My big fat BIG dream....

Throughout my entire life I've filled my mind up with big fat dreams I would like to achieve and conquer. Whether or not these dreams actually happen is a different story. As I get older I find my dreams change too, they develop into unimaginable ideas that remove me from normality, this could be the result of merely just wanting to escape, get away, and break free.

I'm a realist so dreaming is hard for me, but I do often wonder about things that I'd really like to do. I watch movies and am influenced by amazing scenery and intense locations.

What it all boils down to basically is my big fat dream to travel the world!

http://travellingideas.info

Conventional is good fallback position isn’t it??

If I were to do everything conventionally it would be easy to call me a vibracrete wall.

Boring in colour, flat surfaced, easy to assemble and tasteless.  All of which I am most definitely not. Although a lot of the time you do feel stuck between a rock and hard place, conventional should never be the option.

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When one agrees to just do the bare minimum, or all that is required of them, you will often find that you will never be able to exceed expectations. It might be a safe option to be conventional, but no one likes boring. What defines each of us individually by our characters is our ability to all be different. Being conventional puts you in a subculture that just gets by by doing all they need to. Go the extra mile, put in the extra effort, make the difference.

You cannot chase two rabbits at the same time.

Chasing two rabbits at the same time could leave you in a state. Having one focus and one goal once at a time is better.

Think about it, it’s a Friday night and you have a decision to go to two parties. You are torn. You decide to go to the one, leave a little earlier and then join the other where you spend the rest of your eve. The party you left first you clearly thought less off than the one you ended your night at. In the end you are left feeling exhausted and not having enjoyed your night.

http://rowenakellies.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/you-cannot-chase-two-rabbits-at-the-same-time/

Have one focus and one goal. Take one step at a time, Having multiple goals will just wear you out and it will make it almost impossible for you to even acknowledge the end result.

“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you only have one idea” (Alain).

What this statement means is that when a person only has one idea they can become so consumed in it, they lack the ability to see a world of other opportunities that are available.

It’s awesome having a focus point in your life, but it can land you in hot water if it’s only one. What happens if that idea fails and does not become a reality, one may end up with nothing at all.

You need to set goals in all sectors of your life. Your career, your family, your fortune as well as your health, and for each goal more than one idea on how to achieve it. We also need to be flexible with our ideas so that we don’t find ourselves stuck when trying to execute something, and we are quickly able to move onto the next one, or adjust it appropriately to give us our required end result.

http://running.competitor.com/2012/06/training/improve-strength-and-speed-with-downhill-running_53833

Have u figured out the second head fake?

For many this might seem a confusing question. Second head what! This question refers to Randy Pausch Last Lecture: How to achieve your Childhood Dreams. 

Professor Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon gave his last lecture in which he spoke of working hard, achieving your own dreams, overcoming obstacles, seizing every moment… and at the end of his speech asked the following:

Did you figure out the head fake? It’s not about how to achieve your dreams. It’s about how to lead your life.

http://www.emersonkent.com/speeches/last_lecture.htm

Did you figure out the second head fake? The talk’s not for you. It’s for my kids. The 'Head fake' he refers to means to learn something indirectly, when you are not even aware that there is a lesson in the message. 

An example could be wearing a school uniform every day, over and above all looking the same at school, it teaches you the rules of neatness, having pride in yourself and sticking to rules.

We should not plan our life and do the deeds that will hopefully make our dreams come true, we should just live a good life to the fullest! If we do, we will be able to reach our dreams in some or other way… even indirectly!

I am....

the person who creates ease in an awkward situation, the one who laughs during random conversation, the person who asks the silly question during a presentation, and cries during animal mutilation, wants coffee during middle night communication, gets angry about confrontation and thrives on maximization, has learnt through education and lives in a country that's full of expectations...

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“Rock journalism is people who can’t write interviewing people who can’t talk for people who can’t read” (Frank Zappa) – Comment

After doing some research on this controversial comment made in 1977, I understood many people thought it was out of pure ignorance that Frank Zappa said what he did; Zappa actually had absolutely no consideration for any journalists. He always said that journalists would never know anything about what they should be doing, had no idea about music and its history, and always knew what they wanted to say and find out before they even arrived at the interview.

Zappa was merely expressing his intense hate for rock journalists, but realized that without them, certain smaller target audiences are not reached. He realised that together the combination of the journalists work and the message of the artist was vital in this crucial marketplace and in establishing and providing understanding to his music.

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