A ten minute documentary about Eugene from a few years ago.
(Source: youtube.com)
10 Rules I Swear To Live By
When you promise or set your mind to do something, make sure you deliver on it.
This is what gives me “entrepreneur juice” so to speak. EXECUTE.There is no secret or a purpose driven life. When you’ve thought it through for its worthiness and practicality, just go ahead and do it. Let the small things sort themselves out later. Perfect timing is a myth as is the search for perfection.
Accomplish something each day no matter how small and build on it.
Qualify and quantify.Whether it be small goals (writing 2 blog posts a day), or mid term (lose 5 pounds) or long term goals (online income and happiness), they all add for you to become successful. Learn in increments and apply in increments. It’s just information when you store it, it becomes knowledge when you use it. Set your mind to be in this framework.
Try different things, meet different people, go to different places.
Businesses are planned, but life isn’t. Enjoy life. Don’t stay in your comfort zone. Listen to a completely new genre of music or engage in a foreign sport. Take a different route to work or veer off the normal path. Don’t just meet any people, meet people whom you can share mutual admiration and camaraderie with. Life’s currency are experiences not money. Do these things and you might just surprise yourself.
Visualize and focus!
Keep it simple and focus. Most star athletes have a clear vision of winning and most revered (and reviled) businessmen see opportunities and markets when others don’t. Picture the steps needed for completion, and in each step try to proceed head on and if you keep failing keep getting back up. Retrace and learn.
Positive before the negative.
Things are never as bad as they seem. Stress is of a state of mind. Is that concern really worth worrying over? Contentment and happiness are bound by a change of perspective. Think of what you already have and be thankful. It’s not what you want, its what you need. What you end up getting in life is just the icing, you’re alive and healthy.Time is non renewable, don’t waste it on being negative. Wake up with an aura of being positive.
Go against the tide and stand out.
Don’t be a xerox copy, be the original piece of creativity. Pay attention to the trends and start your own. Be unique and original. Try to do something that’s never been done. Offer something amazing to the world. Be someone that’s talk about not talked on. Don’t compare to what’s already been done, set an entirely new benchmark.
Forgive but never forget and always be humble.
Forgiveness cleanses the soul and humility strengthens it. Don’t lose your way, remember where you came from and who and what you have to thank for. Learn to say please and serve others. It’s not all about you. Engage in compassion and empathy: you will benefit immensely from this.
Try not to lose your temper or patience.
This is a pet peeve of mine that I need to work on more. When you lose you temper, I imagine a part of your sanity detaches as well. Take responsibility for what you can control and help others with their abilities to contribute. Inspire people around you and know that you’re in it for the long haul.
Genuinely care about people.
Make the world a better place. Life isn’t all about money. In the whole scehmes of things the world is HUGE and you’re only a small part of its machinations. Make sure the drop you make in the bucket has meaning. Happiness is proportionate to being a decent human being. Karma will come to give it back to your a hundred fold.
Smile and laugh.
Ever try smiling just for the heck of it? Just the action itself make one feel better. Laughter cures most problems and diffuses most predicaments.
Please pass this on if you’ve feel it’s helped you. I’ve pasted these on my Ipod touch so hopefully if it ever gets stolen it will make the thief a better person (or elevate him to the status of pickpocket boss one day).
Be Resourceful. Be Relevant. Be Relentess.
The Entrepreneurist
(Source: theentrepreneurist.com)
Kids, back in 2012, your aunt Robin wanted to do something more with her life. So she took her love of guns to an organization called S.H.I.E.L.D and fought alongside the Avengers.
Now, your Uncle Barney and I took it pretty hard; she was getting to spend a lot of time with another billionaire playboy, this guy named Tony Stark. Your Uncle Barney almost went crazy when he found out the guy had a metal suit.
“It shoots fireballs, Ted! He looks like a freakin’ storm trooper!”
(via ginobambino)
Sweet lesson on patience - Old woman and a taxi driver
A New York City Taxi driver wrote: I arrived at the address and honked the horn. After waiting a few minutes I honked again. Since this was going to be my last ride of my shift I thought about just driving away, but instead I put the car in park and walked up to the door and knocked.. ‘Just a minute’, answered a frail, elderly voice. I could hear something being dragged across the floor.
After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her 90’s stood before me. She was wearing a print dress and a pillbox hat with a veil pinned on it, like somebody out of a 1940’s movie. By her side was a small nylon suitcase. The apartment looked as if no one had lived in it for years. All the furniture was covered with sheets.
There were no clocks on the walls, no knickknacks or utensils on the counters. In the corner was a cardboard box filled with photos and glassware. ‘Would you carry my bag out to the car?’ she said. I took the suitcase to the cab, then returned to assist the woman.
She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the curb. She kept thanking me for my kindness. ‘It’s nothing’, I told her.. ‘I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother to be treated.’ ‘Oh, you’re such a good boy, she said. When we got in the cab, she gave me an address and then asked, ‘Could you drive through downtown?’ ‘It’s not the shortest way,’ I answered quickly.. ‘Oh, I don’t mind,’ she said. ‘I’m in no hurry. I’m on my way to a hospice.
I looked in the rear-view mirror. Her eyes were glistening. ‘I don’t have any family left,’ she continued in a soft voice..’The doctor says I don’t have very long.’ I quietly reached over and shut off the meter. ‘What route would you like me to take?’ I asked.
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator. We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds. She had me pull up in front of a furniture warehouse that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl. Sometimes she’d ask me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
As the first hint of sun was creasing the horizon, she suddenly said, ‘I’m tired. Let’s go now’. We drove in silence to the address she had given me. It was a low building, like a small convalescent home, with a driveway that passed under a portico. Two orderlies came out to the cab as soon as we pulled up. They were solicitous and intent, watching her every move. They must have been expecting her.
I opened the trunk and took the small suitcase to the door. The woman was already seated in a wheelchair. ‘How much do I owe you?’ She asked, reaching into her purse. ‘Nothing,’ I said ‘You have to make a living,’ she answered. ‘There are other passengers,’ I responded. Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. ‘You gave an old woman a little moment of joy,’ she said. ‘Thank you.’ I squeezed her hand, and then walked into the dim morning light.. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life..
I didn’t pick up any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly lost in thought. For the rest of that day,I could hardly talk. What if that woman had gotten an angry driver, or one who was impatient to end his shift? What if I had refused to take the run, or had honked once, then driven away?
On a quick review, I don’t think that I have done anything more important in my life. We’re conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments. But great moments often catch us unaware-beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one.
(Source: holysmokesbatman)
(Source: holysmokesbatman)
