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Marianne Williamson stated that our deepest fear is not our inadequacy, but that we possess power beyond measure. Now logically this makes no sense. People are not consciously afraid of succeeding, they don't consciously think they are insane, nor do they believe they are evil. It is our ego's that create an illusion to prevent us from seeing what lies below the surface.
The truth is, people are terrified of succeeding, and not just the journey to get there. Because in life its not getting what you want, its wanting it after you've gotten it.... Success can carry a heavy burden. When Oprah Winfrey lost weight, she immediately lost several of her closest friends. Why? Because the sad truth is that your success is scary to others.
Some people need you in pieces, in order to hold themselves together.
They feed off of your procrastination, your lack of ambition, your self doubt. The reason being is that, if you were to not be a victim of those factors, then their curtain of comfort would be pulled to the side and they'd be forced to see the light of mediocrity side by side with their potential, and that is a nightmare. They say that hell on earth is meeting the person you could have become face to face. Why let it happen?
You see, as difficult as the road to achievement is, the secret to success is quite simple and the process can even be quite enjoyable. One naysayer asked me a while ago, if I was a millionaire rapstar yet. Without missing a beat I said yes. Because that is the only way to get there. Ask Bill Gates, Michael Jordan, any of the most successful people of all time, they WERE their OUTCOME before it happened. If you can't think like a millionaire, you wont' become one. Success is merely the physical manifestation of what already is. Life is both a bitch and a beautiful, caring woman. Which one you know depends on YOU. Reality is divided amongst individuals. Your life is a reflection of your personal beliefs, actions, and thoughts. This is not to say that merely believing will make your dreams appear in thin air. Vision with no action is nothing more than a dream.
However a dream will put you on the path. Just keep in mind that path is not an escalator. You must walk to get to the end. Do not be swayed off of it.
Your closest friends and family will tell you all sorts of things. They'll attribute the lack of immediate empirical proof of accomplishment with being a failure, ignoring the fact that they've been on a treadmill their entire life. They chose to be comfortable because their goals were too HARD.
Ridiculous....accomplishing anything is just doing easy things that nearly anyone can do over and over again. The trick is that its also easy NOT to do it. Successful people do, what unsuccessful people aren't willing to do. You have two people going to the gym, one guy skips a week. It'll make no difference, he'll look to his friend and say, "oh you look the same." He can keep skipping while his friends keeps going and they'll be no noticeable difference at first, but eventually one guy will be ripped and the other won't remember what his feet look like.
Somebodies opinion should NEVER stop you from doing what you were put on this earth to do. Who cares what people think of you? A study was done about funeral services. When you die, about 50% of people in attendance will NOT travel to see you get buried depending on the weather. How bout that. You went through life giving and following the rules and the weather will determine whether or not they'll see you get buried. Not a hurricane, nothing extreme, just rain. Now tell me, how can they possibly matter?
Always keeping moving forward, because no matter what the negatives, nothing compares to the joy that will come from doing something that you truly love.
God Bless
-Ian
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September 14th 2008 15:34
Finally, some decency from the republicans. John Mccain has seen the light! He concedes that the country needs something new in order to thrive so he is intentionally trying to lose...right? It just makes too much sense. 80% of the country hate George W. Bush, so Mccain agrees with our esteemed president over 90% of the time and never misses a photo opt. 2 out of 3 people want out of Iraq now, so he of course talks about how great the surge is and how we need to stay for 100 years. Mccain is an old man with a history of cancer, so of course you'd want a VP that you'd be comfortable with....Not when you're trying to lose on purpose. No you hire a hockey mom from Alaska who's greatest accomplishment was finishing second in a 3 person beauty pageant 30 years ago....No? You mean he's NOT trying to lose? Whats this, the polls show the race is even? I'm torn between uncontrollable laughter and crying myself to sleep.
Can Americans seriously be this stupid? Yes...yes they can. I'm truly baffled at the way this race is going. I'm watching Palin and Mccain and literally can't believe what i'm hearing. They are telling lies. Not the kind of lie that you'd have to dig deep to uncover, no. The kind of lies like for example somebody who looks like Pee Wee Hermin saying, "Yeah, I make 200K a year as a model."
Obama wants to teach sex to kindergarteners? Are we serious?! That is absurd. I haven't seen this much blatant crap being swallowed since all you had to do to get somebody arrested was yell communist. Jesse Jackson needs to seriously give the democrats their balls back because they should be destroying the republicans. Gas is at an all time high. What the country needs is to kill our dependency on foreign oil and invest in other forms of energy. What does Mccain propose? Drill for more Oil, that we won't even SEE for 20 years, and even then will only save a couple cents at the most.
The economy is in the toilet. A result of predatory lending, the war in Iraq, Bush tax cuts, lack of viable job options in this country. We need somebody who knows the economy and can turn it around. So the people turn to Mccain who kicks things off by saying he doesn't know much about the economy...what? He wants more Bush tax cuts, an issue he opposed until he started running for president. Plus not only does he want to stay in Iraq, but he wants to go after Iran, Afganistan, Korea, Pakistan, and is eying Russia. This idiot is planning World War 3!
Now we've got Sarah Palin. If I were a woman, I'd be throwing bricks through her windows. (On second thought no, she might fly over my house in her helicopter with a rifle and mistake me for a harmless animal) She makes Bush look like Stephen Hawking. Here is a former Mayor of a town with a smaller population than my school, who was a terrible governor for less than 2 years. Gibson asked this woman more questions in one sitting than Mccain did when he picked her to run for the second most powerful job in the world. Yeah, gotta love that judgment. Out of her own mouth this woman has said she doesn't know what a vice president does. Shes a crusader for ending Rove vs. wade and wants all that conservative sex education that has got her daughter kicking out more kids than a Foster home. She keeps preaching about being a hero for the bridge to nowhere, similar to Mccain plugging his war record like Julii brings up 9/11. Hello!! Not only did she endorse it, when she reluctantly agreed to not do it, she kept the money to waste on something else. Oh and where is this gotcha B.S. from the media over her religion? Her church would make John Hagee (Endorsed Mccain) blush.
I think its so sad that as far as people say this country has come, people hate African American's so much that they will put this country into the hands of a war mongering fossil and a Hillbilly who has less political experience than Monica Lewinsky. So heres me praying that either the collective IQ's of this country rises, or the young people, minorities, and people who can find their state on a map who've been ignored by these "Polls" turn out and allow Obama to take this election. Who knows, maybe the debates will knock some sense into people and allow them to realize just what the hell they were about to vote for.
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Okay fine I'll review it. So I was not one of the people who decided to deprive themselves of sleep and brave the costumed fanboys , and alley molesters (like my supervisor was) and did not catch the Dark Knight at the midnight or 3 am showings. Because you know, i have a life and I was able to contain my excitement for a few days. Plus I really hate lines. So I caught it on Sunday afternoon by design since there wouldn't be anybody weird and I didn't have to wait in line. So I got some great seats and sat back to observe for myself if The Dark Knight lived up to the hype.
It surpasses it.
Seriously, if Ledger doesn't get the Oscar I will slash the tires of everybody who works for the academy awards. Sorry Jack, sorry Mr. Hopkins, Ledger just pulled off the greatest on screen villain performance, EVER. What solidified how deep Ledger was into this role for me was the one scene where he isn't in Joker make up. You actually see his normal face and yet you don't recognize him because he looks manic and insane, like the Joker. It was brilliant and creepy all in one. Christian Bale was no slouch but Heath Ledger stole the show. This movie was pure brilliance. It completely shattered every super hero movie stereotype. No over the top visual effects to distract the audience from a terrible script and wooden acting, no predictable plot with the good guys win eat your veggies moral. This movie was a masterful crime drama with thought provoking philosophical and political undertones, and holy crap plot twists. And it was dark people, very Dark. The atmosphere surrounding this movie left no crack for rays of sunshine, and I loved it. Die hard fans and miserable critics a like will orgasm to this movie. If you haven't scene it once yet, please do or forever wear the socially inept label. If you've scene it once, see it 3 more times. They could use the money....
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To quiet the rare nagging in the back of mind that says "Hey, you never finished that advice on women series" I'll just sum it all up here rather than dragging it out over a period of years to draw non existent viewers in and get some kind of bad reality show out of it. This is all you need:
Personal Development
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Greetings, one or two people who may read my blog whenever I have the free time and desire to rant about something, or share my opinion. I haven't been keeping up with my non profit duties as a result of numerous other ventures, but since I've got some free time I figured, hey why not blog about something. In addition, sometimes the staggering stupidity of another human being is so great that I absolutely must share my thoughts with others, since you know talking to myself would be weird...In this particular instance, I'd like to get into the Jesse Jackson controversy, which I just now decided to dub "Genitalia Gate" since its one of the rare non issues used by the media to distract us from relevant topics that I happen to find amusing. And the word genitalia makes me chuckle.
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It's my own fault. I gave him the benefit of the doubt. How could I not? This is the man that delivered the epic 'holy crap' moment during the Sixth Sense. He impressed me with Unbreakable and made me jump like Kobe Bryant over a snake infested swimming pool with Signs. So I was willing to ignore the talk that surrounded his last two efforts which received luke warm responses. I liked the Village and think the hate stemmed from arrogant critics not wanting to admit that they misjudged something that went over their heads. I can't defend Lady in the Water, so I won't bother. However, none of that mattered. This was new M. Night season. The time of year for misleadingly good trailers and a fascinating premise. Plus this one had Mark Wahlberg and people falling off buildings, I had to check it out. It wouldn't be bad, M. Night would show up the doubters without casting himself as a main character and tooling an in film critic in the ultimate display of immaturity.
So on Saturday afternoon, I went to my usual theater, paid for my 8 dollar ticket and bought some cold, overpriced movie food, because I just knew it would be worth every penny. (And I missed breakfast) I passed the time waiting for the movie to let out and for the workers to half heartedly clean the place of discarded nacho trays and spilled popcorn by reading some of The Great Derangement. How appropriate a selection, as I've just now realized. Finally it was time to go in and after sitting through the previews of crap I don't want to see for the most part, it was time for
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The first round of the NBA playoffs came and went with a flurry of assault, marijuana, and rap beef. This seriously is one of the most exciting playoffs in years, and I'm happy to have so much free time to watch all the games thanks to my jobs hour cut backs. I'll be breaking down each second round series, talking about awards, and giving some predictions.
Hornets vs. Spurs
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I recently was able to contribute to the record shattering sales of the smash hit Iron Man. 200 million dollars in 1 weekend. Amazing. It'd be even better if I got a cut of it, maybe I'll call the producers up and ask for some revenue since I'm plugging the movie in my blog. Anyway, I just felt the urge to leave a brief review for this excellent film.
Robert Downey Jr. was able to sober up long enough to take on the role of the wealthy, genius, playboy who heads the biggest weapons distributor on the planet, which he got from his old man. After surviving capture from terrorists by means of a primitive version of his heroic alter ego, he has a change of heart and goes good guy. The casting crew should get extra because they did an excellent job in selecting actors. The characters of Tony Starks and his long time assistance Pepper Potts (dead serious) light up the screen. The film stands alone in entertainment due to the straight faced and witty delivery of Downey as he charms his way through this visual effect fan's wet dream. The special effects were similar to Transformers but may have blown it out the water in sheer style. Even Stark's cell phone inspires some awe from the crowd. Almost every minute this movie almost has something pretty for the eyes without sacrificing story or dialog. I highly recommend you continue to make this movie obscene amounts of money and go check it out, because I guarantee that you won't want to watch this film on your home computer or modest living room set. And with the stunning fight sequences you'll really hate that dvd copy where people keep standing up to use the bathroom and completely block the camera lens.
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Sorry about the delay but the combination of a job and trying to build a music career left me without blog time. Sorry to keep anybody waiting. Now on to the topic:
After extensive research and through real life experience, I have found the one quality that EVERY SINGLE WOMAN looks for in a man. Without this trait you will not only fail to attract women, but you will fail at other aspects of your life. It is that important, and I cannot stress this enough. There is no point in taking dating advice without getting this down because no line in the world can get you success without it. In fact, let me get this out the way. THERE IS NO MAGIC LINE. Pickup lines do not work...Ever. If you use a pickup line, it had better be in an obvious joking manner. The only line that can get a woman to sleep with a guy is "Hi, I'm Brad Pitt." So any beliefs that there is some magic line to bag women must be deleted from your memory banks. They don't exist. If you aren't a superstar, or a natural, you must learn the skills. And even famous people can't pull every girl. So now that I've sufficiently hyped this up, here is the key element in everything I am telling you
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This is the first in a series of blogs where I will be answering the question that Fraud tried his whole career to answer and failed. What do women want? I encourage the readers to add comments leaving your questions whether it be about a problem with your current relationship, how to get a relationship, personal development, whatever is plaguing your social life. Men and women are welcome to share their thoughts and ask for my perspective. I will take the time during the week to address in a separate post as many of your questions as I can and will probably answer more in the blogs themselves. I guess I should note that I do not have (nor do I need) a degree in this stuff. I have the benefit of my personal success and different experiences as well as a lot of reading. You do not have to take my advice as law, I'm just putting it out there to give you a unique point of view. So without further ado, Part 1 of How to be what Women want:
So what DO women want? If I had a dollar for every time a frustrated guy has said this, I'd be Bill Gates. Well the first thing I would say to a person asking this is that they already have the wrong idea here. That question is far too vague. Why do you want to know what women want? What specific want do you wish to learn? For what purpose will this answer serve? How important is it? Well as this is a dating blog, I'll narrow down the question. What do women want in a man? See? Much better. The answer is simple however....They want YOU. That's right, a woman wants YOU, a MAN. Confused? Of course you are. I'll elaborate. A woman doesn't want YOU as in the mamma's boy with no backbone. A woman wants the MAN that poor conditioning or traumatic events have hidden from her view. Not to worry, each week I will be giving you a vital key to having the success with the woman that you want and giving a woman the man she deserves
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Comment by Ian White
on The Dark Knight is the best movie EVER
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