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Next year is but days away – what will YOU do?

Evie — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:21:46 +0000

Today’s post comes from guest writer Chuck Denk click here to visit his Facebook Profile

This coming year’s promise will only be fulfilled if we recognize that things will only get better if we are fully engaged in being part of the solution to make things better. We have to recognize that social justice is a necessary condition to have a flourishing market economy.

Capitalism without a Conscience leaves a market economy that has to be subsidized by the government in the form of welfare because we not only have far too many people who are unemployed. We have too many people who are underemployed or are amongst the working poor because they can’t get employment that provides a living wage.

Wall Street needs to start helping Main Street rather than just themselves. The Health Care Industry needs to recognize that their desire for profits causes needless illnesses and deaths. Corporate America needs to take classes on Civics and not just recognize that the US Constitution is the Law of the Land: “Government is of, by, and for the people,” not “Of, by, and for the Corporation” as far too many people associated with the upper echelons of Corporate America expect WE THE PEOPLE to believe and accept as the way it should be.

Generosity, not Greed, is what has made this country of ours the best it can be. As we approach the end of this holiday season, let us all remember that the Spirit of Christmas is Giving, not taking, and that the Spirit of Christmas should exist every day. Let us all give love and joy to others; not agony and despair. We need to be good neighbors that help a community thrive through cooperation. Competition should be for who can be the most helpful in making the community more than a sum of its parts, rather than who can be the richest leech in the neighborhood. In game-theoretic terms, we don’t have to play a zero-sum game where there has to be winners and losers. We can change the status quo to a new paradigm where all sides gain by balancing the needs of a market economy with social justice.

My heart is unconditionally full of compassion for my fellow citizens, that’s just the way I am.

The Amazing Treadmill Desk – Three Blogs in One Day

Evie — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:53:28 +0000

WOW!!! This is amazing! Today is day two of utilizing my “new” treadmill desk. The treadmill we’ve had for a while and had sadly become quite dusty but no more A shelf we bought at Ikea that was never put up – an old shelf from an old wall unit – no longer possessed and four phone books that have never ever been opened – created an AWESOME treadmill desk.

Official treadmill desks can run you upwards of four and FIVE THOUSAND dollars! I kid you not but why spend that kind of money if you do not need to? … LOL!!! … well, if you can afford it – spend away however for those who live a tad more frugally – there are tons of ways to create a treadmill desk of your very own. As more continue to flock to the Internet the long hours spent sitting WILL affect ones posterior. Although the Internet is an awesome conduit – it can reek havoc on ones health

So – what is my GoalBuzz in this? Outcomes I am after:

Fitness: Get weight back down to the 140ish range – NO higher than 148. To once again be comfortable in my own skin (not like an overstuffed chair )

Focus: By taking my long walks I am allowing the blessing of creativity to visit me easier … see it’s working already Gosh I smiley face a LOT … but oh well. And back to focus. With the focus I find colored vividly by endorphins I will create that which I am meant to, to assist others to do the same in the way they are meant to do so … clear as mud … right? ~f-o-c-u-s~

Websites and Writing: I have over 250 domain names (I will be letting about 100 drop – that will bring me down to the more manageable number of 250ish) While on my Walkation I will blog, work on websites, and other productive things

My goal starting out is to walk a minimum of three hours a day. Imagine if this took off and every one working with a computer, who was able to do so – walked while they were at the computer. Would this affect the productivity for the good or the bad? I’ve noticed I get a LOT more typos than if I were seated at my desk.

I am now at 7.5 miles for the day and i am less than 7 minutes away from three hours … had I not done this – what would I have done? Oh Boy though I am ready for a break and a shower

How to create digital products of your own

Evie — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:30:17 +0000

More people every day are making a living online creating digital products. Every time we turn around more people are sending out e-mails hawking another digital product. Many of the e-mails are endorsing the same digital product. How do the makers of these products keep coming up with their ideas and bringing them into creation is such a short time span? The truth is, it is easier than most of us think it is. Regardless of who you are, what type education you have or even how much free time you have – you too can create your own digital product.

But how do you go about creating your OWN digital product? Available for instant download by those who wish to sign-up for your newsletter, download totally free, or even give you their hard earned cash? How do you go about creating your own digital product in record time?

I am a fan of checklists. A checklist will assist you in organizing the entire process. The checklist can include goals and a time limit for each of your items to be checked off. By doing this you are creating your own accountability system to ensure each step has been completed. A checklist ensures success faster.

What should you include in your checklist? Things such as market research and then niche research (drill down into the market of your choice) and then it’s on to keyword research. By using the keyword research you can build your product around them – this will assist surfers to find your products easier. Writing – how long will you give yourself for the writing process? Will you do it in one setting or over many? How long per session?

By entering into product creation without time limits for your goals along the way, you are entering into a squishy quagmire or a slippery slope that leaves you open to never accomplishing your goal, forever spinning your wheels in process. How can you know you are done, or even when you should be done? With time limits and set goals along the way, you are able to track your progress. Are you ahead, on target or behind. Being able to measure your progress you can then track when you may need to change or step up your strategies.

Once your checklist is in place, it is time to start your research in your chosen area, market or niche. Tools to use now include such things as Google Adwords Keywords, Word Tracker or Market Samurai to determine how many people are actually searching for the area, market and niche you would like to address.

When all is said and done, even if you have the best product to fill that area – if no one wants it, it will not be to your advantage to spend you time in this market, niche or area. This will also show you how many others are competing for those readers, or dollars. Done properly, this can save you a lot of wasted time. Making sure your niche is a profitable one before spending too much time or your money can save you a lot of headache and heart ache in the long run.

Once the research has been done, it is time to start writing. The best way to write for the Internet is to write as though you are talking to a friend. As the saying goes “what is a stranger, but a friend you have not yet met”, and in this new market we are living in – people want to buy from those they know and trust . No BS’ing those you wish to build a relationship with – even if that relationship is only one of seller and buyer … as those definitions are becoming more and more blurred everyday.

When you are writing, do just that, write. Don’t edit. Don’t re-read. Don’t think too much. Writing is for just that – To WRITE. This will allow you to crank out a much higher amount of content in a much shorter mount of time (and no matter what – Content IS King). As a matter of fact when one allows themselves to get into the flow of writing the quality of the content can actually be much greater than if one agonizes over word usage, comma placement or sentence structure. PLUS the writing will sound more natural and free flowing.

Editing comes AFTER writing – not during the writing process. Using a spell checking software will take care of this issue along the way – so if you see red underlined words – don’t sweat it and do NOT go back to correct it – that is for AFTER you are done getting your words on the paper or on the screen.

If writing is not your cup of tea – writing is a task you can outsource using many of the resources available online, however having a rough framework of what you want to have written will assist your product to be what you envision it to be.

When you sit down with your researched market and niche and have your list of keywords to use and then allow your self to get into the flow of writing. You will have a pile of digital products to give away or sell in a very short amount of time.

SO – creating digitial products is a much easier task than many want you to believe it is and you too can have your own products to offer your readers, subscribers and buyers.

How, What, When, Where and HOW to Meditate

Evie — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:22:47 +0000

LOL!!! That is a lot to comprehend – learning all about meditating the What’s, When’s, Where’s and How’s … Unless you have listened heard Master Paramahamsa Nithyananda speak … WOW:

Twelve Minutes and 8 seconds worth listening to:

Let us inquire into reality. Let us inquire into the truth. Let us inquire into the question. What IS meditation? At seven minutes into the video Master Paramahamsa Nithyananda boils down WHAT meditation IS into a one line awesome description as to WHAT meditation is.

We ARE wired for enlightenment. Looking through his sites and reading up on him and his mission … WOW!!!!

This video is the fourth one of his video’s I’ve watched. As each one finishes, it makes me want to watch ANOTHER one.

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Imagine what a wonderful world

Evie — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:13:56 +0000

Imagine … Imagine if everywhere you look everyone was happy, where everyone was at peace, where everyone sought to be the BEST they could be and also sought to help others to be the best they can be … Imagine what a wonderful world one would find if the first thought is to build a wonderful world.

LOT’s of “free love” 1960 imagery ~ but get past that and see it as fueling our earth with love … with purpose … with fulfillment … with the reason WE (you, me, her, him, them, and us ) what a wonderful world this WILL be.

PLEASE – if you like the video and/or song – visit the actual YouTube video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XtLxzxQt3U ) and rate, leave comment and subscribe.

So many say what we do online is not worth the time spent – but one mind changed, one heart awakened, one being enlightened … yes it is.

It does not need to be by want of force or force of want – only by that which is … What a wonderful world this will be … I Say I am … I say I Am … I Say I AM WONDERFUL and by knowing this I know you are as well.

Say I am, Say I Am, Say I AM Wonderful, we ARE WonderFUL

Evie — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:08:11 +0000

I ran across a YouTube video … and WOW!!! awesome I wanted to ensure I do not lose contact with this video and the song – so what better way than to write a blog What a GREAT way to start a day.

Say I Am, Say I AM, Say I AM WONDERFUL It is by Gary Go and I say he is, I say he IS, I say he is WONDERFUL

You will need to go to YouTube to watch the video – click here and it will open in a new window as the embed feature has been disabled (but hey! it’s his and he wants his viewers to go to his YouTube page and see his other stuff as well, rate and leave comments … show your love )

Short, sweet and to the point.

When you see something you want to do – do not put it off, do it now. Today – NOT tomorrow. You know what you want to do. What is the plan to do it? What can be done NOW? DO IT … we are a miracle … but we each only have a finite amount of time to do what it is we are here to do.

Begin to accept you ARE wonderful, we are ALL wonderful – WE ARE A MIRACLE. Imagine when everyone understands how absolutely wonderful we all are … and then we begin to act like we ARE Wonderful and WE ARE MIRACLES … WOW!!!

Be happy? Be kings? Be blessed? Understand the power of our choice and what we choose?

We create in everything we do and do NOT. We affect and have an effect on everything we come into contact with every day. Embark on this journey and accept the fact that YES!!! YOU ARE WONDERFUL.

What is the potential when humanity begins to expand into how wonderful we are and begins to work together to build instead of against to destroy … WOW … it is with the Law of Attraction I set this magnetic course into action.

“Say, I am wonderful” resonates with awesome source vibrational energy. It brings a smile to my face just hearing the words silently inside my head …

And so it is, I share this video through this blog – please go, watch, rate and comment. As of the writing of this blog, the video has been watched 1,372,842 times. Will you make it 1,372,843 or will the number be even closer to 1,400,000? Do it today don’t wait for tomorrow. Do it today and then again tomorrow and the next day and the next and the next … do it until you know just how wonderful you are. Then go on to assist others to know how wonderful they are. You are a Miracle!

Thank You ~ From a Thankful World to a Thankful World and beyond.

Enforce Accountability

Evie — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:47:06 +0000

I am going through the 100 Day Challenge and today is day 30. Today’s lesson is about enforcing accountability.

I love the point of “What is the point of setting a goal or making a commitment if one has no intention of honoring it?”

Then all of the … but this happened, or I had no control over that, or any number of *excuses* and yes – even an “accident” can be called in and used as an *excuse* for why something didn’t get done or can’t be done.

If this is a one off item that hasn’t been able to be accomplished (yet) then what ever kept the commitment from being completed will be moved past and is a non issue … The clock on a goal, promise or commitment does not stop until the goal, promise or commitment has been completed or the goal, promise or commitment are ended.

If this is the track record of the person with the “accident” *excuse* then it is only another excuse as to why something is not done, or another promise must needs be broken, or {fill in the blank} There comes a time when others know one’s word does not mean anything – but still the person who says they will, thinks they will at the time they make what ever commitment they agree to … We may *Lie* to others – but one can not lie to one’s self.

When we try to tell our self that we will – but we have not COMMITTED to Our Self that we WILL (if we have not yet decided to ENFORCE ACCOUNTABILITY) ~ it is another goal, promise, commitment not worth the breath or paper it was made on.

It all comes down to how we CHOOSE to be perceived. It comes down to what it is we want to create. It is our free will and choice to follow-through or to give up, quit, stop, or break promises given. We must know what it is we are (or want) to do, then plan how it will be done, and then we must ACT on what we want, how we want it and keep going until we have completed our commitment.

We must first seek to commit to ourselves. And Then ENFORCE ACCOUNTABILITY, Once we get over that hurdle, anything is possible. Potential is limitless.

No matter where you are on the spectrum of accountable or total slacker who never accomplishes ANYTHING – YOU have the ability to reverse that trend and go from Super Human to slacker or from slacker to Super Human. We all have that choice to make every time we make a commitment, set a goal, or give a promise.

It is up to YOU to be your Enforcer of Accountability. Only YOU can create YOU to be the best you are able to be – anything else is just a temporary outside force. Like the wind may blow a leaf miles into the sky and half way around the world – but once the wind is no more – the leaf will surely fall back to earth and decay.

When is free really free?

Evie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:33:10 +0000

I received an e-mail earlier today offering a $189 product for free.

Yes!!! You heard right. F.R.E.E (their words exactly, in the e-mail “giving away everything
he knows for F.R.E.E.” as a matter of fact oh, I do like this font … and anyway back to the reason for this blog posting …

Once I get to the download page it asks for mailing, e-mail and other information – including your CC info for a $1.00 processing fee LOL!!! digital is about as automatic a delivery system as there will ever be – and other than bandwidth and hosting – but space on the Internet is relatively cheap ~ so not usually an issue.

So – back to my question: When is free really free? Even if it doesn’t cost you any money – how many sites offer “free” {fill in the blank~with chosen free digital thing} but to get the thing, we had to enter our e-mail address. If one must give something to get something else – it isn’t free …

… and then I got a link to an awesome site: DomainingMindMap I have been in sore need of just this type thing. Even going so far as to have voiced that *I need for a mind map on domaining* I don’t know when the MindMap was completed and posted, but it came along exactly when I needed and was ready for it.

Great ~ it’s another day Our community HOA (home owners association) meeting was last night – and I’m on the board – so, when ya gotta go… ya gotta go and after typing and sending out notes (waiting on go ahead to post to our website) Need to know how much of our *legal* issue to post, can be posted … etc. I’d say freedom of information act, it should be available to all who ask for it. Anyway, the judgments have always been in our favor and that’s why it has cost the resident so much, and will cost a lot more, but that’s been his choice the entire time.

Enough already – pay what you have cost this community and walk your dog on a lease when not on your property … period. Oh, and don’t kill people.

And then we are back to the question of “When is free really free?”

I guess that is one of the good things about living in a deed restricted neighborhood. We all have a set of rules we must follow and one of which is that dog’s must be leashed when not on ones own private property. In this instance we are free to live where we choose to as long as we can live by the rules … or at least when told repeatedly by legal opinion (gosh that get’s expensive – huh?) … and then to offer what was offered you about six(?) seven(?) years ago … LOL!!! Really almost rolling on the floor laughing Thank’s I needed that

I started this blog with the question of when is free really free? I’d love to know your opinion … what do you think?

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Pandora – the way music will be heard in future?

Evie — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:45:22 +0000

Yesterday I became aware of a site called Pandora (no kick back, payment or affiliation of any kind for the link) Pandora began what they call a Music Genome Project (registered trademark) … About this same time we began a project at my place of work at the time (Intuit) and we called it the genome project.

The business end of our project goals was to get to the smallest particle of what made what happen when and where in the QuickBooks program. QuickBooks had grown very quickly and it had become a pieced together bit of wonder – but how did all the pieces work together? The team I had on this project were the BEST of the BEST! and they delved deeper than anyone thought they would be able to. They embarked into an unknown territory. Their focus was to uncover the genome of QuickBooks.

We went to Mountain View a few times to educate the programmers of the program about what the program THEY built did, why, and what happened IF … since I was on the management side (the *YOU CAN DO IT* motivating part) a lot of what my team did went right over my head, but I knew what they did made a HUGE difference in what happened going forward.

We knew what our goal was we carefully planned what to do and then we acted upon what we found. The potential was HUGE!

Unfortunately (in my view) the bottom line ruled the future and Intuit is where Intuit is now because of that … neither here, neither there – BUT …

The Genome projects of the year 2000 lay the ground work for the future – one of which is Pandora:

On January 6, 2000 a group of musicians and music-loving technologists came together with the idea of creating the most comprehensive analysis of music ever.

Together we set out to capture the essence of music at the most fundamental level. We ended up assembling literally hundreds of musical attributes or “genes” into a very large Music Genome. Taken together these genes capture the unique and magical musical identity of a song – everything from melody, harmony and rhythm, to instrumentation, orchestration, arrangement, lyrics, and of course the rich world of singing and vocal harmony. It’s not about what a band looks like, or what genre they supposedly belong to, or about who buys their records – it’s about what each individual song sounds like.

Since we started back in 2000, we’ve carefully listened to the songs of tens of thousands of different artists – ranging from popular to obscure – and analyzed the musical qualities of each song one attribute at a time. This work continues each and every day as we endeavor to include all the great new stuff coming out of studios, clubs and garages around the world.

It has been quite an adventure, you could say a little crazy – but now that we’ve created this extraordinary collection of music analysis, we think we can help be your guide as you explore your favorite parts of the music universe.

We hope you enjoy the journey.

Tim Westergren
Founder
The Music Genome Project

If we lived in Oakland California – I’d be banging on their door daily – I want to work for you! I want to work for you! I WILL work for you But since we don’t and moving to California is HIGHLY unlikely – this blog post will suffice for now. I have created three seperate stations so far and I am amazed – in awe – in wonderful WONDER as to what they have created.

It is my hope the project my team undertook in the year 2000 to map out the QuickBooks genome has rendered that product as useful and awesome as the one undertaken by Pandora.

Give it a listen – try it out and see what you think – I’d LOVE to hear your comments about this new media available to us all.

Thank You,

Evie

Let Me be My Self

Evie — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:40:20 +0000

Great Greetings

I started the day today reading through my e-mail. One of the emails I missed from yesterday lead me to the video of Shrek and the song “Let Me Be Myself” sung by 3 Doors Down. What an awesome song, what an awesome movie, what an awesome combination.

We are moving towards people accepting others as they are, but many people are still hiding who they really are from themselves. As a child the phrase: Relax, Release, Let Go came to me and when it did – it saved my life … literally. I had been hanging on to a submerged log in a fast moving river, and I didn’t know how to swim.

Those words came to me like a warm blanket on a cold night … Relax … Release … Let Go and know it is alright. My friend shrieking from shore, told me afterward that she was totally amazed I drifted against the current and ended up in a thicket of tree roots about 10 feet below where she stood. The phrase relax, release, let go has stayed with me all these years.

It wasn’t until the past few years the … and know it is alright, part was remembered. I feel the Relax, release, let go and know it is alright joined with the Let Me Be My Self are another perfect combination and as Shrek shows we don’t have to be the prefect prince or the beautiful princess to be the awesome wonder in which we are.

It takes all kinds to make the world the place it is to be … so Relax, Release, Let Go and Know It Is Alright – Let Me Be My Self … That is said from Myself to My Self … If everyone gave themselves permission to BE who they are, we will get to where we are going very much quicker. When we allow ourselves to be who we are our gifts each of us have are allowed to open and begin to be utilized much like the seeds of future flowers are contained inside the heart of every bud, BUT if the bud is not allowed to open and show it’s true colors, the seeds are lost ….

So the Goal Buzz for today is Be Authentic – Be who YOU are – accept others for who THEY are – and let’s all stop trying to categorize people into who we think they should be or how they should act. If all the colors in the crayon box were the same color, and all the building the same style and all the roads only went one way … yucky poo-poo

Let Me Be My Self