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2011 is special

Farhard Khurshed, a professional copywriter sent me this. It kind of makes you wonder…

This year we will experience 4 unusual dates….

1/1/11, 1/11/11, 11/1/11, 11/11/11 …

NOW go figure this out….

Take the last 2 digits of the year you were born plus the age you will be this year and it WILL EQUAL TO 111.

Hmmm… Something to think about!

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Pressure At Work?

This is a classic motivational story worth sharing…

I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse, and after he had just finished a rough first day on the job, a flat tyre made him lose an hour of work, his electric drill quit and his ancient one-ton truck refused to start. While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence.

On arriving he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked towards the front door, he paused briefly at a tree, touching the tips of the tree. When opening the door he underwent an amazing transformation.

His tanned face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss. Afterward he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do earlier.

Problem Worry TreeOh, that’s my trouble tree,” he replied. “I know I can’t help having troubles on the job, but one thing’s for sure, those troubles don’t belong in the house with my wife and the children.

So I just hang them up on the tree every night when I come home and ask God to take care of them. Then in the morning I pick them up again.

“Funny thing is,” he smiled, “when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren’t nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night before.”

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LukyMe Vanity plate

While driving around, I spotted this vanity plate and the setting was perfect…

I thought it would be a great visual to ask you the question “Do you feel lucky?”

Vanity Plate

Luky Me Plate

If you don’t feel lucky, why not? You can create your own luck when you adopt Exponential Mindset Thinking™.

As Norman Vincent Peale professed “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

Feeling angry, envious or resentful toward someone who appears “luckier” than you is not the way to be successful.

What you want to do is getting into the right “mindspace” and manifest those things you want – FIRST by BELIEVING they can happen.

Then by MAKING them happen.

It’s what I do for my clients – creating success with a work-life balance approach that doesn’t compromise your RESULTS.

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Antimimeticisomorphism: Spray on clothing?

What I like about this series is that there is always something fresh, new and exciting to share with you – like today’s video – spray on clothing… Yep! Believe it.

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Antimimeticisomorphism: School built out of plastic bottles

This series of blog posts spotlighting examples of antimimeticisomorphism are aimed at triggering your Reticular Activation System (RAS) to seek out and find similar examples that can help you grow your business, advance your career and/or improve your life(style). When you do come across something that is truly out-of-the-ordinary, please pay it forward by sharing it with me so I can keep this going indefinitely.

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Dr Malcolm Simons – Makes The Cover Of Chinese Journal Of Cancer

A friend of mine just made the cover of the Chinese Journal Of Cancer Dr Malcom Simons. I’ve blogged about his inspirational perspective several times on this and other blogs.

The cover portrait entitled, “Dr DNA”, is of Professor Malcolm James Simons. Born in 1939 in New Zealand, Simons was Director of the WHO Immunology Research & Training Centre, University of Singapore, from 1970 to 1976, during which time he established an HLA genetic laboratory for Chinese, Malays, and Indians and discovered HLA genetic associations with diseases including nasopharyngeal carcinoma and hepatitis B-associated hepatocyte carcinoma.

Perhaps best known as the inventor of the 1989/90 “junk DNA” patents that found diagnostic value for genome-wide association studies in non-coding DNA, Simons created another suite of far-reaching patents on single chromosome analysis of linear DNA and of epigenetic haplotypes starting in 2005.

In 1979, Simons and his life-long colleague, Brian Tait, were the first foreigners to conduct an HLA and NPC Workshop in China at the Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center. In 2010, now a visiting professor in the same university, Simons is bringing a lifetime of experience to HLA and whole-genome data analysis of NPC that he expects will reveal hitherto-unrecognised genetic characteristics.

Simons is eight years out from a diagnosis of the currently incurable cancer multiple myeloma. During this time, he has continued working throughout his various treatments. As befits an indomitable spirit with a formidable focus, Simons has been even more productive, using the cancer as a means of reevaluating his life, researching, and developing another biotechnology company.

The cover portrait, created by Ann Abrahmsen, an artist and Simons’ wife, shows him serene yet slightly quizzical, surrounded by a sea of DNA printouts, his hands at rest, and his contribution to the work complete. To read his latest editorial and related manuscripts in this issue of the Chinese Journal of Cancer, please see pages 79-123.

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Vacation Planning Versus Goal Setting

The New Year is one of the most popular times of year for people to set goals – New Year’s Resolutions… This quote puts it all in perspective doesn’t it?

If you want a second chance at THIS year’s New Year’s Resolutions <- Click here.

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“I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations
with better care than they plan their lives. Perhaps that is
because escape is easier than change.”

- Jim Rohn

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This quote was provided to me by the Gourmet Guardian, Gavin Buckett.

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A Sign You’re Driving Too Fast

When I saw this, I just couldn’t resist – who thinks of this stuff?!?!?

Driving a little too fast - Jesus

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823 Reasons to enjoy yourself this January

Every 823 years, there is a month with 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays and guess what? This January, 2011 is it!

This is the universe’s way of saying “TAKE THE TIME TO ENJOY YOURSELF, I’m giving you an extra weekend!”

Make the most (or least) of it!

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Dream Vacation Spot

If you’ve created a Fantasy board / dream board / Vision Board… Then you might want to cut and paste this photo. It’s one of the many techniques I teach clients to help them reach their goals and live their dream. It all starts in the mind – whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve… That’s classic Norman Vincent Peale positive thinking. If you come across anything else like this, of course PLEASE SHARE!

Hammock in the ocean

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