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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

The Heroes

Life often throws us curve balls, and whether you catch them or not, they can spark the most significant changes one has the opportunity of experiencing in a lifetime.

One of the greatest influences in my life has been from a pretty unexpected source.... You would think that a CO-OP with a major company, living on your own in an unknown city, and being responsible for everything for the first time would have the biggest impact for someone not even out of college yet.... and yet you would be mistaken.

One individual, by the secret code name of fox, has quite aptly, and as cunningly as a fox, influenced me to the point of drawing me out of a defensive shell through her good-willed nature, consistent honesty, and appreciable shrewdness. Fox is the picture of fearlessness and a fountain of youthful energy and truthfulness that makes most people either face up to their own behavior or strive to be more life the fox- fair, honest, and thoughtful.

The beginning of our friendship was riffled with tumultuous good-times. I would deliver my most careful sarcasm only to be met with equal candor. This back and forth continued for quite some time until finally enough was enough, and the face off brought the mounting tension and discord to a frenetic crux that taught me one of those lessons that only life can teach...... My barriers subsequently came down, and whether she knows it or not, the course of my life, just as the butterfly flaps its pattern-filled wings and sets into motion the most incredible hurricane, Fox had- through her incredible act of honesty, managed to steer my ship back to course and straight through my own personal storms towards an island of possibilities and life-long happiness.

Now, we laugh, joke, and have developed a fantastic camaraderie that has made my experience at my first job significantly more enjoyable. I am thankful daily to have met the fox, and the fox can know that she has effectually altered the course of my destiny.

Alas, The greatest influences of ones life are directly proportional to the intensity of the fire that doth cast the shadow.

- The flame.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

The power of the mind

I have embarked on a new journey.... destination=success

All that I know is that when TONY Robbins described the golf swing as being millimeters from a successful hit, a chord was struck within me. I recognized how small actions daily over the expanse of several months with a corrected swing could compound and bring about profound and life-changing differences in the quality and quantity of life that each of us can lead.

The trick is a combination of time-management, discipline, and clarity.

1. First determine some goals
2. Then outline what you will do to attain that goal.....
3. Schedule exact hours and days that you will work to move forward on your objective....
4. Get into the habit of working when you do not feel like it
(this may take some practice but until it becomes a habit, you need to face your discomfort and punch it in the stomach.
5. Move like the ball being struck a few millimeters differently now on course to the flag poll. Sit back and enjoy stress-free days, huge gains in productivity and happiness, and ultimate success in pretty much everything.

I share these principles because they are sound and I hope that they can improve your life as much as they are improving mine.

Have a good week


- the flame