<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879363578729639986</id><updated>2011-11-27T16:20:06.852-08:00</updated><category term='cub power'/><title type='text'>garryblanson</title><subtitle type='html'>Personal Development/Motivational</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://garryblanson.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2879363578729639986/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garryblanson.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>garryblanson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11886962881225056481</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R_-oK5hPwDA/S4zdfXriwrI/AAAAAAAAACc/T7-HUmGhWHU/S220/LastScangym.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879363578729639986.post-518153181262467107</id><published>2010-12-16T21:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-16T21:45:37.591-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Right and Wrong Thinking  - by Aaron Martin Crane</title><content type='html'>Notwithstanding the immense amount of attention which has been directed in a broad general way to mind and&lt;br /&gt;its action, and although the constructive and creative ability of mind through thinking has been so long and so&lt;br /&gt;universally acknowledged, yet we are just now beginning to recognize the close and direct personal relation&lt;br /&gt;which thinking bears to man. The limits of the power of mind have never been clearly perceived, but recognition&lt;br /&gt;of their extent continually enlarges as knowledge and understanding increase.&lt;br /&gt;The differences between ignorant and enlightened, between savage and civilized, between brute and man, are all&lt;br /&gt;due to mind and its action. All the multifarious customs and habits of mankind, whether simple or complex,&lt;br /&gt;though often attributed to other causes, are, from first to last, the direct results of thinking. The unwritten history&lt;br /&gt;of the evolution of clothing, from its rude beginnings in the far-distant and forgotten past through all the ages&lt;br /&gt;since man first inhabited the earth, though at first glance seemingly simple, yet, as a whole, is wonderfully&lt;br /&gt;complex and astonishing in its particulars. Its story is only the story of the application of mind to the solution of&lt;br /&gt;a single one of the vast multitude of problems connected with human requirements.&lt;br /&gt;2&lt;br /&gt;It is true that our factories and palaces, our temples and our homes, are built of earthly material, but mind&lt;br /&gt;directed their fashioning into the vast multitude of forms, more or less beautiful, so lavishly displayed by&lt;br /&gt;architecture in city and country. The multitudinous products of constructive art which are scattered in lavish&lt;br /&gt;profusion over the whole earth are marvelous exhibitions of what mind has done; and these are being multiplied&lt;br /&gt;daily,&lt;br /&gt;All the mechanical triumphs of every age are products of mental effort. Without these men would be in the&lt;br /&gt;condition of the animals. It has been said that he owes his supremacy over the lower creatures to his ability to&lt;br /&gt;construct and use tools, but this also depends entirely on his superior ability to think. The steam engine is one of&lt;br /&gt;these tools; and the story of its creation and of the vast amount of mental effort which has contributed to its&lt;br /&gt;evolution can be written only in its larger parts because of the amount of time that has been expended upon it,&lt;br /&gt;the magnitude of the work, and the minuteness and complexity of its details.&lt;br /&gt;In the domain of the fine arts more than elsewhere the creations are intimately connected with mental action and&lt;br /&gt;are distinctly marked as products of mind. Music, vocal and instrumental, the single singer or the multitude in&lt;br /&gt;the chorus, the one instrument or the great orchestra, the country boy whistling among the woods and hills or the&lt;br /&gt;grand opera in magnificent halls -- music everywhere, in all its varieties and types, is a product of mental activity&lt;br /&gt;and is a most subtle as well as most powerful expression of the mind of the composer. The dreams of the&lt;br /&gt;sculptor which have been revealed in marble, those of the painter in the figures on his canvas, the beautiful in all&lt;br /&gt;artistic creations or expressions, are the direct result of the finest thinking of the finest minds. What a world of&lt;br /&gt;them there is in existence! Yet the crumbling ruins of the past point to greater worlds of them which have been&lt;br /&gt;destroyed by man and time.&lt;br /&gt;Even a yet more important product of mind is the literature of the world; in quantity, overwhelming; in variety,&lt;br /&gt;bewildering; in quality, whether ancient or modern, such as to excite the interest wonder and admiration. There&lt;br /&gt;is no greater monument to the mind of man than the things which that mind has produced in science, philosophy,&lt;br /&gt;religion, and letters. This has grown like those ancient monuments to which every passer-by added a stone, and it&lt;br /&gt;will continue to grow so long as the human race exists.&lt;br /&gt;Civilization with all that the word implies in every one of its unnumbered phases, its origin, continuance,&lt;br /&gt;progress, and present condition, is directly and exclusively a product of mind; and man owes to mind and its&lt;br /&gt;action all there is in the external world except the earth and its natural products. All religious, political, and&lt;br /&gt;social organisms have their root in mind, and they have assumed their present forms in consequence of the&lt;br /&gt;profoundest thinking of untold generations of men. To the same source man owes his own position, which is&lt;br /&gt;superior to all else on the earth and “only a little lower than the angels."&lt;br /&gt;Notwithstanding the recognition of all these facts, it has remained for the scientific men of the present day,&lt;br /&gt;through their own intellectual attainments and discoveries, to enlarge immensely upon this recognition and to&lt;br /&gt;show the complete supremacy and universality of mind in another domain. The horizon is rapidly widening in&lt;br /&gt;the direction of the mind's relation to man himself; and, as a result of the more recent discovery of facts, man is&lt;br /&gt;beholding undreamed of possibilities which he may achieve through his own mental control. From the vantage&lt;br /&gt;ground already gained, mental and moral possibilities are rising to view in the near distance beside which the&lt;br /&gt;attainments of this and all past ages shrink into insignificance.&lt;br /&gt;Only in these more recent years has it been clearly perceived that mind action is first in the order of occurrence,&lt;br /&gt;and that it is the absolute ruler of man himself as well as of all these wonderful works which mind has created.&lt;br /&gt;Mind is the motor power and governs everything, everywhere; but man can control mind, and therefore, by that&lt;br /&gt;control, he may be the imperious dictator of his mind's entire course, and, rising thence to the highest pinnacle of&lt;br /&gt;possibility, he may become the arbiter of destiny itself.  &lt;br /&gt;- by Aaron Martin Crane&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2879363578729639986-518153181262467107?l=garryblanson.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://garryblanson.blogspot.com/feeds/518153181262467107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2879363578729639986&amp;postID=518153181262467107' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2879363578729639986/posts/default/518153181262467107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2879363578729639986/posts/default/518153181262467107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garryblanson.blogspot.com/2010/12/right-and-wrong-thinking-by-aaron.html' title='Right and Wrong Thinking  - by Aaron Martin Crane'/><author><name>garryblanson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11886962881225056481</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R_-oK5hPwDA/S4zdfXriwrI/AAAAAAAAACc/T7-HUmGhWHU/S220/LastScangym.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879363578729639986.post-8504799301518702027</id><published>2010-11-20T20:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-20T20:35:51.195-08:00</updated><title type='text'>" FAITH Is The WORD "</title><content type='html'>God solved my problems, and I see the light&lt;br /&gt;We got a Hopeful thing, we gotta feed it right&lt;br /&gt;There ain't no danger we can't go too far&lt;br /&gt;We start believing now , we can be who we are&lt;br /&gt;Faith is the word !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They think our Dream is just a growing pain&lt;br /&gt;Why don't they understand, it's just a crying shame&lt;br /&gt;Our eyes are lying, only Real is Real&lt;br /&gt;We stop that lie right now, we got to be what we feel&lt;br /&gt;Faith is the word !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;( Faith is the word, is the word that you heard )&lt;br /&gt;It's got substance, it's got meaning&lt;br /&gt; Faith is the belief, is the hope, is the evidence&lt;br /&gt; Faith is the way we are feeling !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We take the pressure and we throw away&lt;br /&gt;Traditionality, belongs to yesterday&lt;br /&gt;There is a chance ,we can make it so far&lt;br /&gt;We start believing now ,we can be who we are&lt;br /&gt; Faith is the word !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;( Faith is the word, is the word that you heard )&lt;br /&gt;It's got substance, it's got meaning&lt;br /&gt; Faith is the belief, is the hope, is the evidence&lt;br /&gt;Now,Faith is the way we are feeling !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; " This is a life of illusion "&lt;br /&gt;We take the pressure and we throw away&lt;br /&gt;Traditionality, belongs to yesterday&lt;br /&gt;There is a chance, we can make it so far&lt;br /&gt;We start believing now ,we can be who we are&lt;br /&gt;Faith is the word !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;( Faith is the word, is the word that you heard)&lt;br /&gt;It's got substance, it's got meaning&lt;br /&gt; Faith is the belief, is the hope, is the evidence&lt;br /&gt;Now,Faith is the way we are feeling !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;( Faith is the word, is the word that you heard )&lt;br /&gt;It's got substance, it's got meaning&lt;br /&gt; Faith is the belief, is the hope, is the evidence&lt;br /&gt;Now,Faith is the way we are feeling !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Faith is the Word,&lt;br /&gt;Is the Word&lt;br /&gt;Is the Word&lt;br /&gt;Is the Word&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  ---  to God be the Glory on this one !&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2879363578729639986-8504799301518702027?l=garryblanson.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://garryblanson.blogspot.com/feeds/8504799301518702027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2879363578729639986&amp;postID=8504799301518702027' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2879363578729639986/posts/default/8504799301518702027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2879363578729639986/posts/default/8504799301518702027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garryblanson.blogspot.com/2010/11/faith-is-word.html' title='&quot; FAITH Is The WORD &quot;'/><author><name>garryblanson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11886962881225056481</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R_-oK5hPwDA/S4zdfXriwrI/AAAAAAAAACc/T7-HUmGhWHU/S220/LastScangym.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879363578729639986.post-8960490751201678926</id><published>2010-09-09T01:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-09T02:18:24.623-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cub power'/><title type='text'>" Who Do You Think You Are ?"</title><content type='html'>Who do you think you are ?&lt;br /&gt; As you read this story about a lost cub,see if you need to find&lt;br /&gt;your true self.Now,go ahead and read the story.&lt;br /&gt;           A cub lion, as the fable runs, was one day playing alone in&lt;br /&gt;the forest while his mother slept. As the different objects&lt;br /&gt;attracted his attention, the cub thought he would explore&lt;br /&gt;a bit and see what the great world beyond his home was&lt;br /&gt;like. Before he realized it, he had wandered so far that he&lt;br /&gt;could not find his way back. " He was lost."&lt;br /&gt;Very much frightened, the cub ran frantically in every&lt;br /&gt;direction calling piteously for his mother, but no mother&lt;br /&gt;responded. Weary with his wanderings, he did not know&lt;br /&gt;what to do, when a sheep, whose offspring had been&lt;br /&gt;taken from her, hearing his pitiful cries, made friends with&lt;br /&gt;the lost cub, and adopted him.&lt;br /&gt;The sheep became very fond of her foundling, which in a&lt;br /&gt;short while grew so much larger than herself that at times&lt;br /&gt;she was almost afraid of it. Often, too, she would detect a&lt;br /&gt;strange, far-off look in its eyes which she could not&lt;br /&gt;understand.&lt;br /&gt;The foster mother and her adopted lived very happily&lt;br /&gt;together, until one day a magnificent lion appeared,&lt;br /&gt;sharply outlined against the sky, on the top of an opposite&lt;br /&gt;hill. He shook his tawny mane and uttered a terrific roar,&lt;br /&gt;which echoed through the hills. The sheep mother stood&lt;br /&gt;trembling, paralyzed with fear. But the moment this&lt;br /&gt;strange sound reached his ears, the lion cub listened as&lt;br /&gt;though spellbound, and a strange feeling which he had&lt;br /&gt;never before experienced surged through his being until&lt;br /&gt;he was all a-quiver.&lt;br /&gt;The lion’s roar had " touched a chord " in his nature that had&lt;br /&gt;never before been touched. It aroused a new force within&lt;br /&gt;him which he had never felt before. New desires, a&lt;br /&gt;strange new consciousness of power possessed him." A&lt;br /&gt;new nature stirred in him," and instinctively, without a&lt;br /&gt;thought of what he was doing, he answered the lion’s call&lt;br /&gt;with a corresponding roar.&lt;br /&gt;Trembling with mingled fear, surprise and bewilderment&lt;br /&gt;at the new powers aroused within him, the " awakened "&lt;br /&gt;animal gave his foster mother a pathetic glance, and&lt;br /&gt;then, with a tremendous leap, started toward the lion on&lt;br /&gt;the hill.&lt;br /&gt;" The lost lion had found himself." Up to this he had&lt;br /&gt;gamboled around his sheep mother just as though he&lt;br /&gt;were a lamb developing into a sheep, never dreaming he&lt;br /&gt;could do anything that his companions could not do, or&lt;br /&gt;that he had any more strength than the ordinary sheep.&lt;br /&gt;He never imagined that there was within him a power&lt;br /&gt;which would strike terror to the beasts of the jungle. He&lt;br /&gt;simply thought he was a sheep, and would run at the&lt;br /&gt;sight of a dog and tremble at the howl of a wolf. Now he&lt;br /&gt;was amazed to see the dogs, the wolves, and other&lt;br /&gt;animals which formerly had so terrified him flee from him.&lt;br /&gt;" As long as this lion thought he was a sheep," he was as&lt;br /&gt;timid and retiring as a sheep; he had only a sheep’s&lt;br /&gt;strength and a sheep’s courage, and by no possibility&lt;br /&gt;could he have exerted the strength of a lion. If such a&lt;br /&gt;thing had been suggested to him he would have said,&lt;br /&gt;“How could I exert the strength of a lion? I am only a&lt;br /&gt;sheep, and just like other sheep. I cannot do what they&lt;br /&gt;cannot do.” But when the lion was aroused in him,&lt;br /&gt;"instantly he became a new creature," king of the forest,&lt;br /&gt;with no rivals save the tiger and the panther. This&lt;br /&gt;discovery doubled, trebled and quadrupled his conscious&lt;br /&gt;power, a power which it would not have been possible for&lt;br /&gt;him to exert a minute before he had heard the lion’s roar.&lt;br /&gt;But for the roar of the lion on the distant hill, which had&lt;br /&gt;aroused the " sleeping lion within him," he would have&lt;br /&gt;continued living the life of a sheep and perhaps would&lt;br /&gt;never have known that there was a lion in him. The roar&lt;br /&gt;of the lion had not added anything to his strength,had&lt;br /&gt;not put new power into him; it had merely aroused in him&lt;br /&gt;what was already there, simply revealed to him the power&lt;br /&gt;he already possessed. Never again, after such a startling&lt;br /&gt;discovery, could this young animal be satisfied to "live a&lt;br /&gt;sheep’s life." A lion’s life, a lion’s liberty, a lion’s power,&lt;br /&gt;the jungle thereafter for him.&lt;br /&gt;There is in every normal human being a sleeping lion. It is&lt;br /&gt;just a question of arousing it, just a question of&lt;br /&gt;something happening that will awaken us, stir the depths&lt;br /&gt;of our being, and arouse the sleeping power within us.&lt;br /&gt;Just as the young lion, after it had once discovered that it&lt;br /&gt;was a lion would never again be satisfied to live the life of&lt;br /&gt;a sheep, when we discover that we " are more than mere&lt;br /&gt;clay," when we at last become conscious that we " are more&lt;br /&gt;than human," that we " are gods in the making," we shall&lt;br /&gt;never again be satisfied to live the life of common clods of&lt;br /&gt;earth. We shall feel a new sense of power welling up&lt;br /&gt;within us, a power which we never before dreamed we&lt;br /&gt;possessed, and never be quite the same again, never&lt;br /&gt;again be content with low-flying ideals, with a cheap&lt;br /&gt;success. Ever after we will aspire. We will look up;&lt;br /&gt;struggle up and on to higher and ever higher planes.&lt;br /&gt;Phillips Brooks used to say that after a man has once&lt;br /&gt;discovered that he has been living but a half life the other&lt;br /&gt;half will haunt him until he releases it, and he never again&lt;br /&gt;will be content to live a half life. When one becomes&lt;br /&gt;conscious that the reality of them, that the truth of their&lt;br /&gt;being is God, that they are indissolubly connected with&lt;br /&gt;omnipotent power, they feel the thrill of divine force&lt;br /&gt;surging through every atom of their being, and can never&lt;br /&gt;doubt their divinity or possibilities again. They can never&lt;br /&gt;again be timid, weak, hesitating or fearful. They rest&lt;br /&gt;serenely conscious that they are in close touch, in vital&lt;br /&gt;union, with the Infinite. They feel omnipotent power&lt;br /&gt;pulsating through their very being, they feel the&lt;br /&gt;omnipotent arm sustaining, upholding them, and they&lt;br /&gt;know that their mission on earth is divinely planned and&lt;br /&gt;divinely protected.&lt;br /&gt;Many a poor child has grown up in the slums believing&lt;br /&gt;that they were like all the other children in their&lt;br /&gt;neighborhood, that there was no special future for them,&lt;br /&gt;nothing distinctive, nothing out of the dead level of their&lt;br /&gt;monotonous environment; but something unexpectedly&lt;br /&gt;happens, some emergency, some catastrophe, something&lt;br /&gt;which makes a tremendous call upon the great within of&lt;br /&gt;themselves, and they are suddenly surprised to discover&lt;br /&gt;that they are different altogether from those about them.&lt;br /&gt;Something has touched them, something in them have&lt;br /&gt;been aroused, something which shows them that they&lt;br /&gt;have a tremendous latent power which they did not&lt;br /&gt;before know they possessed, and they unhesitatingly&lt;br /&gt;answer the call. They go out into the great world, and are&lt;br /&gt;never again satisfied with " a cheap success," never again&lt;br /&gt;satisfied with their old nature or content with their old&lt;br /&gt;environment.&lt;br /&gt; Again,I ask," Who do you think you are ?&lt;br /&gt;[  PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS STORY IS PART OF A BOOK WRITTEN BY, - Orison Swett Marden ]&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2879363578729639986-8960490751201678926?l=garryblanson.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://garryblanson.blogspot.com/feeds/8960490751201678926/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2879363578729639986&amp;postID=8960490751201678926' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2879363578729639986/posts/default/8960490751201678926'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2879363578729639986/posts/default/8960490751201678926'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garryblanson.blogspot.com/2010/09/who-do-you-think-you-are.html' title='&quot; Who Do You Think You Are ?&quot;'/><author><name>garryblanson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11886962881225056481</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R_-oK5hPwDA/S4zdfXriwrI/AAAAAAAAACc/T7-HUmGhWHU/S220/LastScangym.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879363578729639986.post-5605432371413815991</id><published>2010-05-22T01:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-22T01:20:14.751-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How Much Are You Worth ?</title><content type='html'>This is from a reading by the Late Earl Nightingale :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     Before the atomic age,chemistry professors used to say that a person's worth - from a strictly chemical standpoint -was&lt;br /&gt; about thirty-two dollars on the going market.In recent years,this view has undergone a starling change.Scientist now calculate &lt;br /&gt; that if the electronic energy in the hydrogen atoms of your body could be utilized,you could supply all the electrical needs of&lt;br /&gt; a large,highly industrilized country for nearly a week.A Dupont scientist said that the atoms of your body contain a potential energy of more than eleven million kilowatt-hours per pound.The average man,by this estimate,is worth about EIGHTY-FIVE BILLION DOLLARS !&lt;br /&gt;   Moreover the electrons in the atoms of your body are not just particles of matter ; they are waves of living energy.And these&lt;br /&gt; waves ripple out and spread themselves in patterns of light,and as they move,they sing ! If you had the proper hearing aid,you could hear a great symphonic concert as these waves play and flow,merging with the waves of neighboring atoms.And they not&lt;br /&gt; only sing ; they shine.If you stand in front of an infrared television camera in a completely dark room,the screen will show you,&lt;br /&gt; from the top to toe,as a glistening,radiating,gleaming form.&lt;br /&gt;  In short,you're a whole lot more than meets the casual eye.Add to all this,the fact that to try to reproduce your mind mechan-&lt;br /&gt; ically would cost billions of dollars,and you really are AN AMAZING INFINITELY VALUABLE CREATURE.And not only are you&lt;br /&gt; immensely valuable as a human being,you are unlike any other human who ever lived,or ever will live.YOU ARE UNIQUE.&lt;br /&gt;   Now what are you selling all this for ? All human beings are priceless,but the payments - tangible and intangible - they receive&lt;br /&gt; from life vary greatly.The purpose of this message is to help you decide just WHAT YOU'RE WORTH - as a human being -&lt;br /&gt; right now,in today's society.And what you intend to be worth say,one to five years from now.&lt;br /&gt;   In the last analysis,every person is in reality in business for themselves - in that they are building their own lives,reguardless &lt;br /&gt; of who happens to write their paycheck.So,for the purpose of this particular message, I want you to think of yourself as " A &lt;br /&gt; BUSINESS " - as,let's say, " A CORPORATION." &lt;br /&gt;    You hold the office of president of this corporation,in that you are responsible for its success or failure.You and the members of your family are stockholders in your corporation,and it's your responsibility to see that the value of the stock increases in the years ahead.Your family has evidenced faith in you - and it's your responsibility to prove their faith is justified.This is the job not only of the breadwinner,but of any employed family member.&lt;br /&gt;  Now,while the operations of a corporation are multitudinous and complex,they can be reduced to four basic functions :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;           1) finance                    2) production                   3) sales                   4) research&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Without proper financing,there would be no production.Without production,the company would have nothing to sell.Without&lt;br /&gt; sales,it would have to completely stop production,Without research,it could not hope to keep abreast, or ahead,of our&lt;br /&gt; rapidly changing times.&lt;br /&gt;  Now slight anyone of these four vital functions and you have a deformed -a crippled company and,if you slight it long enough,&lt;br /&gt; you'll commit corporate suicide. [ we'll discuss finance - the money part of the whole thing - in another message ]&lt;br /&gt;   For now,let's concentrate on Research,Production, and Sales.They are the head,hands,and legs of a company.We could&lt;br /&gt; say that the head handles the Research ; the hands take care of Production ; and the legs handle the Sales.Cut off any&lt;br /&gt; one of these parts - and you're left with a shocked,staggering organization.How many once large companies and trade names can you think of which became giants - then disappeared entirely from the economic scene ? Names which once were &lt;br /&gt; leaders in there fields and are now only memories.They failed to KEEP IN BALANCE these three crucial functions.&lt;br /&gt;   What about research for your personal corporation ? Research can be said to exist in two areas- present and future.That is,&lt;br /&gt; the Research of a company should be devoted to ways and means of improving its present products - or services -present &lt;br /&gt; production - and present Sales.Future Research is concerned with ways and means of developing new products and services&lt;br /&gt; - new methods of production - and new methods of marketing.But,while this Research is going on,present production must &lt;br /&gt; continue at as high a level as Sales warrant.&lt;br /&gt;   In short,a corporation - your corporation - has two factors to consider : the present and the future.How successful we are in&lt;br /&gt; meeting these challenges will determine our PRESENT PROFITS - and our - FUTURE GROWTH.&lt;br /&gt;    Why are all companies concerned with growth - even when they seem to be doing well today ? It's because of a law which&lt;br /&gt; operates with companies,just as it does with human beings.NOTHING IN THE WORLD STANDS STILL - nothing in the entire&lt;br /&gt; Universe stands still.A law of physics goes, " A body in motion tends to remain in motion,until acted upon by an outside &lt;br /&gt; force."&lt;br /&gt;   A company which is growing has a tendency to continue to grow.Conversely,a company which is going backwards - or&lt;br /&gt; shrinking - has a tendency to continue to go backwards,or shrink - until acted upon by an outside force.All responsible&lt;br /&gt; company officers know that unless a company is growing - it's developing the first signs of death.Well,you're the head of&lt;br /&gt; your personal corporation - and you should realize that this same law applies to you as well.&lt;br /&gt;   Now, just for a minute,let's take a look at the next ten years.Before we do,keep this in mind : if anyone had predicted just &lt;br /&gt; ten years ago that we would be living in the kind of world we have today,they would have been ridiculed.This includes &lt;br /&gt; everything - from our basic industrial technology to the luxuries and new products we now take for granted - along with our &lt;br /&gt; present average income.We're reaching a point in the expansion of human knowledge where our advance is more than&lt;br /&gt; dynamic - it's EXPLOSIVE.Any prediction for the next ten years is very likely to be far on the ultra-conservative side.But&lt;br /&gt; let's take a look at what the experts have to say : According to many recent research studies - the next ten years are going &lt;br /&gt; to offer business and the individual unlimited rewards.&lt;br /&gt;    In the next eight to ten years,the bulk of spending in the highly developed nations,believe it or not,will be for things,products&lt;br /&gt; and services - over and above the necessities,which are food,clothing,shelter,transportation,and medical care.Imagine - most&lt;br /&gt; of the spending will be for things above and beyond the necessities ! This will be the first time this has happened in the entire&lt;br /&gt; history of the human race !&lt;br /&gt;   It's estimated the consumer market will expand fifty percent and more in the next eight to ten years - an astounding  &lt;br /&gt; increase soaring into the hundreds of billions of dollars.In the next thirty years,alongside every building now in existence -&lt;br /&gt; a new building must be built.And what about Research and development - which is the future of our economy ? Today,more &lt;br /&gt; money is being spent for Research and development in a single year - than was spent during the past 150 years.&lt;br /&gt;    Think for a moment - what does all of this mean to you and your individual company - the one of which you are President ?&lt;br /&gt;  It means YOUR FUTURE IS UNLIMITED,if you'll see yourself in relation to the present and the future.Never before,throughout&lt;br /&gt; all the centuries of man,has a person faced as bright a future as yours.Our population isn't just exploding - it's getting a lot&lt;br /&gt; SMARTER.Educational advances during the past ten years have been remarkable ; during the next ten,they'll be amazing !&lt;br /&gt;The customers are getting smarter everyday.And if we're going to continue to meet their demands and sell them our products,&lt;br /&gt; we'd better get smarter everyday too ! Because,if we don't - they're not going to buy from us.&lt;br /&gt;   The market of the next ten years will be characterized by diversity - not uniformity.It will also be dominated by taste - not&lt;br /&gt; necessity.There'll be a great increase in the quality as well as the quantity of customer choices.There are many signs of the&lt;br /&gt; rising urge for the better things in Life.Many millions of adults are currently interested in after-hours study programs,and this&lt;br /&gt; number is growing by MILLIONS each year.Well,that's just a glance at a few of the things going on around us.And what Life&lt;br /&gt; will be like in eight to ten years.&lt;br /&gt;     Now,each one of us - as President and unquestioned manager of his own corporation - can decide what to do about it.We&lt;br /&gt; can either grow with it - or go backward.WE CAN'T STAND STILL - even if we'd like to ! This gives us an opportunity to stand&lt;br /&gt; back and look at ourselves and our futures objectively - as an intelligent stranger might.Ask yourself," HOW MUCH AM I &lt;br /&gt; Worth,RIGHT NOW - today - as a corporation ? WHAT IS MY VALUE - today,to myself,my family...and my company ? If I&lt;br /&gt; were an outside investor,a stranger,would I invest in this corporation ?&lt;br /&gt;      A company growing at a rate of 10 % a year will double in size in about eight years.What attention are you giving to the&lt;br /&gt; Production of your personal corporation ? Can you grow and improve as a person at least 10 % a year ? Of course you can.&lt;br /&gt; In fact,if we go along with the experts estimates,a person can increase their effectiveness anywhere from 50 % to 100 % and&lt;br /&gt; more WITHIN THIRTY DAYS ! Our files are filled with reports from people who exceeded their previous performance to an &lt;br /&gt; almost unbelievable extent.People in management and in Production who multiplied their effectiveness many times.Students&lt;br /&gt; who moved from failing grades to straight A's and the Dean's list.People in Sales who found they could,through the proper&lt;br /&gt; management of their abilities,minds and time - sell as much of their company's products in a single month as they had &lt;br /&gt; previously sold in AN ENTIRE YEAR !&lt;br /&gt;      Think what this means ! It means being TWELVE TIMES as effective as a human being,and getting back to the [ law of &lt;br /&gt; cause and effect ] - it means putting out twelve times as much Service,which must and will guarantee our receiving eventually&lt;br /&gt; twelve times THE REWARD we formerly knew.TWELVE TIMES THE REWARD ! Remember,please,if we do twice as much,&lt;br /&gt; we have to receive twice as much.And nothing on earth can keep it from us.And the same thing applies if we triple our &lt;br /&gt; effectiveness.Now,you and I know this - everyone should know it - but remember that fully 95 % of the people do not know &lt;br /&gt; this ( understand this ).&lt;br /&gt;     Think of the advantage this gives to us.It isn't that we want to take advantage of anyone -and we're not - but it drawmatical-&lt;br /&gt; ly demonstrates the truth of the saying : " Knowledge (applied) is Power." Today is a brand new day - THE GREAT EQUALI -&lt;br /&gt; ZER - no more,nor less time than anyone else on earth can have to work with.Right now,begin to think of ways in which you&lt;br /&gt; can begin to INCREASE YOUR EFFECTIVENESS [ RAISE YOUR PRODUCTION ] - knowing that by so doing you're auto -&lt;br /&gt; matically presetting your rewards.Each day that comes to you,beginning with tomorrow,offers you a clean,brand new page on&lt;br /&gt; which to write the story of your Life.Forget the past:it's gone.Don't concern yourself with the opportunities you may have mis -&lt;br /&gt; sed in the past - this is true of everyone - but reachout and take each new day as it comes,and ask yourself," how can I best&lt;br /&gt; use this day ?" You know,we're going to run out of them eventually.&lt;br /&gt;     If we waste an hour of productive time everyday,it adds up to about 250 hours a year that our corporation,our plant is shut&lt;br /&gt; down.We can earn nothing with the doors closed.What is your time worth an hour ? Multiply this by 250 and you can see &lt;br /&gt; what you're throwing away.Now whether your employer pays for this wasted hour,or not,is unimportant.LIFE WILL NOT PAY&lt;br /&gt; FOR IT !&lt;br /&gt;     Learn to enjoy every minute of your Life." BE HAPPY NOW ! " - Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you &lt;br /&gt; Happy in the future.Think how really precious is the time you have to spend,whether it's at work,or with your family - every&lt;br /&gt; minute should be enjoyed,savored.A human Life is really nothing more than a collection of minutes,hours and days - these &lt;br /&gt; are the building materials... and it's left up to us to determine the kind and size structure we build.&lt;br /&gt;     You see,a person has a tremendous advantage over even the largest corporation.Think of any large corporation.Can it dou-&lt;br /&gt; ble it's Production in a single day ? NO - Can it double its Sales in a single day ? NO - It would like to,but its growth must be&lt;br /&gt;  a gradual,steady thing,because of the interconnecting complexities of operating so large an organization.Yet,a person can&lt;br /&gt; DOUBLE,TRIPLE,QUADRUPLE their effectiveness IN A MONTH OR LESS.It's like comparing the movement of a single &lt;br /&gt; scout to the movement of a great army.&lt;br /&gt;      How have you been handling the three vital functions of your Business : Research, Production, and Sales ? How much&lt;br /&gt; time and effort are you giving to RESEARCH - to the study of your work(business),your career ? Can this be improved ? And&lt;br /&gt; what about PRODUCTION ? Is there a way in which you can vastly improve the way in which you conduct your Business(work)?&lt;br /&gt; And SALES - how can that be improved ? SALES is morethan selling a product or service : it's the way in which we sell ourselves to everyone with whom we come in contact.It's the way we get along with our associates,wives,children,and &lt;br /&gt;neighbors.And,if our Business happens to be selling - how can we see more people everyday,or improve the effectiveness of&lt;br /&gt;every part of our contact ? One extra call a day comes to 250 extra calls a year.How many additional sales could we make&lt;br /&gt;with 250 additional contacts ? In 5 years that comes to 1,250 extra calls we would not otherwise had made.It's the difference&lt;br /&gt;between being average - good, OR GREAT !&lt;br /&gt;      Taking this new active approach to Life brings peace to our minds,absolute security to our future, and great new stature as human beings.In this way,we can work toward reaching full maturity.With this ATTITUDE toward Life,we need never for a moment concern ourselves with its outcome.It will begin to become successful tomorrow,and it will pour ABUNDANCE upon&lt;br /&gt;us for the REST OF OUR YEARS !&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2879363578729639986-5605432371413815991?l=garryblanson.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://garryblanson.blogspot.com/feeds/5605432371413815991/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2879363578729639986&amp;postID=5605432371413815991' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2879363578729639986/posts/default/5605432371413815991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2879363578729639986/posts/default/5605432371413815991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garryblanson.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-much-are-you-worth.html' title='How Much Are You Worth ?'/><author><name>garryblanson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11886962881225056481</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R_-oK5hPwDA/S4zdfXriwrI/AAAAAAAAACc/T7-HUmGhWHU/S220/LastScangym.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879363578729639986.post-5328762543137868779</id><published>2010-03-02T02:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-02T02:01:09.601-08:00</updated><title type='text'>If I Can Help Somebody</title><content type='html'>I can remember hearing these words,while&lt;br /&gt;listening to Martin L. King Jr. In his speech he said," if I can&lt;br /&gt;help somebody,then my living will not be in vain. Now as I get&lt;br /&gt;closer to the four and three(age 43), I find myself thinking these&lt;br /&gt;same words," if I can help somebody ",then my living will not be&lt;br /&gt;in vain. You see,I found out that it's not even about me.I guess it&lt;br /&gt;never was.It's about lifting up the name of Jesus and helping&lt;br /&gt;somebody.If you can do these two things,then your living won't be&lt;br /&gt;in vain.I know it sounds so easy,but we got to remember that the&lt;br /&gt;world is teaching us to only look out for self.Also,as you will find out.&lt;br /&gt;Everybody doesn't seem to even want any help.&lt;br /&gt;My Dad has a saying that has grown on me.He says,"the only&lt;br /&gt;thing worst than being ignorant,is being ignorant and not knowing it!"&lt;br /&gt;When you think about it,many times we are guilty of being ignorant&lt;br /&gt;and not even knowing it.&lt;br /&gt;This is why it's so important for us to help somebody.When we help&lt;br /&gt;somebody, we give them hope.Since they now have hope,they can give&lt;br /&gt;hope to somebody. A wise person once said;" you can have everything&lt;br /&gt;you want,if you will just help enough people to get what they want."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2879363578729639986-5328762543137868779?l=garryblanson.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://garryblanson.blogspot.com/feeds/5328762543137868779/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2879363578729639986&amp;postID=5328762543137868779' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2879363578729639986/posts/default/5328762543137868779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2879363578729639986/posts/default/5328762543137868779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garryblanson.blogspot.com/2010/03/if-i-can-help-somebody.html' title='If I Can Help Somebody'/><author><name>garryblanson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11886962881225056481</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R_-oK5hPwDA/S4zdfXriwrI/AAAAAAAAACc/T7-HUmGhWHU/S220/LastScangym.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879363578729639986.post-1291292540975239708</id><published>2010-03-02T01:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-02T01:59:57.655-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Where Do You Draw Your Strength ?</title><content type='html'>Where do you draw your strength?&lt;br /&gt;The reason I'm asking this question is because it's important to identify&lt;br /&gt;the sources of your strength.Once you're able to locate them,you will be able&lt;br /&gt;to utilize your sources of strength better.Futhermore,they will become tools&lt;br /&gt;to help you fix your life.&lt;br /&gt;You see,we tend to draw strength from God,other people,and other things.&lt;br /&gt;However,we have to learn to harness this power.We need to recognize exactly how &lt;br /&gt;we can use our sources of strength.&lt;br /&gt;Write down 3 to 5 sources that you draw strength from.Once you write them down,&lt;br /&gt;read them three times a day.They will help inspire and strengthen you,as you &lt;br /&gt;strive to reach your goals.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2879363578729639986-1291292540975239708?l=garryblanson.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://garryblanson.blogspot.com/feeds/1291292540975239708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2879363578729639986&amp;postID=1291292540975239708' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2879363578729639986/posts/default/1291292540975239708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2879363578729639986/posts/default/1291292540975239708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garryblanson.blogspot.com/2010/03/where-do-you-draw-your-strength.html' title='Where Do You Draw Your Strength ?'/><author><name>garryblanson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11886962881225056481</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R_-oK5hPwDA/S4zdfXriwrI/AAAAAAAAACc/T7-HUmGhWHU/S220/LastScangym.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879363578729639986.post-5403119599768769834</id><published>2010-03-02T01:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-02T01:58:29.759-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bus Boycott in Louisiana</title><content type='html'>Are you all ready for this little publicized Black History fact?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Baton Rouge was the site of the first successful bus boycott of the 1950s. This event became a blueprint for the more publicized boycott to take place two years later in Montgomery, Alabama, and it set the stage for desegregation in the Deep South.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2879363578729639986-5403119599768769834?l=garryblanson.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://garryblanson.blogspot.com/feeds/5403119599768769834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2879363578729639986&amp;postID=5403119599768769834' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2879363578729639986/posts/default/5403119599768769834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2879363578729639986/posts/default/5403119599768769834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garryblanson.blogspot.com/2010/03/bus-boycott-in-louisiana.html' title='Bus Boycott in Louisiana'/><author><name>garryblanson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11886962881225056481</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R_-oK5hPwDA/S4zdfXriwrI/AAAAAAAAACc/T7-HUmGhWHU/S220/LastScangym.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879363578729639986.post-8033588180325120869</id><published>2010-03-02T01:56:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-02T01:56:58.340-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Doubts and Fears</title><content type='html'>Do you know that your mind can get viruses?&lt;br /&gt;I'm not talking about the medical viruses.I'm talking &lt;br /&gt;about viruses such as doubt and fear.The sad thing about&lt;br /&gt;these viruses is,they often go unnoticed.These viruses &lt;br /&gt;creep in unawares,through your feelings and emotions.They &lt;br /&gt;become part of your programming.They stop you from doing &lt;br /&gt;many of the things you should be doing.&lt;br /&gt;The best way to get rid of these viruses is to reprogram&lt;br /&gt;your mind.You have to deliberately change the way you think.&lt;br /&gt;Also,you must change the words you use.For your actions follow&lt;br /&gt;your thoughts and words.You may not do everything you think,but &lt;br /&gt;you think everything you do.Therefore,you must learn to direct&lt;br /&gt;your thoughts.&lt;br /&gt;You don't have to entertain every thought that comes into your&lt;br /&gt;mind(head).Try to eliminate those thoughts that aren't positive.&lt;br /&gt;Use affirmations to help you reprogram your mind.Your subconscious&lt;br /&gt;mind tends to believe anything you continue to tell it.This is why&lt;br /&gt;it's easy for people to believe some of the lies they hear.&lt;br /&gt;You will have to continually work at reprogramming your mind.If&lt;br /&gt;you stop the reprogramming process,your mind will default back to&lt;br /&gt;the old program.So please,continue the reprogramming on a daily &lt;br /&gt;basis.&lt;br /&gt;-- garry b&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2879363578729639986-8033588180325120869?l=garryblanson.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://garryblanson.blogspot.com/feeds/8033588180325120869/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2879363578729639986&amp;postID=8033588180325120869' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2879363578729639986/posts/default/8033588180325120869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2879363578729639986/posts/default/8033588180325120869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garryblanson.blogspot.com/2010/03/doubts-and-fears.html' title='Doubts and Fears'/><author><name>garryblanson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11886962881225056481</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R_-oK5hPwDA/S4zdfXriwrI/AAAAAAAAACc/T7-HUmGhWHU/S220/LastScangym.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
