Lewis On Everything

Yo-Yo Ma: Elgar Cello Concerto, 1st mvmt

2022-09-11T03:22:00.000-07:00

Yo-Yo Ma: Elgar Cello Concerto, 1st mvmt

https://youtu.be/RM9DPfp7-Ck

"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often."

2022-09-08T01:06:00.000-07:00

"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often."

“Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

“A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will.”

Delicious Ambiguity said Gilda

2022-09-07T03:54:00.000-07:00

“Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.
Delicious Ambiguity.”

― Gilda Radner

The jewel is in the lotus.

2022-09-07T03:43:00.000-07:00

The jewel is in the lotus.

Takeaway: Om Mani Padme Hum is a well-loved Buddhist mantra commonly translated as, "The jewel is in the lotus."Aug 19, 2019

The Meaning of Om Mani Padme Hum - Yogapedia

https://www.yogapedia.com › meditation › mantra › the-...

Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era | Daniel ...

2022-09-07T03:27:00.000-07:00

https://youtu.be/3hK7Gd8UgmI

From The New York Times bestselling author of

THE ORGANIZED MIND (https://goo.gl/9d0AXx) and

THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC (https://goo.gl/lWvwbe), a primer to the critical thinking that is more necessary now than ever.

We are bombarded with more information each day than our brains can process—especially in election season.

It's raining bad data, half-truths, and even outright lies. New York Times bestselling author Daniel J.

Levitin shows how to recognize misleading announcements, statistics, graphs, and written reports revealing the ways lying weasels can use them.

It's becoming harder to separate the wheat from the digital chaff.

How do we distinguish misinformation, pseudo-facts, distortions, and outright lies from reliable information?

Levitin groups his field guide into two categories—statistical information and faulty arguments—ultimately showing how science is the bedrock of critical thinking.

Info literacy means understanding that there are hierarchies of source quality and bias that variously distort our information feeds via every media channel, including social media.

We may expect newspapers, bloggers, the government, and Wikipedia to be factually and logically correct, but they so often aren't.

We need to think critically about the words and numbers we encounter if we want to be successful at work, at play, and in making the most of our lives.

This means checking the plausibility and reasoning—not passively accepting information, repeating it, and making decisions based on it.

Readers learn to avoid the extremes of passive gullibility and cynical rejection. Levitin's charming, entertaining, accessible guide can help anyone wake up to a whole lot of things that aren't so.

And catch some lying weasels in their tracks.

Chet Baker, Bill Evans × The Complete Legendary Sessions

2022-08-28T23:30:00.004-07:00

https://youtu.be/wmiBx7UUS-g

What is Life?

2019-04-24T18:58:00.000-07:00

What is Life?

It is the flash of a firefly in the night.

It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time.

It is the little shadow which runs across the grass

and loses itself in the Sunset."

-Crowfoot....April 1890, on his deathbed

Information Overload is the Bane of my Life

2019-04-24T03:38:00.001-07:00

My daily struggle is to understand what is important, to my situation, in the constant barrage of information on the Internet.

What can and should be ignored?

Is my purpose to seek distraction, novelty and entertainment?

Or is the goal and purpose to my Net Surfing to gain valuable knowledge?

What do I hope to accomplish?

“There are things that attract human attention, and there is often a huge gap between what is important and what is attractive and interesting."

- Yuval Noah Harari

And Donald Trump has not helped make being informed easy with all his mixed messages.

“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.”

― William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Animals That Should Never Be Allowed to Go Feral

2013-06-04T19:09:00.002-07:00

by JOHN T. PRICE

Published in the January/February 2013 issue of Orion magazine

1. KOI

When contained in Japanese-style water gardens, these colorful carp are a symbol of love and friendship. When released into wild ponds and waterways, they become a destructive terror, outbreeding and out competing all the natives.

2. RABBITS

3. BURMESE PYTHONS

Like a bad tattoo, the purchase of one of these “pets” usually involves alcohol, and soon inspires regret.

Perhaps it’s all the effort that goes into keeping it out of the baby’s crib, or the emotional drain of feeding it creatures you previously knew as “Mrs. Frisby” and “Stuart Little.” Whatever the reasons, owners are often inspired to release them into seemingly friendly snake habitats such as the Everglades, where they have already wiped out possum and raccoon populations....

4. HAMSTERS
Once escaped from its cage, this beloved pet quickly begins to act something like a rodent (which of course it is), scratching around in the walls at all hours, nibbling through electrical wires, spreading foul nuggets throughout the kitchen, and nesting in your underwear drawer. ...

Notice 2 of the above are rapid breeding rodents.......

Calandar Art

2013-06-04T18:34:00.003-07:00

List to create momentum in the right direction:

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1. - Study less, more. Specific knowledge is valuable. Being a wandering generality pays no bills.

2. -Get organized. Know what comes first: Vision, Goals, Priorities, To Do Lists

3. -Remember space is the new luxury; minimalism

4. - Keep your life simple and sane

5. - Smart goals: specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound

6. - Use practice and repetition

7. - Remember to seek progress over perfection

8. - Do a little every day to achieve your goals.

9. - Learn success habits (stating with R. Ringer)

10. - Practice these simple habits, day in and day out, to create momentum in the direction of your vision.

11. - Focus. Stay on topic when reading and researching on the web.

12. - Balance

13. - Differentiate between the Clock and the Compass

14. - S. Covey Effective Habits:

Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Habit 4: Think Win-Win
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand
Habit 6: Synergize
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

Lewis Masonic

2013-02-03T20:05:00.001-08:00

Small Business:

About Us

Lewis Masonic is a long established firm, founded in 1886, specializing in the publication of Masonic texts. Then called A Lewis, the focus of the company was exclusively on ritual books from Masonic Craft degrees through to the Masonic side orders.

In 1973, A Lewis became part of Ian Allan Publishing and the name was changed from 'A Lewis' to 'Lewis Masonic'. Nowadays, ritual books are still kept a priority at Lewis Masonic but the company's focus has expanded to cover all areas of Masonic publishing.

What is a Lewis

Lewis Masonic was named after the
Masonic Symbol of a Lewis.

A Lewis is 'a three-pronged iron cramp that is inserted in a prepared cavity in stone by which it may be lowered and lifted with precision'.

The name comes from the Latin word Leuis, meaning to levitate or lift.

In speculative Freemasonry a Lewis can be found in every lodge on the Senior Warden's pedestal, attached to a Perfect Ashlar - a finished stone - that in turn is suspended from a tripod or derrick.

In Freemasonry a Lewis represents strength.

The grip of the Lewis that lifts the stone is likened to the grip given to raise the candidate in the third degree.

Lewis represents one's own ability to improve oneself and rise above one's vices and faults.

A Lewis has also come to be the term used to describes the son of a Freemason.

The reason for this is quite simple as is explained in the explanation of the first degree tracing board.

A son of a Mason's duty is to support his parents in the same way a Lewis supports and lifts a rock.

The Aim of Lewis Masonic

Lewis Masonic, as its name suggests, was founded with the aim of supporting Freemasons and Freemasonry, its aim being like the Lewis to give every Freemason the tools to better himself and to help him to make his daily advancement in Masonic knowledge.

source:
Lewis Masonic - About Us

http://www.lewismasonic.co.uk/about-us.htm

Rodin never contemplated a thoughtful Gorilla

2013-01-23T17:24:00.003-08:00

There comes a time in a chap’s life when he needs to get away from the crowd for a moment and ponder the universe.

This young western lowland gorilla’s contemplative pose was captured at the French animal park La Vallee des Singes.

Striking a pose: Photographer Sophie Narses spotted the pensive ape in a thoughtful mood sitting just like Rodin's Thinker

While most of his fellow zoo animals prefer to monkey around all day, the majestic ape pondered his existence just like the well-known sculpture depicting a man in sober meditation.

Keen photographer Sophie Narses, 20, who captured the striking image, said: 'I went several times to see one particular family of gorillas, but I noticed that this teenage one was very playful and always testing the reactions he got from visitors.

Deep in thought: Photographer Sophie said the ape held the thoughtful pose for several minutes before beatings its chest and moving away

The Thinker is a bronze and marble sculpture by Auguste Rodin from 1902.
Since the original numerous other castings have been made and is often used to represent philosophy.

Source:
Pensive gorilla strikes pose of Rodin's famous meditative sculpture | Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2084229/Pensive-gorilla-strikes-pose-Rodins-famous-meditative-sculpture.html

Marijuana leaf

2012-11-17T00:58:00.006-08:00

Alternative Energy Stock Predictions

2012-11-17T00:58:00.000-08:00

2013 Alternative Energy Stock Predictions
Will Natural Gas Crush Alternative Energy in 2013?

By Jeff Siegel

There was a solar bull market from 2005 to 2008 ...

Solar Stocks Struggle to Survive

Solar investors looking to hit it big this year will be disappointed.

Most solar companies (primarily panel and cell manufacturers) will continue to suffer another year of unpleasant margins.

China will continue to pump more money into its solar industry which will result in two things:

First, solar prices will continue to fall, albeit probably not as fast as we saw in 2012. This will benefit solar installers that are making a killing right now in the United States.

Installation growth will remain strong, particularly with all these new solar leasing companies that are breaking records on both commercial and residential installations.

Second, with so much cash being pumped into China's solar industry (just to keep it afloat), we're definitely seeing the stage being set for a massive implosion.

China solar companies will continue to pump out cheap solar in 2013, but they'll be among the first casualties when the house of cards comes crashing down.

For investors, solar will remain tricky. The most lucrative opportunities in 2013 will continue to be in those small niche tech sectors and in installation. The latter could prove to really launch the SolarCity IPO, so definitely watch that one carefully.

SolarCity, one of the largest and most successful solar leasing companies in the nation. It's set to go public this year, and will trade under the symbol SCTY.

Wind Energy Blues

In the absence of the wind energy production tax credit, the U.S. wind industry will absolutely stall in 2013.

Publicly-traded wind development companies that are already operational, like Western Wind Energy (TSX-V: WND), will be fine, as they won't be affected by the loss of the production tax credit.

In fact, Western Wind is currently finishing up construction on a new project while its older projects are actively generating revenue via long-term power purchase agreements with the utilities.

The company's also now selling off its assets ........

Source:
2013 Alternative Energy Stock Predictions

Link: http://www.energyandcapital.com/articles/2013-alternative-energy-stock-predictions/2670

Jeff Siegel

Baltimore, MD - Publisher, Green Chip Stocks

Jeff Siegel is the managing editor of the Power Portfolio, an independent investment research service that focuses primarily on stocks in the modern energy and infrastructure markets.

Often declaring, “Capitalism is a catalyst for positive change,” Jeff continues to spot the most lucrative modern energy and infrastructure companies in th

Every week in the Power Portfolio, Jeff shares the latest modern energy news, updates and recommendations.

Jeff also works as a consultant, has been a featured guest on Fox, CNBC, and Bloomberg Asia, and is the author of the best-selling energy book, Investing in Renewable Energy: Making Money on Green Chip Stocks.

“Thank You” Philip Delves Broughton | Business Development

2012-11-16T22:46:00.002-08:00

“Thank you” Mr. Broughton for creating The Art of the Sale book illustrating the virtues of the sales profession. As Mr. Broughton points out, Dr. Seuss (real name: Theodor Seuss Geisel) wrote in condescending tones about salespeople…despite the fact that he was an unabashed salesperson for his Dr. Seuss series of books.

Mr. Broughton points out that Ivy League business schools often extol the virtue of ethics and leadership in sales without expounding on the “art of the sale.”

Ethics and leadership are the foundation of a sale. Products and services don’t move, though, until you take the next steps of informing and asking for the order. Selling eBooks is no different.

Why are so many authors lousy salespeople? No excuse. Now is the time to get out of your seat and start spreading the good news about your book creation!

If you write a quality manuscript, go to all the effort (and it is effort) to write an eBook (same goes for print book, CD, Audiobook…), why can’t you be proud enough to announce your new book to the world and ask each and every person to enjoy your creation? I’m proud of How to Market Your EBooks (Over 300 Resources to Help Authors Sell EBooks) and know, from testimonials and comments, readers are benefiting from my eBook creation.

Take several days to reflect on who can most benefit from your book creation. Then, take the first few steps to increase your book sales by contacting two of these groups you’ve identified that can benefit from your creation.

In a relaxing, “want to help you” way, offer to share your book with these groups to help them with the challenges they face. At the least, people you contact will appreciate your wiliness to help. At the best, you’ll make book sales. Either way, you both win!

Mike McCann
Mike-at-GlobalBusinessCafe.com

“Thank You” Philip Delves Broughton | Business Development

http://www.globalbusinesscafe.com/%E2%80%9Cthank-you%E2%80%9D-philip-delves-broughton/

Bio for the author of "The Art of the Sale"

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Bio, contact and other writing

I’m the author of The Art of the Sale , published in the UK as Life’s a Pitch, and Ahead of the Curve – Two Years at Harvard Business School, published outside the US as What They Teach You at Harvard Business School.

I was born in Dacca, Bangladesh, where my father worked as a Church of England missionary and my mother spent four years after leaving Burma with her family.

I grew up in England, received my BA in Classics from Oxford and my MBA from Harvard Business School.

From 1994 to 2004 I was a newspaper journalist. From 1998 to 2002, I was New York correspondent for The Daily Telegraph of London and from 2002 to 2004, Paris Bureau Chief.

I left daily journalism in 2004 to go to business school. In addition to my books, I write regularly for The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Spectator.

From 2009-2010, I spent several months at Apple Inc. writing case studies for Apple University, its internal management program, and now work with The Kauffman Foundation for Entrepreneurship and Education.

I live in Connecticut.

You can contact me at philip@philipdelvesbroughton.com

If you need a photograph, please feel free to use this one and credit Margret Delves Broughton

October 2011

Bio & contact & other writing | Philipdelvesbroughton.com

http://philipdelvesbroughton.com/about/

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Twinkie Factories Closed by Hostess

2012-11-16T18:14:00.001-08:00

Hostess products are shown on Nov. 15, 2012, in Chicago. Hostess has warned striking workers with the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union that it will move to liquidate the company if plant operations don't return to normal levels by this afternoon. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

A Hostess Twinkies sign is shown at the Utah Hostess plant in Ogden on Nov. 15, 2012. Hostess, the maker of Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Wonder Bread, announced today that it is winding down operations and has filed a motion with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court seeking permission to close its business and sell its assets, including its iconic brands and facilities. (Rick Bowmer/AP file)

Hostess Brands says it's going out of business after striking workers across the country crippled its ability to make its Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Wonder Bread and other snacks.

The company had warned employees that it would file a motion with U.S. Bankruptcy Court Friday seeking permission to shutter its operations and sell assets if plants didn't resume normal operations by a Thursday evening deadline.

The closing would mean the loss of about 18,500 jobs....

Hostess, founded in 1930, was fighting battles beyond labor costs. Competition is increasing in the snack space and Americans are increasingly conscious about healthy eating.

Hostess also makes Dolly Madison, Drake's and Nature's Pride snacks.

Hostess had said that production at about a dozen of its plants were seriously affected by the strike. Three plants were closed earlier this week.

Link to Silicon Valley.com/ Mercury News:
http://www.siliconvalley.com/latest-headlines/ci_22010018/hostess-close-cites-nationwide-worker-strike

Oakland: 145 workers affected by Hostess nationwide plant closures - SiliconValley.com

Quote about systems for profiting in the stock market

2012-11-08T03:54:00.004-08:00

"Beware of geeks bearing formulas."

--Warren Buffett

Annie Leonard on her book "The Story of Stuff" full show - YouTube

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uploaded by AllanGregg on Sep 13, 2010

Activist turned filmmaker, Annie Leonard talks about "The Story of Stuff", her book based on her travels around the globe, tracking what happens to the stuff we produce, consume and throw away.

Category:

Education

License: Standard YouTube License

Source:
Annie Leonard on her book "The Story of Stuff" full show - YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaIhOhk0RV0&feature=related

How to be Happy in 12 Simple Steps

2012-10-25T15:51:00.001-07:00

By SONJA LYUBOMIRSKY

STEP 1 - Show gratitude

(* There's a lot more to gratitude than saying "thank you." Emerging research shows that people who are consistently grateful are happier, more energetic and hopeful, more forgiving and less materialistic. Gratitude needs to be practised daily because it doesn't necessarily come naturally.)

STEP 2 - Cultivate Optimism

STEP 3 - Avoid overthinking and social comparison

(* Many of us believe that when we feel down we should try to focus inwardly to attain self-insight and find solutions to our problems. But numerous studies have shown that overthinking sustains or worsens sadness.)

STEP 4 - Practice kindnessChewbaaka and Koya

STEP 5 - Nurture social relationships

STEP 6 - Develop coping skills

STEP 7 - Learn to forgive

(* Forgiveness is not the same thing as reconciliation, pardoning or condoning. Nor is it a denial of your own hurt. Forgiveness is a shift in thinking and something that you do for yourself and not for the person who has harmed you. Research confirms that clinging to bitterness or hate harms you more than the object of your hatred. Forgiving people are less likely to be hostile, depressed, anxious or neurotic.

* Forgive yourself for past wrongs. Recognising that you too can be a transgressor will make you more empathetic to others. )

STEP 8 - Find more flow

(* "Flow" was a phrase coined by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in the 1960s. It means you are totally immersed in what you are doing and unaware of yourself. Happy people have the capacity to enjoy their lives even when their material conditions are lacking and even when many of their goals have not been reached.)

STEP 9 - Savour the day

STEP 10 - Commit to your goals

(* People who strive for something personally significant, whether it's learning a new craft or changing careers, are far happier than those who don't have strong dreams or aspirations. Working towards a goal is more important to wellbeing than its attainment.)

STEP 11 - Take care of your soul

(* A growing body of psychological research suggests that religious people are happier, healthier and recover better after traumas than nonreligious people. ...

* Find the sacred in ordinary life ...)

STEP 12 - Take care of your body

"The How of Happiness" Sonja Lyubomirsky - TalkRational

Sonja Lyubomirsky

link: http://lyubomirsky.socialpsychology.org/

Napoleon Hill's formula for finding Sobriety

2012-10-10T03:43:00.004-07:00

Napoleon Hill was a speech writer for U.S. President Harry Truman in the last Depression.

He wrote some famous motivational books and is considered one of the founders of Positive Psychology. This type of thinking has many detractors but "foul water will quench fire", in other words, I look to efficacy as my metric. *

He has a 3 step process to achieve your goals:

1. Write a clear description of your one major desire, i.e., Sobriety
2. Write a precise statement of what you intend to give for your sobriety, i.e., strict adherence to the 12 steps of A.A.
3. Memorize both statements and begin repeating them to yourself hourly.

Whatever your mind feeds upon, your mind attracts to you. You need definiteness of purpose and a clear picture of what you want from life. Sobriety is number one because without it, all else fails.

This may look like brainwashing yourself and that's probably what you are doing to undo all the negative messages you have given yourself over the years.

He has a prayer of thankfulness you say a few times a day:

"Divine Providence, I ask not for more riches but for more wisdom with which to accept and use wisely the riches I was given at birth in the form of the ability to direct my mind to ends of my own choice."

The riches you can enjoy if you take possession of your own mind and direct it to ends of your own choice include:

Sound health
Peace of mind
A labor of love of your choosing
Freedom from fear and worry
A positive mental attitude
Material riches of your choice in the quantity you desire.

On the other hand, the penalties if you do not take possession of your mind are:

Ill health
Fear and worry
Indecision and doubt
Frustration and discouragement
Poverty and want
And a litany of evils like envy greed jealousy, anger, hatred and superstition.

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Lawsuit: "Narconon operates a dangerous, unsafe and unsupervised drug and alcohol rehabilitation program.”

2012-10-10T01:23:00.001-07:00

This article needs to be viewed with great seriousness. It has been rumored that Scientology is operating rehabilitation facilities in our area and they keep quiet about their affiliation with their church of L. Ron Hubbard.Canadian magazine Maclean's on October 8, 2012 published an investigative report called "Scientology's plan for Canada" that implies they have become unpopular in California but are making a massive expansion into Canada. They say, "Due to its history of aggressive litigation, news reports on the church, especially in Canada, have been sporadic."

If you witnessed Tom Cruise ranting and raving about his wonderful church, you know how obsessed these people can get....

This is just one facility being sued.... How many places do these maniacs operate???.

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Lawsuit: "Narconon operates a dangerous, unsafe and unsupervised drug and alcohol rehabilitation program.”

By Jeanne LeFlore Staff Writer

McALESTER,OK

The parents of a patient found dead at Narconon Arrowhead this summer have filed a lawsuit against the facility and its medical director alleging

“Narconon’s actions were grossly negligent, willful, wanton and reckless resulting in the suffering and death of Stacy Murphy, the plaintiff’s daughter.”

The suit also alleges Narconon and ABLE acted together in concert to “tortuously operate a dangerous, unsafe an unsupervised drug and alcohol rehabilitation program.”

Narconon Arrowhead is a nonprofit drug and alcohol rehabilitation center which has been the center of an ongoing investigation after the deaths of four patients. Three of the deaths occurred at the facility in the last year.

The lawsuit alleges that “Narconon’s actions were grossly negligent, willful, wanton and reckless resulting in the suffering and death of Stacy Murphy, the plaintiff’s daughter.”

The suit also alleges Narconon and ABLE acted together in concert to “tortuously operate a dangerous, unsafe an unsupervised drug and alcohol rehabilitation program.”



Filed by trial lawyers Gary L. Richardson and Charles L. Richardson who represent the plaintiffs, the lawsuit alleges wrongful death, negligence, and violation of the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act.

“She was addicted to drugs and she and her parents were introduced to Narconon when they sought treatment for Stacy, the press release states.

“They were provided misleading information on the Narconon website and by Narconon representatives, which led them to believe that Narconon Arrowhead would be a safe and effective treatment facility.”

According to police reports, from October 2011 until July of 2012 three people were found dead at the facility. AND THEY ARE INVESTIGATING A FOURTH DEATH.

The attorneys also allege that Narconon Arrowhead fraudulently tells potential students that a physician is on staff 24 hours a day. “Instead, a physician is present only once a week.”

In the case filed Friday for the Murphy family, the attorneys allege that:

“Narconon ... and ABLE an umbrella group that oversees the drug rehabilitation, education and criminal justice activities of the Church of Scientology... all rely exclusively on the written 'technology' of L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology, to address the drug and alcohol rehabilitation needs of students enrolled in Narconon programs.

This despite the fact that Hubbard had no known training or education in the field of drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
...................

Something bothered me about the wording of the article - the patients are called 'students' and the Hubbard philosophy is called a 'technology'...

It was tempting to change the wording, which was done in a few places, and not the rest because it occurred to me that it must have been the wording of the Narconon Rehab when discussing people under their care.

Maybe it is a strategy not calling them patients; an attempt to avoid responsibility for the same level of care required of a medical facility?
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Read More:
Source:
Lawsuit: "Narconon operates a dangerous, unsafe and unsupervised drug and alcohol rehabilitation program.” » Breaking News » McAlester News-Capital, McAlester, OK

Link: http://mcalesternews.com/breakingnews/x1939586385/Lawsuit-Narconon-operate-s-a-dangerous-unsafe-an-unsupervised-drug-and-alcohol-rehabilitation-program

Begin now to creat the life that you want for yourself while adhering to the principles of sustainability, compassion and fairness.

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Purpose: What do you want to provide meaning and engagement in your life. What meaning do you want to give to your life? The meaning of life is the meaning you give to it.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
- Epictetus

Whatever you do, do with all your might. ~ Cicero

The energy of the mind is the essence of life. ~ Aristotle

Be clear about what you want and make the appropriate decisions and choices...

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision. ~ William James

Persevere and Persist...

When something of an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
~ Rousseau

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity. ~ Seneca

“When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice.
You can overcome and be a winner, or you can allow it to overcome you and be a loser. The choice is yours and yours alone.
Refuse to throw in the towel. Go that extra mile that failures refuse to travel. It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.”
– Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics

Learn from your mistakes...

Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.
- Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad Poor Dad)

Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems. ~ Descartes

When you’re ready to quit, you are closer than you think.
– Bob Parsons (Founder Of Go Daddy)

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.
- William Hazlitt

"One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity."
~Albert Schweitzer

Being true to our own set of values and always remembering to live our life and to give it the meaning we want by the actions we take and the choices we make will provide us the greatest satisfaction in the long run.

We are really competing against ourselves, we have no control over how other people perform.
– Pete Cashmore (Founder Of Mashable)

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” -- Steve Jobs

"And in the end it's not the years in your
life that count. It's the life in your years."
- Abraham Lincoln

Be Here Now...

Projecting our thoughts far ahead of us, instead of adapting ourselves to the present, is cause of fear. Foresight, the greatest blessing humanity has been given, is also a curse.
~ Seneca, Roman philosopher and politician, Letters to Lucilius

Creating something from nothing is the meaning of being an entrepreneur...

Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration - Thomas Edison, inventor and scientist

Timing, perseverance and 10 years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.
– Biz Stone (Twitter)

“It doesn’t matter how many times you fail. It doesn’t matter how many times you almost get it right. No one is going to know or care about your failures, and neither should you. All you have to do is learn from them and those around you because all that matters in business is that you get it right once. Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are.”
- Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, co-founder of Broadcast.com, founder of HDNet

The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that.
A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now.
Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

- Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese’s

Look to this day...

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Be Here Now...