Oct. 29, 2008
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How’s the Stinkin’ Thinkin’ Affecting You??
I hear John Denver’s old song “Blow up the TV” in my head and laugh. Are you old enough to remember that one??? It goes back to my hippie years of living in the tipi and traveling in the school bus…but that’s a completely other post!
At my house we don’t have a TV. Many think we are weird. And they are probably right, but it works fine for us. When the last one bit the dust, we decided it wasn’t something we needed. I do feel out of the loop when people are discussing who should win on Dancing With The Stars. LOL And, we do have a radio and a computer to stay tuned in, but I find the tuning out is much more helpful. I don’t want to hear the hours of commentary about the “crisis”. I want to be part of the solution. I think the best way I can do that is to avoid worry, fear and participation in awfulizing. If I can look around me and make a difference with the people I know, with what is right in front of me…I am happier and contributing more to the good than spending time and energy trying to be “informed”! I have found that when something big happens-people will tell me about it.This gives me lots more time to focus on things that CAN make the world a better place.
I wonder what would happen if each of us just focused today on
- making our own environment a little nicer
- on helping one other person in some way-not the co-dependent rescuing, but, rather, a nice pay it forward
- in finding what there is to be happy about and smiling
- in doing something we have passion about and love doing without feeling selfish
- letting the universe, or God, or whatever higher power you believe in take care of all the things you really can’t do anything about
- connecting with someone we haven’t spoken with in a while
- forgiving anyone who we are wasting our energy on (this set of interviews with Byron Katie should give you some ideas)
You can make a difference in the world and in your own quality of life and enjoyment of it. Too much attention to what you can’t do anything about or the unnecessary anesthetizing yourself with TV, or alcohol or whatever you use to take yourself away from living in the present and finding the joy dulls and wastes your precious time. And, since that precious time is limited and, sometimes, way shorter than we figured on, isn’t every day to be enjoyed?????
Is there some Stinkin’ Thinkin’ you should remove from your life????
And, last but certainly not least, please vote and make sure everyone else you know does too! This IS the way we can impact what we get!!!!
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Tuesday’s Tech Tip: Social Networking Profiles
It amazes me how many profiles I see on the social networking sites that are woefully incomplete. It is sort of like handing someone your business card and not having what business you are in. Your name and a phone number! What impact do you suppose that makes.
So…today’s tip is that you should visit each of your social networking sites and take a look at your profile to really give people good(translate valuable to THEM) information about you. An east way to do this is to make a Word Document when you do the first one and copy the categories and your answers. Each site asks slightly different questions but many are the same. So save yourself time with a master document you can copy from for each new site you join.
(WHAT?????you have none??? Oh, my! Pick one and get started. Then add a new one each week!)
Sites you should be on:
Facebook
LinkedIn
Plaxo
Twitter
And MySpace.com, if it fits your target market.
And then there is:
Trulia
Active Rain
Real Town
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Tuesday’s Quote
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
--Charles Darwin—
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Have an amazing week filled with LOTS of JOY!!!! It IS up to YOU!!!!!
There are also more opportunities to play in different ways on my website
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