January 2012
3 posts
WatchDJ’s Proposal, January 14, 2012
December 2011
3 posts
Impressions 2011 - Dream
*This post is my impression for the year 2011
Immigrants fled to the United States of America for “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” I love the simplicity of these founding principles as outlined in the Declaration of Independence! Sadly, in our lives, as in politics, we frequently fail to honor these timeless guidelines. Instead of liberty we enforce more rules and...
August 2011
2 posts
“Too many of us sit on the sidelines of fear and doubt, unable to contribute to a...”
– ~ Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt Into Fuel for Brilliance by Jonathan Fields
“There is a big difference between accepting your limits and selfishness....”
– ~ Molly Peacock
July 2011
1 post
May 2011
1 post
April 2011
1 post
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“… unlucky people miss chance opportunities because they are too focused on...”
– ~Richard Wiseman on The Luck Factor via Guest Post by Erik Calonius
December 2010
2 posts
Impressions 2010 - Penguin
*This post is my impression for the year 2010
I have decided to claim 2010 the year of the penguin. Although my signature penguin dance took root in 2009, this is the year in which it carried momentum - thanks to many of you! So in keeping with the penguin theme I have chosen to reflect on my favorite quote from an excellent movie.
“Just a moment. I hear people wanting something…...
3 tags
WatchMerry Christmas
September 2010
1 post
June 2010
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May 2010
1 post
February 2010
1 post
December 2009
1 post
Impressions 2009 - Smile
*This post is my impression for the year 2009
This year was probably not what you expected. For some worse, for others better, like the lyrics to this song… But for all there were smiles.
A few years ago I told a friend of mine that I didn’t particularly enjoy slapstick comedy and her reply has stayed with me: “What? You don’t like to laugh?”. I’m sure she...
November 2009
3 posts
“People equate control with security and, truth be told, they’re not the same. ...”
– ~ Jonathan Fields (via Awake @ The Wheel)
October 2009
1 post
August 2009
7 posts
“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in...”
– ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson (via Ben Casnocha)
“Honesty requires that we communicate our thoughts and feelings, not our...”
– ~ Stefan Molyneux (via 30 sleeps)
“Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize...”
– ~ Lao Tzu (via Zen Habits)
July 2009
7 posts
“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of luck.”
– ~ Life’s Little Instruction Book by Jackson Brown and H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (via Ben Casnocha by way of Gray Watson)
“So over the course of one of the best weeks of my life, my new buddy – the...”
– ~ Craig Harper
“…if it’s connection, understanding and meaning we’re looking for, then...”
– ~ Craig Harper
June 2009
12 posts
“Give up trying to always find interesting experiences and interesting things to...”
– ~ Jonathan Mead (via Illuminated Mind)
“Here’s hoping that we all improve as we go.”
– ~ Chris Brogan (via Tune Up Your Personal Message)
“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.”
– ~ Benjamin Disraeli (via Pick The Brain)
“Anyone who is not a socialist before he is thirty has no heart; anyone who is...”
– ~ French saying (via Naked Economics by Charles Wheelan)
“Ironically, I find that taking a minute to control the things I can, such as...”
– ~ me (via comment on Ask the Readers: How to Let Go of Control on Zen Habits)
“If you feel too tied up in the good or bad opinion of others, perhaps it’s...”
– ~ Ben Casnocha
May 2009
8 posts
Watch“If today was your last day and tomorrow was too late could you say goodbye to yesterday?” ~ If Today Was Your Last Day by Nickelback
