I quite like this video about The Meaning of Life.

(if you don’t see the video, click here to watch it)

The Meaning of Life:

• Be happy
• Show up
• Follow your heart
• Find a new perspective
• Have a sense of wonder
• Find people you love
• Set goals
• Help others
• Dance
• Pamper yourself
• Face your fears
• Go to a museum
• Exercise
• Limit television
• Get in touch with nature
• Lighten up
• Get a good night’s sleep
• Read books
• Buy yourself flowers
• Don’t compare yourself with others
• Don’t beat yourself up
• Be open to new ideas
• Don’t focus on negative thoughts
• Focus on creating what you desire
• Make time just to have fun
• Keep the romance in your life
• Make a gratitude list
• Love your Mother Earth
• Want what you have
• Be true to yourself

What do you think is missing from the list?

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Yes, it’s April 1st, which means it’s April Fool’s Day. Sorry, but I don’t have an April fool for you, just some awesome articles that I’ve read lately have either inspired me, motivated me, taught me something new, or made me think. Enjoy!

I’m off to Toronto for a week of visiting friends and renewing my aquaintance with the city again. I desperately need this vacation away. I’ve been using Chris Guillebeau’s excellent Travel Hacking Cartel to rack up some frequent flyer miles so I’m happy that I didn’t have to pay for this flight. If you haven’t checked out the Travel Hacking Cartel, you really should – especially now that they’ve added lots of new deals and their community forum. I’m learning tons of travel tips.

Have Inspired Me:

Tired Of Thinking Like An Ugly Sister? Step Into Your Cinderella Slippers and Rock! from A Different Kind of Work

And:

Hell Yes You Should Quit Your Job from Corbett Barr

And:

Accepting False Beliefs from Seth Godin’s Blog

Have Taught Me Something New:

How to Complete Your eBook Masterpiece – Even if You HATE Writing from Steve Scott Site

Have Motivated Me:

50 Things You Need to Give Up Today from Marc and Angel Hack Life

Have Made Me Think:

Your Dissatisfaction is a Gift from Illuminated Mind

And:

10 Rules for Achieving Perfect Life/Work Balance from Location 180

What have you read this week that has inspired, motivated, taught and/or motivated you? Share with us!

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As you probably have noticed, I’ve been MIA for a while. I’ve been dealing with some personal and family issues lately. Things have calmed down a little on this end so you should be seeing me post more often (knock on wood).

Even though I haven’t been in the right mindset to post positive articles doesn’t mean that I haven’t been reading some great stuff on my RSS Reader.

Here are some fantastic articles that have inspired me and made me think (or in some cases, re-think some of my beliefs). Enjoy!

Have made me think (or re-think):

Computer Effort Is Not Enough from Mind Adventure

And:

How to Recognize an Idea Worth Pursuing from Prolific Living

And (a two-fer from Seth Godin):

Are You Making Something? from Seth Godin’s Blog

Reject the Tyranny of Being Picked: Pick Yourself from Seth Godin’s Blog

And:

When Pride Gets in the Way of Success from The Simple Dollar

Have inspired me:

New Series: How to Stay Serene When Faced With…Life from Insanely Serene

And:

How to Deal with Your ‘Get a REAl Job’ Devil from Powered By Intuition

And:

12 Steps to Make a Dream a Reality from Marc and Angel Hack Life

And:

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Effortlessly Overcoming Unworthiness from Wake Up Cloud

What awesome, inspiring, thoughtful, entertaining, enlightening and wonderful articles have you read lately? Share with us!

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Because I needed to hear/read this tonight and thought that maybe you needed to read this, too:

Challenges come in the form of questions. In this case, you know the questions. They aren’t new. You’ve thought of them during some dark night, when you just couldn’t sleep.

Why are you here on earth?

What’s different about you, from anybody else?

Why are your fingerprints unlike anyone else’s on the face of the earth, or in the total course of history?

You know the questions.

And you know the answers.

Actually, it’s just one answer, and it all comes down to this: the world has never seen anyone quite like you before, and it will never see another You again.

And there is something you have to contribute to this world that the world needs from You, no matter how small or unimportant you may think you are, in the grand scheme of things.

You were born, you are breathing, you are here, because there is something you have to contribute to the world that world really really needs. At least in that place, at least in this time, at least with your style, at least with your character and stamp upon it.

Someone needs you.

Someone’s life has been, and will be, better because of you. Maybe many many “somebody”s.

Be you a health care professional, or a scientist, or engineer, or techie, or digger of ditches, it doesn’t matter. The world needs all these things, but animated specifically by your spirit, your brains, your personality, beneath and in it all.

Your purpose in life isn’t just a mattter of what kind of work you do.

It’s a matter of who you are, what kind of person you are, and whether you choose to be the best You that you can possibly be, or not.

- Richard N. Bolles, What Color Is Your Parachute?

Just Something To Think About.

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“The best things in life must come by effort from within, not by gifts from the outside.” – Fred Corson

Self-reliance : the capacity to rely on one’s own capabilities, and to manage one’s own affairs; independence

Do you have what it takes to be self-reliant?

Or are you waiting for someone to take care of you?

It’s easy to give up control to someone else – someone who we can blame when things don’t work out the way we want them to.

How self-reliant are you? If you aren’t capable of taking care of yourself, then what are you going to do about it?

Just Something To Think About.

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I’ve closed the comments on the Something To Think About series because I want people to interpret the questions and answers themselves without being influenced by another person’s interpretation of the topic.

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Even though I have been super-busy with changes happening in my life, I would be remiss if I didn’t share with you some of the great articles that I’ve been reading lately.

These articles have made me think, have entertained me, have made me go: Hmmm, have taught me something new, have inspired me, and have exposed me to new wonderful sites.

Have made me think:

11 Ways To Make Big Change With Small Steps from Passive Panda
 

Have entertained me:

How To Survive a Zombie Apocalypse from Nerd Fitness

Have made me go Hmmm:

The Key to Your Psychological Jail Cell from Mind Adventure

Have inspired me:

An Unconventional Guide to Kickin’ Ass in 2011 from Murlu

And:

101 Inspirational Quotes to Light Up Your Life from Always Well Within

Have taught me something new:

25 Ways to Jack-Up Your Success Using Intuition from Powered By Intuition

And:

10 Ways to Never Stop Learning from Jimi Jones

Have exposed me to new wonderful sites:

24 Blogs To Watch In 2011 from The Big Red Tomato Company

What awesome, inspiring, thoughtful, entertaining, enlightening and wonderful articles have you read lately? Share with us!

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Brr, it’s freezing outside! I’m so sick of winter and snow and the windchill already. I’m dying to be lying on a nice beach with some hot, hot weather with nothing to do except relax and enjoy. How about you?

Let’s make it happen! It’s not too late to get away.

The good news for both of us is that Chris Guillebeau of the ‘Art of Non-Conformity‘ fame, is launching his latest public traveling membership site. Chris has wracked up an astounding 1,000,000 travel miles and has a goal is to travel to every country in the world (can you believe that he’s already traveled to 152/175 countries?). I think it’s pretty safe to say that Chris has some major travel hacking tips to share with us. 

Luckily, Chris is launching today, Tuesday January 25, 2011, the Travel Hacking Cartel.

As Chris says: The goal of the Travel Hacking Cartel is to democratize free travel. We plan to demystify the process of travel hacking. Our members can “go anywhere, anytime.”

As a member of  the Travel Hacking Cartel you’ll receive:

• Regular “Deal Alerts” sent via email and SMS/text message (when a big opportunity comes up, travel hacking cartel members will be the
  first to know)
• Tutorials and an extensive Knowledge Base to get people started (most people have no idea what to do with miles and points… the program will guide you)
• The Refer-a-Hacker Program that pays members 500 Frequent Flyer Miles for each referral (everyone has their own referral link directly in their account settings)

Because it’s Chris and his products are awesome and have helps so many people, he’s able to offer The “World’s Greatest Guarantee” – if members follow the directions and spend at least 30 minutes a month travel hacking, they’ll earn enough miles for at least 1 plane ticket every quarter, or 4 plane tickets a year (we also provide info on how to redeem miles for great awards)

Chris is including a free live webinar on “8 Ways to Travel Free in 2011” for the first 1,000 members.  

For more information, check out the Travel Hacking Cartel and sign up for the 14-day trial for $1.

Let’s get traveling!

“No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life.” – Ernest Renan

What are you willing to sacrifice?

If your life depended on it, would you make the choice to sacrifice something today that seems so important to you, but doesn’t really mean anything – especially when you compare it to what you could receive?

All too often, we know what the answer is, but we’re scared to make the sacrifice.

What can you sacrifice?

Just Something To Think About.

This is a guest-post from M.Farouk Radwan of http://www.2knowmyself.com

It’s a brand new year and we all have goals and resolutions that we which to make true but do you know that most people forget about their new year resolutions mere days or even weeks after the beginning of the new year?

In order to to help you be successful, here are 5 surefire methods to help you stick to your New Year Resolutions:

1. Are you trying to change a symptom instead of a root cause?

Some people incorrectly decide to change a bad habit without knowing that this bad habit is just a symptom. For example many people smoke when they feel stressed and so learning how to control stress can be the solution to their smoking problem and not deciding to quit smoking without understanding the problem. Ensure that the change you want to see in yourself isn’t a bandaid for a deeper, underlying issue. Take time to self-reflect on what is really driving you to change.

2. You must write your resolutions down.

Writing allows the subconscious mind to absorb the information and turns a mere wish into a strong desire. Research has shown that people who write down their goals become most likely to stick to them than those who don’t. Have you written down your goals for the year, yet? If not, why not? Now’s the time to write down what you want to change for this brand new year.

3. Don’t set goals because everything is doing it.

It’s very common that people write resolutions just because everyone else is writing them too at the beginning of the New Year. It’s the thing to do. In order to make sure that you stick to your resolutions you must write ones that help you fulfill your most important desires else you won’t be motivated to pursue them. Do you know what your most important goals are? If not, spend time figuring out what you really want to accomplish this year.

4. Program your subconscious mind.

Studies have shown that continuous repetition programs the subconscious mind and makes the beliefs stronger. If you want to believe more in your goals then you must read them each morning or even better hang them above your desk so that you can read them daily.

5. Increase your desire to reach your goals.

Each few days you must visualize how your life will be like after reaching your goals. That would increase your desire to reach those goals and so make you much more committed to your New Year Resolutions.

How are you going to stick to your New Years Resolutions? Share with us by leaving a comment below. Thanks!

Written by M.Farouk Radwan. the Founder of http://www.2knowmyself.com

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I wanted to wish everyone a very Happy New Year!

2011 is a year full of possibilities. The future hasn’t been written yet so it’s a clean slate – anything can happen. Isn’t that exciting and wonderful?

Let’s all make 2011 the best year yet!

I wish you good health, tons of happiness, and a boat load of prosperity for 2011.