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BrainDance.com Newsletter, May 2000 (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

"Any man is educated who knows where to get knowledge when he needs it, and how to organize that knowledge into definite plans of action."
-Napoleon Hill, Law of Success

Summary of this issue:

Helpful Thoughts
 THE FOLLOWING IS A NEPALESE GOOD LUCK TANTRA TOTEM

INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE
1. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
2. Memorize your favorite poem.
3. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have, or sleep all you want.
4. When you say, "I love you", mean it.
5. When you say, "I'm sorry", look the person in the eye.
6. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
7. Believe in love at first sight.
8. Never laugh at anyone's dreams.
9. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.
10. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
11. Don't judge people by their relatives.
12. Talk slowly but think quickly.
13. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?"
14. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
15. Call your mom.
16. Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.
17. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
18. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.
19. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
20. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
21. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
22. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older,their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
23. Spend some time alone.
24. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
25. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
26. Read more books and watch less TV.
27. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll get to enjoy it a second time.
28. Trust in God but lock your car.
29. A loving atmosphere in your home is so important. Do all you can to create a tranquil harmonious home.
30. In disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
31. Read between the lines.
32. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
33. Be gentle with the earth.
34. Pray. There's immeasurable power in it.
35. Never interrupt when you are being flattered.
36. Mind your own business.
37. Don't trust a man/woman who doesn't close his/her eyes when you kiss.
38. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
39. If you make a lot of money, put it to use helping others while you are living. That is wealth's greatest satisfaction.
40. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of luck.
41. Learn the rules then break some.
42. Remember that the best relationship is one where your love for each other is greater than your need for each other.
43. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
44. Remember that your character is your destiny.
45. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

"The single most reliable way to protect our brain cells as we age, most researchers agree, is to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, which are chock-full of antioxidants and nutrients." –WebMD on MSN

Wise Thoughts from Warren Buffet
 The following distinction on investing from Warren Buffet applies to many aspects of life:

"When Byrne was 13, Buffett told him to think of himself at home plate, waiting for a pitch. "There was no one calling balls and strikes, and I could take as many pitches as I wanted," recalls Byrne, who got to know Buffett because his father was a colleague and friend of the legendary investor's. Buffett's advice was simple: "Every year or two, the perfect pitch comes along, and you swing from the heels." But few people have the courage to do that, Buffett explained. "Most people just try to bunt." – As quoted in Nicholas Stein's article on Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com at Fortune's e-company Web site

Carolyn Myss' Thoughts on the Creative Process
 Consider the following statement by Carolyn Myss from her "Anatomy of the Spirit audiotapes:

"When you do something creative, it is like you go into a desert, and wait for the spirit of what you are trying to do to enter you."
When I first read this a few years ago, my first thought was "Wow, that is exactly how it happens!" After more consideration, it bugged me think that my creativity is dependent upon something outside myself. The more creative tasks I attempt, and the more I attempt to switch between different types of tasks during the same day or week, the more I realize that the spirit of a task seems to be waiting for us, not the other way around. The key point for one reason or another, it sometimes takes a while to "get into the right gear or mode" when we go to do something highly creative (or technical). Now the Anthony Robbins' training I've had tells me that we should take charge of our state and make creativity happen. The truth for me seems somewhere in the middle. We can condition ourselves to go into the proper state faster when wanting switch creative tasks. It also seems that the creative process is enhanced when we are able to tap into the spirit of the task at hand, and sometimes that takes a while. Sometimes, when the task is highly technical, and the task I am switching from is largely nontechnical, it helps to distract myself while my brain reconfigures itself for the new task. UNDER CONSTRUCTION!

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