Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Happy Birthday to my dear brother
Isn't this just absolutely gorgeous? I love this pic, and I love you Joe!
More Mental Toughness
I decided not to type out the whole thing, and just put the one-liner and the action step. And yes, #2 would seem to come after 1 and before 3, but it didn't seem so relevant so I skipped it.
Mental Toughness Secret #3
Champions have an immense capacity for sustained concentration.
Action:
Write down the single most important goal you want to achieve in the next 12 months and make a commitment to concentrate on achieving it no matter what it takes.
Mental Toughness Secret #3
Champions have an immense capacity for sustained concentration.
Action:
Write down the single most important goal you want to achieve in the next 12 months and make a commitment to concentrate on achieving it no matter what it takes.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Intense cuteness
I just have to put some of these pics up of Jude, he's so dramatic and full of expression, just completely gorgeous and beautiful and hilarious, I love him to pieces!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Logan's first day of school
Logan had his first day at kindergarten last Thursday. He'll be going two days a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays and once or twice a month on Fridays. It's the same school where Mikey goes, so they get to take the bus together.
The teacher assessed his reading and said he's reading at a mid to late 1st grade level. I'm very excited about this, I think he's gonna do great!
Ready to leave the house
Waiting for the bus
Off he goes
When he got off the bus at the end of the school day, he came and gave me this huge hug for like 2 whole minutes, it was so precious. He loves it though, always saying things like "I can't wait till Tuesday", or "Can I go to school every day?".
Jude by the lake, we got to take a walk to the park and lake together. It'll be nice to have a little more time to spend with the babies, poor middle child Jude has been slightly attention deficient.
The teacher assessed his reading and said he's reading at a mid to late 1st grade level. I'm very excited about this, I think he's gonna do great!
Ready to leave the house
Waiting for the bus
Off he goes
When he got off the bus at the end of the school day, he came and gave me this huge hug for like 2 whole minutes, it was so precious. He loves it though, always saying things like "I can't wait till Tuesday", or "Can I go to school every day?".
Jude by the lake, we got to take a walk to the park and lake together. It'll be nice to have a little more time to spend with the babies, poor middle child Jude has been slightly attention deficient.
177 Mental Toughness Secrets of the World Class
by Steve Siebold
--The thought processes, habits, and philosophies of the great ones.
My hopeful plan is to be able to post one of these every day or so. Obviously I haven't mastered these yet, but I plan to, and for anyone else who finds it helpful or interesting...hope you enjoy. From what I've heard of this book so far, it's pretty tough stuff.
World Class Secret #1
The World Class operates from objective reality.
In 20 years of competing, coaching, and working with performers from various fields, I've discovered most amateurs suffer from mild to severe delusion in relation to their efforts and competencies. In other words, most people delude themselves into thinking they are working harder than they are, and that they're more competent than they actually are.
Of the five major levels of conscious awareness, which are poverty, working, middle, upper, and world class, my experience has been that performers of the middle class levels of consciousness suffer the grandest delusions. The poverty level is barely surviving and living in a very harsh set of circumstances. The working class is punching a mental time clock and counting the days until retirement. They're usually not expecting much, and no one around them expects much either. They're typically not concerned about climbing any higher. It's the middle class that is most incongruent with reality. They're operating at a high enough level of awareness to understand that higher levels exist. Although they don't expect to get there, the thought crosses their minds from time to time. Because of their low expectations, their actions are incongruent with their desires. In other words, they want to live the life of the world class, but are unwilling to pay the price. Since this reality is too harsh to bear, they delude themselves into thinking they're doing everything in their power to get ahead. Of course, they're not. They'll tell you they're putting in far more time than they are. They'll swear they're thinking about their vision all the time...but they're not.
The World Class is brutally honest with themselves. And they tend to look reality in the face. They err on the side of over practicing and over preparing.
Champions know that to ascend to the top you must first be operating from the mindset of objective reality. Self deception and delusion have no place in the professional performer's consciousness.
Action Step:
Make a commitment to check delusion at the door. Be honest and ask this critical thinking question: Are my habits, actions, and behaviors congruent with the vision I have for my life?
Thanks it for today. BTW...I have this on audio book, not paper book, so I hope it's of some benefit after all my transcribing work. In any case, it'll be good typing practice I guess, and maybe it'll help me get it more ingrained.
--The thought processes, habits, and philosophies of the great ones.
My hopeful plan is to be able to post one of these every day or so. Obviously I haven't mastered these yet, but I plan to, and for anyone else who finds it helpful or interesting...hope you enjoy. From what I've heard of this book so far, it's pretty tough stuff.
World Class Secret #1
The World Class operates from objective reality.
In 20 years of competing, coaching, and working with performers from various fields, I've discovered most amateurs suffer from mild to severe delusion in relation to their efforts and competencies. In other words, most people delude themselves into thinking they are working harder than they are, and that they're more competent than they actually are.
Of the five major levels of conscious awareness, which are poverty, working, middle, upper, and world class, my experience has been that performers of the middle class levels of consciousness suffer the grandest delusions. The poverty level is barely surviving and living in a very harsh set of circumstances. The working class is punching a mental time clock and counting the days until retirement. They're usually not expecting much, and no one around them expects much either. They're typically not concerned about climbing any higher. It's the middle class that is most incongruent with reality. They're operating at a high enough level of awareness to understand that higher levels exist. Although they don't expect to get there, the thought crosses their minds from time to time. Because of their low expectations, their actions are incongruent with their desires. In other words, they want to live the life of the world class, but are unwilling to pay the price. Since this reality is too harsh to bear, they delude themselves into thinking they're doing everything in their power to get ahead. Of course, they're not. They'll tell you they're putting in far more time than they are. They'll swear they're thinking about their vision all the time...but they're not.
The World Class is brutally honest with themselves. And they tend to look reality in the face. They err on the side of over practicing and over preparing.
Champions know that to ascend to the top you must first be operating from the mindset of objective reality. Self deception and delusion have no place in the professional performer's consciousness.
Action Step:
Make a commitment to check delusion at the door. Be honest and ask this critical thinking question: Are my habits, actions, and behaviors congruent with the vision I have for my life?
Thanks it for today. BTW...I have this on audio book, not paper book, so I hope it's of some benefit after all my transcribing work. In any case, it'll be good typing practice I guess, and maybe it'll help me get it more ingrained.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Happy 1st Birthday Joella Bella
My computer is still messing up, but here's a few pics of baby's 1st birthday party I managed to snag from someone else's facebook album.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Love is the sweetest thing
Walking outside with Jude, he picks two flowers:
"Mom, I love you, and I love me, but I love you more. Here mom, this flower is for you."
Ahhh...If you could just hear his little voice, it's the cutest thing ever.
"Mom, I love you, and I love me, but I love you more. Here mom, this flower is for you."
Ahhh...If you could just hear his little voice, it's the cutest thing ever.
Our computer is sick!
Somehow there's some sort of virus I think that makes Windows Explorer or whatever program I try to use shut down any time I try to access my photo folder, amongst other things, so I haven't been able to upload any of the recent pictures or video clips of the beautiful one taking first steps, Sniff. Hopefully we can fix it soon.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Another recipe
I came across this one the other day, it's not amazingly outstanding, but it did have just about everything I could want in a recipe.
-Simple and easy to make, not too much time involved
-Relatively healthful and not too much fat
-Easy inexpensive ingredients
-And as a bonus, pretty tasty too
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/06/crash-hot-potatoes/
Found it on this blog, which apparently was awarded the best food blog of 2008 title, from some blog awards somewhere....yada yada...mostly irrelevant. I'd love to know where the author finds the time to homeschool, cook for the hungry cowboys on the ranch, whilst taking amazing photos of the food at each step of the process, and keep up with the writing and running her blog.
Maybe someday...when I get my own cowboy ranch. Until then...XXX
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