with our hair on fire.
I will have a new post for you on January 3 so please have a great rest of your holiday season, stay safe, and let’s get together again. Until them when we start the next phase of our journey together with new adventures take care and here is how I use to sign off when I was a DJ.
PEACE OUT.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
BE A MENTOR...
First off may I be the first to wish you and your family HAPPY 4TH OF JULY.
Second I have a fun job at times seeing parts of the country and meeting new people. I am a people person so I want to talk to you about your neighborhood and how to motivate on a local level. I had the great pleasure last week of having my son Connor and our dog Keewee over at my place for the whole week. I really felt whole again with the two of them and a sense of family. Now like most of you that have a dog you need to take them out to do well their business. I live in a friendly area near the airport, so much so that I have taken the responsibility of waving to all that drove by as Connor and I walked Keewee. I would like to bring the wave back to all of our neighborhoods as a sign of motivating others with a happy and friendly gesture. Honestly if you do this and at first you will feel silly but well who cares? This will make you feel good with a simple wave of your hand, and the other person will feel good receiving it. Trust me.
One of my good friends Jim L went to a Catholic college in Depere Wisconsin named ST. Norbert College. Now as freshmen you were required to say hello to everyone you walked by. This created a positive habit that would last all four years of school. I would go up there for visits and felt a sense that I needed to continue this tradition even though I was not a student. I felt great by doing this and I still catch myself to this day saying hello to passers walking by.
I have been in offices where some workers high five each other and I join in as well. So think of this as just high fiving your friends when you are waving to others in your neck of the woods. I have had no one waving just one finger at me last week at all. My wish is to bring fun and smiles to our wonderful country that we live in.
Third topic I want to discuss with you is mentoring. I was telling you that I had Connor for the week, and I again felt like a parent. What I mean by this was I had to make sure his homework was done for the week. I worked with him on studying for a test as well as reciting “Twas the Night before Christmas” that he needed to try and memorize for a school assembly. I loved every minute of getting this opportunity with helping him to learn. Normally I do not have a lot of time with him on the weekends so finally I wanted to do my very best to mentor him.
As a trainer I get to see many different management styles since our teams work very closely with the sales departments. If you know me then you understand my passion about being a trainer and creating positive learning environments. At the same time I see how corporations treat employees as far as lack of mentoring and teaching to be not only better managers but better people. I try as a parent to mentor my son by leading by example. There were times last week that he would either ride his bike or scooter while jogging along with Keewee. Now I am hopefully instilling the necessity of physical fitness and being a responsible pet owner. I do not see so called leaders with-in organizations mentoring their people to be successful not just sales people but as an employee. Including the company I work for currently there were no mentor programs to help us become better trainers. This bothers me because you would think that a company would want to mentor their people in such a way that employees would possibly want to stay for long periods. Even with the current unemployment rate of 10.2% companies to me feel that they don’t care if you are unhappy you should be grateful to have a job. That is still no way to treat people, it is vital to mentor each other in these tough times even if your manager does not have the time or resources.
It very much saddens me that when companies need to cut budgets the training is one of the first to be cut. Training people is my passion and I hope that my enthusiasm for training comes out that people want to learn in my classroom. As a matter of fact if you walk by one of my training sessions I guarantee that the students will feel that I am a pretty good mentor but I will wave to you as well.
SHOUT OUT TIME!!!!!
Shout Out to MR.ED you is back on his feet after having surgery.
Shout Out to Angie for her competitive nature and our quest to live healthy life styles.
Shout Out to Patti, you inspire me to be a better trainer and write this blog.
Shout Out to The Nelson/Foos family A.K.A The Miller’s for their ability to let me back into their life.
*********QUESTION*********
What book can you read over and over again to inspire you??
Second I have a fun job at times seeing parts of the country and meeting new people. I am a people person so I want to talk to you about your neighborhood and how to motivate on a local level. I had the great pleasure last week of having my son Connor and our dog Keewee over at my place for the whole week. I really felt whole again with the two of them and a sense of family. Now like most of you that have a dog you need to take them out to do well their business. I live in a friendly area near the airport, so much so that I have taken the responsibility of waving to all that drove by as Connor and I walked Keewee. I would like to bring the wave back to all of our neighborhoods as a sign of motivating others with a happy and friendly gesture. Honestly if you do this and at first you will feel silly but well who cares? This will make you feel good with a simple wave of your hand, and the other person will feel good receiving it. Trust me.
One of my good friends Jim L went to a Catholic college in Depere Wisconsin named ST. Norbert College. Now as freshmen you were required to say hello to everyone you walked by. This created a positive habit that would last all four years of school. I would go up there for visits and felt a sense that I needed to continue this tradition even though I was not a student. I felt great by doing this and I still catch myself to this day saying hello to passers walking by.
I have been in offices where some workers high five each other and I join in as well. So think of this as just high fiving your friends when you are waving to others in your neck of the woods. I have had no one waving just one finger at me last week at all. My wish is to bring fun and smiles to our wonderful country that we live in.
Third topic I want to discuss with you is mentoring. I was telling you that I had Connor for the week, and I again felt like a parent. What I mean by this was I had to make sure his homework was done for the week. I worked with him on studying for a test as well as reciting “Twas the Night before Christmas” that he needed to try and memorize for a school assembly. I loved every minute of getting this opportunity with helping him to learn. Normally I do not have a lot of time with him on the weekends so finally I wanted to do my very best to mentor him.
As a trainer I get to see many different management styles since our teams work very closely with the sales departments. If you know me then you understand my passion about being a trainer and creating positive learning environments. At the same time I see how corporations treat employees as far as lack of mentoring and teaching to be not only better managers but better people. I try as a parent to mentor my son by leading by example. There were times last week that he would either ride his bike or scooter while jogging along with Keewee. Now I am hopefully instilling the necessity of physical fitness and being a responsible pet owner. I do not see so called leaders with-in organizations mentoring their people to be successful not just sales people but as an employee. Including the company I work for currently there were no mentor programs to help us become better trainers. This bothers me because you would think that a company would want to mentor their people in such a way that employees would possibly want to stay for long periods. Even with the current unemployment rate of 10.2% companies to me feel that they don’t care if you are unhappy you should be grateful to have a job. That is still no way to treat people, it is vital to mentor each other in these tough times even if your manager does not have the time or resources.
It very much saddens me that when companies need to cut budgets the training is one of the first to be cut. Training people is my passion and I hope that my enthusiasm for training comes out that people want to learn in my classroom. As a matter of fact if you walk by one of my training sessions I guarantee that the students will feel that I am a pretty good mentor but I will wave to you as well.
SHOUT OUT TIME!!!!!
Shout Out to MR.ED you is back on his feet after having surgery.
Shout Out to Angie for her competitive nature and our quest to live healthy life styles.
Shout Out to Patti, you inspire me to be a better trainer and write this blog.
Shout Out to The Nelson/Foos family A.K.A The Miller’s for their ability to let me back into their life.
*********QUESTION*********
What book can you read over and over again to inspire you??
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Win One For.....
A win could be something small as dropping a pound or even just getting a call to have a phone interview set up. There are times when we just need I don’t know a spark or sometimes even a little luck to energize us to take us to our happy place. To me a win is just somebody leaving a comment on one of my blogs. Even a negative post to me is a win because I created something inside that person to write from their heart.
Another example of a win is taking control of your life and not letting life control you. I have recently at long last adopted that life style. To me it also equates to realizing that there is just stuff I can not be in command of, and that stuff I need to just let go. A good friend of mine “Tooker” would say when somebody was to serious that you were “holding on to tight.” Meaning that you need to loosen up and relax. A year ago I was “holding on to tight” with things in my life I could not control. Someone we will call Gene K asked me a great question. He said “How do you eat an elephant?” I said one bite at a time. We get bombarded with our life and trying to do to much at once. When it seems that our life has to much going on, we need to take a step back and figure out how are we going to eat that elephant.
To use a sports cliché that I have heard in the past is when players talk about “One inning at a time.” We need to look at our wins sometimes by breaking up the day. For example, you woke up and you wacked your little toe into the wall. Ok this does not control your whole day only that moment in time. Who knows maybe by the time you get to work your boss calls you into their office to tell you how wonderful you are doing. Now that toe issue is gone and now you have won with-in the day. I know the oldest but it is so true cliché of ALL cliché’s and that is “Life is to short” and it is. A year ago I had no idea where I was going to live, work, or even if I would be here this moment. Today I have a place to live, a pretty cool job, and I write two blogs.
I am writing this from my home city of Chicago waiting for my second flight back to my adopted home of Colorado. What is my win today? I had dinner and drinks at the Detroit airport with my great friend Mark A.K.A “Iggy” and my phone rang with a company wanting my resume. The day did not start out with wins, but like I said, there are small ones that can change your day.
To win in the game of life are not always going to be big ones so be patient with seeing and finding the small wins. Also if you see someone who needs help finding a win, don’t be scared to see what you can do. Something like a hug is all they need. Now go out there and win one for you!!
SHOUT OUTS!!!!!!!
Shout out to seeing Deb and Spencer.
Shout out to you for being you.
Simple question here: Who motivates you??
Another example of a win is taking control of your life and not letting life control you. I have recently at long last adopted that life style. To me it also equates to realizing that there is just stuff I can not be in command of, and that stuff I need to just let go. A good friend of mine “Tooker” would say when somebody was to serious that you were “holding on to tight.” Meaning that you need to loosen up and relax. A year ago I was “holding on to tight” with things in my life I could not control. Someone we will call Gene K asked me a great question. He said “How do you eat an elephant?” I said one bite at a time. We get bombarded with our life and trying to do to much at once. When it seems that our life has to much going on, we need to take a step back and figure out how are we going to eat that elephant.
To use a sports cliché that I have heard in the past is when players talk about “One inning at a time.” We need to look at our wins sometimes by breaking up the day. For example, you woke up and you wacked your little toe into the wall. Ok this does not control your whole day only that moment in time. Who knows maybe by the time you get to work your boss calls you into their office to tell you how wonderful you are doing. Now that toe issue is gone and now you have won with-in the day. I know the oldest but it is so true cliché of ALL cliché’s and that is “Life is to short” and it is. A year ago I had no idea where I was going to live, work, or even if I would be here this moment. Today I have a place to live, a pretty cool job, and I write two blogs.
I am writing this from my home city of Chicago waiting for my second flight back to my adopted home of Colorado. What is my win today? I had dinner and drinks at the Detroit airport with my great friend Mark A.K.A “Iggy” and my phone rang with a company wanting my resume. The day did not start out with wins, but like I said, there are small ones that can change your day.
To win in the game of life are not always going to be big ones so be patient with seeing and finding the small wins. Also if you see someone who needs help finding a win, don’t be scared to see what you can do. Something like a hug is all they need. Now go out there and win one for you!!
SHOUT OUTS!!!!!!!
Shout out to seeing Deb and Spencer.
Shout out to you for being you.
Simple question here: Who motivates you??
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Amen
I am going to just place my cards on the table and tell you that I don’t get religion. Today at work during some down time we were talking about faith, God, and the path God has for us. Let me just take a step back and say I really do love the people I work with and we have a lot of fun, so I was very comfortable to also be honest with them as I am with you. I am fully aware that religion and daily motivation can go hand and hand. My former high school is a Catholic school and it did help shape my life no question about it. I would say it was having some great teachers rather then any type of faith. There were those times when we had been at school and we had to go to mass during the year. My mind would be at peace during mass, a calming sensation you could say. However I am not a believer. Sorry to say and you know what? I wish and truly wish that I could wrap my head around having faith or believing there is an Almighty God who does care not only about others but yours truly.
My son on Sunday’s goes to church and he enjoys it. He goes to his school with one of the neighbor families and from what the information he tells me they sing, do plays and talk a bit about God. Obviously he has more faith then I do. He is only six and at times I wonder does he understand what religion is and why does he enjoy going? I know “Hey Tommy why don’t you ask him?” I will the next time he and I are together, believe me you will get a report and in triplicate.
Ok I guess a question to myself is what do I believe in?
Ø I believe in love between two people.
Ø I believe in there is good in Darth Vader.
Ø I believe we are not the only ones in the solar system.
Ø I believe the greatest day of my life was the birth of my son.
Ø I believe humans are not to be monogamous.
Ø I believe that 2010 will be the Cub’s year. No really.
Ø I believe a glass of Red wine will put prospective of the day.
Ø I believe that you don’t vote for a political party, rather a person.
Ø I believe that “A” personalities need a glass or two to lighten up.
Ø I believe that anyone who harms child or animals do not get to waste my tax dollars sitting in a prison cell.
Ø I believe that if you set your mind to your goals, and write them down YOU will succeed.
Ø I believe that there is nothing like the first time you hear the words of “Daddy.”
Ø I believe that there will be a tomorrow.
Ø I believe puppy breath should be bottled.
Ø I believe that there is no right or wrong religions.
Ø I believe that there is nothing wrong staying in bed all day.
Ø I believe that I could keep typing but I need to keep some a secret, well for now.
Well who knows what to believe or not and why can’t we just get along no matter who or what you pray to.
Later Skaters.
My son on Sunday’s goes to church and he enjoys it. He goes to his school with one of the neighbor families and from what the information he tells me they sing, do plays and talk a bit about God. Obviously he has more faith then I do. He is only six and at times I wonder does he understand what religion is and why does he enjoy going? I know “Hey Tommy why don’t you ask him?” I will the next time he and I are together, believe me you will get a report and in triplicate.
Ok I guess a question to myself is what do I believe in?
Ø I believe in love between two people.
Ø I believe in there is good in Darth Vader.
Ø I believe we are not the only ones in the solar system.
Ø I believe the greatest day of my life was the birth of my son.
Ø I believe humans are not to be monogamous.
Ø I believe that 2010 will be the Cub’s year. No really.
Ø I believe a glass of Red wine will put prospective of the day.
Ø I believe that you don’t vote for a political party, rather a person.
Ø I believe that “A” personalities need a glass or two to lighten up.
Ø I believe that anyone who harms child or animals do not get to waste my tax dollars sitting in a prison cell.
Ø I believe that if you set your mind to your goals, and write them down YOU will succeed.
Ø I believe that there is nothing like the first time you hear the words of “Daddy.”
Ø I believe that there will be a tomorrow.
Ø I believe puppy breath should be bottled.
Ø I believe that there is no right or wrong religions.
Ø I believe that there is nothing wrong staying in bed all day.
Ø I believe that I could keep typing but I need to keep some a secret, well for now.
Well who knows what to believe or not and why can’t we just get along no matter who or what you pray to.
Later Skaters.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
BAM!!
As a parent especially a parent who only sees their child every other weekend you try to do your best with the limited time you have with them. I am not going to lie about the fact I have the coolest son on the planet and I am not just saying that because well it is true. If you have seen him you know the truth. He is very polite, cares about others and is very honest (sometimes to honest but that is ok).
Yesterday (Sunday) I was packing my lap top bag and placing a book I bought recently titled “Get Hired Fast” written by Brian Graham. The book gives you a foundation to be able to have at least three interviews and possibly a new job by 15 days. What the author does for you is step by step instructions and details to achieve this goal. My son asked me about the book. I thought long on how to explain what the book is all about, I just said that it is a book to help daddy get a job. Then the moment occurred where my heart sank and yes after I took him home I cried because the thought of being a bad parent to him entered my soul. “I don’t think you are trying hard enough to find a job in Colorado” came out of his mouth. Talk about a powerful statement from the young man. I was taken back because in the back of my mind he was correct. I have been coasting waiting for opportunity to just come knocking on my door. Well ladies and gentlemen of the jury I have been convicted and accused. I am going to ask for mercy.
Today is a new day and with a new day comes a new set of goals. The most important is to never allow myself to be in a position of disappointing my son again. Is it going to happen? Sure but I have learned to do a better job since his message back to me was that he wanted a dad who is available to him. He and I want the same thing; go to school functions, see him participate in sports, and just spend more time with him. He wants a dad. I know how crazy is that? Well it is when you think that your child does not need you. Please hear me out. My son lives in a home where he has a mother and her boy friend, two people who love him. So he has positive surroundings. Why would he need me when he has a pretty good home life, well he needs his dad and I need him is the bottom line.
No more excuses of waiting for the phone to ring or waiting for that email from the company you want a career at. The saying that “The hardest job you will have is finding a job” is only true if you are willing to pay the price. So MR Blog writer what are you going to do? What can I do except what Chef Emeril would say and do is turn it up a “Notch!!” The book lays all the steps you need to find a job so as long as we follow what Brian Graham states then it will be possible to hear different phrases from my son. Something like “I am happy that you don’t travel as much.”
SHOUT OUT TIME!!
Shout Out to “Coach” for quitting smoking.
Shout Out to Lori in Wisconsin. Please send her happy thoughts.
Shout Out to MR. ED he is having surgery. Happy thoughts and maybe a dirty one or two to help him smile.
Shout Out to the staff in Detroit.
Shout Out to the staff in Sacramento.
Shout Out to “DJ” on his new job.
Shout Out to Chris K on the new house. Next move, Colorado.
Poll question: Have you ever re-gifted?
Yesterday (Sunday) I was packing my lap top bag and placing a book I bought recently titled “Get Hired Fast” written by Brian Graham. The book gives you a foundation to be able to have at least three interviews and possibly a new job by 15 days. What the author does for you is step by step instructions and details to achieve this goal. My son asked me about the book. I thought long on how to explain what the book is all about, I just said that it is a book to help daddy get a job. Then the moment occurred where my heart sank and yes after I took him home I cried because the thought of being a bad parent to him entered my soul. “I don’t think you are trying hard enough to find a job in Colorado” came out of his mouth. Talk about a powerful statement from the young man. I was taken back because in the back of my mind he was correct. I have been coasting waiting for opportunity to just come knocking on my door. Well ladies and gentlemen of the jury I have been convicted and accused. I am going to ask for mercy.
Today is a new day and with a new day comes a new set of goals. The most important is to never allow myself to be in a position of disappointing my son again. Is it going to happen? Sure but I have learned to do a better job since his message back to me was that he wanted a dad who is available to him. He and I want the same thing; go to school functions, see him participate in sports, and just spend more time with him. He wants a dad. I know how crazy is that? Well it is when you think that your child does not need you. Please hear me out. My son lives in a home where he has a mother and her boy friend, two people who love him. So he has positive surroundings. Why would he need me when he has a pretty good home life, well he needs his dad and I need him is the bottom line.
No more excuses of waiting for the phone to ring or waiting for that email from the company you want a career at. The saying that “The hardest job you will have is finding a job” is only true if you are willing to pay the price. So MR Blog writer what are you going to do? What can I do except what Chef Emeril would say and do is turn it up a “Notch!!” The book lays all the steps you need to find a job so as long as we follow what Brian Graham states then it will be possible to hear different phrases from my son. Something like “I am happy that you don’t travel as much.”
SHOUT OUT TIME!!
Shout Out to “Coach” for quitting smoking.
Shout Out to Lori in Wisconsin. Please send her happy thoughts.
Shout Out to MR. ED he is having surgery. Happy thoughts and maybe a dirty one or two to help him smile.
Shout Out to the staff in Detroit.
Shout Out to the staff in Sacramento.
Shout Out to “DJ” on his new job.
Shout Out to Chris K on the new house. Next move, Colorado.
Poll question: Have you ever re-gifted?
Monday, October 26, 2009
I Have Nothing
I want to write a great motivational blog every chance I get. I do not believe in writers block because I have several topics in my head and some on the note pad in my phone. I have a topic that I have already started to write but I was not happy with the direction the topic was going so it is on the back burner. I also have some stress like most Americans in my life that might be hurting my focus of the writing. I am also feeling a bit anger towards the comments posted and I am going to just move on and not say anything (even though I just did). I could put the blame on traveling two time zones back and forth. At this point I don’t know what I want to say as I am sitting here and rooting for the underdog Washington Redskins who are currently down in the third quarter 27-10 against the Philadelphia Eagles. I will say this and I wanted to mention two blogs ago that honestly I can NOT forgive MR Vick and what he did to those poor dogs. He does not deserve a second chance to be playing football. The bottom line is that if you or I did something that grotesque would you of been able to get your job back? I do not think so.
I read today in “USA Today” that more companies are going to be adding more jobs then cutting jobs. That is great news for our economy. In the same paper I also read that Rosie O’Donnell is getting her own satellite radio show. WOW stop the world. Ok maybe it is writers block.
Survey question comes to us from yes today’s issue of “USA Today” and the question that was posed “Would you break up with your boyfriend/girlfriend for 10K? Heck I am going to ask even if you are married. So for 10K would you?
Shout out to Connor for getting a great report from his teacher but working on a book. Not bad for a six year old.
Shout out to my former neighbors. Thank you for posting your comments as much as they hurt. Thank you for reading.
I read today in “USA Today” that more companies are going to be adding more jobs then cutting jobs. That is great news for our economy. In the same paper I also read that Rosie O’Donnell is getting her own satellite radio show. WOW stop the world. Ok maybe it is writers block.
Survey question comes to us from yes today’s issue of “USA Today” and the question that was posed “Would you break up with your boyfriend/girlfriend for 10K? Heck I am going to ask even if you are married. So for 10K would you?
Shout out to Connor for getting a great report from his teacher but working on a book. Not bad for a six year old.
Shout out to my former neighbors. Thank you for posting your comments as much as they hurt. Thank you for reading.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
TTFN
I will be taking Thursday and Friday off and the fact I do not currently have internet this will be my last entry until Monday. Here are some lessons learned since I started writing this blog. Have a great rest of your week, have a great weekend, and most of all “STAY THIRSTY MY FRIEND.”
-You can only count on yourself.
-I am an island and it is nice to just hang out there.
-Very cool to find out that people read what I have written and get reactions even bad ones.
-I miss my son every single day.
-It is not the people who work for the airlines that are rude it is the passengers.
-Work is a four letter word.
-Yes I do miss California sometimes.
-Nickleback, The Killers, Linkin Park are bands that my son and I listen to.
-It is NOT easy being Green.
-Elvis is still alive.
-I miss MY dog every day.
-Working out in the morning is ok with me.
-PTI stole my “Shout out” idea.
-Without our parents we would be totally different people.
-I will forgive you.
-Chris K should be voted Father of the Year every day.
-“Body for Life” is the greatest fitness book.
-I miss “Mac”
-You can only count on yourself.
-I am an island and it is nice to just hang out there.
-Very cool to find out that people read what I have written and get reactions even bad ones.
-I miss my son every single day.
-It is not the people who work for the airlines that are rude it is the passengers.
-Work is a four letter word.
-Yes I do miss California sometimes.
-Nickleback, The Killers, Linkin Park are bands that my son and I listen to.
-It is NOT easy being Green.
-Elvis is still alive.
-I miss MY dog every day.
-Working out in the morning is ok with me.
-PTI stole my “Shout out” idea.
-Without our parents we would be totally different people.
-I will forgive you.
-Chris K should be voted Father of the Year every day.
-“Body for Life” is the greatest fitness book.
-I miss “Mac”
Monday, October 19, 2009
Forgiving
To err is human; to forgive, is divine. I have to admit that many times my stubbornness is very strong inside of me. I was once yelled at by a professional hockey player and years later I happen to run into him at the airport. Me being me I think about that incident and yes it sticks in the back of my head when I see him on TV again maybe six years later. So what do I do when I see him? Do I get in his face? Do I scream in the crowd saying at the top of my lungs what I think of him? Nope, I calmly go up to him and say “May I please have your autograph?” Brian Engbloom is who I am talking about and guess what? I tell him the story of how many years ago I had to make a decision and maybe I made the wrong one, at that moment in time he thought I made the wrong one. However we laughed about it, he said he was sorry, and when he gets his bag at the airport in NY he said bye “Tommy” not sees ya dude, but he used my name and remembered it.
Can you tell me how we and I mean we this is just not my issue I know you do this as well. I forgave a perfect strange and I am coming up to a year of not talking to my son’s God parents because well did I mention being stubborn? I think I did. I still have issues trying to forgive my former neighbors because I felt that I was ostracized for being the one who left the “hood.” Again what is wrong with me? Come on think about a time when you forgave someone you hardly knew maybe it was a server or a flight attendant heck maybe you forgave a whole company that just fired you, but when it comes to loved ones whom we put them on a higher pedestal we treat them far worse then A PERFECT STRANGER. For my son’s god parents I asked for help, I did not get the answer I wanted to hear so therefore I shut them out of my life. Not only my life but my son’s life as well, what kind of parent am I? Well let’s just say not a very mature one should we say. Please tell me I am not alone. I want to make a pact with you. If I am wrong then you can move on to the shout outs, the rest of need to step it up and forgive the people who have scorned us, heck I forgave Bartman (Cub fans will get it). I promise this week I will do my best and extend the olive branch to my son’s God parents. These are truly people I have loved AND respected but it is sad on my part how stubborn I am at times. Now maybe with this self help my next project will be forgiving my former neighbors. Did I mention I was stubborn?
SHOUT OUT TIME!!
Shout out to T-Mac and yes your dad very proud of you.
Shout out to Angie for your love of hockey.
Shout out to my dog Keewee unconditional love.
Can you tell me how we and I mean we this is just not my issue I know you do this as well. I forgave a perfect strange and I am coming up to a year of not talking to my son’s God parents because well did I mention being stubborn? I think I did. I still have issues trying to forgive my former neighbors because I felt that I was ostracized for being the one who left the “hood.” Again what is wrong with me? Come on think about a time when you forgave someone you hardly knew maybe it was a server or a flight attendant heck maybe you forgave a whole company that just fired you, but when it comes to loved ones whom we put them on a higher pedestal we treat them far worse then A PERFECT STRANGER. For my son’s god parents I asked for help, I did not get the answer I wanted to hear so therefore I shut them out of my life. Not only my life but my son’s life as well, what kind of parent am I? Well let’s just say not a very mature one should we say. Please tell me I am not alone. I want to make a pact with you. If I am wrong then you can move on to the shout outs, the rest of need to step it up and forgive the people who have scorned us, heck I forgave Bartman (Cub fans will get it). I promise this week I will do my best and extend the olive branch to my son’s God parents. These are truly people I have loved AND respected but it is sad on my part how stubborn I am at times. Now maybe with this self help my next project will be forgiving my former neighbors. Did I mention I was stubborn?
SHOUT OUT TIME!!
Shout out to T-Mac and yes your dad very proud of you.
Shout out to Angie for your love of hockey.
Shout out to my dog Keewee unconditional love.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
I Missed You
Can not sleep tonight due to a great call I received today before leaving the “branch” to head back to the hotel. Ok so I used Resume Rabbit and it is working I would say pretty well so far with the calls I am getting. Today a recruiter read my resume from Dice.com and explained the job position his client has for a trainer/instructor. There are a lot of new responsibilities with this position that I started to think if this is even the right job for me, I mean come on I am a simple trainer who likes to educate and have fun in front of an audience. What is scaring me is the fact that I would need to lead people, now sure as a trainer it is my job to lead people for a training class and teach the class about software and concepts. So as I am trying to sleep and NOT think about can I do this job and be successful my mind starts to think about: (are you sitting down for this and is there a psychiatrist in the house?) “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatball” the new movie that I saw this past weekend. Basically the movie is about an inventor whose inventions well are not really well good. The Cliff Note version of the movie is that he does fail, and fail but he keeps coming back to try something new. So in my head I started to have doubts about my talents but recently those thoughts have been receiving evection notices with our good friend Jonathan. He was trying and I mean trying to help me get through my interview jitteriness with doing mock interviews with me while driving from place to place last week. Tonight self doubt was kicked in the rear end because guess what? I would rather take a risk then play it safe. Maybe it is time for all of us to stop playing it safe and do what we are meant to do then just skating by and hoping our lives will be fine staying in the far left lane. WOW can I come up with more crappy metaphors? Yes, yes I can by saying it is time to put on your (me too) big boy pants to get out there and do what you are meant to do. With that said I now want this job and prove to myself this could be a great fit after all.
I was watching a special tonight on CNBC talking about Walmart (still not a fan of the company just to let you know). The current CEO of the company was making this speech in front of 4,000 people and it gave me goose bumps. Why?? I have always wanted to stand in front of a group like that and bring a motivating message to the masses and I pictured myself doing that tonight. I remember encouraging my son when he was first learning to walk as a baby and seeing the joy on his face achieving that. We need that moment of getting up and taking those so called baby steps in order for us to achieve the goals we have set on paper. I want all of you today at this moment, along with me to put our lives back on track and take chances so we can obtain the goals you want out of life. Hey I did not make the goal weight I wanted by this week does that mean I failed? No because it means that I need to work that much harder to get to the place I want to be. I would have failed if I did not put the effort into the weight loss. Right now I am picturing in my mind the next job interview and doing such a fantastic job that when it is my turn to ask a question I will only have one. The one question is simply “Can I start in two weeks?” That way I can have a little vacation before starting the new job, in my mind and yours we know what the answer is.
Shout out to Roger A stay in touch.
Shout out to Mark I.
Shout out to you the fan.
I was watching a special tonight on CNBC talking about Walmart (still not a fan of the company just to let you know). The current CEO of the company was making this speech in front of 4,000 people and it gave me goose bumps. Why?? I have always wanted to stand in front of a group like that and bring a motivating message to the masses and I pictured myself doing that tonight. I remember encouraging my son when he was first learning to walk as a baby and seeing the joy on his face achieving that. We need that moment of getting up and taking those so called baby steps in order for us to achieve the goals we have set on paper. I want all of you today at this moment, along with me to put our lives back on track and take chances so we can obtain the goals you want out of life. Hey I did not make the goal weight I wanted by this week does that mean I failed? No because it means that I need to work that much harder to get to the place I want to be. I would have failed if I did not put the effort into the weight loss. Right now I am picturing in my mind the next job interview and doing such a fantastic job that when it is my turn to ask a question I will only have one. The one question is simply “Can I start in two weeks?” That way I can have a little vacation before starting the new job, in my mind and yours we know what the answer is.
Shout out to Roger A stay in touch.
Shout out to Mark I.
Shout out to you the fan.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Elvis Has Left The Building
I am saying good bye to Sacramento and off to my next adventure. It has been one of the best experiences I have ever had working with the guys as well as the people at the stations. Plus I really need to send two major shout outs to Jason, Diego and Eddy at Gold’s gym. What a great place to workout and Eddy as a Personal Trainer was very motivating to me. I promised Jason that I will send him pictures every two weeks to check on progress so there is some serious motivating.
Yesterday for what ever reason did not start off as a good day because the reality was starting to set in of being out of work in less then a month. However after my workout with Eddy I felt great, well up to the part where my dinner did come back up. I pushed myself pretty hard in the gym and to me that was vital. I knew that last night was going to be the last session with Eddy and Thursday night would be most likely the last time I would get to see the guys from the project since Friday we all were leaving. I needed the gym, I needed to get myself out of a funk and lift weights and guess what? It helped. The endorphins kicked in and I knew that after I left the gym that I gave 100% to myself.
Today was a very good day. I signed up with Resume Rabbit. What the product does for you is to send off your resume to about 88 job sites for you. Every time you see a posting for a job, don’t you just hate needing to fill out the information? Well Resume Rabbit does all the work for you including: Monster and Dice. I have already received a couple of responses back about my resume and moving forward to get phone interviews. Yes there is a cost for the service and it is around $60.00. I will let you know if any more jobs come out of this and what job boards as well. Plus was it really worth it.
There was an article on MSN.com on Wednesday called “From Fired…to Fired Up” by Jon Gordon. I went to his website to get more information about him. He is doing what I want to be doing and that is going around the world and motivating people and writing about how to get people motivated. I thought I would take a shot and write to him to say I felt his article was great. He actually wrote me back, not sure if it was really him or not could it of been an assistant. Sure since it was not a form email back but I will give him the benefit of the doubt. I am including a great story that Jon wrote if you need to motivate yourself when you just feel like giving up. Please also go to MSN.com to get the other article. Here is the link to the story and please let me know what you think: http://www.jongordon.com/newsletter-092809-greaterpurpose.html
Well that is a wrap from SUNNY (I heard it was snowing back home in Denver today) Sacramento California. My next entrée will be form not so Sunny Detroit. Once there the count down will begin to my next career adventure meaning will my goal of starting a new job on November 9th be a possibility? With a lot of help and some yelling between great friends Jonathan has been working with me on my interview skills. I will keep you posted.
Shout out to Leslee “B” for all of her help during the software conversion.
Shout out to Jonathan for trying to make me a better person every single day.
Shout out to my parents for well raising me right and all of their support through all of the years.
Shout out to my son for being just a great kid and understanding. You make me proud everyday of your life. Daddy will be home so we can party like rock stars. Love you Con Man.
PEACE OUT
Yesterday for what ever reason did not start off as a good day because the reality was starting to set in of being out of work in less then a month. However after my workout with Eddy I felt great, well up to the part where my dinner did come back up. I pushed myself pretty hard in the gym and to me that was vital. I knew that last night was going to be the last session with Eddy and Thursday night would be most likely the last time I would get to see the guys from the project since Friday we all were leaving. I needed the gym, I needed to get myself out of a funk and lift weights and guess what? It helped. The endorphins kicked in and I knew that after I left the gym that I gave 100% to myself.
Today was a very good day. I signed up with Resume Rabbit. What the product does for you is to send off your resume to about 88 job sites for you. Every time you see a posting for a job, don’t you just hate needing to fill out the information? Well Resume Rabbit does all the work for you including: Monster and Dice. I have already received a couple of responses back about my resume and moving forward to get phone interviews. Yes there is a cost for the service and it is around $60.00. I will let you know if any more jobs come out of this and what job boards as well. Plus was it really worth it.
There was an article on MSN.com on Wednesday called “From Fired…to Fired Up” by Jon Gordon. I went to his website to get more information about him. He is doing what I want to be doing and that is going around the world and motivating people and writing about how to get people motivated. I thought I would take a shot and write to him to say I felt his article was great. He actually wrote me back, not sure if it was really him or not could it of been an assistant. Sure since it was not a form email back but I will give him the benefit of the doubt. I am including a great story that Jon wrote if you need to motivate yourself when you just feel like giving up. Please also go to MSN.com to get the other article. Here is the link to the story and please let me know what you think: http://www.jongordon.com/newsletter-092809-greaterpurpose.html
Well that is a wrap from SUNNY (I heard it was snowing back home in Denver today) Sacramento California. My next entrée will be form not so Sunny Detroit. Once there the count down will begin to my next career adventure meaning will my goal of starting a new job on November 9th be a possibility? With a lot of help and some yelling between great friends Jonathan has been working with me on my interview skills. I will keep you posted.
Shout out to Leslee “B” for all of her help during the software conversion.
Shout out to Jonathan for trying to make me a better person every single day.
Shout out to my parents for well raising me right and all of their support through all of the years.
Shout out to my son for being just a great kid and understanding. You make me proud everyday of your life. Daddy will be home so we can party like rock stars. Love you Con Man.
PEACE OUT
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
IT JUST IS
I am not dying of a disease, I do not have the H1N1 flu, and I am not in a war. The point is ever since I was told that my services were no longer need my co-workers are the ones who need motivation. What I mean is that to me when we the team is together the elephant in the room is called unemployment. I call it opportunity. The victims are my friends who I work with daily because they are hurting; they are feeling a loss of a team member. I truly mean this and that is the fact on November 9th, my last day on the project I am going to feel a sense of relief. I have to think that there is another opportunity A.K.A a job on the horizon because if I don’t then honestly my mind will wander to places I promised myself I will NEVER go again.
You can not control who gets your resume because most of today’s companies use software to pick out key words or phrases. Who knows if the person who wrote the software was having a bad day and set the key words to gibberish? I can only control what is in my powers and that my friend is motivation, the power of controlling your own destiny. I told you last Friday that I was wounded or to put in boxing terms I was down but not down for the count. I am more determined then ever to put the past in the past and move on and as my good friend and a great mentor these past 11 months “Coach” would say I am writing a new chapter in my life or something to that effect. My friends here in Sacramento that I have been working with since the end of August are such a great group that again I need to keep comforting them and to say I will be fine and I will be. There is that saying of “There is somebody who is worse off then you” and guess what? It is true. There is so much destruction on this planet right now that at least I have the small things in life to be happy about. I have a great son who still loves me even though for over a year and a half I have been on the road. I promised Jonathan another great mentor of mine that I will find a job with no travel back in Denver to spend more time with my son. I was only wounded.
This is only a mild set back that can be and will be put back on track. I can choose to pout and have a pity party for soon being out of work. Or I can embrace these opportunities: I will have the opportunity to spend more time with my son at his school because I will be able to volunteer there. I will have the opportunity to do PX90 at my local recreation center. If you are not familiar with PX90 either look it up on the web or watch Sunday morning infomercials about it. I will have the opportunity to finally spend time in my new place and cook in it. Again I can not be angry of the situation since I have no control over. I am going to think and be positive for this chance to see what is next in my chapter of the book of my life. Remember I was shot and they tried to take me down but their ammunition was more of a BB then a rocket launcher. For my friends who also received their notice last week, we will get through this and we will dust our selves off and smile into adversity because THEY ONLY WOUNDED US THEY DID NOT KILL US!
You can not control who gets your resume because most of today’s companies use software to pick out key words or phrases. Who knows if the person who wrote the software was having a bad day and set the key words to gibberish? I can only control what is in my powers and that my friend is motivation, the power of controlling your own destiny. I told you last Friday that I was wounded or to put in boxing terms I was down but not down for the count. I am more determined then ever to put the past in the past and move on and as my good friend and a great mentor these past 11 months “Coach” would say I am writing a new chapter in my life or something to that effect. My friends here in Sacramento that I have been working with since the end of August are such a great group that again I need to keep comforting them and to say I will be fine and I will be. There is that saying of “There is somebody who is worse off then you” and guess what? It is true. There is so much destruction on this planet right now that at least I have the small things in life to be happy about. I have a great son who still loves me even though for over a year and a half I have been on the road. I promised Jonathan another great mentor of mine that I will find a job with no travel back in Denver to spend more time with my son. I was only wounded.
This is only a mild set back that can be and will be put back on track. I can choose to pout and have a pity party for soon being out of work. Or I can embrace these opportunities: I will have the opportunity to spend more time with my son at his school because I will be able to volunteer there. I will have the opportunity to do PX90 at my local recreation center. If you are not familiar with PX90 either look it up on the web or watch Sunday morning infomercials about it. I will have the opportunity to finally spend time in my new place and cook in it. Again I can not be angry of the situation since I have no control over. I am going to think and be positive for this chance to see what is next in my chapter of the book of my life. Remember I was shot and they tried to take me down but their ammunition was more of a BB then a rocket launcher. For my friends who also received their notice last week, we will get through this and we will dust our selves off and smile into adversity because THEY ONLY WOUNDED US THEY DID NOT KILL US!
Friday, October 2, 2009
KILLED OR BE KILLED I AM WOUNDED
Well I know this is late but HAPPY FRIDAY!!!
At 10:39 AM Pacific time I received the call I knew was coming but did not expect today. I was told today that my services on the project will no longer be needed as of November 6. We call this “spending more time with our families.” I know that the motivation I need deals with has two parts. The first part obviously is to find a job (duh). The second part is a job where I am home to yes spend time with my family of my son. I know that as long as I stay focused that this bump in the road will pass. There is a month to accomplish this goal and one goal that is going to need some luck along with the hard work.
My mantra of late for me knowing that cuts were happening was “Killed or Be Killed” and today I felt I was just wounded but not down for the count. This is a set back and getting angry is not going to help out the situation. We all have different ways to handle stress when it comes to job loss. Mine is to stay motivated and positive through this process and that is what I recommend to my friends who are in the same situation. Like I said this announcement was coming and my goal now is to rise up from the ground, dust myself off and when November 9th comes along I will be at my new job.
Shout out to my very good friend Patti. Please send happy thoughts her way because she got her notice today and had a rough week. If you see her please give her a hug.
Shout out to Jeff P and his wisdom these past 11 months and teaching me how to use chop sticks.
Shout out to Chris K and getting his new house. Very happy for you and the boys.
Have a weekend everybody. No survey but next week the beginning of rising from the ashes.
At 10:39 AM Pacific time I received the call I knew was coming but did not expect today. I was told today that my services on the project will no longer be needed as of November 6. We call this “spending more time with our families.” I know that the motivation I need deals with has two parts. The first part obviously is to find a job (duh). The second part is a job where I am home to yes spend time with my family of my son. I know that as long as I stay focused that this bump in the road will pass. There is a month to accomplish this goal and one goal that is going to need some luck along with the hard work.
My mantra of late for me knowing that cuts were happening was “Killed or Be Killed” and today I felt I was just wounded but not down for the count. This is a set back and getting angry is not going to help out the situation. We all have different ways to handle stress when it comes to job loss. Mine is to stay motivated and positive through this process and that is what I recommend to my friends who are in the same situation. Like I said this announcement was coming and my goal now is to rise up from the ground, dust myself off and when November 9th comes along I will be at my new job.
Shout out to my very good friend Patti. Please send happy thoughts her way because she got her notice today and had a rough week. If you see her please give her a hug.
Shout out to Jeff P and his wisdom these past 11 months and teaching me how to use chop sticks.
Shout out to Chris K and getting his new house. Very happy for you and the boys.
Have a weekend everybody. No survey but next week the beginning of rising from the ashes.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Name That Tune.
As I sit here writing this to you, I have thoughts in my head that were generated from listing to U2’s song “40,” I first remember this song from the MTV days back in my youth. The song combined with the video as it is the last song from their “Live at Red Rocks” show back in 1983 is very powerful and this is the song that they end all of their concerts with, very positive way to end their shows. Each member slowly stops playing their instrument until finally they are all gone and off the stage. I just came across from YouTube the version they did in Chicago and WOW. Thinking about the video and the song brings me to the point of knowing what I want to do in life. Thinking about the song and thinking about going back to my roots as far as what I wanted to be when I grew up. I am grown up and not where I want to be in life and who is really? I look back in grade school and how much I enjoyed being in the drama club, doing plays and every once in a while when there was silence in the audience just trying to say a word to make people laugh. I was not confident enough in high school to do that, and I have no idea why. Today I think about how I handed out one of my personal business cards and it says “Leadership/Motivation” training and someone kind of laughed. I did not really think anything of it because I know that goal will be achieved. Music can be a trigger in your head to relive the past and today for me I think, why are we not working at jobs that we want to be doing? Forget about the economy that is a moot point.
There is a saying I am sure many of us have read or heard and that is: “Find a job you love and you will never work a day in your life.” My goal is to be on the “Platform” like Tony Robbins, Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy, and Jack Canfield to do day in and day out what they do. When someone makes a small gesture demeaning to me, that only makes me want the goal even more and to look at how I can work harder to achieve that goal. I can honestly say that the only person I know who loves what they do is my mom. She is a Yoga instructor for the recreation center where she lives. She does not go to a job, she goes to her passion. It is not to late to dig deep into your soul to be a kid again and ask yourself what it is you want to be when you grow up.
Think what can you do to get to where you want to be or I should say rather be. What steps can you start to do right now in order to be there? Write those steps down, set dead lines for those goals and a final date. Yes the final date can and will possible change however I firmly believe that without writing them down and seeing the goal on a daily is nothing more then just a dream. I have a simple sticky note on my laptop with the number 5, the date of October 3rd -2and October 10th -5. Meaning that I want to drop 2 pounds by the third and 5 by the tenth of October to achieve my goal. I have also expressed my goal not only with you but with my Personal Trainer Eddy, and after one workout I know this goal can and will be accomplished by October 10th. Now go find that song to remind you where you want to be in your life.
Are you working at the job you want to be working at? Simple “Yes” or “No” will be the poll question.
Shout out to all of you who keep coming back to read and take part in the polls. Thank you.
There is a saying I am sure many of us have read or heard and that is: “Find a job you love and you will never work a day in your life.” My goal is to be on the “Platform” like Tony Robbins, Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy, and Jack Canfield to do day in and day out what they do. When someone makes a small gesture demeaning to me, that only makes me want the goal even more and to look at how I can work harder to achieve that goal. I can honestly say that the only person I know who loves what they do is my mom. She is a Yoga instructor for the recreation center where she lives. She does not go to a job, she goes to her passion. It is not to late to dig deep into your soul to be a kid again and ask yourself what it is you want to be when you grow up.
Think what can you do to get to where you want to be or I should say rather be. What steps can you start to do right now in order to be there? Write those steps down, set dead lines for those goals and a final date. Yes the final date can and will possible change however I firmly believe that without writing them down and seeing the goal on a daily is nothing more then just a dream. I have a simple sticky note on my laptop with the number 5, the date of October 3rd -2and October 10th -5. Meaning that I want to drop 2 pounds by the third and 5 by the tenth of October to achieve my goal. I have also expressed my goal not only with you but with my Personal Trainer Eddy, and after one workout I know this goal can and will be accomplished by October 10th. Now go find that song to remind you where you want to be in your life.
Are you working at the job you want to be working at? Simple “Yes” or “No” will be the poll question.
Shout out to all of you who keep coming back to read and take part in the polls. Thank you.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Spinning times 2
Motivation comes in all shapes and sizes. I want to tell you about Jodi who motivated me to do both of her spinning classes on this past Saturday. I had planned on just doing the 8:00 Am and then lift weights for another hour. My good friend Jonathan and I both agree that out of the three spinning instructors Jodi is the best. Why would somebody subject themselves to two spinning class on a Saturday? I can only explain that I was motivated some time during her first class. Jodi is wonderful with getting her students involved and it is funny watching her techniques to start off the class. First she makes sure that your bike is ready to go by helping you adjust the seat or the handlebars. Second she starts right on time, I hate going to a meeting or a training session and it starts late. Jodi does something that when I worked in call centers did to start off my classes, with a motivation saying or some type of question. She uses the same motivational quote at the begging of class and repeats it about half way. I wear a heart rate monitor watch to see how I am doing. I look at it several times to check on my personal progress to just be amazed that fifty minutes have gone by and to say I think I can do better in the next class. Both Jonathan and I did her second class.
Jodi does not know me but during the class she gets off her bike to walk around to help individuals with their posture on the bike or might say in a coy way that maybe you need to increase the tension on your bike. I swear she is a Jedi master using the force on my brain so yes I do increase the bikes tension. I burned over two thousand calories and can not tell you how amazed I was with my own personal growth. I know too many of you this is nothing but to me knowing I could do this mean a lot to my sense of accomplishments.
Monday night is a new chapter as far as a new Personal Trainer. I was able to meet him on Saturday while getting ready to do more cardio on the rowing machine. Our Personal Trainer for the next two weeks is named Eddy. We talked goals and what supplements I am currently taking. I am looking forward to a new chapter working with Eddy. Nothing against Nigel but just curious to see how Eddy plans his workouts for me. My two week goal is to drop 5 pounds so we will see. I will keep you updated.
My shout out has to go out to the staff here in Sacramento at the radio stations. Saturday was a concert fest that was very fun that was being sponsored by one of the stations. The people of Sacramento have been such a great group of people so I am going to miss all of you from this market. Thank you for everything and “The Killers” concert was awesome! They put on a great show with high energy.
I have a poll question about these social networking sites. I have just updated my LinkedIn page. I over heard a conversation while waiting for a plane about how this gentleman found a job. He used his connections on LinkedIn to get the job posting. So the poll question is do you use those sites?
Have a great week and check in will you.
Jodi does not know me but during the class she gets off her bike to walk around to help individuals with their posture on the bike or might say in a coy way that maybe you need to increase the tension on your bike. I swear she is a Jedi master using the force on my brain so yes I do increase the bikes tension. I burned over two thousand calories and can not tell you how amazed I was with my own personal growth. I know too many of you this is nothing but to me knowing I could do this mean a lot to my sense of accomplishments.
Monday night is a new chapter as far as a new Personal Trainer. I was able to meet him on Saturday while getting ready to do more cardio on the rowing machine. Our Personal Trainer for the next two weeks is named Eddy. We talked goals and what supplements I am currently taking. I am looking forward to a new chapter working with Eddy. Nothing against Nigel but just curious to see how Eddy plans his workouts for me. My two week goal is to drop 5 pounds so we will see. I will keep you updated.
My shout out has to go out to the staff here in Sacramento at the radio stations. Saturday was a concert fest that was very fun that was being sponsored by one of the stations. The people of Sacramento have been such a great group of people so I am going to miss all of you from this market. Thank you for everything and “The Killers” concert was awesome! They put on a great show with high energy.
I have a poll question about these social networking sites. I have just updated my LinkedIn page. I over heard a conversation while waiting for a plane about how this gentleman found a job. He used his connections on LinkedIn to get the job posting. So the poll question is do you use those sites?
Have a great week and check in will you.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Personally it has been a long week. On that note from one of my GREAT friends and MENTORS Denise “B” sent me this great list:
Try everything twice. On one woman's tombstone she said she wanted this epitaph: "Tried everything twice.loved it both times!" 2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. (Keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches!) 3. Keep learning: Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain get idle. 'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.' And the devil's name is Alzheimer's!
4. Enjoy the simple things. 5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath. And if you have a friend who makes you laugh, spend lots and lots of time with HIM/HER. 6. The tears happen: Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. LIVE while you are alive. 7. Surround yourself with what you love: Whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge. 8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it.. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help. 9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county, to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is. 10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity. I love you, my special friend. 11. Forgive now those who made you cry. You might not get a second chance. And if you don't send this to at least 4 people - who cares? But do share this with someone. Remember! Lost time can never be found. Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
Monday I am going to work with a different Personal Trainer. Our friend Nigel has to workout some personal issues in his life. Our new Personal Trainer is Eddy and I will let you know how it goes. If anybody is in the Sacramento area on Saturday come on by for “A Day in the Zone” the band Train is the head liner for the event.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
I WON’T DIE ON THIS HILL TODAY
The NFL has completed week two of their schedule for the 2009-2010 season. Being from Chicago I should be very happy that the Bears are 1-1 after two weeks of the season. A year ago the Bears opened their season against the Indianapolis Colts on the road. During that day I was very happy and looking forward to being able to watch the game since it was on national TV. I ended up listing to the game in my car at the local Target parking lot. My world came down that evening and the game was secondary. I wanted truly for my marriage to work, even during the counseling sessions and feeling that this is going to make our marriage work. That night it was over. I was going to be a statistic that I did not want to be, divorced.
I think about that saying of “Time heals all wounds.” There is still a wound there however as low as I felt and going to a very dark place several times over, I can honestly say I feel happy a year later. The steps were not easy but the support of family, friends, and knowing the importance of being a father is how I got through my day. The feeling of somebody not wanting to love me and giving up on our family hurt to the point of going down a path where there was no turning back was the only option I could think of. I had to really dig deep down to find some light on the situation. To make my own personal problems even worse was that I was about to be laid off from the project I was on. However a few weeks later a new project would happen. I would need to be traveling for a job that did not include the ability to fly back to Colorado to see my son at all even on the weekends. The project was a six week HELL except one very bright light. Knowing I was going to be working with a very good (some times quirky but who isn’t) friend Jonathan, who was my life savor.
The healing process was not immediate at all since this was less then a month into the divorce process. Jonathan kept me “focused” on staying out of the dark places in my head and helping me stay engaged on the little things in life. He is also a great mentor. Jonathan was always teaching me things such as placing an instant rice bag (normally you would microwave this) on top of a car on a sunny day can heat it up. I do not recommend this at all but you had to be there. Jonathan would not let me die on any hill during our time plotting through the Midwest. With his kindness and humor I was able to endure bad hotels with long working hours. Sometimes I do think if I would still be on this Earth and the sad truth to the matter is no.
Today here in Sacramento it is another beautiful day. I am working with a great group of guys and the project was extended. If had I taken the easy way out I would not have this new opportunity to share my life with you and more importantly my son who I credit with keeping me on this planet. To go from desperation to today was not easy but it can be done!! Stay motivated at the gym by setting small goals. Join a group like Toastmasters. Write your feelings down. Lastly the most important lesson I learned through all of this was to seek help. I kept working with the marriage councilor as my therapist. That way I did not start all over with someone new, they already knew the history so a shout out to Daryl Gedney. She is brilliant and very thought provoking. My Colorado friends let me know if you want her number.
Life is good and yes it has its ups and downs. However there is one certain in my life and that is. I WON’T DIE ON THIS HILL TODAY!
I think about that saying of “Time heals all wounds.” There is still a wound there however as low as I felt and going to a very dark place several times over, I can honestly say I feel happy a year later. The steps were not easy but the support of family, friends, and knowing the importance of being a father is how I got through my day. The feeling of somebody not wanting to love me and giving up on our family hurt to the point of going down a path where there was no turning back was the only option I could think of. I had to really dig deep down to find some light on the situation. To make my own personal problems even worse was that I was about to be laid off from the project I was on. However a few weeks later a new project would happen. I would need to be traveling for a job that did not include the ability to fly back to Colorado to see my son at all even on the weekends. The project was a six week HELL except one very bright light. Knowing I was going to be working with a very good (some times quirky but who isn’t) friend Jonathan, who was my life savor.
The healing process was not immediate at all since this was less then a month into the divorce process. Jonathan kept me “focused” on staying out of the dark places in my head and helping me stay engaged on the little things in life. He is also a great mentor. Jonathan was always teaching me things such as placing an instant rice bag (normally you would microwave this) on top of a car on a sunny day can heat it up. I do not recommend this at all but you had to be there. Jonathan would not let me die on any hill during our time plotting through the Midwest. With his kindness and humor I was able to endure bad hotels with long working hours. Sometimes I do think if I would still be on this Earth and the sad truth to the matter is no.
Today here in Sacramento it is another beautiful day. I am working with a great group of guys and the project was extended. If had I taken the easy way out I would not have this new opportunity to share my life with you and more importantly my son who I credit with keeping me on this planet. To go from desperation to today was not easy but it can be done!! Stay motivated at the gym by setting small goals. Join a group like Toastmasters. Write your feelings down. Lastly the most important lesson I learned through all of this was to seek help. I kept working with the marriage councilor as my therapist. That way I did not start all over with someone new, they already knew the history so a shout out to Daryl Gedney. She is brilliant and very thought provoking. My Colorado friends let me know if you want her number.
Life is good and yes it has its ups and downs. However there is one certain in my life and that is. I WON’T DIE ON THIS HILL TODAY!
Thursday, September 17, 2009
HAPPY FRIDAY
THANK WHAT EVER OR WHOM EVER DEITY THAT IT IS FRIDAY.
It is Friday and wanted to play the “High and Low” game with you. If you are not familiar with this it is great to start a dinner conversation with friends and family. What you do is say what was a great part of your day (high) and what was not so great (low). I want to do it for the week.
High-Last weekend getting a few more hours to spend with my son.
Low-Only getting a few hours with him.
High-Writing this blog.
Low-Hoping to get a bigger response.
High-Great week of workouts.
Low-Still not eating enough.
High-Working in Sacramento.
Low-Knowing that in October moving to another site.
High-Working with a great team.
Low-Not going to work with them again on the next site.
Have a great weekend, apologize for the shortness it has been a long week. Next week the anniversary I want to never celebrate. Have a day.
It is Friday and wanted to play the “High and Low” game with you. If you are not familiar with this it is great to start a dinner conversation with friends and family. What you do is say what was a great part of your day (high) and what was not so great (low). I want to do it for the week.
High-Last weekend getting a few more hours to spend with my son.
Low-Only getting a few hours with him.
High-Writing this blog.
Low-Hoping to get a bigger response.
High-Great week of workouts.
Low-Still not eating enough.
High-Working in Sacramento.
Low-Knowing that in October moving to another site.
High-Working with a great team.
Low-Not going to work with them again on the next site.
Have a great weekend, apologize for the shortness it has been a long week. Next week the anniversary I want to never celebrate. Have a day.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Sleep VS Gym and the winner is........
Ok here it is however I should be sleeping but I care about you. It was a 12 hour day today and lucky for me I was not driving the car. If I did drive (five of us and we have two cars) yes ladies and gentlemen of the jury, Little Neddy (from the movie “Three Amigos”) would be sleeping. We need to thank our lucky stars that Jonathan A.K.A J-Money was literally in the driver seat because he drove us to the gym. As tired as we were he and I went. I am so thankful that we did not take the easy way out and not go to the gym. Jonathan and I don’t workout together, but we do inspire each other. It is very important to have somebody to motivate you, to push you to do a better job at work. The point is this; if you are in a career that you don’t like then that attitude is going to infect the rest of your co-workers. Most of you don’t have the 1950’s 9-5 jobs, no we have 10 or more hour a day jobs. I personally enjoy working with the people on this project and that truly helps since we do work long hours. The flip side has been working with people that you would rather not be in the same room with. When you are in that situation you need to find a positive of some sorts. Personally when it comes down to that type of situation my outlet is the gym. I have one rule on the road and that one rule is that I stay away from “adult beverages.” I would rather take out my frustrations in a gym lifting, running, or getting pushed around by Nigel the personal trainer at Gold’s Gym. Focus on what you do enjoy about your job rather then what you don’t enjoy.
I want to give a quick thank you to a great friend of mine Chris K. Chris is a long time friend and was the best man at my wedding. I would say Chris is the brother I never had. He and I have gone through very similar situations of the dreaded divorce with in the past year. We try and keep each other motivated by hopefully realizing that we are better then the women we married. Chris started writing his blog and to me very cool knowing somebody who has a passion and wants to write about those things. I have added his link to his blog to the left of the page under "My Blog List. Chris gave me some great advice about being a blogger and that was, this should be fun (I am some what paraphrasing) and not a job. Well for me my goal was and still is to be a motivational speaker so as the Chinese proverb states “Find a job that you love and you will never work again.”
Today’s poll comes from the conversations I have been having with my mother. I currently do not have health insurance and with the recent passing of a wonderful friend “Mac” it was a huge awaking for me. I could not afford to be in a hospital right now. My point though is that I go to the doctor for the most part once a year for a check up, and when I did have my insurance I was taking Nexium for my acid reflux disease. Right now the cost of health insurance is insane so I would rather be lucky then spend the money, stupid I know but that is how I roll. Anyway I want to see how many of you are in the same or similar boat as me.
Ok off to dream land but here is some advice for you (free of charge) and that is DON’T POKE THE BEAR.
TTFN
I want to give a quick thank you to a great friend of mine Chris K. Chris is a long time friend and was the best man at my wedding. I would say Chris is the brother I never had. He and I have gone through very similar situations of the dreaded divorce with in the past year. We try and keep each other motivated by hopefully realizing that we are better then the women we married. Chris started writing his blog and to me very cool knowing somebody who has a passion and wants to write about those things. I have added his link to his blog to the left of the page under "My Blog List. Chris gave me some great advice about being a blogger and that was, this should be fun (I am some what paraphrasing) and not a job. Well for me my goal was and still is to be a motivational speaker so as the Chinese proverb states “Find a job that you love and you will never work again.”
Today’s poll comes from the conversations I have been having with my mother. I currently do not have health insurance and with the recent passing of a wonderful friend “Mac” it was a huge awaking for me. I could not afford to be in a hospital right now. My point though is that I go to the doctor for the most part once a year for a check up, and when I did have my insurance I was taking Nexium for my acid reflux disease. Right now the cost of health insurance is insane so I would rather be lucky then spend the money, stupid I know but that is how I roll. Anyway I want to see how many of you are in the same or similar boat as me.
Ok off to dream land but here is some advice for you (free of charge) and that is DON’T POKE THE BEAR.
TTFN
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Monday Means Nigel
Before I get started I first want to thank all of you who emailed me, called me, and posted on the blog. THANK YOU!! Next up the big question was how many times a week I was going to write? Not a clue but I do want to do a new poll a day. So please check every morning and PRETTY PLEASE pass the link around. Ok on with the show.
Currently it is 10:55 PM on the West coast and I am writing to you from Sacramento, California. I have been back from the gym for about 45 minutes. I HAD to take a hot shower. WHY?? Well let me explain. The hotel where we are staying at for the project set us up with memberships to the local Gold’s Gym. At first I was very intimidated thinking that I needed to look like the Governor back in his prime days. However things have changed for the better with Gold’s meaning you can look like me, the average person and fit in. I have yet to see a so called “muscle head” in the gym. Today is Monday and that means two sessions with my personal trainer Nigel this week of today and Wednesday. Let me tell you why I am working with a personal trainer. First I got a great deal of eight sessions for less then what a normal half hour would be. Second what ever my routine of lifting and doing cardio was not getting the results I wanted. My goal this year was to drop at least 30 pounds with a 34 inch waist line. Well I am not there even though I am under 200 pounds and do feel that parts of me are looking a bit better. My motivation was to kick it up a notch to get the results I truly wanted. Yes a lot of my physical fitness stems on the fact that my diet is poor in the sense that I do not eat enough to keep my metabolism moving. I am not out trying every fast food place (I will confess that our first week I did go to In & Out Berger only once) in town. The hotel food here has many carbohydrates along with not a lot of choices for health breakfast. Plus like I said I don’t eat enough. Many health magazines recommend 5-6 small meals a day. I am up to maybe three.
I am doing what is called Cross Fit work outs. Many exercises I do with just using my own body weight and relying on keeping my heart rate in my target zone (around 145 beats per minute). Tonight was just legs with the emphasis of the hamstrings and I am feeling it. I know that there are many individuals who can push their bodies without a personal trainer or workout partner. I very much enjoy going to the gym and working out as well as motivating others. I get a kick when people are with the personal trainers and they are not smiling. I know that working out can be and should be rough however you need some fun. I have in the past told people who are working out that this should not be a second job but a hobby that you love to do. I love learning all about cross fit and how far Nigel will push me on every set of exercises. Today at work all I thought about was my half hour at one of the nicest gyms I have ever worked out in and well not to loose the oatmeal I had two hours before Nigel put me through my paces.
I hope this has inspired you to either keep doing what you are doing for physical fitness, or start one. Starting on Tuesday night the TV show “Biggest Looser” is back on for a new season. These contestants are not only going to push themselves to loose weight, but to even stay alive. Many need to loose weight because of things like high blood pressure or diabetes. Once they start to loose weight you just see their reactions of possible saying to themselves “Oh my gosh I can loose weight.” That they can workout and be successful at getting fit. You will be very inspired trust me on that.
I will keep you posted on my progress with Nigel and we will see how close I will come to getting to my goal weight and measurements in December. Until then as the beer commercial says “Stay thirsty my friend.”
Currently it is 10:55 PM on the West coast and I am writing to you from Sacramento, California. I have been back from the gym for about 45 minutes. I HAD to take a hot shower. WHY?? Well let me explain. The hotel where we are staying at for the project set us up with memberships to the local Gold’s Gym. At first I was very intimidated thinking that I needed to look like the Governor back in his prime days. However things have changed for the better with Gold’s meaning you can look like me, the average person and fit in. I have yet to see a so called “muscle head” in the gym. Today is Monday and that means two sessions with my personal trainer Nigel this week of today and Wednesday. Let me tell you why I am working with a personal trainer. First I got a great deal of eight sessions for less then what a normal half hour would be. Second what ever my routine of lifting and doing cardio was not getting the results I wanted. My goal this year was to drop at least 30 pounds with a 34 inch waist line. Well I am not there even though I am under 200 pounds and do feel that parts of me are looking a bit better. My motivation was to kick it up a notch to get the results I truly wanted. Yes a lot of my physical fitness stems on the fact that my diet is poor in the sense that I do not eat enough to keep my metabolism moving. I am not out trying every fast food place (I will confess that our first week I did go to In & Out Berger only once) in town. The hotel food here has many carbohydrates along with not a lot of choices for health breakfast. Plus like I said I don’t eat enough. Many health magazines recommend 5-6 small meals a day. I am up to maybe three.
I am doing what is called Cross Fit work outs. Many exercises I do with just using my own body weight and relying on keeping my heart rate in my target zone (around 145 beats per minute). Tonight was just legs with the emphasis of the hamstrings and I am feeling it. I know that there are many individuals who can push their bodies without a personal trainer or workout partner. I very much enjoy going to the gym and working out as well as motivating others. I get a kick when people are with the personal trainers and they are not smiling. I know that working out can be and should be rough however you need some fun. I have in the past told people who are working out that this should not be a second job but a hobby that you love to do. I love learning all about cross fit and how far Nigel will push me on every set of exercises. Today at work all I thought about was my half hour at one of the nicest gyms I have ever worked out in and well not to loose the oatmeal I had two hours before Nigel put me through my paces.
I hope this has inspired you to either keep doing what you are doing for physical fitness, or start one. Starting on Tuesday night the TV show “Biggest Looser” is back on for a new season. These contestants are not only going to push themselves to loose weight, but to even stay alive. Many need to loose weight because of things like high blood pressure or diabetes. Once they start to loose weight you just see their reactions of possible saying to themselves “Oh my gosh I can loose weight.” That they can workout and be successful at getting fit. You will be very inspired trust me on that.
I will keep you posted on my progress with Nigel and we will see how close I will come to getting to my goal weight and measurements in December. Until then as the beer commercial says “Stay thirsty my friend.”
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Why Not ME??
So here it goes, my goal in my adult life is to be a motivational speaker. Hey why not me??!! I have gone through crap like many people so I have always wanted to inspire. However for what ever reason my trying to inspire turns out to many thinking I am making a joke. Well this is no joke, but I will use some humor. So here we go.
Tonight on my trip from Denver to Sacramento I was reading an article from the September issue of “Success” magazine. The article was about Og Mandino who wrote the book “The Greatest Salesmen in the World.” The article is written by Liz Davis, talks about how life got very low for Mandino to the point of taking his own life until just a simple walk into the public library changed his life. I picked up this issue to read more about Mandino and since I had read the in flight magazines already I needed something to occupy my flight. This one quote from book The Greatest Salesmen in the World was what inspired me tonight: “I will form good habits and become their slave. And how will I accomplish this difficult feat? Through these scrolls it will be done, for each scroll contains a principle which will drive a bad habit from my life and replace it with one which will bring me closer to success. For it is another of nature’s laws that only a habit can subdue another habit.” The book is a quick read and it does very much inspire you no matter what your current employment is or where you are in life, it does not matter. I highly recommend for you to pick it up and read it, and read it again.
I want to take you on my journey to find success and remove negative thoughts in order to get to the next level. What is the next level? Only you know where you want to be and I don’t mean in five years (like in job interviews). Today is where you need to figure out where you want the path that you will create takes you. In his book “The Last Lecture” DR Randy Pausch wrote a simple common sense in chapter 55 titled “Just Ask.” So ask yourself what motivates you and ask yourself “why not me?” This book has changed my life with that one simple principle of, to just ask. Please buy this book and find the “Last Lecture” on the web. If one of those two pieces does not inspire you then I am at a loss. I have just re-read it and after reading it a second time (there will be many more re-readings) I need to do more with my life. For example I want to write very soon to you on how I try and stay motivated after the year I have had: the divorce, seeing my son only every other weekends and the crazy insane travel schedule that I deal with every single week. I need to be a better parent to my son and also stay healthy so I am here on this planet for a long time. Fitness will also be a common thread with in my blog.
We are going to do this together since I still can not find the manual that deals with what life gives us daily. We have manuals for our cars, computers, cell phones, but nothing on just getting up out of bed to get us prepared to face the day with a positive mental attitude. Believe me when I say that has been a struggle for me as well, however I find ways to do it. Simple things like knowing Monday’s and Wednesday’s Nigel the personal trainer I am working with is going to push me is really positive motivation for me. What will get you out of bed?
Well here I go and try to mold this blog with your help. I don’t know where the writing is going to take me but my goal is to express myself to you and see if this will be a good fit for both of us. Please be kind since this will be all about baby steps diving into the blog world and who knows hopefully one of you will actually read this and pass it along to others. Then maybe you can say to yourself "Why Not Me??
Tonight on my trip from Denver to Sacramento I was reading an article from the September issue of “Success” magazine. The article was about Og Mandino who wrote the book “The Greatest Salesmen in the World.” The article is written by Liz Davis, talks about how life got very low for Mandino to the point of taking his own life until just a simple walk into the public library changed his life. I picked up this issue to read more about Mandino and since I had read the in flight magazines already I needed something to occupy my flight. This one quote from book The Greatest Salesmen in the World was what inspired me tonight: “I will form good habits and become their slave. And how will I accomplish this difficult feat? Through these scrolls it will be done, for each scroll contains a principle which will drive a bad habit from my life and replace it with one which will bring me closer to success. For it is another of nature’s laws that only a habit can subdue another habit.” The book is a quick read and it does very much inspire you no matter what your current employment is or where you are in life, it does not matter. I highly recommend for you to pick it up and read it, and read it again.
I want to take you on my journey to find success and remove negative thoughts in order to get to the next level. What is the next level? Only you know where you want to be and I don’t mean in five years (like in job interviews). Today is where you need to figure out where you want the path that you will create takes you. In his book “The Last Lecture” DR Randy Pausch wrote a simple common sense in chapter 55 titled “Just Ask.” So ask yourself what motivates you and ask yourself “why not me?” This book has changed my life with that one simple principle of, to just ask. Please buy this book and find the “Last Lecture” on the web. If one of those two pieces does not inspire you then I am at a loss. I have just re-read it and after reading it a second time (there will be many more re-readings) I need to do more with my life. For example I want to write very soon to you on how I try and stay motivated after the year I have had: the divorce, seeing my son only every other weekends and the crazy insane travel schedule that I deal with every single week. I need to be a better parent to my son and also stay healthy so I am here on this planet for a long time. Fitness will also be a common thread with in my blog.
We are going to do this together since I still can not find the manual that deals with what life gives us daily. We have manuals for our cars, computers, cell phones, but nothing on just getting up out of bed to get us prepared to face the day with a positive mental attitude. Believe me when I say that has been a struggle for me as well, however I find ways to do it. Simple things like knowing Monday’s and Wednesday’s Nigel the personal trainer I am working with is going to push me is really positive motivation for me. What will get you out of bed?
Well here I go and try to mold this blog with your help. I don’t know where the writing is going to take me but my goal is to express myself to you and see if this will be a good fit for both of us. Please be kind since this will be all about baby steps diving into the blog world and who knows hopefully one of you will actually read this and pass it along to others. Then maybe you can say to yourself "Why Not Me??
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