Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Positive News --  Many of you know that I am very passionate about recycling as one of the easiest and most economic ways of making this planet a healtier, more sustainable place. According to GreenStar.com 2 million tons of recycled items reduces the amount of carbon emissions by 6/1 million metric tons - which is equivalent to removing 1.2 million cars off our roads, or the energy used by 180,000 homes, or 6 million barrels of oil.  In fact, did you know that if we throw out a tin can - it is the same as lighting a match to one cup of gasoline? That is how much fuel is consumed in creating that tin can, but recycling it we interrupt the cycle and reduce the wasted fuel and materials.  By recycling we are not harvesting minerals or forests and other raw materials - instead we are reusing those materials harvested in the past. Recycling also reduces how much material is sent to the landfill - helping to extend the life of those landfills that already e...

-- Brummet's In the Media -- Today - the 13th of  December - www.samanthaholtauthor.blogspot.co.uk   is hosting a contest for a copy of Towards Understanding , e-book format. The contest is only for this one day so be sure to head over to her blog and enter a comment in order to enter this draw. There will be contests going on at this blog for most of December and one of the runner up prizes that I am also offering to one of her readers is a package of 6 eco-friendly bookmarks.  The bookmarks are printed on 50% recycled content material and use 100% all veggie inks (some soy inks contain petroleum products), by a company located only 12 hour drive from our office - which means there are fewer fossil fuels consumed in the shipping.  Be sure to let Samantha know if you'd like to be entered for the runner up prize as well. Also ... I am proud to announce that one of  my articles is going to be published on the Rochelle Melander's blog - topic: Marketing C...

-- Quote of the Day -- “You have to look at your business model is. If you are a speaker and you are going to be selling books at the back of the room, of course you are going to want to self-publish. Let’s say you are writing a memoir about your experiences in juvenile detention and you want to sell your book to juvenile detentions across the country   – that is special market sales so you’ll want to self-publish. If you are writing a novel, you may want to utilize an agent that specializes in novels. …If you don’t get an agent or a publisher right away, don’t be afraid to put your book out as an e-book. …If you believe in yourself, just do it.” ~ Antoinette Kuritz Today’s quote originates from the Conscious Discussions Talk Radio episode that aired back on … titled: World of Writing   (*Click on the title to access the full discussion)     -- World of Writing, Interview --   ...

-- Quote of the Day --    “Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace - it shouldn’t be peace at any cost, but peace based on principle, on justice” ~ Coraz Aquino -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --   * Airs live @ 10-11 AM (Pacifc)  - all episodes are archived indefinitely within moments after they air live, and are available for you to listen to later on at any time of day.     Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144   Inspirational speaker, life coach, author Kevin Ross wants to wake the world up to its purpose. He is on a mission to teach and inspire people practical principles to design and live the lives of their dreams! Kevin is a published author and he hosts a weekly radio show called Design Your Life on Unity.fm.   His goal is to help i...

-- Quote of the Day --  --> “Prejudice is a burden that confused the past,  threatens the future  and renders the present inaccessible.” ~ Maya Angelou -- Referral Corner --  While many individuals have already completed their xmas shopping chores, there are a lot of folks out there who have plenty of shopping yet to do - and will be shopping for themselves in the future as well. There is a great way to do your shopping and raise funds for charity at the same time!  Visit http://www.GiveBackAmerica.com - choose any charity you want to support at that moment from the list of some 1400 of those listed there and start your online shopping. The businesses you are shopping at will then donate to that charity. You can choose a different charity every time you shop online if you like, or support just your favorite one. It's an amazing opportunity to help your dollars make a difference with little effort on your part. Again - that's http...

-- Quote of the Day --    “When the Japanese mend broken objects they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold because they believe that when something’s suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful.” ~ Barbara Bloom -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --   * Airs live @ 10-11 AM (Pacifc)  - all episodes are archived indefinitely within moments after they air live, and are available for you to listen to later on at any time of day.     Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144   Listen to my new episode Creative Marketing & Writing Advice at http://tobtr.com/s/3975661 http://www.blogtalkradio.com/consciousdiscussions/2012/12/09/creative-marketing-writing-advice Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, their radio program, blog, and more at: http://brummet.ca ...

-- Quote of the Day --  “Be aware that we are interconnected: what I do to you, you do to somebody else and it will eventually reverberate back to me. …For some people (change) is just a little blip and for others it is a smack in the head. …When you are in high school everyone is going through adolescence together. With midlife we are feeling alone, and we are dealing with hormonal changes too. For women, you might go through it at 35 or I might go through it at 60. Women often go through a shake up phase in their thirties, and then menopause later on. For men 40-50 is their time. – we get this wake up call at several points in our lives where we ask the big why questions; why am I hear, etc. …Sometimes you want to change but you are afraid of change; the best way to get over fear is to get into action. You face your fear and it just blows away. Question your fear; a lot of times we take on other people’s fears.” Franki Picasso ...