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August 20, 2009
Harry Potter on Personal Development:: Decision Making
"Sometimes making a decision is more important than making the best decision."
Harry is a very decisive person. When confronted with decisions he certainly doesn't always make the best one but I would argue that by making one right away vs weighing it out in his mind for too long he tends to come out on top. One might say that Harry is a boy of action not reflection.
One such example comes in book 4 "The Goblet of Fire" when inside the maze he runs through a mist that turns the world upside d...
Harry Potter on Personal Development Lesson #3
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"Sometimes making a decision is more important than making the best decision."
Harry is a very decisive person. When confronted with decisions he certainly doesn't always make the best one but I would argue that by making one right away vs weighing it out in his mind for too long he tends to come out on top. One might say that Harry is a boy of action not reflection.
One such example comes in book 4 "The Goblet of Fire" when inside the maze he runs through a mist that turns the world upside down.
August 18, 2009
Harry Potter on Personal Development:: Choices Define Us
"It is our choices Harry, that define who we are; not our abilities." -Albus Dumbledore
Our society is a place of constant victomhood where people blame their failures on their own circumstances. If I had been born in a different place or to a wealthy family then my life would be different. If I was good at x-thing or had been born with x-skill then I would have more opportunity.
Harry learns very quickly in the book "The Chamber of Secrets," that he and his nemesis have a lot of...
Harry Potter on Personal Development Lesson #2
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"It is our choices Harry, that define who we are; not our abilities." -Albus Dumbledore
Our society is a place of constant victomhood where people blame their failures on their own circumstances. If I had been born in a different place or to a wealthy family then my life would be different. If I was good at x-thing or had been born with x-skill then I would have more opportunity.
Harry learns very quickly in the book "The Chamber of Secrets," that he and his nemesis have a lot of similarities. Th
August 10, 2009
1/2 Marathon. Goal Completed!
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Back in March of this year I publicly declared my goal to run in a 1/2 marathon at the end of the summer. I registered for a race on August 8th and have been training all summer. I had some good stretches of training and some times where I was less faithful.
Every single time I went for a training run I recorded the data on www.buddyrunner.com/jacob and also updated my status on twitter and facebook to keep myself accountable to my online community.
Yesterday was the day of the race and I'm pleas
August 4, 2009
Harry Potter on Personal Development Lesson #1
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Every year I listen to the Harry Potter books. Something about the epic story really captivates me. As I am moving through the books right now I intend to post a series of posts on personal development lessons we can learn from Harry Potter and his stories. Here is the first installment.
Lesson 1: "Well, well . . . I'm impressed. That suggests what you fear most of all is — fear. Very wise, Harry." -Professor Lupin
The above quote comes from book 3 in the series and has had me thinking all
July 22, 2009
Twitter - Which Comes First the Influence or Interaction?
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[image error]So I've been having this conversation with other Internet Marketing buddies. When it comes to twitter its important to start a conversation and interact with people in a genuine and sincere way but what about just the general effort to get twitter followers?
It seems that people judge your credibility based on the number of people who follow you on Twitter but with that having been said you have to be really famous or previously successful to have thousands of people start following you spontane
July 20, 2009
The Big 3. Social Media Marketing Holy Trio
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The basic concept of social networking and online marketing is the same as traditional offline marketing. Meet people, build trust, and expose them to your product/opportunity. The reason the internet is getting so much attention is because of the ability to meet so many people at once. Building credibility is made a little more difficult but can be done over time.
While there are now thousands of different social networks popping up online there are 3 that have set themselves aside as the big d
July 15, 2009
Classic Ironies of Success
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Sometimes we keep ourselves from ever achieving success because we forget the priciples that govern that very goal. Here is a reminder:
Only by focusing on serving others can you obtain any success. Most people wake up in the morning and wonder how they can get more from the world. The irony is in the fact that the only way to get anything from the world is to give more to it.
As much as we focus on external factors such as cash-flow, economy, market, etc; the overwelmingly largest factor in our
July 7, 2009
Anthony Robbins & Deepak Chopra in Person…
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The first weekend of June I had a unique opportunity to do some executive protection work (bodyguard) for some well known people visiting Salt Lake City for a convention. Many of you may not know that while I'm an internet marketer and a network marketer, by trade I'm a security professional.
The company convention was that of a relatively new MLM named Zrii. The CEO and owner is Bill Farley, owner of the White Sox and he and his family's safety were my primary concern throughout the three day c
