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Goals, Dreams, and Aspirations oh my!

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I’ve always been a goal setter even before getting involved with World Wide Dreambuilders and Amway.  However I think the biggest thing I’ve learned is putting those things in the forefront.  My post today is actually inspired by @KimLiving who’s blog is http://www.mynaturebaby.ca/blog/.  She posted last night that she was working on building a life board.  Check it out here.  Kim, I hope you don’t mind me sharing, however you did publish it publicly so I figure that’s okay. 

Anyway I love seeing things like this and it’s the same concept of having your goals and dreams done the same way.  Having what you want out of life and making it visual will only make it that much more real and that much more easier to obtain.  Things like “celebrate every moment”, “be your best”, and this one “make a lasting impression” are amazing quotes of affirmations.  Kim, you have actually inspired me to revisit some of the things around our house and update and add to what we have already on our walls and fridge.  So thank you!

I fully believe everyone who is serious about the goals, dreams, and aspirations they have in life should make them visual.  Pick up a success book of any kind and when you talk about these things they all say to write them down or make them visual.  They all have different percent’s of how much more likely you’ll achieve them but any percent above 0 is good in my books.  It’s kind of a no brainer however some people will just make fun of you for doing it.  That’s fine, your not building your life for them, your doing it for you so just ignore the naysayers and as I like to call them “dream stealers”.

We actually have a budget for magazines so that we can do something like what Kim has and since it’s now September we are going to head down to Whyte Ave, probably to http://www.hubnews.ca/ and check out some new magazines to expand our dreams and things we want.  Thanks Kim for the added inspiration.

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Price and Prize

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trophy goldWith this year’s Summer Blog Challenge I’ve read a few new blogs and there are quite a few entrepreneurs on the blog roll.  The thing about being an entrepreneur is it takes a lot of work and sometimes the rewards are not apparent right away.  The thing some people don’t keep in mind is the whole mind set of price and prize.  Price and prize ALWAYS correlate, the greater the price the greater the prize. 

This mindset doesn’t just apply to entrepreneurship it can also apply to every day life.  Take for example my weight loss I blogged about the other day, my price is my gym membership, the trainer I pay for and my time at the gym.  Some would say that’s quite a high price, especially the trainer.  Your right it is a high price and trainers are not cheap, however my prize, my weight loss and feeling great is my prize.  It was worth the investment because health is a high prize which comes at a high price and honestly you cannot argue with that.

This isn’t a long profound post but a simple lesson on success I think and can be applied to all aspect of life.  What is the prize in your life your fighting for? Are you paying the price for it? Something to think about on a Thursday…

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Communication as Parents

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communication-cansNow that my wife and I are parents and we’ve had a few days now to see how we communicate under what sometimes are frustrating circumstances.  Having a new baby really brings change to your marriage and ways of doing things as you no longer need to worry about just yourselves.  It’s quite an amazing experience we are having with our new little one however I can say without a doubt our experience with our new baby would be quite a bit different if it were not for personal growth.

So what do I mean with personal growth?  I mean things like reading books, listening to audio’s like podcasts and getting around an association that has the qualities that we like or were looking for.  Almost two years ago my wife and I had what we considered to be a pretty good marriage.  We communicated, we hardly had any “loud volume conversations”, and we were in love big time.  Now don’t get me wrong we don’t look back at where we were in disgust, we look back at where we were and look at where we are now and have seen huge improvements in our communication and overall relationship.

How I can measure that is how we’ve dealt with some of the frustrations of being new parents with little sleep and everything else that comes with that.  We’ve been able to stop what could have been massive blow ups which only would have caused our baby to become agitated.  Babies feed off parents big time and if your frustrated, yelling and upset, then so will your baby and it’s no wonder people end up pulling their hair out.  That would have been my wife and I pre-two years ago had we not had the personal growth through World Wide Dreambuilders and the association we get to plug into. 

World Wide Dreambuilders in no way forced things on us or did things for us, the organization only enabled us to take advantage of great books, audio and association that we applied to our lives and have seen hands down success with.  Not only with our baby and our relationship but in all aspects of our lives and for that we cannot be more thankful.  I’d hate to see what we would have been like today with our baby had we not personally grown, It would have been a nightmare with a lot harder sleepless nights, fights galore and a stressed marriage relationship wise and financially.  There is no other organization that I know of that puts family and relationships at the top priority and because of that we’ve done the same with aspects of our life and it’s damn good.

If I can impart any of what I’ve learned through WWDB, that’s read books on all areas of life.  The biggest one that has helped us is “Your Personality Tree” and “The 5 Love Languages”.  Just those two books will help you understand your mate in ways you never thought.  Check them out!

>200lbs

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AppleInchesTime for another gym update and this time it’s a gooder.  After having a pretty brutal healthy eating week last week, I’m actually sitting at 209.1lbs. This is actually a huge accomplishment for me because I’ve not been 209lbs for close to 5 years.  I’ve also lost inches, not sure how many but I know all my pants are fitting looser and that is actually more important than weight.  But best of all, I’m feeling great, with lots of energy and I not only feel great but look great. 

You can have bad weeks, it’s not the end of the world.  It’s what you after the bad week that will set you apart from the people who continue on that downward spiral to not caring and then eventually falling right off the bandwagon.  You need to draw a line in the sand and move forward, that’s what successful people do.  Your bound to have failure however overcoming that failure is what sets you apart from everyone else who just quits. 

“If you want to succeed, double your failure rate” – Thomas J. Watson

I know my success at the gym is a direct result of the training systems I’m in with World Wide Dreambuilders, hands down.  Its these success principals and the books I’ve been reading that has helped me personally grow to the point I can actually apply it to other aspects in my life.  That’s really the point of any training system in life, not just the training systems that partner up with Amway.  Be it a book, or an actual system, being able to apply success principals not only to your primary business or line of work, but to your life is what will help you grow in all areas of life.

You don’t have to agree with what I say here but the proof is in my pudding, I’m the one loosing the weight and feeling good as a result of my personal growth.  Whatever you do, find what works for you and stick with it! 

Microsoft TechEd 2011– Day 1

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Today was the official start for Microsoft’s North America Tech-Ed 2011 which is in Atlanta this year.  It’s pretty much a HUGE IT conference where close to 15,000 IT Professionals come from all over the world to learn about the latest and greatest from Microsoft.  I say all over the world as there are a ton of people I’m finding from Europe and other places across the pond.

I attended a pre-conference session yesterday on Windows 7 and Server 2008R2 Group Policy.  It’s a refresher for me as I’ve not seen the latest and greatest that Group Policy has to offer for the latest client and server operating systems.  The speaker was Jeremy Moskowitz of www.gpanswers.com.  GREAT site for a large community of Group Policy people.  Check it out if your in IT and reading this.  Jeremy is a great speaker and its always easy to understand and comprehend his teaching.  If you get a chance to hear him, make sure you do.

So first a quick break, why am I blogging about a Microsoft Tech-Ed Conference on this blog?  Well I don’t have any other blogs and I did blog the last time I went to one of these as a way of reflecting on the day.  If you came here wanting something else sorry, it will be about IT the next few days as that’s what I’m up to this week!

What were the highlights today?  Well the Vendor Expo opened up which was great because I wanted to get around some of the Microsoft guru’s around a few things we are looking at implementing at work.  I was actually able to get in there and pick their brain on a few issues that we are having at work and hear what they had to share.  Sounds familiar to other posts I’ve done hmm? Getting around people who know what they are talking about and have done the things you want to do.  Interesting how that works.

Connecting with like minded individuals has also been another highlight.  I was able to connect with Rick Claus (@ricksterCDN) of Canadian IT Professionals TechNet Blog.  I’ve wanted to meet Rick for awhile as I’ve seen him at local events before but just never got around him.  I was able to pick his brain on VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) and that’s also something we are looking at getting involved in at work.  Tomorrow evening is a meet up with a bunch of the Canadian Crew down here from all over Canada.  Will be great to network with them, get around the IT association. 

The last highlight of the day was a Birds of a Feather session called “Fundamentals of Technology Leadership: Making Every Situation a Win-Win with Your Employees and Stakeholders”.  I was immediately drawn to this session because it was on leadership, another parallel there, and was great to get around other IT Managers and Directors to hear their thoughts on the topic at hand. I learn the best from what others experiences are and what they did to overcome the challenges they went through.  The “Birds of a Feather" sessions are exactly for that, getting around people who are like minded.  Success principals right there. 

The end of the night was the welcome reception at the vendor exhibition which had a lot of food and drinks.  I had a small glass of wine and picked around some of the more “healthier” food they had out there.  It was this time I was able to get around the Microsoft guys and ask questions.  I’ve not really got around the vendors a lot as I don’t really need all the “swag” people pick up.  I’ve just not needed to get around them, I get enough cold calls without visiting the vendors and having them scan my badge.  GRRR!  Yeah drives me crazy.

Anyway that is my first day re-cap from Atlanta (where it was pretty cold today).  I’ll see about getting a day 2 recap tomorrow!

Below are a few pictures from the day.

 

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Group Policy Training with Jeremy Moskowitz

 

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My setup with my iPad2 and Bluetooth Keyboard

 

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Swag Bag and Junk Flyers

 

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Candy Galore!

 

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