Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Quote of the Day --  “The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think,  then what to think –  rather to improve our minds,  so as to enable us to think for ourselves,  then to load the memory with thoughts of other men.”  ~ Bill Beattie -- 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   Joining us today: Ray Arata who had gone through his share of life struggles on his path to finding his true self and becoming a whole person; his family’s addictions, divorce and remarriage, being a father, and career transitions. Today ...

-- Quote of the Day --  “Delegating is a huge success strategy; if you are not willing to delegate you can only get to a certain level of success – you have to be willing to open your hand and hand off some of the things in it otherwise your hand is always full and you aren’t able to take on anything else. …We began giving the staff a bonus if they could keep me off the floor, so that I could run the business from the office. …It is critically important that you continue to grow because what worked 5 years ago is not likely going to work now. …With the cycle of success, how life works: setting a goal and making progress toward the goal the likely hood is that we are going to get stuck along the way. …The process is progress, progress, stuck and unstuck again. So if you can shorten the process between stuck and unstuck it will increase your production in life, you’ll be happier, and provide a better service to the public.” ~ Marnie Sweberg ...

-- Quote of the Day --  “The person interested in success has to learn to view failure  as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.” Dr Joyce * We had some internet issues this morning - so I was unable to host the radio show today. Apologies...   Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, their radio program, blog, and more at: http://brummet.ca * Support the Brummets by telling your friends, clicking those social networking buttons, or visiting the Brummet's Store - and help raise funds for charity as well!

-- Reusable Straws --  Andy and I started communicating about a review project for stainless steel drinking straws sold by the Eco-Straws Company ( www.eco-straws.co.uk ) back in early July and due to shipping delays we received the sample by the 23 rd of July, which arrived by airmail in a small padded envelope. In the package there was a scoop straw (for things like smoothies), a straight straw and a curved straw. I was thrilled to see that the sample also came with a cleaning brush – it looks like a stiff, short bristled narrow bottle-brush on a wire handle that is about 19 cm. or 7.5 inches in length.  The first thing my husband said when he saw these products – “ these are fantastic, we have to buy some! ” What I really liked about these stainless steel straws is that they are dishwasher friendly - we tried out the dishwasher option but found only the straight straw would work in our silverware section of the dishwasher, the other...

-- World of Writing -- Yes, it is time for another World of Writing interview here on our blog... today we are enjoying hearing from Jerry Nelson: Jerry Nelson is an American freelance photojournalist now based in South America. His newest book, Journey America: Behind the Image , is collection of stories about the images highlighted on the homepage of his website, www.JourneyAmerica.org Nelson has visited all 50 states and over 50 countries working as a traveling photojournalist, an adventure and travel photographer and a curious writer. The tagline on his website sums up his mission: “I see it. I Shoot it. I Live it. Join the adventure” Q: Who inspired you to pursue a career in writing? Jim Arrendel.   Jim is a good friend in Asheville, North Carolina.   Several years ago Jim and I were talking and I was complaining about how everyone with a camera thought they were a photographer and this mindset was making it harder for le...

-- Quote of the Day --  “To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy not respectable, and wealthy not rich, to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly… to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages with an open heart, to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never – in a word… to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious grow up through the common – this is to be my symphony.” ~ William Channing -- 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 ...

-- Quote of the Day --  “There is a real competition between our energy needs and our need for healthy soil. …Whether that cellulose goes into the energy stream or whether it will be processed by microorganisms and builds healthy soil – is going to be both a marketing and regulation issue. …we are not saying that we don’t aren’t going to want to transition to bio energy because that is what green energy is, in addition to solar and wind. …Methane is a natural gas, as opposed to ethanol and alcohol in its liquid form. I like this option because we can produce it from plants and organic waste. There is no magic bullet (when it comes to global warming and managing organics) – but there might be magic buckshot solution… because there is a lot of different opportunities here.” ~ Dan Noble Access the full interview with Dan via:  http://tobtr.com/s/5058487  -- Referral Corner -- http://oedb.org/online-schools ...