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I came across this website tonight that I found quite interesting. In light of the election season, I would encourage you to visit this website: Glassbooth.org.
It is a good, non-biased way to determine how the candidates stack up on the issues that you are most interested in.
I believe it is extremely important to not only vote, but to know why you’re voting for someone. Do your homework before you punch your ballot.
Have you ever noticed that the smallest, simplest of gestures can make the biggest difference?
It may be letting the other person have that premium parking space. Or offering to pay for a stranger’s lunch just because. It could be as simple as a smile or a wave.
Think of those moments in your own life when someone has done something seemingly insignificant, yet it made a profound impact in your world.
What could you do today to provide that same experience to someone else?
Over the weekend my wife and I watched the movie, “The Bucket List” with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. If you haven’t seen it, the basic idea is these two main characters find out they are terminally ill with a limited amount of time left before they die. So together they create a “bucket list” of things they want to experience before they kick the bucket.
I also saw an article over the weekend that President Bush has just less than 100 days left in office.
So after watching the movie and reading the article, it got me thinking…
What do you want your final 100 days to look like?
It’s a question to not only consider as it relates to your life, but there are other areas where this question works.
What do you want your final 100 days of school to look like? Of your job? Of this year?
What would be on your “bucket list”?
When you wake up on a Monday morning, what’s the first thought that goes through your head?
I wish I could sleep in…
Should I call in sick today?
Is it Friday yet?
Did you know that suicides occur more often on Monday mornings than any other time during the week? Why?
Because most people dread Monday mornings. We live with the mentality that “Thank God it’s Friday” to “Oh God, it’s Monday!” What a horrible way to live life!
What if you could wake up feeling excited, exhilarated, and eager for the new week that lies ahead? To some of you that may sound like an oxymoron.
Excited for Monday morning? Are you kidding me?
But it doesn’t have to be an oxymoron.
On Sunday nights, I’m excited for Monday morning. By Monday morning, I’m amped for the week ahead. Not because I’m crazy in the head, but because it’s another opportunity to do what I love.
If you hate Monday mornings…why are you settling?
As you’re probably already aware, there are some pretty strange jobs that exist in the world. In fact, CareerBuilder.com just came out with one of their latest surveys where 8,700 workers shared some of the strangest and most bizarre jobs they ever did.
Here is a list of the top 26 from A to Z…
A – Autopsy assistant
B – Bartender at the Liberace mansion
C – Cat nanny
D – Donkey trainer
E – Elf at Santa’s workshop
F – FBI Fingerprint examiner
G – Grave digger
H – Hurricane hunter
I – Ice sculpture carver
J – Junk mail machine operator
K- Kitty litter box decorator
L – Laser tag referee
M – Magician’s assistant
N – Nuclear electrician on a submarine
O – Opera singer
P – Parachute tester
Q – Quality control/taster for chocolate factory
R – Romance specialist
S – Scratcher (scratched backs for patients)
T – Turkey wrangler
U – Undercover vice decoy
V – Video game tester
W – Wallpaper peeler
X – X-ray technician for zoo animals
Y – Yawn counter at a sleep clinic
Z – Zamboni driver
So many observations to make here, but I’ll let you make yours…
Which one is your favorite?
Not sure if you saw this in the news, but the National Debt clock in New York City has run out of digits. Do you realize how insane that is?
There are 14 digits available to record the National Debt, and that still isn’t enough…
Wow.
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately promoting and marketing my new book, Reality Check. As most of you probably know, I’m a solo-entrepreneur, so it’s not like I’ve got a massive PR budget to work with!
So I’ve been doing a lot of grassroots marketing trying to get the word out. I’ve been sending lots of emails to high school principals, counselors, librarians. College bookstores, libraries, and freshmen orientation directors. Media contacts, writers, and bloggers. Not to mention the countless teenagers I’ve talked to as well.
And because I believe so much in this resource and think it will be valuable for students, I’ve given a lot of books away for free to try and generate some word-of-mouth interest and buzz.
Why am I telling you all this?
Because if you have a book, website, article, product, CD, service, or anything of any kind that you’re trying to get out into the marketplace, don’t think you have to spend big bucks to make that happen. The best investment I’ve made in getting the book out isn’t by hiring some PR professional. It’s not by getting an interview with Oprah or appearing on The Today Show (although I’m not opposed to those).
The best investment I’ve made is a resource we all have the same amount of…
TIME.
Don’t try to become an overnight success. Let your resource cook in the Crockpot, not in the microwave.
I just finished watching the Presidential Debate and like most of you, I’m ready for all this to be over with. But with both candidates discussing issues of reform and change, I thought I would give some ideas for Debate Reform. Here are 9 ideas I came up with that would make the debates a little more interesting and less depressing:
Now it’s your turn. Finish this sentence. “The debates would be more interesting if…”
As some of you may know, my younger sister recently moved to Scotland to take some classes over there for the semester. (At least that’s where she says she’s at…I kind of think she’s hanging out in Scottsdale or Branson.)
She does a lot of graphic design work for me, so I was a little nervous about my designer being across the ocean with the possibility of little communication with her.
Enter Skype.
If you don’t know, Skype is a killer resource that basically allows you to essentially have a phone call through your computer with other Skype users. So we’ve been able to keep in touch and as a result, she just finished up a design for a new t-shirt we’ll release in another few weeks (which looks freakin’ awesome by the way).
So this post is dedicated to my new friend Skype (maybe we should name our next kid Skype? Skype Baldwin…I like the sound of it)
Also, if you’re interested, she’s writing a blog detailing her new life overseas that is quite humorous and interesting. You can read it at http://kbaldwin.blogspot.com/.
I’ve noticed something lately in hotels that I don’t fully understand. It doesn’t matter what city I’m in or what hotel chain I’m at, every room does this the same.
There are no glasses at the bathroom sink.
Every hotel puts them on the desk, a nightstand, or some other piece of furniture. The problem I have with where they put the glasses is this…
There is no sink there!
That’s like putting the alarm clock in the shower. Or the hair dryer (which I frequently use) under the bed. It doesn’t make sense.
Put your product where people need it.
