LegendaryLife Blog

Dan Buettner: How to live to be 100+ Review

Jon — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:01:56 +0000

As my plan is to live well over a hundred years by following a very healthy lifestyle full of whole foods, vigorous exercise and lots of mental activities, I found this Ted talk by Dan Buettner rather interesting. Here is the embeded video followed by a summary of the talk’s key points. If you wish, [...]

Goal setting for 2010

Jon — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:22:59 +0000

I like goal setting, so here is what I hope to accomplish this year and what I did or didn’t for the last. Goal setting for 2010 Here are some my goals for 2009, I’ve crossed-out the ones that were accomplished: publish my first inspirational/motivational book publish another WoodMarvels.com volume (current book one is already in pre-press) triple the total [...]

Kim Peek: The inspiration behind the movie Rain Man dies

Jon — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:30:52 +0000

I believe each person has their own special gift, not given to them… just by random chance, their brains got configured in a different manner than the rest of us and this leads them down very different paths. One such person is Kim Peek. Legendary Savant Thanks to the movie Rain Man, the existence of savants got [...]

Cycle of life 3D Animation

Jon — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:48:39 +0000

I saw this animation and absolutely loved it… it’s a great summary of our life cycle and even better… it’s all explained visually!

First steps towards getting there

Jon — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:55:41 +0000

Ask anybody who has accomplished a goal or vision they once had and the very first step they will say is that they STARTED. You can’t finish what you didn’t start… and each small step you take is that much closer towards the end of said goal or vision. Starting is easy… follow-through isn’t After you decided [...]

It’s not your fault… and other marketing bunk

Jon — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:24:54 +0000

I was watching a video showcasing an up-and-coming Anthony Robbin’es prodigy and over the course of 45 minutes, he kept repeating one key phrase. “It’s not your fault.” Importance of personal responsibility I fully realize that people like to hear that it isn’t their fault that they threw their lives away, allowed their body to get so [...]

Transforming Your Life From Blah To Legendary! Available as PDF Download

Jon — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:22:02 +0000

I’ve now launched my latest book, Transforming Your Life From Blah To Legendary!: A Guide For Massive Positive And Lasting Changes In Your Life as a PDF Downloadable book using the WoodMarvels.com e-commerce system. This means that you can now get this book within a few minutes right onto your own computer if you do [...]

Transforming your life from Blah to Legendary now available on Amazon!

Jon — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:31:35 +0000

I started on my second book, part inspirational, part workbook and all passion. I originally started on this book on Feb 8th of this year and it has taken me till the 26th to get it proofed, laid out and a host of other changes before it became available on Amazon! (read about it here) What [...]

What happens to male chickens?

Jon — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:37:06 +0000

I saw this video yesterday about what happens to male chickens (chicks) in the poultry industry as was thoroughly surprised to say the least. I had *assumed* (a very bad word and set of ideas) that, like cows and other animals, they were fattened-up for slaughter like their female counterparts. It still isn’t pretty, but [...]

DreamClue.com Summer Upgrade

Jon — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:46:17 +0000

DreamClue.com, another of my online properties that, for entertainment purposes only, gives visual dream interpretations for people has been refined a bit more and an updated launched. You can now upload an avatar into your member profile so should you chose to comment on interpretations, you can do so with a little more flair. See a list [...]

Constantly improving what you do and how you do it!

Jon — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:37:14 +0000

I believe in the philosophy of constant improvement, I wrote about this and how it applies to one of my businesses here: http://blog.woodmarvels.com/cycle-of-constant-improvement Doing a final review of the final proof for my life transforming book… so close! I can’t wait for it to be finished and released… it’s going to be awesome!

WoodMarvels.com: The Evolution of a Business

Jon — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:24:26 +0000

As you may or not be aware of, in addition to LegendaryLife.com (phase I is complete btw, working on phase II before launch), I am also the proud owner of a site called WoodMarvels.com. It is a site that sells blueprints, EPS files and even physical, laser cut kits! The Beginning When I first began WoodMarvels.com, I [...]

Interesting Video: Kirk Cameron vs the evil Athiest industry

Jon — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:02:11 +0000

I don’t honestly care what people believe as long as it does no harm towards others, they don’t try to brainwash others into believing what they do and mutual respect is observed but I found this video rather interesting… sure, there are many out there like this but so far, this is the clearest. Although believe [...]

Friend gets a heart attack… his advice to you!

Jon — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:19:46 +0000

A designer whom I worked with on the site WoodMarvels.com (he designed the great looking planes on my site), Jerry, just had a heart attack and here is what he wrote so that this doesn’t happen to you. In the past I was told “Your cholesterol level should be below 200” and I was running about [...]

J.K. Rowling: A Year in her Life Review

Jon — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:49:30 +0000

As a fellow author who is working on his third book (this time, science fiction), I can now relate far better to the success that J.K. Rowling has had with her books. When luck, creativity and a strong ambition come into perfect sync, you get the explosive success that she has enjoyed with her Harry [...]

Men who walked the Moon

Jon — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:42:31 +0000

There are two aspects of ultimate achievement I find fascinating, the first, is the unlikely climb, coincidences and shier luck that lead to it and then, “what happened after wards?” There are firsts for everything, many of which have been forgotten by time, but let’s explore what happened to twelve individuals who landed on the [...]

Our brains can rewire themselves in seconds!

Jon — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:11:47 +0000

When I grew-up, we were taught a few things about the brain, some of which have since been proven wrong. We will only be born with a certain number of neurons which are not replaced as they die. FALSE! Old people can’t learn new things (lead to the expression that you can’t teach an old dog new [...]

Five things your dentist isn’t telling you!

Jon — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:18:58 +0000

It’s a proven fact that a dirty mouth affects not just your love life but your overall health as well. ABC News Interviews Dr. Nancy Rosen ABC News had an interesting video with a dentist’s top 5 industry secrets based on a Readers Digest article that was rather tame in my opinion, they were: You cannot mask smoker’s [...]

2847AD is finally done!

Jon — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:32:07 +0000

I am happy to report that I have completed the first draft of 2847AD. I am now entering the world of heavy editing and cleaning-up the story lines and plots while leaving a huge gaping window that could easily lead to a sequel down the line should the book become successful. I started work on [...]

Getting through the home stretch

Jon — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:34:40 +0000

I am looking forward to switch gears and start blogging about health and inspiration as opposed to science fiction and a host of other projects that are keeping me very busy at the moment. Life is sure flying very fast right now! I am doing some final correcting before releasing my second book, “Transforming your life [...]