04-01-15 Sponging It Up

Enchiridion - Epictetus
(book) (30mims)
- "Do making a good voyage a pilot and wind are necessary: and for happiness, reason and art."
- Finished Book
- "About no common thing, he said, the contest is, but about being mad or not."

Idea
- man behind sandbag bunker, machine gun aimed at an opening door. He is in a room that transitions  from his sandbags to a normal room, as someone is entering the room. PTSD

Meditation
(20mins)

The $100 MBA Show
(podcast) (10mins)
- Episode: http://media.blubrry.com/pwkts/feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/197682114-businessrepublic-mba213-three-tasks-you-should-always-do-everyday.mp3
- On today’s episode Omar gives you three tasks that you need to do on a consistent basis. These really affect the growth and success of your business. Tried and true tasks that make a difference. Click play and get started!
- Create Content Everyday, or at least work on content
- Directly help somebody in some way. Seek out someone to help
- Work on your offer / promotion

Mindsight - Daniel Siegel
(audio book) (2hrs)
- attachment styles
- life narrative
- the painful events don't matter, its how you made sense of them
- AAI Evaluation
- "The legacy passed down from parent to child is not necessarily destiny ."

How Did You Get Into That
(podcast)
Episode: http://traffic.libsyn.com/grantbaldwin/gb093.mp3
- Have you ever dreamed of traveling cross country but were afraid it wasn’t the right time? If so, you’ll want to hear our guest Heath Padgett on today’s show. Heath quit his job at a software company and accepted a challenge to work in every state in the U.S! Like many other college graduates, Heath was pressured to find a steady-paying job right after school. But after experiencing the typical 9 to 5 workday he realized water cooler talk wasn’t for him. On today’s episode of How Did You Get Into That?, you’ll hear how Heath made the leap into entrepreneurship, and how you can too! THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW: When is it the right time to travel?How to deal with the resistance you’ll face during a significant change.Why it’s okay to fail at something new.How Heath made money on a flight.How can you acquire a sponsorship?Are prototype stores the way to go?How Heath’s adventure opened doors to a documentary and book. BONUS MATERIAL: Which means of cross country travel is the most cost-effective?Which road is the best to drive in the United States?The unexpected criticism Heath and Alyssa faced, and how they responded. If you enjoyed this episode and want to hear a few additional minutes of the interview, Click here to get the exclusive bonus material. When you step out of the norm you face resistance. Click To Tweet EPISODE RESOURCES Heath Padgett’s web siteAlyssa Padgett’s web siteHeath’s blog, Hourly AmericaHourly America on FacebookHourly America on TwitterHeath on TwitterAlyssa on TwitterSubmit feedback on the show for a chance to win an Amazon gift card!Subscribe to the show on iTunesSubscribe to the show on StitcherEmail me with any questions, comments or guest suggestions at Grant@GrantBaldwin.com The post 093 – How To Make A Living By Traveling America, with Heath Padgett appeared first on Grant Baldwin.
- Do hard things (book)
- http://fearbuster.com/100-days-of-rejection-therapy/

Zero to Travel Podcast
(podcast)
- Episode: http://traffic.libsyn.com/zerototravel/81_Zero_To_Travel_Podcast_081__How_To_Become_a_Professional_Adventurer__Inspirational_Tales_From_Two_Wheels__Epic_Bike_Rides_With_Leon_McCarron.mp3
- (00:51:18) Today I speak with Leon McCarron about his many epic bike rides and how he become a professional adventurer. Listen in to find out how to document your adventures while you’re on the road, how to adapt to normal life once your adventure ends, and how to get started with your first cycling trip. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why it’s hard to adjust back to normal life after an extended trip and how to deal with thatWhy it’s good to have some kind of home, no matter how much you travelHow Leon become a professional adventurerThe three main benefits of travelingWhat Leon has learned from travelingHow Leon felt when he first set out on his bike on his ownWhat Leon got out of his first bike tripHow Leon decided where to do his first bike tripWhy you shouldn’t rule out traveling in your own countryHow Leon sees North AmericansHow to balance travel with a need for communityHow to balance enjoying an experience with documenting your travelsWhat about Leon hasn’t changed despite all his travelingLeon’s advice for wannabe adventurers Resources Mentioned Solo Adventure Cycling Around The World: Epic Bike Rides With Shirine TaylorNo Pants. No Money. No Bike. No Problem! Epic Bike Rides With George Mahood : Zero To Travel PodcastPersonal & Meaningful Journeys By Bicycle: Epic Bike Rides With Tom AllenAmerican Cycling AssociationHow To Quit Your Job and Travel the World

Tattoo Artist Black Book
(book) (20mins)
- "You have to dedicate your mind, your heart, soul, and your body to the one thing you want most."

The Shaman's Doorway - Stephen Larson
(book) (1hr 20mins)

03-31-15 Sponging It Up

Enchiridion - Epictetus

(book) (20mins)

 

Mindsight - Daniel Siegel

(audio book) (1hr)
-Widening the window of tolerance, how we react
- when feelings of getting to the edge, You always have your breath awareness and internal safe place to return to.
- Stay with your sensations, knowing you will be okay the sensations themselves will change to be less overwhelming
- "That's the strange thing about panic, when we lean into it, it loosens its grip on us."
- power of reflection allows us to approach rather than withdraw.
- Feelings first arise them dissipate like waves on a shore.

 

Pat O'Brien - Tai Lopez

(video) (50mins)
- (Mickey Mantel) Adaptability, He Learned to hit from both sides of the plate, so you got to be able to adjust
- (Dr. J) Perspective, after losing and the team getting upset, he said, I get to spend more time with my family
- (Magic Johnson) Confidence, disappointed that a shot didn't go in. So confident that thought is was gonna go in.
- (Larry Bird) Work Ethic, 4 or 5 hours before game to shoot and warm up.
- (Michael Jordan) Combined it all !!!
- "If I had all the time back now, that I spent wasting my time on what's next, or what I want next, or self serving. I'd be two years old."
I'd spent so much time in my life saying what's next, when I already had everything.
- Right place at the right time, the right people.
- Earned Loyalty, Always Be Honest
- You gotta find some humility
- 1: You never talk to girls you listen
- 2: You can't always  look at the big picture, but the big picture is not real. Take it one thing at a time
- 3: To Read
- 4: Always be on time

 

VIP Live Video - Tai Lopez

(video) (2hrs)
- Focus: The Hidden Driver of Success

 

Live Q&A Extra Pack of Peanuts - Travis Sherry

(video) (1hr)
- 3 Ways to Start Hacking For Your Summer Travel
- credit cards, bonuses
- tricks to getting cards
- lots of info on how to get flights and earn points through promotions
- Staying on the cheap through house sitting and other options
- BoardingArea.com
- tortugabackpacks.com
- hecktiktravels.com
- trustedhousesitters.com
- housecarers.com

 

Walk

(1hr)
- to parent's house and back
- change laundry
- record thoughts on voice recorder

 

Trouble Sleeping Article
- “4-7-8″ breathing trick.
- Breath In (4 sec)
- Hold (7 sec)
- Exhale (8 sec)
- http://higherperspectives.com/fall-asleep-fast/

03-30-15 Sponging It Up

Enchiridion - Epictetus (book) (20mins)
- "In banquets remember that you entertain two guests, body and soul: and whatever you shall have given to the body you soon eject: but what you shall have given to the soul, you keep always." (Epictetus)

Write out goals

Meditation (20mins)

67 Steps - Tai Lopez (audio) (40mins)
- Step 2
- Adaptability and ESS

67 Steps - Tai Lopez (audio) (1hr)
- Step 3
- A: Listen  B: Implement
- Its not about outward humility, you must develop deep internal humility
- 1: Listening
- 2: Knowing / Understanding
- 3: Instinctual
- Most of the time spent doing what you don't like doing. To gain the knowledge necessary to be successful
- See every person as having a piece of that you can pick and take for yourself. I'm poor please share your riches.
- Project the attitude of humility
- Humility is the catalyst to make things happen.
- Flash cards 3 months - learn new skill
- be quick to act on the things you do not know
- We're not looking for perfection, we're looking for principles to draw from.
- Humility in action, not in words

Tangentially Speaking - Chris Ryan (podcast) (1hr)
- Episode: http://traffic.libsyn.com/tangent/1220-20Tony20Perrottet.mp3
- Tony Perrottet, longtime friend of Chris and author of Napoleon's Privates discuss the sexual habits on the ancient world.

Tangentially Speaking - Chris Ryan (podcast) (1hr)
- Episode: http://traffic.libsyn.com/tangent/2420-20Stanley20Krippner.mp3
- Road Trip! Chris is joined by his amazing friend, 80 year-old parapsychologist, Dr. Stanley Krippner. They're heading south on Route 5, from Bakersfield to LA. Hop in.

Looked for Jobs (20mins)

67 Steps - Tai Lopez (audio) (40mins)
- Step 3
- Good artists copy, Great artists steal
- Law of 33% below, same, above
The people you surround yourself with
- Finding a mentor
- talk about what work you have been putting in

Workout (50mins)
- Walk Lap / Run Stairs
- Kettle bell

London Real - Brian Rose (podcast) (45mins)
- Anita Moorjani
- Life After Death
- End Stage Cancer
- Experienced death, felt had the choice to go back or not
- if you truly loved yourself would you be doing what your doing right now?
- (00:25:16 - 00:26:16) Great Quote
- (00:26:30 - 00:28:03)
- Two Forces: Love and Fear
- are you making choices out of fear

Meditation (30mins)

03-29-15 Sponging It Up

67 Steps - Tai Lopez (audio) (45mins)
- Step 2
- Adaptability
- Run an experiment and know when to adapt with change
- Evolutionary Stable Strategies
- Cut a Deal, its not black and white

Meditation (30mins)

Write out goals

Buffett (book) 50mins
- knack for numbers early on
- firsts years hard
- great depression
- early choice to make money a priority
- early exposure to financial business

Awaken the Giant Within - Tony Robbins (book) (45mins)
-
- "You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know."
- Knowing is not enough ! You must take action.
- 1. Emotional Mastery
- Virtually everything we do is to change the way we feel
- 2. Physical Mastery
- "digging our graves with our teeth" (Thomas Moffett)
- 3. Relationship Mastery
- 4. Financial Mastery
- "the key is not mere pursuit of wealth, but changing your beliefs and attitudes about it so you see it as means for contribution, not the end-all and be-all for happiness."

"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability to man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor." (Henry David Thoreau)

Made In America - Sam Walton (book) (35mins)
- Master at Adapting to any and every situation

- Committed, knew what he wanted

Focus - Daniel Goleman (book) (40mins)
- "Bottom-Up" - subcritical circuitry, though its efforts break awareness by notifying our neocortex, the brain's topmost layer, from below.
- "Top-Up" - mental activity, that can monitor and impose its goals on the subcritical machinery
- Peak of automaticity can be seen when expertise pays off in effortless attention to high demand.
- The topmost levels become a mental game: your mind state determines how well you can focus, and so how well you can do. The more you relax and trust in bottom-up moves, the more you free your mind to be nimble.
- Recipe go a screwup
- Prefrontal Cortex: when activated you start thinking about how were doing, how to do what were doing, how to do what were doing, or, worse, what not to do, giving over some control to circuits that know how to think and worry, but not how to deliver the move itself.
- Flubs: escalate degree we are distracted, stressed, or otherwise mentally burdened. Mental prime increases likelihood of mistake.
- Overloading attention shrinks mental control
- The Bottom-Up Skew
- "Cognitive Bias Modification:" invisible therapy, subtle repatterning of bottom-up circuitry and attention
- Marketers want to mobilize our bottom-up brain
- 9 to 6 months, how long it takes for a change that was initially unpopular to become the new, accepted status quo.
- " We attend to the present, what's needed for success now, but this is bad for farsighted goals, which are not given the same priority in the mind. Future focus becomes a luxury, waiting for current needs to be taken care of first." (Elke Weber)
- "Politicians are in charge of our welfare. They need to know people will thank them later for a hard decision now. It's like raising teenagers --- sometimes thankless is the short term, but rewarding in the long" (Elke Weber)

Drawing (1hr)
- Tracing Flash
- Sailor Jerry

Meditation (30mins)

03-28-15 Sponging It Up

The Story of Philosophy - Will Durant (book) (10mins)
- Powerful instincts of acquisition and competition; some noble souls among them will be free from this fever of combative possession, but the majority of men are consumed with it; they hunger and thirst not after righteousness, nor after honor, but after possessions endlessly multiplied.
- "There are only three things worthwhile in this world --justice, beauty and truth; perhaps none of them can be defined."

Write out Goals

Awaken the Giant Within - Tony Robbins (book) (10mims)

Workout (50mins)

Mindsight (audio book) (30mins)

BBQ
- Spend time with wife, brother, and friends.
- had a good time
- grateful for the memories

Network Thoughts

I had a friend that asked to see if we could sit down for 45mins and help him out get some training. It turned out to be Primerica. Which doesn't seem all that bad but is based on an older style of network marketing.

Just last night or this morning I got a message from a guy on Facebook asking to see if I was interested in making some extra income on the side. Says he's a recruiter for a global company. Looking into his profile and things he seems fairly legit. The strange thing is he's along the lines on network marketing but may use different companies and things. I saw something about Paycation that he mentioned. Looked interesting and another network marketing where people purchase vacations under you site and you get compensated.

So everything seems to be going together in a sense. I'm curious if this is an opportunity that I should test out. Make a step towards financial freedom. Are the stars aligning or am I just perceiving this to be so?

I can see in myself that it would be helpful for me to break out of my shell. I'm looking for ways to do so. Thinking about toastmasters and other things. I know relations are very important and being a competent well spoken person.

How can I break the cycle to get free and realize the potential out there?

It won't hurt to try. I have tickets for a Primerica event that could be overwhelming but helpful. Also I will message that guy back and see what happens.

Don't be afraid, nothing is impossible, innovate out. The Obstacle is The Way.

03-27-15 Sponging It Up

Enchiridion - Epictetus (book) (10mins)
- "If anything laborious, or pleasant or glorious or inglorious be presented to you, remember that now is the contest, now are the Olympic games, and they cannot be deferred; and that it depends on one defeat and one giving way that progress is either lost or maintained."

Write Out Goals

Thought
I had a friend that asked to see if we could sit down for 45mins and help him out get some training. It turned out to be Primerica. Which doesn't seem all that bad but is based on an older style of network marketing.

Just last night or this morning I got a message from a guy on Facebook asking to see if I was interested in making some extra income on the side. Says he's a recruiter for a global company. Looking into his profile and things he seems fairly legit. The strange thing is he's along the lines on network marketing but may use different companies and things. I saw something about Paycation that he mentioned. Looked interesting and another network marketing where people purchase vacations under you site and you get compensated.

So everything seems to be going together in a sense. I'm curious if this is an opportunity that I should test out. Make a step towards financial freedom. Are the stars aligning or am I just perceiving this to be so.

I can see in myself that it would be helpful for me to break out of my shell. I'm looking for ways to do so. Thinking about toastmasters and other things. I know relations are very important and being a competent well spoken person.

How can I break the cycle to get free and realize the potential out there?

It won't hurt to try. I have tickets for a Primerica event that could be overwhelming but helpful. Also I will message that guy back and see what happens.

Don't be afraid nothing is impossible,  innovate out. The Obstacle is The Way.

Money: Master the Game - Tony Robbins (audio book) (2hrs)
- part 44 to 47
- "Man is only great when he acts from passion." (Benjamin Disraeli)
- 3 Jars for spending, yourself, someone you know, someone you don't know.
- Repetition is the mother of skill. Action is where your power is found.
- Finished Audio book

67 Steps - Tai Lopez (video) (1hr)
- Worth a Damn Factor
- don't get out hustled

Workout (1hr)
- walk to and from track
- run stairs
- volleyball with wife

Power Questions - (book) (1hr 20mims)
- "Could I travel on that beam of light? Could I reach or exceed the speed of light?" (Einstein)
- "I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." (Einstein)
- Rather than offering advice Peter Drucker would pose simple but penetrating questions such as, "What business are you really in?" "What do your customers value most?"
- "To be , or not to be, that is the question?" (Shakespeare)
- Power Questions - the questions we select have the power to give new life to your conversations in unexpected and delightful ways. They are powerful tools to get directly to the heart of the matter. They are the keys to opening locked doors.
- "If I am to speak 10 minutes, I need a week for preparation. If 15 minutes, three days. If half an hour, two days. If an hour, I am ready now." (Woodrow Wilson)
- "Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now." (Bob Dylan)
- "Once you've made your pitch, or you ask a question, shut up!" (DeWitt)
- Chpt 2: "What would you like to know about me/us?"
- when someone asks "tell me about your company?" Or "Tell me about yourself?"
- Clarify what they would like you to talk about.
- When to Use: When you are asked a general question that could potentially require a long answer.
- Follow Up Questions: "Does that answer your questions?" "is there anything else you'd like me to talk about?"
- Chpt 3: "What do you think?"
- Open ended questions
- "The greatest compliment was paid to me today. Someone asked me what I thought and actually attended to my answer." (Thoreau)
- Devout Listening - listening intently
- asking questions and then listening put you in control
- People want to be heard!
-Developed your reputation as a great listener. Draw others out and show you care about them by asking.
- "Many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request." (Philip Stanhope, the fourth earl of Chesterfield)
- The listen. Listen aggressively. Listen attentively. Listen to the silence. Listen with your eyes. Listen!
- "The seeds of progress are rooted in the unhappy person. It's the pebble in the shoe that causes you to take notice."
- When to Use: When ever you are discussing a dilemma or planning a course of future action. After you have shared your views or presented a proposal. When someone comes to you with a problem.
- Follow Up: "What has influenced your thinking about this the most?" "Are there any other perspectives I ought to be aware of?"
- Chpt 4: "Are they ready to buy?"
- First Question That Someone Will Buy: "Does the buyer have a significant problem or opportunity that the solution addresses?" No need, No sale
- Second Question: "Does the buyer own the problem?"
- Third Question: "Does the buyer have a healthy dissatisfaction with current offerings or with the rate of their improvement?" No dissatisfaction? No sale.
- Fourth Condition: Trust that you are the right person for the job.
- Fourth Question: "Does the buyer trust that you are the best person for the job?" No trust? No sale.
- You must be determined and committed. Before you exhaust yourself trying to get the sale, you must ask the question, "Are they ready to buy?"

Focus - Daniel Goldman (book) (1hr)
- Erving Goffman
- "Away" - a gesture that tells another person "I'm no interested" I'm what's going on here and now.
- "Continuous Partial Attention"
- What are our distractions costing us?
- We have an attention crisis on our hands.
- "Information consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention." (Herbert Simon)
- Part 1
- Bela Bartok - string quartets
- Selective Attention: the neural capacity to beam in on just one target while ignoring a staggering sea of incoming stimuli, each one a potential focus in itself.
- "the sudden taking possession by the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one of what seems several simultaneously possible objects of trains of thought." (William James)
- Two Types of Distraction: Sensory and Emotional
- operates in the prefrontal regions
- Richard Davidson names focus as one of a handful of essential life abilities
- "Phase-locking" - synchronized state with the object of that beam of awareness
- Nicholas Carr - "deep reading"
- "tide of technological revolution so captivate, bewitch, dazzle, and beguile man that calculative thinking may someday come to be....the only way of thinking." (Martin Heidegger)
- Deep thinking demands sustaining a focused mind. The more distracted we are, the more shallow our reflections; likewise, the shorter our reflections, the more trivial they are likely to be.
- Multitasking is false. Rather than having a stretchable balloon of attention to deploy in tandem, we have a narrow, fixed pipeline to allot. Instead of splitting it, we actually switch rapidly. Continual switching saps attention from full, concentrated engagement.
- When we coordinate what we see and what we know, our efforts in tandem multiply our cognitive wealth.
- Collective Intelligence

The Obstacle Is The Way - Ryan Holiday (book) (20mins)

Springs a Coming

As spring creeps in it is beautiful to see the new blossoms blooming coloring the trees with beautiful pastel colors. It reminds me of the  warmth to come and the beauty that is to arise out of winters dreary days.

The weather is a changing. Winds are shifting carrying along chilly breezes to be displaced elsewhere, bringing new warmth

Days are becoming longer, allowing for opportunity every new day.

Just as the seasons life too has its winter, spring, summer, and fall. Recognizing these patterns instills the faith that out of darkness comes light. Stay strong and hold on long for if we are not careful the ride will be over sooner than we thought.

Watch and be open to the beauty as well as the ugliness present in the world and life. It way not be in our favor but is the essence of existence, breath in deep life's gifts, for they too shall pass.

03-26-15 Sponging It Up

Enchiridion - Epictetus (book) (20mins)

Meditation (20mins)

Write out goals

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey (book) (10mins)

Money: Master the Game - Tony Robbins (audio book) (2hrs)
- part 37 to part
- Mary Callahan Erdoes
-T. Boone Pickens
- Tough decisions and Honesty
- able to make decisions others don't want to make
- Kyle Bass
- its how you deal with failure which divines somebody
- luck is where prepared meets opportunity
- Mark Faber
- Charles Schwab
- Sir John Templeton

Zero to Travel - Jason Moore (podcast) (40mins)
- zerototravel.com/quit
- Episode: http://traffic.libsyn.com/zerototravel/78_Zero_To_Travel_Podcast_078__No_Pants._No_Money._No_Problem_Epic_Bike_Rides_With_George_Mahood.mp3
- George Mahood, who set off to cycle the full length of Great Britain with nothing but his underwear! No clothes, no money, and no bike! If that’s not epic, I don’t know what is! In today’s episode of the podcast, you will learn: Why George and Ben decided to cycle the length of Great Britain with no clothes What you need to have an adventure How terrible weather helped George and Ben get started What George learned about money What a rusty bike and a scooter taught them about appreciation. The worst things about having no money. The best things about having no money. Stories about some of the most unusual and generous people they met. That impact that cycling with less had on the usual troubles that come with bike trips. How George published his book about the trip. How they documented the trip. What adventure means to George. How George has managed to incorporate adventure into his daily lifeHow to settle back into normal life after an adventure. George’s advice for anyone who wants to have an adventure Resources Mentioned George MahoodEpisode 45: Trekking in PatagoniaEpisode 46: Travel Podcast: Trekking Logistics 101, The 10 Essentials, What To Bring and MoreEpisode 47: Epic Treks: Tramping New Zealand’s Te Araroa TrailEpisode 48: Epic Trekking : Best Treks In The WorldFree Country: A Penniless Adventure the Length of Britain. Episode 38: You’re Coming Hitchhiking Around Scotland With MeLong Way Round Every Day Is a HolidayLife’s a BeachStay Up All Night NightHow To Quit Your Job and Travel the World
Resources Mentioned
George MahoodEpisode 45: Trekking in PatagoniaEpisode 46: Travel Podcast: Trekking Logistics 101, The 10 Essentials, What To Bring and MoreEpisode 47: Epic Treks: Tramping New Zealand’s Te Araroa TrailEpisode 48: Epic Trekking : Best Treks In The WorldFree Country: A Penniless Adventure the Length of BritainEpisode 38: You’re Coming Hitchhiking Around Scotland With MeLong Way RoundEvery Day Is a HolidayLife’s a BeachStay Up All Night NightHow To Quit Your Job and Travel the World

The Art of Charm - Jordan Harbinger (podcast) (60mins)
- Episode 388: Gretchen
How you successfully create a habit may not work for someone else, and vice versa.
"Habits are a good servant and a bad master." -Gretchen Rubin
The Cheat Sheet:
- Why does the habit of making your bed matter?Is there a link between happiness and minimalism?What's the biggest myth of all according to Gretchen?What's the strategy of other people and why is it so crucial?How to know if you are an abstainer or a moderator. And so much more...
- If you've tried to change habits in the past but haven't succeeded you'll want to hear what today's guest has to say on the matter. Gretchen Rubin is the three-time best-selling author who has made a study of happiness and habits.
- We talk about her books, including her book Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Everyday Life, and the finer points of habit-formation and happiness  on episode 387 of The Art of Charm.
More About This Show:
- Invariably Gretchen Rubin finds herself discussing habits with the people she meets, it's one of her favorite subjects. On today's episode you'll hear simple and effective habits to help you create a calmer, more orderly home. You'll also hear the strategy of the treat and loopholes we sometimes use to justify breaking a good habit.
- A simple and effective way to create a calmer, more orderly home is to use the one-minute rule: if it takes a minute or less, do it right away! When you get home, put your jacket away instead of dropping it wherever it lands. Your home will feel orderly and so will your mind.
- When it comes to forming everyday habits one effective strategy she recommends is the strategy of the treat. Choose a treat that's good for you and healthy and adds to your life, like buying new music every week if you're a music lover or lighting candles in your home.
-The treat needs to be something you do for yourself consistently, think of it as a way to refortify and take care of yourself rather than a reward you have to obtain. If you are taking care of yourself and staying restored you will be more likely to maintain other healthy habits because good treats bolster your will power and self-discipline.
- Gretchen also highlights a few of the loopholes we use to get out of "being good", these are rationalizations we make in the moment to break a healthy habit. There are over twenty she talks about in her book, Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Life, but one we discuss today is the self-actualization loophole.
- This is where the rationalization that it's ok to have this piece of cake because we need to enjoy life or we tell ourselves "you only live once". If you're using that train of the thought ask yourself how you'll feel about your decision later: will you feel good or will you not even remember that piece of cake? If you'll feel good and it will create a positive memory for you, then go for it. If it won't, then don't do it.
- We also talk about how to frame your treats, why we can't always create habits (even the fun ones!) and the power of accountability in creating last change. Thanks to Gretchen for sharing her wisdom and special thanks to you for being here! We'll see you next time on The Art of Charm.
THANKS GRETCHEN RUBIN!
- If you enjoyed this session of The Art of Charm Podcast, let Gretchen know by clicking on the link below and sending her a quick shout out on Twitter:
Click here to thank Gretchen on Twitter!
Resources from this episode:
Gretchen Rubin's web site
The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin
Happier at Home, by Gretchen Rubin
Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Life, by Gretchen Rubin
Gretchen Rubin on Twitter
The Art of Charm bootcamps
- Healthy Treat, reward yourself, give breaks
 - "if I give more to myself I can ask more of my self"
- be aware of loopholes
- obstainer vs moderator

 
Zero to Travel - Jason Moore (podcast) (45mins)
- Nora Dunn from The Professional Hobo in person, to talk about full-time travel.
- Nora has been travelling full-time for eight years and she’s just written a book calledLive and Work from Anywhere.
- In this episode, we talk about settling down, saving for travel, how much money you need to travel long-term, and how to work from the road.
- Learn: Why Nora hates the phrase “to settle down” Why the location independent lifestyle is here to stay The importance of being flexibleWhat the future of location independence holdsHow to go from zero to digital nomadHow to balance work and life on the roadWhy Nora burned out and how she was forced to reexamine her lifeThe importance of entertaining possibilitiesThe one exercise you have to do tonightNora’s best travel practicesThe questions to answer to find out how much money you need to save for travelThe first step to taking control of your financesHow much money to have in your emergency fundHow Nora managed to spend only $173 on accommodation in 2011How to manage your taxes on the roadThe health insurance you need to travel long-termWhat Nora is most grateful for
Resources Mentioned
The Professional HoboVarpLive and Work from AnywhereChris GuillebeauDear Nora: How Much Money do I Need to Travel Long Term? (Credit Walk)WWOOFThe Caretaker GazetteLocation Indie
- You don't know what you don't know.

Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill (book) (20mins)
- Quote: "more gold has been mined from the thoughts of men then has ever been taken from the earth."

Workout (1.5hrs)
- Walk to and from track
- Run stairs

"A moment of pain is worth all the glory" Unbroken (movie)

Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill (book) (50mins)
- "Before success comes in any man's life he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easier and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do."
- "Success come to those who become success conscious. Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become failure conscious."

Flow (book) (25mins)
-The Unification of Meaning In Life Themes
- When a person's psychic energy coalesces into a life theme, consciousness achieves harmony.
- Authentic vs Inauthentic
Authentic - choices are free, and makes a personal decision based on a rational evaluation of his experience.
Inauthentic - chooses because they are what she feels ought to be done, because they are what everybody else is doing.
- Discovered vs Accepted
Discovered -  when a person writes the script for her actions out of personal experience and awareness of choice.
Accepted - when a person simple takes on a predetermined role from a script written long ago by others.
- A reaction to a great personal hurt suffered in early life - what matters is the interpretation that one places on the suffering.
- To find purpose in suffering one must interpret it as a possible challenge
- Develop Appropriate Skills - to confront the challenges at the root of what has been wrong in his personal life.
- Dissipative Structure - the ability to draw order from disorder
- The Challenge Becomes Generalized to other people, or to mankind as a whole - whatever solution found to the problems would benefit not only himself, but many others besides.
- Neogentropic
- A personal tragedy became transformed into a challenge that can be met.
- building meaning into experience "the strategy consists in extracting from the order achieved by past generations patterns that will help avoid disorder in one's own mind"

Drawing (10mins)

Screw It, Let's Do It - Richard Brandon (book) (10mins)

03-25-15 Sponging It Up

Mentor Tips - Tai Lopez Videos (10mins)

Enchiridion - Epictetus (book) (20mins)
- You must be one man, either good or bad. You must either cultivate your own ruling faculty, or external things; you must either exercise your skill on internal things or on external things; that is you must either maintain the position of a philosopher or that of a common person.

Write out Goals

Meditation (20mins)

Tangentially Speaking - Chris Ryan (podcast)
- Episode: http://traffic.libsyn.com/tangent/Chris_Jaymes2.mp3
- Filmmaker, writer, musician, Hollywood native... Chris Jaymes has a lot going on. We talk about his latest project, which is about the healing power of dolphins.
- intro: save money buy a van deck it out to live in and travel around doing anything and everything till you find what you love and pursue it deeper.
- Aquatic Ape (book)
- Swimming with dolphins
- if you have an idea build value around the idea

How to Learn Faster - Tai Lopez (video) (11mins)
- mix and match books in one reading session
- see how things link up
- train yourself to gulp knowledge

Walk 20mins

Workout (50mins)

Money: Master the Game - Tony Robbins (audiobook) (50mins)
- Jack Bogle (vanguard)
- Warren Buffett
- Paul

Tattoo Video - Tony Stevens (30mins)
- Black and Gray Shading

Flow - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (book) (37mins)
- control over consciousness
- "Optimal experience depends on the ability to control what happens in consciousness moment by moment, each person has to achieve it on the basis of his own individual efforts and creativity."
- How consciousness works, and how it is controlled (Chpt 2)
- Order in consciousness (Chpt 3)
- Conditions of the flow experience (Chpt 4)
- Physical and sensory skills (Chpt 5)
- Symbolic skills (Chpt 6)
- Transform jobs into flow-producing activities (Chpt 7)
- Relations with parents, spouses, children, and friends more enjoyable (Chpt 8)
- Ways in which people manage to enjoy life despite adversity (Chpt 9)
- Join all experience into a meaningful pattern (Chpt 10)
- "It is not just a matter of losing a few extra pounds. It is a matter of losing the chance to have a life worth living."
- "the primary reason it is so difficult to achieve happiness centers on the fact that, contrary to the myths mankind has developed to treasure itself, the universe was not created to answer our needs. Frustration is deeply woven into the fabric of life. And whenever some of our needs are temporarily met, we immediately start wishing for more. This chronic dissatisfaction is the second obstacle that stands in the way of contentment."
- "To deal with these obstacles, every culture develops with time protective devices --- religious, philosophies, arts, and comforts ---- that help shield us from chaos. They help us believe that we are in control of what is happening and give reasons for being satisfied with our lot." It eventually wears out and no longer provides the spiritual sustenance it once did.
- "natural processes do not take human desires into account. They are deaf and blind to our needs, and thus they are random in contrast with the order we attempt to establish through our goals."
- "The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent." (J. H. Holmes)
- "No great improvements in the lot of mankind are possible, until a great change takes place in the fundamental constitution of their modes of thought." (J. S. Mill)
- How we feel about ourselves, the joy we get from living, ultimately depend directly on how the mind filters and interprets everyday experiences.
- we must learn to achieve mastery over consciousness itself

Attached - (book)
- Three major categories, Secure, Anxious, Avoidant
-50% secure, 20% anxious, 20% avoidant, 3-5% anxious/avoidant
- we are programmed to act in a predetermined manner
- its not impossible for someone to change his or her attachment style --- on average, one in four people do so over a four year period -- most people are unaware of the issue
- John Bowlby

When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead - Jerry Weintraub (book) (40mins)

03-24-15 Sponging It Up

Enchiridion - Epictetus (book) (20mins)

Painting where it is multiple layers built up, then use steel wool to expose the layers underneath.

Meditation (20mins)

Logical Fallacies
https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/
- poster to order or print of cognitive biases

Get Your Business Online Week
http://www.gybo.com/idaho/gybo-week#
- Webinars to create online business

How Steve Jobs Trained His Own Brain
- http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-how-steve-jobs-trained-his-own-brain-2015-3
- mindfulness meditation

Flow - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (book) (15mins)

Don't Just Follow Your Passion: A Talk for Generation Y - Eunice Hii
- TEDxTerryTalks 2012
- https://youtu.be/sgbzbdxTm4E

Money: Master the Game - Tony Robbins (audio book) (
- part 27 30mins in to part 33 6mins 45secs
- economicprinciples.org
- strongholdfinancial.com
- lifetime income.com annuities
- getyourshittogether.org
- Charles Ikon
- David Swenson

How The Economic Machine Works - Ray Dalio (video) (30mins)
- economicprinciples.org

Workout (40mins)
- kettle bell

Whiplash (movie)
- super good
- Mentor Movie
- So Many Good Lessons

Leonardo's Notebooks - H. Anna Suh (book) (30mins)
- Light is the chaser away of darkness. Shade is the obstruction of light.
- traced a few drawings from book

Drawing (2hrs)
- tracing images from "Leonardo's Notebooks"
- traced images from "Sailor Jerry's Tattoo Stencils - Kate Hellenbrand.

Book Summary - Tai Lopez (video) (25mins)
- Where Good Ideas Come From

Kon Tiki - Thor Heyerdahl (book) (18mins)

03-23-15 Sponging It Up

Winged angel, head maybe resting in hands, crescent moon above head, light beams behind maybe, chest size

The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant (book) (30mins)
- Chapter 4: Race and History
- Aryan race thought to be most influential, but mingling of races and intermarriage has produced more creatives and societies
- Have to take into account oriental influences.
- "The south creates the civilizations, the North conquers them, ruins them, borrows from them, spreads them: this is the summary of history."
- makes me think of Genghis Khan and his influence and spread of culture. He didn't enforce new ways but continues with them but had rule over them.

Meditation (20mins)
- how can we save as well as do more for others to bring in income?
- We should travel the world, look at teaching English as an option
- Chanted Hari Krishna
- Tattooing had popped into my head. Thought about that's what I want to do. Do people get on you thinking your not hard enough going to work at other shops? I like that you can be your own boss and be yourself. Thought about that girl wanting a "let it be" tattoo and thinking how I could deal with people like that.

Pat O'brien - Tai Lopez (video) (10mins)
- memoir

Journaling a Little

Write out Goals

Mindsight - Daniel Siegel (audiobook) (
- Part 4 (1hr)
- good meditation practices, analogies to focus on
- build muscle through repetition
- hub, ocean, body scan, walking,
- Part 5 (47mins)
- Linking the hemispheres
- Part 6
- Part 7 (30mins)

Primerica Presentation (sales pitch) (1hr)
- wasn't terrible
- had some good information
- but still nervous about it
- gonna do more research

Leonardo's Notebooks - Leonardo Davinci (book) (10mins)
- when you have well learnt perspective and have by heart the parts and forms of objects, you must go about, and constantly, as you go, observe, note, and consider the circumstances and behavior of men
- And take note of them with slight strokes in a little book that you should always carry with you. And it should be tinted paper, that it may not be rubbed out, but change the old (when full) for a new one; since these things should not be rubbed out but preserved with great care; for the forms, and positions of objects are so infinite that the memory is incapable of retaining them, wherefore keep these (sketches) as your guides and masters.

Picasso - Patrick O'Brien (book) (15mins)

03-22-15 Sponging It Up

The Lessons of History - Will and Ariel Durant (book) (30mins)
- Chapter 3: Biology and History
- 3 Biological Lessons
1st - Competition: competition is not only the life of trade, it is the trade of life.
2nd - Selection: in the struggle for existence some individuals are better equipped than others to meet the tests of survival.
3rd - Breed: Nature has no use for organisms, variations, or groups that cannot reproduce. She has a passion for quantity as prerequisite to the selection of quality.
- Nature as the process of birth, variation, competition, selection, and survival.
- Catholicism will come back to power through reproduction 

Walk to Store
- Get items for breakfast

Walk to store then park
- Read

Focus - Daniel Goldman (book) (15mins)

Money: Master the Game - Tony Robbins (audiobook) (30mins)

Starting Over, Living With Purpose - Tony Robbins (video) (1hr 10mins)

Drawing (60mins)

Meditation (1hr)

03-21-15 Sponging It Up

Spent time shopping with wife

Visited Tattoo Shop
- Chatted with friend
- asked about apprenticing

Dinner with wife's family

Deep Conversation with Wife
- childhood memories
- events or traumas that could shape us today

03-20-15 Sponging It Up

Picasso - Patrick O'Brian (book) (15mins)
- Just received book in mail today
- A Biography of Pablo Picasso

The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant (book) (30mins)

Meditation (20mins)

Mind sight - Daniel Siegel (audio book) (1hr)
- “Mindsight is a kind of focused attention that allows us to see the internal workings of our own minds. It helps us to be aware of our mental processes without being swept away by them, enables us to get ourselves off the autopilot of ingrained behaviors and habitual responses, and moves us beyond the reactive emotional loops we all have a tendency to get trapped in…The focusing skills that are part of mindsight make it possible to see what is inside, to accept it, and in the accepting to let it go, and, finally, to transform it.”
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- http://www.radicalparenting.com/2010/12/28/what-is-mindsight-and-how-it-applies-to-you/

66 of 67 Steps Video - Tai Lopez (video) (20mins)
- Finding a balance
- Can't Focus vs Stubbornness
- Know when to move one but know when to stick to things
- Persistence
- Perseverance

8 of 67 Steps Video - Tai Lopez (video) (50mins)
- sum of the parts are greater
- integrated life don't compartmentalize
- how do people sleep when there are so many opportunities out there

03-19-15 Sponging It Up

The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant (book) (15mins)
- "The present is the past rolled up for action, and the past is the present unrolled for understanding."
- "When the universe has crushed him man will still be nobler than that which kills him, because he knows that he is dying, and of its victory the universe knows nothing."
- "Generations of me establish a growing mastery over the earth, but they are destined to become fossils in its soil."

Meditation (20mins)

Mindsight - Daniel J. Siegel (book) (2hrs)
- Social and emotional intelligence
- Focus attention on the internal workings of the mind allows transformational change of physical brain
- Emotional Loops We Get Trapped In
- Navigate the inner sea of our mind
- How can we perceive a thought without letting it take over our mind
- We need certain experiences to developed this essential human capacity
- 6th sense internal awareness, 7th sense Mindsight
- 1st Mindsight can be cultivated in very practical steps, a learnable skill
- 2nd With the develpment of Mindsight we actually change the structure of the brain. How we focus our attention actually shapes the brain.
- 3rd Wellbeing emerges when we create connections in our lives, integration is at the heart. Integrate the brain and move it towards resilience and health
- Learn from them instead of be driven by them, impulses and emotions
- Part 1: Theoretical and History
- Part 2: Stories showing Mindsight in action
- Chapter 1
- Understanding Connections
- Chapter 2
- Own the truth of what has happened
- GABBA GOO
- Triangle of wellbeing
- Chapter 3

Zero to Travel Podcast - How to Find Life Changing Seasonal Jobs (podcast)
Bill Berg
Episode: http://traffic.libsyn.com/zerototravel/ZTT058_Bill_bergCW.mp3

Listen to the Episode Below (00:41:33) Download iTunes Stitcher SoundCloud Leave A Review Please Note: At the beginning of this travel podcast I share part of my personal story. No worries if you aren’t interested, just skip ahead to the interview with Bill which starts around the 15 minute mark. “A seasonal job can be a really good opportunity to hit the reset button if you need to.” -Bill Berg Founder Cool Works Finding fun seasonal work is one of the best ways to kickstart any adventure. For many people one seasonal job turns into a way of life. Yes, a job washing dishes or pumping gas could change your life (seriously!). Bill graciously shares how it changed his, and some fantastic advice as well. Give this travel podcast a listen and you’ll learn: How seasonal jobs can transform your life in many waysWhy pumping gas in Yellowstone National Park changed Bill’s life foreverWhat you can do to stand out from other candidatesWhy seasonal jobs can be a great option for anybody of any ageWhich visas to look into if you want to work in the USA but are not a citizenHow seasonal work can support your travelsTips on which jobs will help you save more moneyAnd much more!… Cool Works Visa Information (J1, H2-B, and Q1) – Permission to work in the USA for international workers. The post How To Find Life Changing Seasonal Jobs : Zero To Travel Podcast appeared first on Zero to Travel.

Walk to Park

The Shaman's Doorway - Steven Larsen (book) (20mins)

Zero to Travel Podcast - How to Take A Leap of Faith and Change Your Life (podcast)
Jana Schuberth
Episode: http://traffic.libsyn.com/zerototravel/77_Zero_To_Travel_Podcast_077__How_To_Take_A_Leap_of_Faith_and_Change_Your_Life_with_Jana_Schuberth.mp3

Listen to the Episode Below (00:59:36) Download iTunes Stitcher SoundCloud Leave A Review In today’s episode of the Zero To Travel Podcast, I speak with Jana Schuberth, an elite social and behavioral change coach and a digital nomad. Jana is also the founder of Alive in Berlin, a European conference devoted to personal transformation that’s takes place at the end of May. Together we talk about how to take a leap of faith and mentally prepare yourself to completely change your life. Jana shares her best tips on embracing change, understanding what you really want when you say you want to travel, and dealing with low days on the road. In this episode of the podcast, you’ll learn: Why Jana decided to start a conference in EuropeHow Jana got into personal developmentHow Jana discovered her core craftThe importance of finding the value in the things you hateWhat “enoughness” is and how to handle itWhat our external goals tell us about the way we want to feelWhat the two fundamental fears areWhy most people fail when they try to change somethingThe difference between a fixed mindset and a growth mindsetHow to mentally prepare yourself to take a leapThe question you need to ask yourself before you decide to change your life and start travelingWhy the first step to changing your life might be a small oneHow to handle a lack of support from your friends and familyWhy you shouldn’t ignore your fears and what to do insteadHow to deal with down days when you’re on the roadHow putting time limits on your travels can improve the experienceHow living on the road has changed Jana and the way she approaches lifeHow to take a client-based business on the road Resources Mentioned How To Quit Your Job and Travel the WorldAlive in BerlinSkypeWhatsAppGreg HartleJana SchuberthJana on Facebook Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast in ti

Harmontown (documentary)

Stretching / Quiet Time (40mins)

Journal

03-18-15 Sponging It Up

The Lessons of History - Will & Ariel Durant (book) (30mins)

Meditation (20mins)

Money: Master the Game - Tony Robbins (audiobook) (2hrs)
- 70 safety/30 risk investments

Book Summary of Bounce - Tai Lopez (video) (20mins)
- Talent is not inborn it is cultivated
- Hard Work not Talent
-
Made In America - Sam Walton (book) (23mins)
- Family Values
- instilling early how to earn through work and mange themselves.
- "Do anything you're big enough to do" Sam Walton
- Family Togetherness
- He worked all the time but the kids had many amazing memories. Also they never felt he was gone too much.
- Heartland Upbringing Bedrock Values: a belief in the importance of hard work, honesty, neighborliness, and thrift.

Workout (20mins)

The Dr Drew Podcast (podcast) (50mins)
- Doug Benson
- Good to hear their opinions on things. They can go on about some seemingly uninteresting stuff, then all of a sudden, go into some deeper shit. Since Dr Drew has experience that entails examining people. He can ask or pick up on things to delve deeper.

Entrepreneur On Fire Webinar - 4 Essential Principles (video) (2hrs)
- Watched Twice, first time no notes, second time notes.
- (SARK*) the video helped stir up thoughts, as well as, break down some steps to narrow your focus to target your audience.
- The Intent was to start or help a business focus on their viable business plan, Clearly Defined Avatar, Niche, and Community.
- Great Tips were included.

Writing Notes for Previous Things Taken In Today

Smart Reading - Tai Lopez (video) (20mins)

03-17-15 Sponging It Up

Meditation (20mins)

Write in Journal

Write out goals

Tai Lopez VIP Video (2hrs)
- Attached (book)

Entrepreneur On Fire - John Lee Dumas (podcast) Stuart Knight
Episode: http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/entrepreneuronfire/Stuart_Knight.mp3

Stuart has written, produced and starred in shows that have been seen by over one million people, and each year he speaks nationally in order to help the worlds biggest companies reach new levels of success. He is the author of two critically acclaimed books, and today he will be sharing his expert opinion on communication.

Walk (45mins)

The Happiness Hypothesis - Martin P. Seligman (audiobook) (20mins)

TEDxAsheville - Adam Baker
Sell your crap. Pay your debt. Do what you love.
- https://youtu.be/9XRPbFIN4lk

Tattoo Artists Black Book (book) (30mins)

E-mailed / Applied (1hr)
- 2 job postings
- more creative jobs
- emailed one, sent resume other

Drawing (30mins)

Tailopez VIP Video (60mins)
- The Evolution of Desire (book)
- You can't change without knowing why it is like it is (Alan Nation)
- Need to Finish Watching

Meditation (10mins)

Circles

My mind is spiraling, and not in a good way. I once thought I had  a hold on things and my path marked out. Yet I am still amongst the waves tossed about. Every new wave taking me a different direction. Although there seems a general direction there is still no exact focus. I circle several ideas drawing a desire to go forth. Something invisible stands in the way. Mentally there is doubt. How do I overcome this doubt? It has been many months of me stirring up focus but is there something being accomplished? Am I performing a flurry of activities with no real end in sight? It all takes time but how much? I am moving takes steps in a direction, is that not good enough? I am delusional about time and the necessary commitment. My mind roams the pastures picking up anything that looks shiny, only to drop within hours to days. A select few have stuck with me. Yet again comes the underlying esteems issues. One day I have it, one day I don't. Lost in the swell of things. I am my own worst enemy, the mind ruminating and spiraling downwards towards self sabotage. I am not the shocked dog that submits with helplessness. I will break through the surface to find the sweet air which fills my void. It can be done, it will be done. I still can fight. The mind is mischievous thing and without reigns runs wild.

03-16-15 Sponging It Up

The Story of Philosophy - Will Durant (book) (20mins)

Meditate (20mins)

Money: Master The Game - Tony Robbins (audiobook) (3hrs)

GoFundMe.com
- Set up go fund me to see of I can raise money for a new bike.
- http://www.gofundme.com/ozwkxc

Learned Optimism - Martin P. Seligman (book) (45mins)

E-mail
- Sent a thank you email to Chris Ryan for recommending some books

One Thing That Will Ruin A Perfectly Good Relationship
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/anger-in-the-age-entitlement/201212/one-thing-will-ruin-perfectly-good-relationship?utm_source=FacebookPost&utm_medium=FBPost&utm_campaign=FBPost
- Criticism vs Feedback

Drawing (2hrs)

03-15-15 Sponging It Up

Do Your Chores - Tai Lopez (video) (20mins)

The Story of Philosophy - Will Durant (book) (26mins)

Walk with Wife (1hr)
- discuss future plans and some in process
- should we get a house or move to another town?
- when should we travel, take a month to a year off?

Money: Master The Game - Tony Robbins (audiobook) (20mins)

The Intelligent Investor - Benjamin Graham (book) (10mins)

CKnotes on the Millionaire Next Door (book) (10mins)

The Joe Rogan Experience - Ari Shaffir (podcast) (40mins)

67 Steps - Tai Lopez (video) (40)

Drawing (1.5mins)

Meditation (30mins)

03-14-15 Sponging It Up

On The Shortness of Life - Seneca (book) (30mins)

Workout (35mins)

The Happiness Hypothesis - Johnathan Haidt (audiobook) (25mins)

65 of 67 Steps - Tai Lopez (video) (20mins)

Drawing (2hrs)

The Everything Store - Brad Stone (book) (15mins)

03-13-15 Sponging It Up

On the Shortness of Life - Seneca (book) (20mins)

Meditation (20mins)

How You've Been Manipulated - Tai Lopez (video) (20mins)
- http://www.tailopez.com/blog/how-youve-been-manipulated
-Commonsense is not common its trained

Money: Master The Game - Tony Robbins (audiobook) (
- americasbest401k.com
- Roth Option
- TDFs
- Don't Trust Company 401k
- Fixed Index Annuity
- Structures Notes
You Story
- Change your story change your life. Divorce your limiting beliefs marry the truth. That's when breakthroughs happen.
Your State
- Change your state, you attitude or mindset. Angry or Happy
- emotion takes motion
- physical posture

Attended Performance
- a mix of opera and pole dancing. Pretty interesting.

03-12-15 Sponging It Up

On The Shortness of Life - Seneca (book) (10mins)

Money: Master the Game - Tony Robbins (audiobook) (2.5hrs)
Cognitive Understanding
Emotional Mastery
Physical Master
- The power of compounding
- *Making the commitment to set aside a percentage of income aside in an interest bearing account to let it grow. (I will set aside 10%)
- If you don't master money in some aspect it will master you
- 6 Human Needs
Certainty
Variety
Significance
Connection
Love
Growth
- 1: Dont get in the game unless you know the rules
- 2: 13 Trillion Dollar Lie - Mutual Funds
*Index fund good idea for stock picks.

8 Ways Protect Emotional Manipulation
http://themindunleashed.org/2014/07/8-ways-protect-emotional-manipulation.html
- interesting article. It helps me see some traits I carry that correlate.
- I can be a Guilt Monger, Taking the Spotlight, Passive Aggressive, I create or participate in Emotional Climates. My mood can be greatly influential in how I treat myself and loved ones. I can be super nice or super shitty and will drag people either way

Drawing (1.5hrs)

Money: Master The Game - Tony Robbins (audiobook) (1.5hrs)

03-11-15 Sponging It Up

On the Shortness of Life - Seneca (book) (10mins)

Managing Oneself - Peter F. Drucker (book) (15mins)

Meditation (20mins)

The Grand Design - Stephen Hawking (audiobook) (2.5hrs)

Idea (SPARK*)
- a guy sitting at a computer with head tilted back ghastly while soul being sucked out through mouth towards screen, caption another day another dollar.

Money: Mastering The Game - Tony Robbins (audiobook) (1hr)
- a book summary
http://investorjunkie.com/38192/money-master-game-review/

Trip to LIBRARY
- picked up a pottery book and two anatomy drawing books
- Pottery For Everyone
- Anatomy For The Artist
- Leonardo On The Human Body

Working On Resume
Resume Writing
- website
http://rockportinstitute.com/resume_02/
- Finished new resume

Autobiography - Gandhi (book) (20mins)
- My constitutional shyness has been no disadvantage whatever, in fact i can see that, on the contrary, it has been all to my advantage. My hesitation in speech.
Its greatest benefit has been that it has taught me the economy of words.
- A man of few words will rarely be thoughtless in his speech; he will measure every word.

(SPARK*)Learn to make a point in less words. Look at public speaking. Find an author or writer and re type word for word in hopes to soak up their rhythm. Gandhi? Chris Ryan? Ryan Holiday?
Practice speaking in mirror enunciate clearly.

The Sad Sad Day My Bicicleta Went Missing

Saturday March 7th between noon and 6pm my bicycle went missing. It was a sad sad day. My wife and I had gone to Boise to look at purchasing a bike for herself. She had been riding a vintage bike, single speed, with extra rusty wheels and a few missing spokes. Due to its age we were concerned how long it might last. She had been thinking about a new bike for a while, something with gears and more comfort. That day we found just the bike for her an Electra salmon pink with turquoise wheels and white seat and grips. She oogled like hell over it. It was cute. She had her mind set and by god if anyone were to interfere she'd cut them. After getting her bike all packed up we made our way home. Oh and don't forget the matching turquoise basket. When we arrived home we were pumped to go on a bike ride. We pulled up and gathered some junk and clutter getting ready to take things up to apartment. As we walked up something seemed funny and couldn't quite put my thumb on it. Then my wife commented "where is your bike?" Then it dawned on me, my fucking bike was gone. My normal parking place was empty next to the steps leading up to the door. Upon further examination I found that the cable of my bike lock had been severed. Again I will say it was a sad sad day. I put my heart into my bike. A lot of time and energy my invested into making it what it is. Blood and sweat was shed but enjoyed. I had made a bike I was proud of. The only fixie in town and very distinct. If only I were to find my little Peugeot.

03-10-15 Sponging It Up

On The Shortness of Life - Seneca (book) (15mins)

Meditation (20mins)

London Real - Brian Rose (podcast) (30mins) Tai Lopez

Episode: http://shoutengine.com/LondonReal/LondonReal-0193-tai-lopez-how-to-become-great-7575.mp3

Tai Lopez is no stranger to the London Real hot seat. He believes that most of the success issues that people have, as well as most social issues the world has, could find some solution in getting away from chewing gum entertainment and upping the consumption of history’s genius.To recap on who exactly Tai is - for those who may have missed him first time round - he’s an investor, entrepreneur, author and renaissance man. As a self-made millionaire by his 20s, he has started and overseen the foundation of 20 multi-million dollar companies. He’s formed a business mentorship program and is perhaps best known for his ’67 Steps To The Good Life’ - a distilled and compact course that explores the finest lessons on success, drawn from 8000 years of human thought.Tai also runs the world’s second biggest book club, only to Oprah’s, from his home in the Hollywood Hills. On his search for the Good Life, he’s come to seek knowledge from ancient and modern minds - reading one book a day! At last count his personal library contained over 5000 books. It’s fair to say he likes to read, and the results speak for themselves. Most of us struggle to read just one book every few months, by the end of today’s episode this may change. Enjoy!

The Unmistakable Creative (podcast) Find the Sweet Spot in Your Work - Michael Gebben
- Go above and beyond in what you do
- Its all perspective, to each their own, passion must be found in the individual
- Help others don't expect anything in return
- Find that sweet spot doing what you already do where you can turn it into monetary value
- Don't use a map use a compass to guide you
- When things aren't right, start asking questions
- Always asking questions
- Minimize to a focused zone or sweet spot
- Do the best in whats true to your heart, don't focus on everything
- What you love doing that's what you should focus in
- Awareness of everything, expose self to only good things
- High self standard
- Change in perspective is everything
- Imperfect action - just doing things staying active moving towards something
- Start and learn as you go
- Don't follow a script, follow your own script

Episode: http://unmistakablecreative.com/listen/2658af03-4d3e-42ac-964b-c51291006839.mp3
Michael Gebben found himself exhausted by his work, and hiding from this clients. In this inspiring conversation he talks identifying the sweet spot in our work and getting back to doing the things we love. Highlights: Going the extra mile in all the work you do Why becoming an entrepreneur is not for everybody Doing things with no expectation of anything in return Tuning out your external voices and turning them into fuel for your fire Taking baby steps to build some semblance of momentum Lessons in creativity from the world of video Identifying your sweet spot and the things you love Why mindset gives you the biggest performance edge Having a zero tolerance policy for all negativity Taking Massive Imperfect Action Resources Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World Quotes The truth is that everything in life takes hard work Michael “Gebbs” Gebben started his video production company “Gebbs Total Video” at age 19. Later on, the company grew to become “GEBBSTV” where he explored his epic talent at shooting not only weddings and everything under sun but also events for huge names like Tim Ferriss, Tony Robbins and Richard Branson among others. You can follow him on twitter @mgebbs

My Ideas
- I love to create and attend events
- Take 3 months to travel
- Come back settle down, put roots down

The Unmistakable Creative (podcast) Ryan Holiday
- What can I do to make the most of the situation?
- Keep your head about you, don't freak out
- This is not gonna be as bad as we think
- I can control how I'm going to respond to a situation and how I'm going to influence it
- Perception: how you control your perception
- Action:
- Will: how do you see yourself in the universe
- A germ of an idea that grows into something
- Be truly unique to yourself don't do what everyone else is telling you to do.

Episode: http://unmistakablecreative.com/listen/3b24ab2e-1fe5-40c7-a405-bda7024d2038.mp3
Ryan Holiday dropped out of college to spend his early 20’s working for masters of their craft like Robert Greene and Tucker Max. A conversation at a conference turned him on to the world of stoic philosophy and led to the publication of his most recent book The Obstacle is the Way Building a capacity for making terrifying decisions Recognizing pivotal moments in our own livesHow we deal with difficult moments in our livesLearning to control our perceptions Making the best out of terrible situationsWhy our view of people’s lives is flatteringThe 3 foundations of stoicism: perception, action and willWhy limiting our exposure to difficult situations limits our capabilities The relative nature of adversity Why there is no life that is free of suffering Resources The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph Meditations (Dover Thrift Editions) Ryan Holiday is a media strategist and prominent writer on strategy and business. You can follow him on twitter @ryanholiday

London Real - Brian Rose (podcast) (2hrs) Tai Lopez

Started Etsy Shop

Drawing (1.5hrs)

The Paradox od Choice - Barry Schwartz (book) (20mins)

The Everything Store - Brad Stone (book) (20mins)