Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Quote of the Day --   "Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently." ~ Moshe Arens -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --  Today - Aug 18th - Wendy Kay is our featured guest of the day! She dropped in to the Conscious Discussions Talk Radio show to help us master the art of feeling good, starting with learning how to recognize our own worth. When we realize our own worth we discover some other things too such as personal accountability, the power making choices, discover new passions. In doing so we are filled with the knowledge of the incredible power we have as an individual and the fact that we can have a positive impact on the world with small, moment to moment choices.   Drop by and access this discussion at your convenience via the link below: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/consciousdiscussions/2011/08/18/recognizing-your-worth Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, inf...

-- Quote of the Day -- “… If you stay on your shore, you will never discover other shores. …Why is it that you want to go into business? ...It is during these times of times of economic changes that we see an increase of self-employed businesses. …You might need to test the waters while you work full or part time. …Don’t wait until everything is just right; it will never be perfect - there will always be challenges and cycles. …You just have to take the step and let go of the fear .”   ~ Victor Kwegyir Today's quote comes from an interview that aired back on June 9:  From Dream to Self-Employment *Click on Show Title to access the full interview and while there, scroll down to the "comment" section for this episode to find related business advice discussions. -- Referral Corner -- In keeping with the topic of "business advice", I'd like to pass on to you a resource that may come in handy one day, especially if your offi...

-- Quote of the Day -- " Writing ought either to be the manufacture of stories for which there is a market demand – a business as safe and commendable as making soap – or it should be an art, which is always a search for something for which there is no market demand… something new and untried, where the values are intrinsic and have nothing to do with standardized values. "  ~ Willa Cather Lately I've found that I have this real need to write this last year - not for publication or promotion or for sharing on this blog - but just for me. It has been an amazing experience. Those stolen moments with the pen gives me a yearning for more, and more time and head space for this process.  33 pages of journaling later, and only a half dozen poems have been written this year - but it is more then I've done in quite a while. Dealing with the chronic illness, and end of life planning of my parents, the grief of their passing really wiped me out and it t...

 -- Solar Water Heaters --  Today's article is written by Henry Wills who is passionate about solar water heaters, and like any technology or innovation - it's success is entirely dependent on the culture and location of each country. Here, he compares China and India. Personally, we have several friends who have solar water heaters with an electric backup system and they seem to be very enthusiastic about them. It is a well known fact that solar water heaters are immensely popular all over the world these days. In India too, they are popular but their popularity isn’t as much as in other countries of the world. Hence it can be said that there is a slow yet steady pickup of interest in the installation of solar water heaters among the Indian citizens but because of the lack of enthusiasm in investing in this kind of product there is a difference between the cost of solar water heaters in India and those in other countries of the world. In India individual o...

-- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --   We are having a special guest return to share more information on gardening consciously – Sheri Ann Richerson joined us back on May 8 th   earlier this year - for a fascinating discussion in the realm of gardening and of course we just had to have her back to talk about her experiences and recommendations for winter gardening. Sheri “ lives and breathes ” gardening -  is the author of some 28 books, most of these are within the gardening genre. One that I’ve had a chance to read is: Complete Idiot’s Guide to Year-Round Gardening – which she co-wrote with Delilah Smittle,and have grown to be a fan of Sheri’s work. In the earlier discussion with Sheri back on May 8 th , we learned about plant-a-row for the hungry, and how gardeners can have a direct impact on the local economy and community health issues.  We also learned about micro-climates and touched on succession crops – which leads us to our discuss...

The Research-scary statistics Rosemary J Osborne, our featured guest of the day, is editor at The Writing Shed: http://www.thewritingshed.com.au where she focusus on ensuring each document shines and is not only error-free, but says exactly what you want it to say. Today, Rosemary shares here thoughts on communication stats. The majority of email senders and email receivers believe that their email information is interpreted correctly. In fact, only half of emails received are interpreted correctly and half of email recipients have a lot of trouble interpreting emotion in emails. There is a suggestion that this overconfidence in emails links to a difficulty detaching oneself from your own environment. This theory is supported by the rapid emergence of social media where the communication is fast, "off the cuff" and not always thoughtful. Furthermore, three quarters of email is opened within 6 seconds of its arrival in the Inbox and there is a signi...

 -- Quote of the Day -- “… We have a tendency to focus on what is negative, on what is going wrong… A lot of times because we misdefine happiness we are expecting things that are not realistic. …There is a difference between ‘pleasure’ and there is ‘well-being’. …‘Pleasure’ is buying the newest and greatest gadget or eating an amazing chocolate-chip cookie of cake – but we need to understand that this is not going to bring us happiness.   That sense of well-being; that sense of passion; that sense of literally getting up every day and being excited to be a part of life…  Do I feel a sense of peace? Do I feel a sense of wholeness?  …that is what we are looking for . ”  ~ Elizabeth Lombardo Today's quote origins are in the Recipe for Happiness interview that aired on the Conscious Discussions show back on June 7 of this year. Check out the full interview via the hyper-linked show title (above). -- Positive Eco-News -- Kudos t...