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Years ago, I watched Simon Sinek do his Ted Talk on “It Starts With Why.” In this YouTube video, he reviews much of what was in his original talk but adds some fascinating details. For instance, he reveals that the Apple computer is an average, at best computer compared to other PC’s. He also talks about why people get a Harley Davidson tattoo when they don’t own a motorcycle. I am sure that you will be as intrigued with Sinek’s explanation of human nature as I was. Have a look!
Welcome to Barn Musings. These weekly newsletters aim to provide you with timely, inspiring, and useful
reflections and findings from Meet Me At The Barn. I promise to keep the content brief and brilliant. The ultimate
goal is to create a community forum that is supportive, imaginative, and focused on possibility. Here we go!
This was a page turner for me. Elizabeth Holmes started Theranos in 2003 after dropping out of Stanford University at the age of 19, She had an idea that could change healthcare and healthcare delivery. She convinced people like Larry Ellison, George Schultz, Henry Kissinger, and many others to invest in her company to the tune of $700 million. The only challenge is the equipment and testing mechanism she helped to spearhead never worked. Unfortunately, she lied for years about the capabilities of her technology which led to the demise of her company. John Carreyrou, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for the Wall Street Journal with the help of
Welcome to Barn Musings. These weekly newsletters aim to provide you with timely, inspiring, and useful
reflections and findings from Meet Me At The Barn. I promise to keep the content brief and brilliant. The ultimate
goal is to create a community forum that is supportive, imaginative, and focused on possibility. Here we go!
Watch Screen Time with Diane Sawyer
Today, American adults spend the equivalent of 49 days a year on their phone and tablets. For six months, Sawyer and her team traveled across the country talking to families, teachers, doctors, and even tech insiders to pursue questions, answers, and solutions. From coast to coast, a question: People love the wonders of technology, but have they become too consumed with the little screens in their pockets?
I have added the YouTube links to Sawyer’s special below:
Welcome to Barn Musings. These weekly newsletters aim to provide you with timely, inspiring, and useful
reflections and findings from Meet Me At The Barn. I promise to keep the content brief and brilliant. The ultimate
goal is to create a community forum that is supportive, imaginative, and focused on possibility. Here we go!
Cowboy Crossroads is a refreshingly diplomatic attempt to connect today’s vibrant cowboy culture with a world only vaguely aware of its existence. The Cowboy Crossroads episodes are about 30-minutes long featuring a special guest, usually a cowboy poet or singer-songwriter. What I love about Andy’s podcast is that he basically starts the conversation and lets the guests take it where they want. There is no agenda.
Cowboy Crossroads is a big, juicy slice of Americana. I was listening to Andy’s guest, Joel Nelson not long ago and in a time span of about 20 seconds I laughed out loud, cried, and fell in love with this ole’ cowboy. If you are looking for a change of pace this is it. Authenticity at its finest.
Get your journal. Yes, right now. Sit down and answer these two question:
What are you most proud of in your life?
I have read far too many articles lately that describe how unhappy people are with their lives. Not only is this troubling to me, but it is also sad. The
Welcome to Barn Musings. These weekly newsletters aim to provide you with timely, inspiring, and useful
reflections and findings from Meet Me At The Barn. I promise to keep the content brief and brilliant. The ultimate
goal is to create a community forum that is supportive, imaginative, and focused on possibility. Here we go!
“Part of me suspects I’m a loser, and part of me thinks I’m God Almighty.”
— John Lennon
This is the opening quote in the book Wishes Fulfilled by the late Dr. Wayne Dyer. In the book, Dyer asks, “Are you
willing to internalize radical new ideas that require a shift in your concept of yourself?” He urges the reader to keep
in mind that all that now exists was once imagined and that what you want to exist for you in the future must now be
imagined. You are urged to take charge of your imagination. After all, anything placed in your imagination and held
there ultimately becomes your reality.
Dyer offers up the following rules for a Healthy Imagination: Rule number one: Never place into your imagination any thought that you would not want to materialize. Rule number two: Never allow your imagination to be contaminated by ideas about how your life used to
be. This is where your willingness to change your concept of yourself comes in.
Rule number three: Your imagination is yours and yours alone. Never allow someone else’s ideas
Habit 8: We Talk To God. Yes, this is one of the habits of highly joyful, successful, and content people. This requires you to spend some quiet time each day. And, appreciate instead of expecting. Say thank you. Ask God what His will is for you. Don’t pray only when you ‘need’ something. Talk to God for guidance, and support, and knowledge. Ask how you can serve. Be willing to be your best self. Stay true and be you —
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Here are some thoughts by Shawn Lim regarding this habit
Jim Rohn was right when he famously said:
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”
We simply become like the people we surround ourselves with most of the time.
Think about it, if you want to start saving by cutting down your expenses, but if you mix with people who are not thrifty and who simply spend on things, highly likely, you will not reach your goal.
For instance, when you decided to cut down your expenses on coffees, and when you go out with a bunch of friends, and all of them wanted to go to Starbucks for a drink and a cake, what will you do?
Of course, you follow. And will you just sit in Starbucks and ordered nothing? Will you just sit there watching your friends eating and drinking and all you do is talking to them?
Not likely. Chances are, you’re going to buy yourself a cup of coffee too. So that you look “fit in”, right?
Please understand that this is just an example of how the people you surround with can influence your thinking and decision.
What if everyone you surround yourself with is using the latest smartphone? What if they are all smokers?
Can you see how this can influence and impact your life?
Therefore, if you want to be successful and always stay positive, surround yourself with people who are positive and successful.
Habit 6 of Joyful, Successful, and Content People:
We know that failure is part of our success. If you are not willing to fail, then you likely won’t experience success to any significant degree. There is absolutely nothing wrong or shameful about failing. It is a key element to success. Oh, and by the way, show me someone who hasn’t made a mistake in their life or failed at something…I wouldn’t want to be them!
A Failure Lab
A friend of mine has suggested the idea of a failure lab. What does that mean? Well, here is an example. If all the scientist working on curing disease would gather together and share all of their failures, it would speed up the process because others would not be repeating experiments that have previously failed. We have become conditioned that failure is a bad thing when in reality it is all the failures in our lives that ultimately lead to our success.
Embrace Failure
Let’s agree to embrace failure. If this is where our winning comes from, why not celebrate each ‘so-called’ failure as a stepping stone to our success? I have never learned as much when things are going well in my life as when there are some struggle and a few fails.
When was the last time you read a book or a substantial magazine article? Do your daily reading habits center around tweets, Facebook updates, or the directions on your instant oatmeal packet?
If you’re one of the countless people who doesn’t make a habit of reading regularly, you might be missing out.
Reading has a significant number of benefits, and here’re ten benefits of reading:
1. Mental Stimulation
Studies have shown that staying mentally stimulated can slow the progress of (or possibly even prevent) Alzheimer’s and Dementia,[1] since keeping your brain active and engaged prevents it from losing power.
Just like any other muscle in the body, the brain requires exercise to keep it strong and healthy, so the phrase “use it or lose it” is particularly apt when it comes to your mind. Doing puzzles and playing games such as chess have also been found to be helpful with cognitive stimulation.[2]
2. Stress Reduction
No matter how much stress you have at work, in your relationships, or countless other issues faced in daily life, it all just slips away when you lose yourself in a great story. A well-written novel can transport you to other realms, while an engaging article will distract you and keep you in the present moment, letting tensions drain away and allowing you to relax.
It is important that we vary our workouts so that our bodies don’t get used to a certain routine. Isometric exercise is a great way to shake up what you do in the gym. The exercise we are demonstration here is a back lunge with a shoulder press. The isometric hold at the end of the shoulder press forces your body to keep its balance and engage all of the stabilizer muscles. These holds need to be done between three to five seconds and the exercise can be done 15 to 20 times.
The important thing to remember is to move your body at least three times a week. And, make sure you ad variety to your physical exercise regime.
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