Archive for June, 2008

 

What really has added some more desire of explorations is this video.  This video should be an inspiration to everyone.  What a way to live life.  It is critical to travel the world to be able to understand the different cultures.  Most arguments are nothing more than a lack of knowledge by either or both parties.  A deeper understanding of people is achieved at the level by which someone puts themselves in different environments.  Look carefully at all the countries that Matt visited.  What an awesome experience is must be to put yourself out there and learn from the world.  What could you learn from visiting a third world country?  How would you value where you live in comparison to the places you have visited?  All in all the experiences with people you meet will be what hold’s the highest value to yourself.  Money is great but wiser is the man who leverages money to help him experience the world.  What is the most unique experience you have had in a different country?

 

A sad day in the world of bodybuilding and in the city of Plano, Tx.  Amanda Savell and David Jacobs were found dead in their home in Plano.  It is a very unfortunate thing to see.  The art of bodybuilding has been flooded with steriods for decades, but when lives are taken it is a huge wake up call to everyone.  One can admire the dedication that Amanda had for the art of bodybuilding.  It is not ever day that we see someone with such discipline.   I personally had seen  David at 24Hour Fitness but would never imagine that a bodybuilder would just flip out and commit  such horrific crimes.  My condolences go out to both of their families.  I had not planned on writing a post today but I think this is a current issue our society needs to address more.

 

 

 

 

Jose’s Call Pad… I know innovative : ) 

 

So I have noticed a personal problem that seems to haunt me like a spector in the  movie Scrooge.  I get calls and with my not so great memory I forget to make some critical calls.  I have tried the Palms and PDAS,  but have been good at failing to use them.  I think that with the time I spend checking email and browsing through the forum of www.thefourhourworkweek.com,  I get burned out.  The last thing I desire to do is type my voicemails and action items on an electronic device.  Please double click on the picture so you can see what I wrote clearer.  Sorry for the picture not being the greatest, but I used my cell phone for that picture.  Anyhow, enough about the problem, here is my simple solution:

 

Solution:

  1. Date each page of half page.  Which ever you prefer.  Only do a day at a time.  We are not trying to plan out each and every second of our lives.  
  2. On the left hand side write calls or voicemails.   This column is made for incoming calls or voicemails you receive through out the day that require action.    Whether it is the postal client calling you or your ISP calling you they get the left side of the sheet.
  3. On the right hand side you will write the action taken.  You will only do this when it is complete.  You will do this so to keep yourself accountable.  Examples: you returned a call, you said NAH! they are not getting called back, or you resolved the issue.  Any of these will be written down.  This is done to ensure that you did follow through.
I wanted to keep this post simple, because it is very simple.  As the awesome Bruce Lee said, ” One does not accumulate but eliminate.  Is is not daily increase but daily decrease.  The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.”