Lifestyle Design » i hate my job http://hadituptohere.com Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:32:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The Important Things In Life… http://hadituptohere.com/the-important-things-in-life/ http://hadituptohere.com/the-important-things-in-life/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:39:08 +0000 Adam http://hadituptohere.com/?p=799 Here’s a copy of an email FWD I just received. I think it holds some valuable lessons…

Especially for those who live in busy, fast-paced cities, like myself.


I’m out in Tucson, AZ right now, for a friend’s wedding. I’m having a great time, busy, relaxing, seeing beautiful things, and learning a lot. It’s good to unwind sometimes. Sometimes busyness (the cups of tea, and sand) help you re-align focus, determine priorities, rid anxieties, and all in all get back on track.

caduceus tasting room: jerome, AZ

caduceus tasting room: jerome, AZ

Remember…..

When life seems difficult, your dreams are having trouble manifesting, you feel confused as to how to do something, or even what to do next, the matters of real importance need to take priority. By harmonizing the important things in life, you will gain the clarity necessary to accomplish the little things…

Enjoy the post…

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Fr. ——————————
Date: Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 11:47 AM
Subject: Fwd: Two Cups of Tea
To:



Begin forwarded message:

Subject: Two Cups of Tea

TWO CUPS OF TEA:

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough,

remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of tea…
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.

He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full.

They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.
Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “yes.”
The professor then produced two cups of tea from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.
“Now,” said the professor, as the laughter subsided, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life…
The golf balls are the important things; your family, your children, your health, your friends, and your favorite passions; things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car.
The sand is everything else; the small stuff.
“If you put the sand into the jar first” he continued, “there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you.
Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play another 18 holes. Do one more run down the ski slopes.
There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first; the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the tea represented.
The professor smiled. “I’m glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there’s always room for a couple of cups of tea with a friend.”

Share this with some friends and family. I just did….

To your unconventional success!
Adam Shields
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You’ve asked me for my top 7 reading list for would be entrepreneurs, so here it is.

Reading is an invaluable asset when it comes to nonconformist lifestyling. I’m an avid fan of non-fiction materials. I feel a day wasted when I haven’t learned something, either through experience, reading, or online education.

There’s a multitude of relevant info out there, that you can grab for free or very little cost that will grant an exponential return on your investment in the form of dollars earned through your own business.

Start your education with the things your passionate about. Discover related topics, or areas of interest, then move on from there.

So now, without further ado, the top 7 reading list for would be entrepreneurs! (I admit, this list is the tell all secret to the information product business I’ve built in my free time.)

#1 How To Make Millions With Your Ideas by Dan Kennedy

An excellent guide to the many channels available for income generation, for would be entrepreneurs. A must read.

#2 Hypnotic Writing by Dr. Joe Vitale

This is a favorite Marketing resource of mine. It’s written using the principles Vitale teaches in the book. An easy, education and fun read.

You may remember Joe Vitale from, “The Secret”. Yup! Same dude.

#3 The Four Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss

Now here’s a very inspirational resource. It’s loaded with tips, contacts, websites, and other resources for lifestyle design. Tim Ferriss has done a masterful, well written job at compiling some of the best info out there on the subject of living the entrepreneurial lifestyle. Another must read for would be entrepreneurs.

#4 The Ultimate Guide To Google Adwords by Perry Marshall

If you’re going to begin a business of any sort, then PPC (Pay Per Click) Advertising is a route you have to take. If you want to learn it from the ground up, then Perry Marshall is your expert. Perry is the master of PPC or Google advertising methods and strategies.

I’d suggest also, that you opt-in to his newsletter. It’s jam packed with content. You’ll learn a lot from him. This guy’s an old pro.

#5 Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

Napoleon Hill is the pioneer of success material. He was commissioned by Andrew Carnegie to compile the success secrets of the country’s wealthiest men. What he discovered was astounding! All of those secrets are here in his writing. Yet another must read! I especially enjoyed his chapter on the benefits of leveraging your sexual energy. It might suggest the underlying cause of some of the motivational problems of our age.

#6 The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason

Here’s a classic on wealth building and re-investment of resources. It’s in story form, taking place in the wealthiest city of Babylon. 2 poor men take off on a journey to discover how it is that their childhood friend has amassed so much friggin money! It’s a story about what their friend, the richest man in Babylon, teaches them. A very fun, educational, and inspirational read.

#7 7 Strategies for Wealth and Happiness by Jim Rohn

Jim Rohn is another master. He’s an expert on teaching focus, direct, goal setting, and principles of wealth building. This book is last is my list which follows no particular order, but he may as well be at the top. Jim Rohn is THE business philosopher of our time.

If you’re serious about creating a mobile lifestyle, living an unconventional life, creating businesses, or online businesses, building wealth to protect your future, create freedom of time, or enjoy the material things in life, then these books are cornerstones to your education.

Through them, you’ll discover a pretty kick-ass world of avant-garde millionaires, intellectuals, artists, entrepreneurs, psychologists, and philosophers. Right up the alley of the would be entrepreneur.

These authors are your tools for nonconformist education and success. Enjoy!

To your unconventional success!

Adam Shields

http://hadituptohere.com

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I’ve heard this so many times, from so many people. It seems common these days that people spend their lives working some dead end job that they don’t even like. I’ve been there too, and I can’t stand it.

It’s only a matter of time before you’ve had it up to here. You’ll feel the pressing need to change. Something. Anything.

Essentially, this blog was created off this phrase: I hate what I do.

Do What I Love Lifestyling for the Nonconformist is also a product of this problem.

When you hate what you do, what should you do?

Stop doing it of course!

Life is too short to be wasted on something you’re not passionate about. What they don’t teach kids in school, is to pursue your dreams. When you’re a kid, everyone will tell you you can be what you want, but when you get old the realists (the pessimists) tell you to be “realistic”. To be realistic, in their eyes, is to do what they do: to slave away in misery, because it brings in a check. You can bring in checks doing what you love too…..

The object is this: Discover what you love to do, and work tirelessly in all your free time, to create your ideal future. I know nothing is really ideal, but you can claim your stake in life, and eat it too. The last thing you want to hear yourself say is “I really hate what I do”

The world would have a much less collective stress level if everyone pursued their passion in life.

If you’re flipping burgers, doing construction, holding signs on street corners, because you need the check, then I suggest you make it a priority to take one of your interests (if you have any! If you don’t, then find some) and study hard to create an occupation from it.

You’re second object is to create multiple streams of income, to afford yourself the freedom to pursue the things you’re passionate about.

I know this may sound like obvious information, but the reality is, we often need reminders. Nonconformists hate to hear, in their own mental chamber, the words, “I really hate what I do”.

Do something about it!

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