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The impact of the death of Anna Nicole Smith

February 9, 2007 at 8:47 am · Filed under Ambition & Dreams, Attitude & Outlook, Courage & Fear, Food for Thought, Health and Fitness

Anna Nicole SmithI was still lying on bed when I heard over the radio that Anna Nicole Smith died. I cleared my head and thought they were just talking about her 20-year old son who died middle of last year; unfortunately it was the 39-year old actress.

I was taken aback by the sudden death of her son and now Anna who is still very young had the same fate.

This year I decided that my top most priority is my health which includes losing a great amount of body fat percentage, strengthen my heart, eat healthy foods, kick away any bad eating habits, etc.

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Awesome Link Reads: 02.08

February 8, 2007 at 11:11 pm · Filed under Attitude & Outlook, Courage & Fear, Food for Thought, Link Reads, Management & Leadership, Personal Development, Productivity, Success/Career & Techniques

6 Reasons to Keep Receipts…Or Not! (Life Hack)
It Might Be Time to Take a Risk if… (Christine Kane)
Stikkit: Magic words, functional emails, and a handy cheat sheet (43 Folders)
Create New Habits: Self-Regulation (Senia)
Why you need to worry about coincidence (Seth Godin)
Yahoo! column: How to deal with a bad boss (Penelope Trunk)

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Peyton Manning Committed to Personal Development to Win Super Bowl title and MVP after Years of Failure

February 5, 2007 at 9:19 pm · Filed under Ambition & Dreams, Attitude & Outlook, Courage & Fear, Great/Successful People, Health and Fitness, Life Heroes, Management & Leadership, Striving for Excellence, War Stories

pPeyton Manning Super Bowl Champion MVP XLI

I am impressed with Peyton Manning who has shown determination and perseverance in developing into one of the greatest football quarterbacks in history after enduring years of defeat and disappointment.

Focus on the goal

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Evade and Survive

May 5, 2006 at 1:49 am · Filed under Courage & Fear

Never let anyone push you around.
So my advice to you is simply this: Never let anyone push you around. First, try to defuse the situation. If you can’t do that, stand up and defend yourself.—Bob Parsons

Courage is a special kind of knowledge. It’s knowing how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared.—David Ben Gurion

Since I was a kid I was the kind of person taught to fight for what I felt was right.

I could still remember the day I was in preparatory grade when I was around 6 years old when a bunch of guys beat me up. The reason for their actions was my refusal to sit in front of the school bus rather than at the back where I already sat. It had been their bully’s rule that the younger ones were supposed to sit at the front while the senior ones were at the back. I really did not care about the bully rule since I was the first one who arrived at the bus and wanted to have a good elevated view by sitting at the back. This prompted them to confront me which ended up in a fight. Four 12 year old kids pushed me and tried to beat me up.

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2 Steps back and 5 Steps Forward

April 18, 2006 at 12:51 pm · Filed under Courage & Fear

My father taught me while growing up that there will be times in life that I shall need to take 2 steps backwards in order to take 5 steps forward. Success does not come easy and sometimes we find ourselves making mistakes only realizing them towards the end of our decision. For us to move forward and be the best we could be; we sometimes need move back or be the worst we can ever be.

Taking a step back is difficult because this forces us out of our usual comfort zone. We hesitate from the start and even after making the decision doubt will be there along the way until we regain the step back and move forward a series of steps ahead.

When I was starting my career I was fortunate enough to work in a company that paid me 3 times of the normal wage. Considering I was fresh out of college this was a big thing for me. But as I started to work I felt growth was nowhere in sight. I started to get bored and realized I would never achieve anything. Yes, by all standards my salary was way ahead of everyone else but it was just a matter of time when my peers caught up with me while I remained stuck and worse degrade in the foreseeable future.

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