New Year's Eve - Music

2009 Goal Setting Video - Joseph McClendon II

I've had the privilege of meeting and working with Joseph over the years at different Tony Robbins events....

Looking Back - Looking Forward

I always take advantage of the end of the year to sum up the previous year. I write down all my accomplishments and success's in the following 6 areas:

Family
Health & Fitness
Career
Finances
Contribution / Social
Stretch / Personal Growth

I also sum up areas that need improvement and were weak last year. The goal is to make an honest assessment of what I accomplished, what I need to accomplish and where I stand today. I also use the time to celebrate my accomplishment so as to build on them. I also use the assessment to feel and express gratitude for all I have in my life. After completing my sum up of 2008 it is time to design my future and what I intend to accomplish in 2009..........

Thought for the Day - Forget New Year's Resolutions

Forget New Year's Resolutions.

It's time to step up and be serious about taking the time to plan your future with the same amount of attention you plan your vacation. The least you can do every year is to sum up the previous year and create a plan for the new year. I will offer some thoughts on how to do that tommorow.....

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos # 2 - Sitting on the Dock of the Bay

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos # 1 - What About Now?

Saturday's Motivational Videos - T Harv Eker

Thought for the Day - Enjoy the Holidays

Enjoy the Holidays, your family, friends, the spirit of the holidays and your blessings.

Merry Christmas - Feliz Navidad - Happy Holidays

Christmas Music # 3 - Feliz Navidad

Christmas Music # 2 - Holy Night - Celtiic Woman

Christmas Song #1 - Nat King Cole

Christmas Eve

Denver Lights

Movie Review - Miracle on 34th St

Just purchased and watched "Miracle on 34th St" with my family. It's a great movie that truly captures the Christmas spirit and the power of faith and belief. It's a movie that you watch every Christmas and yet if moves you laugh,cry and have faith in that special innocence of childhood. None of the remakes come close to the original. It's a film to watch with your family.

Thought for the Day - Communicate Hope

"During this time of financial challenges, uncertainty, and change, I would encourage you to make your voice heard. Communicate hope. Let people know that we shouldn't wait for the future, we should create it... ..."
Phil Cooke

Thought for the Day - Problems Are a Good Thing

"The only people with no problems are dead"

Robin Sharma

I say bring on the problems I got the solutions.

Hmmm the third reminder.... see previous post

Personal Ramblings - Problems - We all need a reminder some time

I've been struggling with a challenging family issue and feeling a little anxious about it. Now I know that I need to turn it around and look for the lessons and the positives in what on the surface appears to be a negative. Yet sometimes you feel like you've been kicked in the stomach and even though you know what you should do it's hard to do it. Well I came across this article and it just reaffirmed what I know and believe and it gave me some additional encouragement. So I will find a way to learn from it and grow.

You know, the scariest thing my daughter has ever, ever said to me, and she said this to me and it scared the living daylights out of me .... She said to me, "Dad, I don't think my life is going to work out how I had it planned." I broke into tears. I said, "Honey, you're right. It's not. But that's a good thing. Life never works out the way you planned. It's a journey. It's being able to look at the things that have happened to you and being able to flip them upside down and see them in the proper perspective. There is no bad. There is only things that happen to you, and you choose to make them bad or you choose to grow from there. You choose to learn from your mistakes."

Glenn Beck

And then the same day I ran across this....

"Problems are a sign of life. The secret is not to solve all our problems; rather it’s to learn to see them as gifts - an opportunity to learn, grow and give more to those around us. After all, it’s how we deal with our problems that ultimately determines the quality of our lives. Remember perception is power. Sometimes our so-called “problems” turn out to be the greatest blessings of our lives. "

Tony Robbins

(I'm going to repeat that last line - "Sometimes our so-called “problems” turn out to be the greatest blessings of our lives".) And I say very true.

http://tonyrobbinstraining.com/56/problemsand-happiness/#comments

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos # 2 - Feel That Feeling

Frankie Beverly & Maze

Sunday's Eclectic Music Video # 1 - Gypsy Christian Music

Movie Review - Slumdog Millionaire

Just watched "Slumdog Millionaire" directed by Danny Boyle at a local theater and I can't recommend it enough.

Here is the plot summary on IMDB:
The story of Jamal Malik (Patel), an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika (Pinto), the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out... Written by Fox Searchlight Pictures

Check it out..........