Hey there! Welcome back! Get more focus…tweetcount_url=’http://focusedexistence.com/blog/just-do-it-thrust-yourself-out-to-the-edgeyou-could-find-yourself-and-your-niche/’;tweetcount_title=’Just Do It! Thrust yourself out to the edge…you could find your niche…and yourself!’;tweetcount_cnt=0;tweetcount_background=’3399ff’;A while back I was reading a book called the 8 Patterns of Highly Effective Entrepreneurs by Brent Bowers (excellent book- btw). I have a habit of just opening a book and start reading wherever my [...]
There’s lots of benefits to quieting the mind through meditation.
For some meditation involves getting into strange positions and chanting or humming mantras and stuff. For others, it is simply clearing the mind of thoughts. Thoughts have emotions (many negative) attached to them, so you start with them.
Here’ s one method you can try:
Clear your mind [...]
By Carl Davison on Sunday, October 28, 2007Filed Under: American Culture, The Main Focus
Just read and you will understand. See if you can relate any of the negative behaviors that are referred to with the mindsets of so many people in the U.S. these days.
Praise, flattery, exaggerated manners, and fine, high-sounding words were no part of Lakota politeness. Excessive manners were put down as insincere, and the constant [...]
By Carl Davison on Saturday, October 27, 2007Filed Under: The Main Focus
Trump’s latest book with Robert Kiyosaki says it all.
On page 32, Trump writes: “There is a certain amount of living on the edge that’s needed if one is to excel.”
People have got to move out of their comfort zones and take some risks in order to grow. Becoming wealthy and affluent is something [...]
By Carl Davison on Friday, October 26, 2007Filed Under: Copywriting Culture
“At 60 miles per hour, the only sound you hear is the ticking of the clock” – Rolls Royce, copy written by David Ogilvy
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By Carl Davison on Thursday, October 25, 2007Filed Under: Martial Arts Culture, The Main Focus
I have practiced martial arts in one form of another since I was a kid. A while back, I stumbled upon a site that exposes the complete and utter bullshit found in so many of them. I’d like to share this site with you.
For about 5+ years now, Bullshido.net/.com has been the Internet’s version [...]
An email from James Ray. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers…even though it’s all gonna be ok.
October 22, 2007
4:45 PM
Friends,
At the time of writing, my home and office have been evacuated due to the fires raging in the San Diego area, and the James Ray International office will be [...]
By Carl Davison on Wednesday, October 24, 2007Filed Under: Health and Fitness Culture
I got pissed and wrote another article on misconceptions about working out, diet, and exercise:
I am going to address some of the common misconceptions and problems of diet and exercise that I see running rampant in society. I am going to get to the heart of the matter concerning why so many people never succeed [...]
Someone in a recent comment to my post “Programming and ‘The Law’…” used the Biblical account of Jesus and the money changers he threw out of the temple at Jerusalem in reference to Joe Vitale and his marketing techniques. I thought I’d address that with an article.
He also mentioned Buddhism, but I’m not and haven’t [...]
I received the following from a company called True Protein that has some really great products. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers as well as everyone else out in So Cal.
Southern California is in a state of crisis this morning as wild fires continue to ravish East San Diego County. Many [...]
