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Shovels Full Of Money
Last week we left off with: "People were willing to pay $2 to $5 to have their walks and driveway shoveled. More than they were willing to pay for lawn mowing.
Ancient Technology For Mapping
DR. SENTIEL ROMMEL: As part of the research team that sought to know how advanced the ancient navigational equipment and computers or astrolabes were, this man deserves credit he has not received; although it might be that credit would come in the form of ridicule such as was directed at Barraclough Fell. Here is an excerpt from The Epigraphic Society Occasional Publication no. 20 on pages 2-3 which makes mention of his assistance in these regards that prove Maui was not the only possessor of ...
Rhubarb, Tippy, And Bottlecaps
He was still sitting there. Marvin peeked around the corner to check again, and there he was, sitting patiently.
Tree Huggers
I want to give you a little more insight of where my beliefs are and the system I feel we need to build to be the most effective organization. I also want to let you know that I value each one of you as a person, and not just a name on my list. That is why I try to respond personally to each one of you when you send me a note. I know it takes a while sometimes, but that is because I get a ton of mail.
Plastic Bottle Ranch
I want to talk about being a responsible consumer this week and to answer a couple frequent questions I receive from many of you wonderful subscribers.
Burt And Ernie
I am going to attempt to take some boring information, and pump a little life into it. I have some information from the Ohio Division of Recycling and Litter Prevention. The paper claims to be printed with soy ink, but it does not mention if the paper is recycled or not.
What About Beetle Juice On Your Lips?
I am your buffer zone. If I were to forward to you the comments I get from anti-Earth friendly types, it would just spoil your day. But I have tough skin, and I know that the work we do, will hopefully benefit even those who are against us.
Pebble In A Pool
There are two sides to each story. Our story has at least two sides, with varying degrees. I have said that I believe in staying near the center of the road on our education of preserving the Earth, because I believe we can effect more people there. This is what I mean with a "Common sense approach."
Good Neighbors And Pig Slop
GRAB YOUR P.E.E.L. Coffee mugs as Tim prepares for Article VI: "Good Neighbors and Pig Slop" "Ahem, ahem" (clearing throat). I would like to try to bring a little more clarity to what we are trying to do here. We are trying to accomplish a unique position in the business world, one that exists not only to make a fair profit, but to make an effective positive change to the world around us. The industrial age brought big business, and the attitude of most big business at that time was that ...
May I Dump Here?
This last weekend I took some prospective buyers down to my forest in Morgan county. I always love to take the one hour drive and view the country side on the way down.
I Want To Live In A Pop Bottle!
Remember "Burt and Ernie"? They were fictional characters I used in one of the "Serious Talks From Tim"articles about 6 months ago.
Attitude - The Marketer's Most Important Trait
Attitude is a key part of each of us. A central part of our make-up, who we are as individuals. It is also a major factor whether you succeed at what you do or fail. Your attitude about life can give you many different outcomes to a situation, the choice is up to you.
Rut Busting
Introduction WordNet defines a rut as a groove or furrow (especially in soft earth caused by wheels) or a monotonous routine that is hard to escape; as in “her job made her feel that she was stuck in a rut”. What is this thing that we call a rut? Is one man’s rut another man’s rapture? I. What is a rut? In nature, weight and repetition form a rut. A wagon wheel travels the same path over and over and over again until the ground retains the impression. If you’ve ever ...
You Can Always Achieve More If You Are Determined To Succeed
When I was twelve my parents bought me a five foot snooker table for my birthday. This turned out to be the best present I was ever bought and I quickly became hooked on the game. My friends would regularly come round to my house for a game and when they were not there I would practice on my own.
Connect The Dots! Your Roadmap For Success
Recently, Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Computer and Pixar Animation Studios, gave a commencement address to the graduating class at Stanford University. He talked about creating passion, life and death, and “connecting the dots.” The dots were events in his life, many challenging and many positive, which led to his many successes. He shared with the audience that being fired from Apple Computer, the computer he founded, he was able to step back and develop the idea for ...
Words To Live By - Six Ways To Breathe Life Into Your Day
We’ve heard the instructions many times over. There is such familiarity that many people can almost recite them verbatim. In fact, these directives are so crucial; they are printed on placards and demonstrated visually by the staff. They are so important that they can’t wait until you are airborne to share. I’m talking about the life-saving instructions on what to do in case of an emergency that airline passengers receive on every flight before they’re airborne. Given ...
The Power Of Five
Do you ever fret? In today's materialistic age, sometimes fretting is inevitable. With so many goals to achieve and needs to meet, fretting has become the "official emotion of the generation."
A Woman's Road To True Beauty
We live in a world where society dictates the norm. In today’s society, beauty becomes so stringent that many women develop distorted views of body images and become frustrated at not being able to obtain the “ideal figure.” Some women are so dissatisfied with their body size that they are driven to become thin and maintain that thinness, sometimes to the detriment of their health. Some women diet in order to increase their self-confidence, make a partner happy or to fit into the ...
Lights, Camera, Take Action
Have you ever had a great business idea? Did you focus & plan out the business in your mind and then write it down on paper? Of course you did “Take Action”? Right? Well most of us have great ideas or talents that we can share with the rest of the world but never do. WHY??? Think about how many Jobs you could have created and how many people you could have helped with your idea or business. Do you see where I'm going with this? So what happened? Why ...
Knowledge Or Action
It's been said that knowledge is power. While that's true to an extent, it isn't the whole truth. Knowledge without action is almost useless. It doesn't help to be a genius if you never do anything with the knowledge. I tend to think of knowledge as ammunition and action as a gun. (It's a typical guy thought, I know but it works for me.) Think about it. If you have bullets and no gun, they're pretty much useless. If you have a gun and no bullets, the best you can do ...
Life Is About Taking
"Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new." Brian Tracy
Map to a Gold Mine Could You, Would You?
If a total stranger came up to you and said: "I've got a map", what would you think? Would you be intrigued or would you think he was nuts? What if he added: "It's a map to a gold mine." Would that get you interested? What if he said: "I'll sell you the map." There are many unknown quantities in the above scenario. In other words, there are a number of things that you need to know about the man and his map. Here are some considerations: who is this ...
Even Though
As often happens following one of the Best Year Yet programs I do, a message emerges for Monday Morning Coach. Recently I conducted a BYY workshop and what struck me was how often participants (I include myself in this group, since each time I present it, I am also vicariously examining my own life) stop themselves from taking action because of the underlying belief that they don't have "enough," or aren't enough (smart enough, thin enough, ready enough, etc.) to make things ...
Do It Now!
"At the end of our lives we never regret at the things we failed at but at the things we hope for but never attempted." Richie Dayo Johnson
Five 'Mores' to Enhance Your Performance
When you think about the most successful, happy, fulfilled people you know, you could probably identify some characteristics these people have in common. If we were sitting together, I’m sure we could build a nice list of these characteristics, attributes, habits and attitudes.
Procrastination
Allow me to start this with a quote: To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing. ~Eva Young “I’ll do it tomorrow”. Does this sound familiar? Getting something done is easy when it is something we enjoy. Unfortunately, we all have lots of tasks that we don’t particularly enjoy. Even when a thing simply must be done, almost all of us are pretty good at coming up with excuses for putting them off: · So I’m getting a little over-weight! Who ...
Perseverance As A Virtue
"Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure." - Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881) - British Statesman, Prime Minister
A Resolution for Excellence
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” - Aristotle January is typically the time of year when we pledge ourselves to all kinds of New Year’s resolutions designed to make our lives better. There are common themes to these resolutions like losing weight, quitting smoking, or getting healthy. During the first few weeks, efforts to change are usually very strong. Gradually the motivation slows down and eventually wanes away to a distant memory in ...
Life After Prison The Road Home, Vanishing Dreams
The basic trauma of being locked inside of a penal institution is often overlooked. The effect this system has on a person is very hard to imagine. Along with the institutional scars, each inmate carries his own internal wounds from his personal sense of suffering and loss. The average prisoner has several weeks notice before he is released. During this time he daydreams of spending time with his children, eating “real food” surrounded by family and friends. Some even fantasize about a ...
What You Can Do About Procrastination
Goals stalled? Always running behind? Stuck in a rut? Procrastination means “putting it off”. Whether it’s a career goal, a home project, or something about your daily life, a sustained plateau on a goal can rattle your motivation, challenge your thinking. And that can eventually mean that you’re putting off your LIFE, not just a task. The key is to push through these plateaus to see the finish line. Take a good look, reassess your strategy, ask some questions, make some ...