Strive4impact Main Page http://strive4impact.com/ en Copyright 2012 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:20:29 -0700 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Quick Update Are there books about Scar Tissue? (Also visit the YouTube Video Link) How to Heal Scars On The Face (Also visit the YouTube Video Link) How to Get Rid of Hardened Scar Tissue (Also visit the YouTube Video Link) We're also having a giveaway on CarrieAndJonathan for a basket made out of chopsticks]]> http://strive4impact.com/quick-update.html http://strive4impact.com/quick-update.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:20:29 -0700 Shipped In Time For Christmas Graphics massage music we have over at Music Of Massage, and created a few graphics to help me with that. I thought I would share my "shipped in time for Christmas" graphics here. Feel free to download and use freely. I've put them into .PSD, .jpg, and transparent .gif. The .psd graphics aren't layered into all layers as I built the original images in Power Point. Anyway, hope these help you! If they do, please link back to this page using anchor text "shipped in time for Christmas graphics". Thanks! Jonathan Shipped in Time For Christmas Graphic 1 JPG | GIF | PSD Shipped in Time For Christmas Graphic 2 JPG | GIF | PSD]]> http://strive4impact.com/shipped-in-time-for-christmas-graphics.html http://strive4impact.com/shipped-in-time-for-christmas-graphics.html Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:21:21 -0700 Work is Pretty Much Boring Mark: "Do you like working where you're working or is it pretty much boring as hell?" Jonathan: "I like working where I'm working, but yah, it's pretty much boring." That was the conversation I had some time ago with my friend Mark. Most people go into business thinking that they will avoid the "boring as hell" stuff that they have to do in their job. But you know what I've discovered? In business, there's plenty of boring-as-hell stuff to do as well. And if you don't do the boring stuff that your business requires (or at least hire someone to do the boring stuff that your business requires), then chances are good that your business won't succeed, and you'll be back to doing the boring stuff for someone else. Business is more work than a job. Having and running business takes more initiative and drive than having a typical job. But I'd much rather do boring things that I know are going to benefit me, as opposed to boring things that I know will benefit someone else in exchange for a paycheck. That's not very optimistic, and... to be clear... not all business stuff is boring. You should go into a business you are passionate about. But know that there will be boring things that you just have to get done in order to get where you want to go with your business. ]]> http://strive4impact.com/work-is-pretty-much-boring.html http://strive4impact.com/work-is-pretty-much-boring.html Business Internet Stuff boring job work Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:01:04 -0700 10 Reasons You Aren't Yet A Millionaire SavingAdvice.com. Good reminders. The reason why you aren't a millionaire (or on your way to becoming one) is really quite simple. You probably assume it's because you aren't earning enough money, but the truth is that for most people, whether or not you become a millionaire has very little to do with the amount of money you make. It's the way that you treat money in your daily life. Here are 10 possible reasons you aren't a millionaire: 10. You Care What Your Neighbors Think If you're competing against them and their material possessions, you're wasting your hard-earned money on toys to impress them instead of building your wealth. 9. You Aren't Patient Until the era of credit cards, it was difficult to spend more than you had. That is not the case today. If you have credit card debt because you couldn't wait until you had enough money to purchase something in cash, you are making others wealthy while keeping yourself in debt. 8. You Have Bad Habits Whether it's smoking, drinking, gambling or some other bad habit, the habit is using up a lot of money that could go toward building wealth. Most people don't realize that the cost of their bad habits extends far beyond the immediate cost. Take smoking, for example: It costs a lot more than the pack of cigarettes purchased. It also negatively affects your wealth in the form of higher insurance rates and decreased value of your home. 7. You Have No Goals It's difficult to build wealth if you haven't taken the time to know what you want. If you haven't set wealth goals, you aren't likely to attain them. You need to do more than state, "I want to be a millionaire." You need to take the time to set saving and investing goals on a yearly basis and come up with a plan for how to achieve those goals.]]> http://strive4impact.com/10-reasons-you-arent-yet-a-millionaire.html http://strive4impact.com/10-reasons-you-arent-yet-a-millionaire.html Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:58:29 -0700 The Hanoi Hilton: Brilliant Propaganda When the United States was at war with Vietnam, it became official policy of the North Vietnamese government that if an American pilot was shot down but still alive, he was to be brought to a certain prison (actually built by the French in the 1800's) in the center of Hanoi. Hoa Lo Prison. These American pilots were to be treated with the utmost respect and dignity, and given the best treatment a POW could hope to receive. That is how it is told in Vietnam today. It is also told that the pilots were treated so well that they began to call the prison the Hanoi Hilton, because while still very uncomfortable and of course imprisoned, it felt like the hotel version of being a POW, hence the name, the Hanoi Hilton. http://strive4impact.com/the-hanoi-hilton-brilliant-propaganda.html http://strive4impact.com/the-hanoi-hilton-brilliant-propaganda.html Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:01:30 -0700 You Can Never Understand A System From the Inside Perry Marshall sent out this email today. So much of it rang true for me, and I wanted to share it with you here, as well as archive it for myself.
In 8th grade one of my teachers assigned me to write a report about the United States and one other country. I chose India. I'd never left the US and I'd never gone to India. Yet somehow India wasn't all that hard to write about - I asked one of my other teachers a bunch of questions because she had been to India. I wrote about women's colorful dresses and Hindu temples and all that. All the stuff a foreigner notices.
]]> http://strive4impact.com/you-can-never-understand-a-system-from-the-inside.html http://strive4impact.com/you-can-never-understand-a-system-from-the-inside.html Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:40:35 -0700 How many order buttons do you have in the world? Healing Scar Tissue and Music of Massage.]]> http://strive4impact.com/how-many-order-buttons-do-you-have-in-the-world.html http://strive4impact.com/how-many-order-buttons-do-you-have-in-the-world.html Business Sun, 10 Apr 2011 06:17:43 -0700 What Skills Do You Have? I was thinking about some money challenges a friend of mine is having. He's an Indian guy, studying in the states. He said that is he is running out of money. I remember when I was in Germany in 2001 ($10,000 in credit card debt at the time), and had NO money... I had a plane ticket home, but that wouldn't happen for eight more weeks. I was ashamed to ask my parents for (more) help, because they were helping me dig my way out of the credit card debt. I had lied to them for 6 months before I went to Germany to try to cover up my mistakes, and didn't want to have to ask for more help. But I barely had enough money to buy something to eat. However, 3 days before I left for Germany, I had just gotten certified in massage therapy. So I went to a few massage therapists, and with my limited German language skills, found one who had a massage chair I could borrow. But she needed some collateral, something of value to know that she would get her massage chair back. So I gave her my passport. ... http://strive4impact.com/what-skills-do-you-have.html http://strive4impact.com/what-skills-do-you-have.html Business General News Travel chair challenges massage money skills Tue, 08 Mar 2011 05:35:35 -0700 To the family of Saeed Chmagh To the family of Saeed Chmagh I came to know your face And the tragedy of your story As I watched images horrible images which ripped at my heart and churned my insides. I don't think I have the imagination to know what this must have done to you. I never met him But I saw your face As you clutched that picture of your father A man gunned down by carelessness I wanted to write you a letter to tell you it would all be okay. I wanted to scream at the video And make it stop, so that it never happened. But my language failed me. The words to assure you... The words to speak, which can turn back time... I don't know those words. I saw your face. And I understood. I don't have the words. I am crying with you And I am sorry that I don't yet know how to give you more than my tears.]]> http://strive4impact.com/to-the-family-of-saeed-chmagh.html http://strive4impact.com/to-the-family-of-saeed-chmagh.html Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:46:11 -0700 Overcome: March 23, 1994 This is a poem I wrote in 1994, when I was 14. I woke up with it on my mind this morning (for obvious reasons), and wanted to share it here. - - - - - - - - - If people would quit complaining about being in the minority, we would all be in the majority of human people fighting to become something much greater. - - - - - - - - - Overcome To Martin Luther King -Let us keep the dream alive- We shall overcome without violence, without hate. We shall overcome, and not use others as the bait. Where'd the spirit go? a different cause, yes, but we've laid down on the job, and forgotten about the rest. The violence which surrounds us now, hurts us even more. In the end, it will kill us all, and hurt us more than the worst war. Those who died, was it in vain? Don't we get the message? If we don't stop violence, it will stop us, and leave us behind in the wreckage. Their cries for help are being ignored, by those of us still here. Why don't we try to stop the violence? Is it simply out of fear? Or maybe it's just easier, to turn away and not see, the headlines in the paper, and the pictures on TV The violence on the streets, so easy to ignore. When you're not involved in it, but what happens when knocks at your front door? The others will have turned their heads away, just as you did too. So when you see violence heading your way, don't expect anyone to save you. But what if you stop it, before it closes in? What if we can stop it? The all the world will win. When violence is stopped for all of us here, the world will work towards peace. We'll all be able to join hands and fly, in a V for victory, just like geese. Time to stop turning the head, It is time to work together. It's time for us to live out our creed, and keep the peace forever We shall overcome, without violence, without hate. We shall overcome, and our world will be great. http://strive4impact.com/overcome-march-23-1994.html http://strive4impact.com/overcome-march-23-1994.html My Philosophies martin luther king overcome Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:43:49 -0700 Why Mortgage Companies And Banks Want Empty Homes It just dawned on me. Banks (not people necessarily, but banks themselves) actually WANT foreclosed homes. Why did this just dawn on me? I've been asking myself how a bank could want foreclosed homes. How could it be good to have entire neighborhoods of homes that are sitting empty? And in order to finally understand this, I had to get into the mind of someone who's not me. I tend to think that people are good. I tend to think that most people want to do what's right by their fellow man. I tend to think that most people will take care of one another. However, when it comes to the bottom line, it's not as black and white as that. It should be... It can be. But only for people really willing to stick their necks out and find creative solutions to very big issues. If you're a person at the head of the mortgage department at a large bank, you are responsible for making sure that: - investors get paid on the loans they have put their money into - the bank generates larger than average returns. What's better than collecting really high interest from someone who probably can't afford it? What's better than locking someone in legally to a binding agreement that you know they will sign without having an understanding of what they are signing? What's better than charging usurious rates of interest that adjust upwards and upwards, every 3-6 months? Here's what's better: Having someone up and walk from their home. When someone walks, as the bank you can foreclose. You now have an asset that you 1. Sold to someone for $200,000 (maybe more, or maybe less) 2. Collected $15,000 in interest for (in two years or less) 3. Adjusted their rate upward, collecting an additional $3,000-$5,000 in interest (in maybe just the next 6 months) 4. Had them walk away from the house because they could no longer afford the payments 5. Foreclosed on their property 6. Sold the property again (to someone else) for $150,000 You figured out a way to earn $370,000.00 on a $150,000 house in less than 3 years. http://strive4impact.com/why-mortgage-companies-and-banks-want-empty-homes.html http://strive4impact.com/why-mortgage-companies-and-banks-want-empty-homes.html Sun, 09 Jan 2011 04:16:54 -0700 2010-12-31 This past two weeks Music of Massage, a place where massage therapists and anyone interested in 60 minutes of incredible relaxation music, can go to get it. It's $4.95/month for online access or $19.95/month to get a CD delivered to you, or $19.95/month for a CD delivered + online access. Music of Massage is my first membership site, and I'm very excited to help it grow! Hired people on GoodHiredHelp.com to do all kinds of tasks including cleaning up a list I bought of massage therapists and massage spas, Researching lots of blogs where I can request to have articles posted, and signing up for affiliate programs. Bought plane tickets from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Dehli, India, on May 3rd. $225 - Total cost for both of us including extra luggage allowance, meals, and extra leg room, for a 4 1/2 hour flight. No idea yet how or when we'll arrive in Malaysia. Carrie is so good at planning amazing places for us to travel. Opened an account with Goldmoney Talked with Houston Home Theater Systems (also my older brother) about redesigning his site into Wordpress. Wrote articles on IdentityTheftSecrets about How to Watch TV While Traveling Abroad, Coupons for ESET Smart Security, and creating backups of hard drives with a program called Acronis. Pretty excited about having made an affiliate commission on The Solar Plan. The sale was for a discounted item (unfortunately I can't see which item) through Hammacher Schlemmer. Posted articles on GreenJoyment about Government rebates for solar and green initiatives in Australia, Tom's of Maine's $50/$100 contest (you can still win!), and learned about third generation solar. Added new page templates (without sidebars) to Identity Theft Secrets and GreenJoyment.com. Still need to do this for MusicofMassage.com Helped Patrick Shaw and Adam (my brother) with a big server migration Celebrated Christmas with our friend James and his family, and our friends Matt and Nicole and Keith and Carol. Of course I've been up to a lot more... that's all the summary I'm going to take time to write up right now.]]> http://strive4impact.com/20101231-this-past-two-weeks.html http://strive4impact.com/20101231-this-past-two-weeks.html Travel Updates Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:27:23 -0700 2010-12-15 This past week Looking Up" Wrote an article about Coupon Codes for renewal of Norton products Did an interview with No Debt World Travel (link coming soon) Did an interview with Caroline from Wales (link coming soon) Wrote a post about EcoBlue Atmospheric Water Generators. Pretty cool concept. Wrote a post about how Christmas comes in boxes in New Zealand Added affiliate links to Lisa Carey's post about How to tell if your Cell Phone is tapped or hacked Added floating heads to Carrie's post "But We Speak The Same Language" about how Brits and Americans can use the same words to mean different things Negotiated and promoted a discount for the members of GreenJoyment on the DIY Solar Panel Guides Wrote a few articles about ESET and ESET Promotion Codes Wrote a post about how to win a flip-pal scanner (my uncle Gordy's invention) Worked at the Auckland Council every day from 8:00-4:45 (ish) ]]> http://strive4impact.com/20101215-this-past-week.html http://strive4impact.com/20101215-this-past-week.html Wed, 15 Dec 2010 03:23:57 -0700 Bring Value: A Conversation With a New Marketer ThreeMoneyMethods.com. I don't know how he came to that site, but I hope you find some helpful advice in the conversation as well.
Hi, Here are my "comments"...unfortunately I did not receive(read) the report because "the pc, doesn't have" aproproate program and can not translate thetext (the report)!...so,I am asking,do you have a videos(maybe this is idea for better marketing-marketing tool, ha-ha), or some fresh and quickest way to make money,($1000 montly will be good),(no offense,,,for the report,because I haven't saw-read it).Thank you. I am expecting your reply,as you said you ...will. ps:I am not flatering you but I noticed that you are a good(Honest) guy,(which is very very rare when it comes to a "internet marketer") and I wish to tell you that I am a complete beginer to online merketing but I've noticed while I was looking for a way to make money online that with this one like you are doing (waiting for reply) you are making the same time (something-kind) like research and that is a sign to a honest in depth marketer,waitig for reply and maybe future cooperation.thank you.
]]> http://strive4impact.com/bring-value-a-conversation-with-a-new-marketer.html http://strive4impact.com/bring-value-a-conversation-with-a-new-marketer.html Business Internet Stuff My Philosophies Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:27:42 -0700 My Entrepreneurial Spirit Comes From Anger Digging for nickels, dimes, quarters, and silver dollars in a kiddie pool filled with sawdust at a company picnic, I remember someone telling my younger brother what a valuable contribution my dad was making to the company that was sponsoring that picnic. I'm sure whoever that person was used different words to relate this idea to my 3 year old brother. However, even at my young age (4 or maybe 5), I remember feelings of pride and happiness for my dad. My dad is a highly intelligent, hard-working, dedicated, well-educated, and well-paid guy. He can think through things 12 steps ahead of where they are right now, diagram it all out for you, and walk you step-by-step through what needs to happen to get there. Despite this, growing up, I watched my dad have 7 different (well-paid, high-position) jobs in 15 or 16 years. One of the first downsizings came as the biggest shock. In my memory, I see my brothers and Dad and Mom standing around the kitchen counter. In my memory, I don't just see, but also experience; the pain, the hurt, and the frustration as Dad walks through the door at home, 2 hours earlier than usual, briefcase in hand. In my memory, I see, experience, and feel his feelings of betrayal as he tells my mom how they had escorted him to his desk, given him 15 minutes to collect his belongings, and escorted him to the door (presumably they did things this way so that they could prevent or control anything he would say to other employees). What would he have told the other employees? That their jobs were to be made redundant, outsourced, downsized, etc. the next day. This was an era pre-pagers, pre-cell phones, when you wouldn't have someone's home number or even think to call them in the evenings. (Instant messaging, texting, and emailing, were not options then.) My brothers and I, and later my sister, watched as Dad went through - "downsizings" - "lay-offs" - "outsourcings" - "redundancies" or whatever the catch phrase of the day was for the equivalent of: - "You've been sacked. India's cheaper." - "You've been sacked, but only because we're going a different direction" - "You've been let go, but only because of us, not because of you" As my brothers and I made our way into the working world, each of us experienced (in our early twenties) a downsizing, an outsourcing, or a "being let go" from a large corporation that wasn't making the bottom line or saw fit to get rid of us - not because of what we'd done, but because the company wasn't meeting the bottom line. http://strive4impact.com/my-entrepreneurial-spirit-comes-from-anger.html http://strive4impact.com/my-entrepreneurial-spirit-comes-from-anger.html Tue, 02 Nov 2010 05:43:47 -0700