Promoting Amazing Visions – Blog Carnival Edition 3
I’ve run two blog carnival editions here at Postcards from the Funny Farm on innovation and inspiration. The title is “Amazing Vision” and the posts have been about people with just that. I’m running a third edition because the time is now for greatness.
Our country and world is needier than ever for leaders and great [...]Possibility Thinking got us our House
“when you accept everything for what it is without labels you are outside of your ego”
-Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth
To me this is such an excellent thought. I’d say about 70-80% of ALL our anxiety is borne out of imagined conclusions. We could turn that imagination into creative thoughts to make our lives [...]Push it to the Sidebar of Life
One of my favorite songs is the Beatles: “Let it Be.”
When I find myself in times of trouble …
Speaking words of wisdom let it be.
We live in the most “multi-tasking” and multi-demanding society in history. The human mind wasn’t created and hasn’t evolved to handle all the stress and demands in a given day. [...]Squinting to See the Rainbow: Randy Pausch
Update: I wrote the post below 8 months ago. Since then, Randy has been on Oprah and the cover of every magazine imaginable. You can read how he is doing on his journey here. This guy is an incredible example of a possibility thinker. I try to emulate him. As [...]
In My Book of Dreams
I was talking to someone the other day and they told me drama was inevitable in their life. I disagreed and made a suggestion that has worked for me during similar pessimistic times:
Make a list of what you want.
It’s great for focusing your own energies on your goals as well as setting an example for [...]Dollars to Donuts to Pizza Hut Dough
Around 1990, most every strip-mall-concept “Winchells” donuts mysteriously disappeared from Orange County. You might think this was good for all of our arteries. Of course I was 20 at the time so arteries weren’t really a concern. Again, you might say this phenomenon was healthy for us Orange County (OC) folk, but [...]
8 Things I Wish I Knew When I Was in College
Since Matt tagged me with a morph of my original meme, I figure I’d answer the tag with a morph once more ;)
8 Things I Wish I Knew When I Was In College.You don’t have to reinvent the wheel to do great things at work.
Be a listener or you will be disliked.
Slow, measured actions [...]Amazing Visions – Inspiring People and Things
Imagine an idea so powerful that it produced billions of dollars every year, gave millions of people happiness every day, and became a culture unto itself? If you can’t imagine it, I’ll help you out: Disneyland.
Now imagine a movie that broke all rules and conventions which grossed more than any movie before or since [...]
