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22.12.14
You are getting screwed and why you should enjoy it.
Recently I have been doing a fair amount of travel. I flew from Seattle(SEA) to Dubai (DXB) and then from there to Cape Town, South Africa (CPT) This has occurred to me on other trips but I thought I would share a mindset that has helped me remain relaxed in the face of travel challenges.
A big part of travel is the in between, and by that I mean the airport and hotel transfers, the taxis, buses, trains etc. It is the law of averages that from time to time on one of these parts of travel you are going to get screwed. By that I mean you will end up having your time gone, your money taken, your belonging lost etc. It just happens.
Rather than let the stress and anger build, the more things that become bad the more you can take it in stride. If something bad happens to you and provided you are willing to learn from it the less likely you are to have it happen to you in the future! So that cab driver screwed you out of ten bucks? Laugh!
The universe is more likely to let that not happen to you again because of your learning. So next time the hotel transfer was late and cost you an extra half hour of waiting take it in stride. You got screwed! But it is on average less likely to happen to you the same way again. The goal in life is the PATH to the top of the mountain. Not the top of the mountain itself. Remain calm and enjoy the path.
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21.12.14
Russia in the spotlight
Articles
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-17/putin-s-secret-gamble-bet-on-ukraine-backfires-in-ruble-crisis.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-19/russia-expanded-gold-holdings-for-eighth-month-amid-ruble-rout.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-15/russia-increases-key-interest-rate-to-17-to-stem-ruble-decline.html
Following sampling of Russian Equites that have been badly beaten up. Maybe a time to buy?
LUKOIL ADR SHARE PRICE
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Market vectors Russia ETF
Books that are definetly worth reading that lay out the current environment.
The Colder War: How the Global Energy Trade Slipped from America's Grasp
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15.8.12
8.8.12
Quick Ebay listing tip –
This post is a quick tip to make your webstore on Ebay more
profitable if you have one. Something such as Ebay stores etc.
If you have products that cycle on a monthly basis and do
not have active auctions you are missing a huge opportunity to market your
goods to customers.
As most of you are aware Ebay does not put store listings
that are not run as auctions in the auction listing format. So you MUST at
least have some auctions going to help you merchandise your products better and
cross sell to people who click to see what else you have for sale. Just a
simple tip that may help your store run better. I have seen other sellers not
do this and they could have better volume and profit with such a simple change.
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6.8.12
7.5 in your own life.
Watch the included video in this post. Really quite an
amazing video.Then read on.
In the video you can see an incredible amount of courage and
skill. The best part of the whole video is near the end of the video at
the 3:45 minute mark. Watch the panel of
judges as they put out their opinion of value of the jump that the diver did.
There are three judges who have 9.5, 9, 9,9 and then a final judge of 7.5. Now
the diver was ecstatic that he did what he did, as he should be. He jumped off
a 172 foot tower, did a few flips and then landing it, not to mention shredding the
athletic tape supports due to the force generated in the meantime tying a
world record at the time.
In your own life
where would you be if you listened to someone who gave you a 7.5 for jumping
off a 172 foot tower?
Are you listening
to friends, family, co-workers who will only give you a 7.5 no matter how high
you want to jump?
Don’t listen
to people who will only give you a 7.5 no matter how much you challenge
yourself to be a better person. This video is proof of that. So jump off those towers in your life and don't care if someone is going to give you a 7.5!Share
21.5.12
Guadalupe 2010 Pictures
Here is a great post of pictures from a 2010 Great White Expedition to Guadalupe from Silenthunter Bolton.
Great pictures!
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.228609923916161.44973.100003014663305&type=3
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25.4.12
23.3.12
Fault Lines: The US and the new Middle East: Libya
Interesting video on the Libyan war and the ramifications for humanitarian action.
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Street view for Google maps
This is definitely not a substitute for real travel but is an excellent preview for sights you may want to see. Street view for Google maps.
http://maps.google.com/intl/en/help/maps/streetview/?utm_campaign=en&utm_medium=hpp&utm_source=en-hpp-na-us-gns-svn&utm_term=amazon
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19.3.12
Jack Spirko 2012 Liberty Forum Part 2 of 3
As requested by a viewer here is part 2 of Jack Spirko at the Liberty forum.
Jack Spirko at the 2012 Liberty Forum Part 2 of 3 from Jack Spirko on Vimeo.
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13.3.12
Jack Spirko 2012 Liberty Forum Part 1 of 3
Excellent speech given by Jack Spirko of the Survival Podcast. The other 2 parts can be found here.
http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/
Jack Spirko at the 2012 Liberty Forum Part 1 of 3 from Jack Spirko on Vimeo.
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6.2.12
23.1.12
CURRENCY WARS! Exclusive Interview with James Rickards
To understand the current world we all live and exist in you must listen to this man.
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