50 Ways to Inspire Your Husband — MomLife Today. There’s an old joke about one of our presidents walking with his wife, who sees one of her old boyfriends in a less-than-glorious occupation. The president looks at the old boyfriend and remarks, “If you hadn’t married me, you might be married to that guy.” The first lady answers calmly, “If I had married him, he’d be president.” Now, occupation is not the measure of a man. But as a wife, you do possess a unique power to inspire your husband. When you believe in him, he is secure. An inspired husband feels the freedom to reach the fullest potential of the man God has created him to be. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. The GOOD 30-Day Challenge: Art Every Day - Culture. Art is essential. If you haven't reached that conclusion on your own, consider some evidence: Science shows that exposure to art is correlated with enhanced abilities in math, cognition, and vocabulary.
Studies also show that art has the potential to make people better citizens of the planet. In a 2005 report by the Rand Corporation, researchers wrote that visual arts "can connect people more deeply to the world and open them to new ways of seeing. " We agree with those conclusions. To that end, we're using March's GOOD 30-Day Challenge to dare ourselves to make time for art in our lives. Below are 31 ideas for incorporating art into your month. If you'd like, you can try to do all 31 tasks in a week, or take your time and space them out. As usual, this won't work if you don't play along at home. Art Every Day Tasks (Poll Closed) <a href=" Every Day Tasks</a>
Creative Capital. How To Apply Creative Capital helps artists realize specific projects while building their capacity to sustain their careers for the long-term. To be eligible to apply for Creative Capital, an artist must be: A U.S. citizen or permanent legal resident At least 25 years old A working artist with at least five years professional experience Not a full-time student Award Calendar Creative Capital's call for Letters of Inquiry in Moving Image (formerly Film/Video) and Visual Arts closed on February 28, 2014. Important dates for 2014 applicants:Friday, May 30, 2014: Notification of advancement to application stageMonday, September 15, 2014: Notification of advancement to panel reviewJanuary 2015: Public Announcement of awards Our Seven Year Cycle 2012Film/Video and Visual Arts awards announcedApplications for Emerging Fields, Performing Arts and Literature projects accepted (deadline was March 1, 2012) 2013 Emerging Fields, Performing Arts and Literature awards announced More Information.
Personal Development Blogs List. “You don’t overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.” —John C. Maxwell This is my map of top personal development blogs. It’s organized for fast scanning. When I think of personal development, I think of hacks, skills, principles, patterns, and practices for improving mind, body, emotions, career, financial, relationships, and fun.
It’s a living map of top personal development blogs, so let me know any great personal development blogs that I’ve missed. Top 10 Personal Development Blogs Top Personal Development Blogs A – Z Additional Lists of Personal Development Blogs. Project #29. 30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself. Self truth (and the best violinist in the world)
The other day, after a talk to some graduate students at the Julliard School, one asked, "In The Dip, you talk about the advantage of mastery vs. being a mediocre jack of all trades. So does it make sense for me to continue focusing on mastering the violin? " Without fear of error, I think it's easy to say that this woman will never become the best violinist in the world. That's because it's essentially impossible to be the one and only best violinist in the world. There might be 5,000 or 10,000 people who are so technically good at it as to be indistinguishable to all but a handful of orchestra listeners. The quest for technical best is a form of hiding. What we can become the best at is being an idiosyncratic exception to the standard.
The same trap happens to people who are coding in Java, designing furniture or training to be a corporate coach. Until we're honest with ourselves about what we're going to master, there's no chance we'll accomplish it.
Warning: Are You Doing the Bare Minimum? Emerging Ideas: Classical Music’s New Entrepreneurs. Classical Revolution PDX: Mattie Kaiser / photo by Mollusa (Originally posted in three parts at ARTSBlog: I / II / II. This post is part of a series on emerging trends and notable lessons from the field, as reported by members of the Americans for the Arts Emerging Leaders Council.) In the past half century, there are some things that haven’t much changed in classical music. Big, well-established orchestras (several high-profile recession-induced bankruptcies and closures notwithstanding) continue to attract the lion’s share of dollars from funders, individual donors, and ticket-buying patrons alike. Prestigious conservatories such as Juilliard and Curtis continue to pump out soloists who are snapped up by artist management companies and shopped to those same orchestras, increasingly hungry for top talent. It’s not hard to see why this combination of factors may have contributed to an increased sense of entrepreneurship in the field.
Equally notable, perhaps, is what I don’t see. Develop, track and accomplish your goals in 365 days or less. | accompl.sh. The Postgrad Agenda. Culture. 51 Healthy Living Cheat Sheets to Improve Your Life. No matter your salary, you can always take steps to improve your life and health. You don’t have to be a health care professional to learn how to live healthy. If you want to improve your life, creating a better situation for yourself, you can do so. There are plenty of resources available for you. Here are 51 healthy living cheat sheets that can help you improve your life: Fitness One of the best things you can do to enhance your life is to get proper exercise.
Training Cheat Sheet: This cheat sheet from Men’s Fitness is designed to help you get back to strength training and get in shape if you are just starting at (or going back to) the gym.Wii Fitness for Dummies: This cheat sheet is a great way to learn how to use Wii Fit to increase your fitness. Nutrition Eating right can help you feel better and fight disease. Mind and Spirit You need rest, relaxation, and refreshment. Relationships Good relationships are part of a happy, full life. Green Living Disease Are you managing a disease? 5 Top Characteristics Of Full Time Musicians. This guest post comes from Dave Cool, the Blogger In Residence at musician website and marketing platform Bandzoogle. I’ve now been involved in the Montreal music scene in some way for 17 years, and have seen many artists and bands come and go. Now that I’m in my 30’s, I’m starting to truly understand what it takes to “make it” as a musician/band.
What do I mean by “make it”? I’m not talking about becoming a "star", but simply playing music for a living, which is a place where most of my artist friends want to get to. 5 Top Characteristics Of Full Time Musicians 1. The artists and bands that I know that are making a full-time living are some of the hardest working people I know. 2. To make it as a full-time musician, you have to eat, breath and sleep music each and every day. 3. Speaking of money, I don’t know a single full-time artist that is playing music simply for the money. 4.
Being a DIY artist doesn’t mean you have to or should do it all on your own. 5. The five worldviews that define American politics - War Room. Does it often seem that many American politicians and pundits are talking past each other? That is because they really are. The frustrating nature of public debate arises in large part from the fact that Americans do not share a single worldview.
A worldview is a more or less coherent understanding of the nature of reality, which permits its holders to interpret new information in light of their preconceptions. Clashes among worldviews cannot be ended by a simple appeal to facts. Even if rival sides agree on the facts, people may disagree on conclusions because of their different premises.
Both the conservative and liberal camps include people with different and sometimes incompatible worldviews. Neoliberal globalism: This is more or less the official ideology of the political and corporate and financial establishments, shared by centrist New Democrats as well as by most Republican conservatives in their practice as opposed to their preaching. The 100 Best Books of All Time. Many publishers have lists of 100 best books, defined by their own criteria. This article enumerates some lists of "100 best" books for which there are fuller articles. Among them, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (Xanadu, 1985) and Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels (Grafton, 1988) are collections of 100 short essays by a single author, David Pringle, with moderately long critical introductory chapters also by Pringle.
For publisher Xanadu, Science Fiction was the first of four "100 Best" books published from 1985 to 1988. The sequels covered crime & mystery, horror, and fantasy. Lists[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] Book recommendations for people who like East of Eden by John Steinbeck. GUEST INFORMANT: Kim Boekbinder. Musician Kim Boekbinder has kindly dropped in to explain why she’s having to reinvent the concepts of the gig and the tour. A few weeks ago I played a concert in Portland, Oregon which was attended by exactly 18 people. After everyone else got paid, I made exactly $12.50 USD. I know that independent musicians all over the world play to empty rooms all the time.
I’ve played to quite a few myself. I’m not hugely famous, most people have never heard of me. The dilemma: I need to play live to have a real connection to an audience but the expense of touring is debilitating. My solution: Pre-sell the shows before they are even booked. The old music paradigm had us musicians rolling around the world in cars and vans and busses, playing to whatever bar would have us on their dingy stages in the hopes that one day we would “Make It.” The problem, as I see it, is that we’re living in THE FUTURE (cue theremin!) There is no “Making It” or rather, this is making it. I’m not blaming anybody. Instant artist statement: Arty Bollocks Generator.
Exapno | A New Music Community Center. The 41 Places to Go in 2011. 1. Santiago, ChileUndaunted by an earthquake, a city embraces modern culture. Less than a year after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake wreaked havoc in Chile, its capital, Santiago, has largely recovered, the economy continues to grow, and tourism is in an upswing.
Though the quake, which caused hundreds of casualties, was centered more than 200 miles away, many of Santiago’s older buildings were damaged, including the Museum of Fine Arts. But the earthquake last year — and another in Chile last week that caused more panic than damage — seems to have only briefly paused a cultural shift that had begun to take hold in the city. Known as a buttoned-up place, Santiago has in recent years added modern museums, smartly designed hotels and sophisticated restaurants. The city has become decidedly more vibrant. This year, it has even been chosen as the first foreign city to host a rather unbuttoned event: Lollapalooza.
This musical awakening owes much to the government’s investment in the arts. 2. 3. Product Launch 101: Creating An Offer They Won’t Refuse. The structure of your offer makes or breaks your product launch, so you need to make it irresistible. A well-crafted offer will make your readers excited about what they’re getting, thrilled with the pricing, and hungry to buy what you’re selling.
In this part of the Product Launch 101 tutorial, we’re going to show you how to make that happen. If your offer isn’t strong enough to easily convert readers into buyers, you have a problem. This tutorial will start fixing that so you can make your offer more appealing and “must-have,” so that your readers view it as an opportunity to buy that they don’t want to miss.
Let’s dive in. Your offer isn’t just a brief description of the product or service you’re selling – it’s the sum total of everything they get (the stuff) and the way that the total package is delivered to them (payment plans, formats, guarantees, etc.). And the way you present that is everything. Most people just say “Hey, here’s my stuff, want to buy it?” The thing they’re buying. News Flash: Your Music is Not Your Product. This post is by singer / songwriter Jeff Macdougall (@jeffmacdougall). I'm tired. I'm tired of having the same conversation over and over again. The conversation about how we should go about dealing with "thieves" and "pirates" "stealing" our "product" like so many shoplifters. I'm just gonna say it. It's absurd. Music is not, and never was, a product. When a label executive tells you that they are "not in the business of selling discs", (or vinyl, tape, t-shirts, etc.) and that they are actually "selling music," they are, at best, fooling themselves, or at worst, lying to your face.
Sure, the labels spend money and time trying to infuse their products (CDs, posters, etc.) with content (music, album art, etc.) to raise its intrinsic value, but it's still the CD or poster that they are/were selling... not the music itself. Still, I'm always shocked at how very few people (and these are music professionals we're talking about) seem to understand such an obvious point. I blame you. They won't. 99% Music Mix - Auto-Tune Your Productivity. Designed to entertain without totally taking over your brain, this latest 99U mix works its way into a nice, bouncy, little groove to help ease you on down the road of your creative project. So put on those headphones, and let’s get going.Oh, and we also planted a “mystery track” this time for a little added mystique. But you’re smart, we’re sure you can figure it out. “Auto-Tune Your Productivity Mix” Matthew Dear – “Honey” [0.00]Anna Calvi – “No More Words” [3:46]Korallreven – “Honey Mine” feat.
Total runtime: 61:38 –> Purchase the mix from iTunes* * A few of these songs are not available on iTunes. Free Online Course Materials | Courses. Why You Should Be Optimizing. The Complete Guide to Not Giving a Fuck. 2739b84ab035c4f8b1938d4b2131410b4c5b7fe8_m.jpg (JPEG Image, 480x360 pixels) 8 great examples of nonprofit storytelling. Write Epic Shit. Top 100 Speeches of the 20th Century by Rank. Why Curiosity Is Your Best Guide to a Remarkable Future. How To Steal Like An Artist (And 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me) - Austin Kleon.