You have two options!

"Indecision becomes decision with time" - unknown author

Normally I hear this being said to the students my girlfriend teaches. "You have two options, you can either sit down and listen to the story or you can go play with play-dough."

From this simple saying I believe we can improve the effectiveness in our lives and it can get you ahead of the game. Heres what I mean:

These days everyone is let off the hook to easily. In any situation we subconsciously give ourselves three ways. 

1. We can finish the task at hand.

2. We can procrastinate and possibly finish because we are that confident that there will be a tomorrow. 

3. We don't finish.

#2 is the killer. We immediatly put ourselves in the second category. We say, "since I have 8 hours to fill today I can do it later. Then it never gets done. 

Elliminating #2 is the ultimate goal. Give yourself two options. Either do it, or don't and get something done that needs finishing. 

You can relate this to anything. Job - School - Personal endeavors.

Stop putting your life on hold. Will you be here tomorrow?

Awesome Light Show!

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Recently I have been reading the very edgy author Bret Easton Ellis. His novels are

one of a kind. He has a very unique quality to his writing. Four of his books have been 

made into movies. Less than Zero, Rules of Attraction, The Informers and American Psycho.

I highly recommend reading these novels. They take you into a whole new world. 

Here they are in order of publication:

Less than Zero

Rules of Attraction

American Psycho

The Informers

Glamorama

Lunar Park

Ellis' website - http://www.randomhouse.com/kvpa/eastonellis/

Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose talk new ideas

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Deal always as though seen

Baltasar Gracian was a writer almost four centuries ago. Even though this was such a long time ago his writings can relate to our political transformations, economic battles, local interests against global forces, and new technologies torn between democratization and centralization.

I have learned a lot by reading The art of Worldly Wisdom. 

Here is one of my favorite passages:

Deal always as though seen. he is the seeing man, who sees that he is seen, or that he will be seen. He knows that the walls have ears, and that what is evil breaks its fetters to be free. Even when alone, he works as though the eyes of the world were upon him; because he knows that everything comes to be known; holding as witnesses today, those who will be such tomorrow because of what was discovered to them; unconcerned with what might be seen in his house from that of another, is only he who would have the whole world look in. 

Hey! How are you? Good, how are you?

Everyone has said this to someone. "Hey, how are you? Good, how are you? When was the last time you meant what you said? This is a case of "automatic responder".  "Bill - Hey Joe! Joe - Good how are you?" 

What the hell? It's like we aren't even listening anymore. It's become so business and go go go go go go happy we don't stop and think what we just said. By the way, that conversation happens to me at least twice a week. I have completely stopped asking others how they are. I just say "Hi". And if they say hey Erik how are you? I just say "Good thanks". 

This isn't because I'm trying to be a smart ass, (maybe) but it almost doesn't seem to matter. No one even notices if I don't ask them how they are doing. So here is a test you can try.

TEST: Next time someone asks you, Hey Billy how are you? You stop them and say something completely unexpected. "Well, things aren't going so well. I seem to have contracted some sort of rash. It itches a lot and now its starting to puss. Do you have any good recommendations on some medication I could pick up?

Although this would probably get them to walk away.  They may just stop and think for a bit. Also, it's hilarious!

"One should count each day a separate life."

-seneca