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What is the Point of Life? Ebook Update

Vern — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 01:08:29 +0000

Ok, the content for the What is the Point of Life? ebook is written from my side and I’m waiting on more people to contribute. I have a handful of promises and some friends have sent their paragraph or so to add to the book. If you haven’t sent your opinion in – why not [...]

11 Thoughts on Life, GTD, Getting Life Done

Vern — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:02:20 +0000

1. Think iffertdenly. 2. As soon as you catch yourself with even 1 procrastinating thought – smack yourself in the head and put yourself on the spot until you do something toward resolving it. 3. Nobody thinks like you do. 100% of what you think makes sense can’t possibly make sense to someone else. The [...]

A Nice Way to Go Through Life…

Vern — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:58:43 +0000

A good friend emailed me from out of the blue with this… I thought I’d share it. “The 4 Agreements” by don Miguel Ruiz. 1. Be Impeccable With Your Word Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of [...]

Video 1: Questioning Your Religion

Vern — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:23:23 +0000

This is my first attempt at video for the Aim for Awesome site. I know what I want, but I don’t know how to get there yet. I noticed in this first video I’m too mellow for the first part, I’d like to get more energized like around the 9:30 minute mark you’ll see that [...]

Video Games vs. The Game of Life…

Vern — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:30:26 +0000

Why human beings need to involve themselves in games of strategy and adventure online, effectively playing games within a game I don’t understand. What better game to play than the one you’re already playing – the game of life? Why sit in front of a computer and play Quake, SIM City or some other video [...]

31 Reasons to Smile Big!

Vern — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:40:22 +0000

Thirty One Reasons to Smile Big Today! 1. Burger King strawberry milkshakes are still being made on another planet and imported. 2. You woke up hungry. And, there’s food available you just have to go get it. 3. You’re not doing hard-time in jail. 4. If you have been to jail you learned a lot [...]

What are Life’s Most Important 8 Questions?

Vern — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:24:54 +0000

Since I don’t have answers I’ll ask questions. What are life’s most important questions? There are many questions that we should contemplate during life because questions help guide us and put us on a path to doing something. After all, we should be doing something during life right? I don’t know – that’s one of [...]

Life = Consciousness + Free Time + Action

Vern — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:34:56 +0000

It seems I spend a lot of time figuring out what Life IS to me. Today I thought of it as a simple equation. It could be looked at as nothing more than… [ad#aim468x15anywhere] Life = Consciousness + Free Time + Action A lot of things we do during a typical day, to me, don’t [...]

What are your Life Dysfunctions?

Vern — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:06:40 +0000

This is about your Life Dysfunctions. We all have them. [ad#aim468x15anywhere] Most of us have problems that I call Life Dysfunctions. Some of these are permanent, they can’t be overcome. I’d like to think that the only ones that are of this nature are those that are genetic and physically unchangeable through therapy or medicine. [...]

Being on TOP of the Game of Life…

Vern — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:04:03 +0000

I wrote a post recently about the types of people that I meet and interact with when I’m trying to get an online venture going. I noticed that there are people that are set apart from the rest of us. They are people that are on TOP of the game, whatever particular game they’re playing. [...]

The big, BIg, BIG, BIG PICTURE!

Vern — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 05:36:11 +0000

[ad#aim468x15anywhere] I like to write about the big picture because it’s easy for me to focus on it. It’s the natural state of my mind when looking at anything, I’m trying to see the entire picture and all relevant variables that might be having an effect on the big picture. I was thinking yesterday about [...]

Aim for Awesome Readers: Marionettes to the Advertising Industry?

Vern — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:29:10 +0000

If you’re reading this blog – AimforAwesome.com you are likely different from most of society. I’m going to make some guesses about my readers that isn’t based on anything other than knowing that you seem to like the articles I’m churning out for you here. [ad#aim468x15anywhere] See if any of these apply to you… You’re [...]

The Law of Subtraction (not a misprint)

Vern — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 04:10:21 +0000

Recently I broke down and listened to something about the ‘Law of Attraction’. I am not one to believe in anything that suggests that objective, probability driven reality can be changed by anything like faith or changing your mindset or what you wish to make up in your mind to believe… but, there has been [...]

Seeing the “Big Picture”, a very useful Lifehack!

Vern — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 03:25:33 +0000

I’m a “big picture” kind of person. I know that. I know that because over the years many people have told me that I’m missing some little details that I overlooked. Initially I know the details need to be done, and I’m good when I’m focused, but sometimes I un-focus and forget the little details [...]

Part 3: Hawaiian Philosophy of Life… 4 Levels of Reality

Vern — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:13:50 +0000

This is the last in a 3-part series about different parts of ancient Hawaiian Philosophy of Life. We went over a small part of what ancient Hawaiian people came to believe through the teaching of their Kahuna or priests. We have already covered the 7 Principles of Huna, The 3 Selves or Minds, and today [...]