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Over at Zen Habits, Leo gave a list of some 50 of his favorite fiction books. His readers chimed in with a few more, making a great reader’s to do list. Inspiration, laughs, contemplation - it’s a heavy load of fine books. If you’d like to widen your mind, take a look into these stories. Visually, this is the collective looks like -
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m teaching an MMA class at the U of U. A page over at SLC MMA has all the details here. You can also check out www.utah.edu and look for ESSF 1415 to sign up. We’ll have some awesome training and workout partners, so come join us!
Obviously, this blog hasn’t had a lot of love in the last few months. I’ve had a few personal revelations about where I’m taking my life, and I’ve been very busy with what the universe has provided me.
Right now, I’m blogging for www.SuccessGiants.com as well as starting up a Mixed Martial Arts blog, www.slcmma.com. I’m still writing fiction too. Go check out my stuff their for some of my most recent work.
I’m also getting an engineering internship.
So sorry to keep anybody hanging.
Note: By reading further, you acknowledge that I take no responsibility for your actions or use of this information. You have my full permission to distribute this information in any manner you like as long as it is unmodified. It is against the rules of almost all GPT sites to discuss what I’m telling you inside their forums and websites. Violating their terms and agreements can result in permanent bans and denial of funds due to you. I’ve held nothing back and given out all of my personal hacks, tips, and tricks. I’m also not going to lie to you about making a fortune. I make a decent bit of money on the side - but it is far different than finding a stream of income to replace your job. If you’re looking for a legit full-time job income, look elsewhere.
If you’ve been a frequent visitor to my site, you may have noticed that I’ve been posting less frequently. Thanks for your patience - I’m back. I’ve had a lot of stuff on my plate, but it’s been worth it. I hope to share a lot of neat stuff with you shortly, including:
I’m getting more involved with the technical aspects of blogging and let me know if my plug-ins don’t work as you’d hope.
- Bart
Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful. - Warren Buffet
The difficulty of good advice isn’t finding it, but knowing when and how to act on it. We live in uncertain times. The real estate market is pretty shaken up. The US dollar is weak. Etc, etc, ad nauseum. Now seems like a logical time to be fearful and hide in our shell. Are we sure that now is a good time?
Great news!
I’m going to be teaching a couple of mixed martial arts classes at the University of Utah in the fall. I’m super pumped about the whole thing. I’m not a guru by any means, but I’ve got some skills and love to teach. I’m going to overview various techniques of MMA. Striking, the clinch, take downs, groundwork, submissions, conditioning - the whole gamut. This isn’t going to be a full contact, bloody knuckles and mangled face class. We’re going to condition and train - not compete or brawl. If you’re in the SLC area, drop in! You don’t have to be a student and the classes are very inexpensive. Sign up for a class at the U of U website.
It’s been a while since Michael Jordan has been in the spotlight, and it’s easy to forget that he was the best basketball player of all time. The best.
Driven From Within details MJ’s life and career in an unusual and interesting way. The book doesn’t read like a usual biography*. Written for the everyday man and not for the NBA statistician, I felt a genuine sense of fire and motivation inside myself when reading it. The book uses short blurbs and quotes from Michael and others close to him to flesh out the main themes in his life. When you finish the book’s 208 pages, it’s clear what MJ’s about and why he’s the best. You’ll know why he was an awesome clutch player, being able sink difficult shots under the most extreme pressure.
You might appropriately ask why, specifically,
The book also shares a lot of information about Brand
Check out these two short videos below about Michael Jordan. I feel that they really express the essence of the book.
Minor’s lyrics from “Remember the name” played in the above video are an appropriate summation.
This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name
- Bart
* IE: it’s not boring.
* If you’re in to the whole PUA community, you might want to read Tyler D’s remarks on the book as well.
Things are better than ever for me right now. Below the jump, I’ll let you in on it.
(Above: a string of diamonds with the patented Korloff cut)
Josh, a friend of mine, works for Korloff Paris a very exclusive luxury jewelry boutique. When I say “very exclusive luxury jewelry” I mean that they sell $50,000 dollar watches. Josh wears a chic black suit to work that matches his attractive and muscular physique. It’s a high class gig. However, things are slow right now and Josh is looking for a hotter, more active market. He’s thinking to relocated to one of the few other Korloff locations. He likes his job, but he wants more success.
Curiously, I was listening to Earl Nightingale’s most excellent retelling of a story called “Acres of Diamonds”, in the Lead the Field CD series. The story details a man who works on his farm in Africa, and is enticed by the rich fortunes in diamonds and sells all that he has to go search for them. His search is fruitless, leaving him drained and penniless. Dejected, he takes his own life. The man who bought his farm discovers diamonds in the stream on his property, making the farm into the most productive diamond mine in Africa. Had the first owner looked under his own feet he would have found out that he was standing on acres of diamonds. In summary, you should look for diamonds right where you are - the grass isn’t greener on the other side. Earl points out that there is just as much opportunity in your business, in your area no matter your field or location. You just need to know what to look for.
To Josh, and all others searching for something better, let me be straight up with you. Read the rest of this entry »
