Why Successful People Leave Their Loser Friends Behind We all want to be amazing. We all want to be successful, happy, and regarded as important figures in our fields. I am sure that you’ve heard all of the keys to success before: planning, hard work, perseverance, etc. But today we are going to look at the one factor that will likely make or break your success: the people you surround yourself with. “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” – Jim Rohn Want to be Amazing? The Make or Break List A good friend of mine once told me of a man he knows who brought himself up from rags to riches. The man took that advice to heart. If someone could improve his life, he spent as much time around them as possible. No One does it Alone The five-minute rule may be a little extreme, but there is an important lesson to learn from it: if you surround yourself with positive people who build you up, the sky is the limit. There was once a man named Ernest Hemingway. Three Essential People “Don’t join an easy crowd.
Well, At Least There Was Good Stuff to Read: The Books of the Decade | Books Anybody remember how anxious and thrilled we were in those last months of the 20th century? When we weren't at war and we had a budget surplus and it looked like Al Gore would be president? The prospect of a 21st century filled with new technologies, new art and literature loomed large and bright. But now, as we look back at what was decidedly a shitty decade for an incredible variety of people in an equally incredible variety of ways (evictions/invasions/bombings/etc), it's surprisingly hard to be pessimistic about the books that assessed, satirized, dramatized and distracted us from the events of the past 10 years. Goethe said that the decline of a nation's literature is the precursor to that nation's fall, and with this look back at the books that defined the decade, we'd like to tell Goethe to suck it. To be clear: there were plenty of bad books over the course of the decade, as well.
50 Best Cheap Date Ideas - Handmade Wedding | Emmaline Bride™ Posted July 20, 2012 | 110 Comments The weekend is right around the corner and we thought it was a great opportunity to share this fun weekend-ready post. For some couples, once they get engaged the ‘dates’ go right out the window, traded in for constant wedding planning. We say… bring on the date nights! Take a (temporary) wedding planning break once in awhile to remember why you’re tying the knot in the first place. Be spontaneous. P.S. 50 Cheap Date Ideas 1. photo by lindsey k photography Oh, and bring your pup. 2. 10. photo by click chick images 11. 15. photo by eric boneske photography (remember this cute couple?) 16. 21. photo by joe elario photography via de lovely affair 22. 27. 31. photo by lavida creations 32. 41. photo by eplove 42. It doesn’t matter what the activity is… just have fun, take a break from stressing out, and enjoy spending some one-on-one time together. So, we want to know… What are YOUR favorite cheap date ideas? Happy Planning! Have you read the book yet? P.S. P.S.S.
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Free Insightful Personality Test - VisualDNA You have the ability to meet your daily challenges, but a lack of drive is holding you back and that probably means you get bored too easily. To excel you need to keep learning, but most importantly find a way to motivate yourself. You enjoy working with others. It can be difficult to motivate yourself, but when you don’t engage with tasks they pile up and leave you feeling drowned. At times it can feel like you’re not given the opportunity to use your talents, but you are pretty good at staying on task, and that will help you develop new skills.
Oddity Central - Weird Places, Odd Events, Bizarre News, Strange People and A Lot More 5 Parental Dick Moves You Hate (Until You're a Parent) #2. Pushing Menial Household Tasks On You From a Kid Point of View... Christ, I hated dishes. And so did my mom, which meant that she pushed that job off onto my brother and I. No matter whose turn it was, we'd argue that it was the other's. Photos.comGod, I hated my hair back then. When mom hit her breaking point, she burst into the kitchen and said something that made my entire world light up... We lived in an income-based apartment project, which meant that our rent was about $60 a month. Strangely, mom never backed out on her word. Photos.comCome to think of it, she may not have actually noticed. Now that I'm a Parent... Damn, I'm starting to think my own parents aren't great examples for these. But right now, in some household where both parents are salaried professionals who routinely put time in on weekends, there is a teenager mowing a lawn and saying to his Dad, "And what exactly do YOU do around here?" There is no way for a adult to explain to a kid what's really going on. #1.
5 Clever Ways To Save On Your Wedding Bankrate's community sharing policy Bankrate wants to hear from you and encourages thoughtful and constructive comments. We ask that you stay focused on the story topic, respect other people's opinions, and avoid profanity, offensive statements, illegal contents and advertisement posts. By submitting a post, you agree to be bound by Bankrate's terms of use. Sound Composition: Calm_Thunder_Storm 1. Choose a sound In order for nature sounds to start playing choose a sound from drop-down box for one channel and drag the volume slider up. 2. Add more sounds You can add more nature sounds to composition by choosing other sounds in other channels. 3. Pan the channel (with horizontal slider) to the left or to the right for stereo effects. 4. If you want the sound volume to fluctuate instead of playing continuously, click on a drop-down box with a green line and choose one of interrupted lines. 1. In order for nature sounds to start playing choose a sound from drop-down box for one channel and drag the volume slider up. 2. You can add more nature sounds to composition by choosing other sounds in other channels. 3. Pan the channel (with horizontal slider) to the left or to the right for stereo effects. 4. If you want the sound volume to fluctuate instead of playing continuously, click on a drop-down box with a green line and choose one of interrupted lines.
I Think That I Think Too Much No, I know that I think far too much. Because it’s almost 4am and my heart is pounding and I’m twirling my hair around my finger to ward off the eager nerves and my eyes are swollen and alert and my fingers are flying across brightly lit keys in a rather dark room. My laptop is propped up on a hardcover Audrey Hepburn coffee-table book to prevent it from overheating, like my mind, like my body when I toss and turn for hours on a humid Southern night all swaddled in sheets and a light airy duvet. I think that I think too much. Because my mind is ablaze—the disjointed thoughts, unrealized ideas, fragmented sentences seamlessly disturb the quiet, the peace, and the calm. It’s the angst of having the beginnings of everything, but no endings in sight; the pathways are obscured and you can barely see more than two feet in front of you. It shouldn’t be this difficult. Forthcoming—what a ruse. It’s all such a performance, a game, an act. No, no I don’t. I don’t know what I want. “Probably.”
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