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Today is the day I will do my final blog for school or for Ms. Lahaise’s class. Although it is the “final” blog it isn’t truly the last blog I will ever do! Anyway it’s time to reflect on this year, it is true I hated books and had always hated books. Yet I did read some books here and there but only for “reader log” or for some kind of an assignment. I always had the philosophy of “What if I don’t like the book and it’s just a waste of my time”. Then I thought to myself, “Wait a minute how am I ever supposed to know if I don’t try?”. All along I was in a way being a hypocrite because I always tell younger kids to try new things, adventure, you don’t know till you try it, and those sort of encouraging phrases to help them explore the world as much as possible. Yet here I am stubborn as an ox not wanting to read a book for the fear of it being “boring” or a “waste” of time. So I finally encountered a solution. Why not read self-help books! Like “Eat That Frog!” or “Become a Person of Influence” and books like that?

Now I read to improve myself and I don’t think I would have encountered that had it not been that I had to read a book to summarize in my FAT paragraph. Another solution was that in reality we never really know what something has in store. For example I love movies if I see a preview to a movie that catches my attention I want to watch it, and sometimes I am dissapointed so how are books any different? It is amazing what sort of insight you can gain just from sitting down and noticing simple things like not wanting to read books!

I have always like to write but I never really felt like it was good enough. I always looked at other peoples essays, stories, etc. I would always want to have such wonderful talent that those people have. Then I realized something, if I try to write from deep inside my heart using my mind with my ideas and my own style my writing comes out much better. My writing has definitely cleaned up, it used to be messy and sort of all over the place. What I mean by that is that it would jump from subject to subject plus it had no structure. Also my punctuation wasn’t that great and after doing assignments that had to do with MLA, being precise about using quotations, etc. I learned how to do it the right way! I also have to admit the weekly vocabulary tests really helped increase my selection of words when using them in writing or even in talking. It is a very empowering feeling when you are able to comprehend vocabulary not just in writing but in conversations, movies, blogs, everything!

My favorite assignment throughout the whole year award goes to the internet safety project! It was a lot of fun presenting our presentations to the 6th-8th grade classes. Their reactions towards what we had said sure did scare them real good and they learned a lot. The games that we made up were a great way to  get their attention, the different opinions in each of the kids was constructive, in addition to all the fun it had I learned a lot not just from the research but from some of the kids. The project overall was a success even though it was the first time that the project was ever assigned. The assignment I hated with all my heart and I wish I never had to do in my life was read “The Great Gatsby”. I think the reason I loath it so very much simply because it felt so pointless. The characters angered me with their ignorant, snotty, childish behaviors. The story it self was just terrible! Never have I ever read a book so pointless, it is instead of a “chick flick” it’s a “chick book” because it’s just drama, drama, and more drama!

As I prepare to leave this class I come out a changed person. I now have more knowledge about English and I take with me some useful tools that I will most definitely have use for later in life. First of all TEDS those are some great videos with great people I will strive to be great like them. Second my English skills which I have learned (I mentioned it above), the joy of reflecting on blogs and just reflecting in general. I have always reflected but now I have something to take it to the next level! All in nutshell without this class the development of the new me would be missing something had I not taken this class! Thank you Ms. Lahaise for sparing the little patience you have with us and for making this year a fun one!

Advice to the newbies, this year we had it easy next year your going to have a heck of a time in this class! Some advice CHECK THE CALENDAR AND HER WEBSITE DAILY!!! Do not and I mean do not ever EVER anger Ms. Lahaise! Getting her mad would be like chopping your hands off blindfolding yourself and jumping into a pit of burning coal don’t do it unless you plan on crying yourself to sleep. Be a honest and down to earth with Ms. Lahaise she likes that stuff. (i think) Well good luck to any newbies and well great year boys and girls!

I strive to be a better person so I enrich myself with books that teach me how to be a better person, how to manage finances, how to be a people person, how to get organized etc. I know that there are other people that have the same and/or same objective as I do. If your one of these people that I am referring to then you will love this book! The ten phrases are in a sense very simple. Common phrases that we may have learned as children, yet most people don’t use them as often. The ten phrases are “I’m wrong”, “I’m sorry”, “You can do it”, “I believe in you”, “I’m proud of you”, “Thank you”, “I need you”, “I trust you”, “I respect you”, and the big one “I love you”. The book goes into depth of how to use these phrases and shows the true power within them.

I was engaged in this book because personally I like to be very negative so for me this was a great tool in life. Even if you are already optimistic you can possibly further your abilities by referring to this book from time to time. I really liked the last phrase “I love you” because love comes in various shapes and forms. “To say ‘I love you’ and mean it with all your heart has remarkable power” (pg. 155). Many people say “I love you” all the time without really meaning it. I was told once love is a strong word and should be used sparingly.

“‘Thank you’ is an acknowledgment of the other persons generosity. It recognizes the other person’s kindness and the effort that person made to think of us. ‘Thank you’ says we appreciate a job well done and the time someone devoted to develop his or her talents to perform for us or provide a skilled service.” (pg. 88) My mother made sure that I had always thanked someone for whenever they do something for me. I never understood why I just knew that it was “polite”. We sometimes say “thank you” just because it’s second nature. This reality makes this phrase weak, the next time your about to say “thank you” say it in a way that it comes deep from within in you. You might notice a difference in that person.

Life is filled with lessons some that we may learn the hard way, and some that we may learn from other people. If you have not learned anything from this post at least take this with you. If someone tries to give you a piece of advice, no matter how simple, take it as if it were a million dollars and try using it because it just might be worth more than money!

Abraham Lincoln was our 16th president. He was indeed a great man that did great things. Lincoln in a sense is immortal because we remember him and we can learn some life lessons from him! I was reading something on dumb little man and found this blog on Lincoln. There are 7 lessons and each one can help you in your journey through life!

The first lesson is preparing for success. “Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four hours sharpening the ax.” Preparing for something is just as important is doing something. Simply because making sure you have everything planned out and ready to go when you need it will make the process go smoothly. Imagine you are going into space and you need to get ready. Wouldn’t you hate to have to go all to space and have to go all the way back to earth because you forgot the space food?! Of course not all of us go to space every day and it’s not as dramatic but think of all the times that you have ever gotten frustrated because you forgot to get something and you prepared incorrectly.

“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” My mother loves to tell me to hustle all the time. Whenever my brother got ready to slowly for church she would say “Get ready as if the house were on fire!”. The only thing she forgot to mention was that rushing and hustling are NOT the same thing. Rushing is when you do something without putting your 100 percent effort into it A.K.A. Mickey Mouse job. Hustling is when you finish things WITHOUT procrastinating AND putting your 100 percent effort into it. In other words what Lincoln is trying to say “First come first serve”. Hustling cannot only help you in the business world but also in your ordinary everyday life. For example I love going to Six Flags but I hate the lines so I make sure I get to the gate first and HUSTLE to the lines!

There are some people that feel the world revolves around them and they have high self-esteem. Then there are those that have the potential to be great yet they feel like they are worth nothing. I used to be one of those people so I know there are people like that. You people who are like me, STOP IT! Listen to what Lincoln says “That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.” I rest my case. You feel like a loser and think your a loser then you are a loser. You feel like a winner, play like a winner, do what winners do, then you ARE a winner even if you “lose”.

Last week in English class we watched a movie called “5 People you Meet in Heaven”. The way the author depicts heaven is interesting because it isn’t like any stereotypical depiction of clouds and angels and the “White” light. This heaven was very different than what the common depiction of heaven was. The concept was you die and you go to heaven but before you reach your ultimate heaven you are taught 5 lessons by 5 different people.

The first lesson was taught by the “blue man” the lesson he teaches is that everyone is connected. This man was a “freak” at a pier who came out in a freak show. The main character (Eddie the man who dies) only saw him he didn’t know him personally and he only saw him when he was a child. The blue man was driving one day and he almost crashed into Eddie but he swerved out of the way at the last second. Eddie never knew that that had happened. Although the blue man didn’t know Eddie personally he still swerved out of the way and died (he died from the shock) for Eddie. Even if they were strangers to each other they were still connected. The blue man comments about strangers “Strangers are family you have yet to come to know”. What the blue man did was an act of kindness and he states “There is no random act of kindness”. Maybe next time you see some  one in need of help maybe you should help them. After all we are all connected and after getting to know each other we are no longer strangers to that person.

The second lesson Eddie learned was by his old captain (military man) his lesson was sacrifice. When was the last time you sacrificed anything for anyone? How do you feel when you sacrifice for someone or something? Will you ever sacrifice for a cause or for someone ever again? These were questions I asked myself as this man explained how he sacrificed for Eddie. He sacrificed his life to save the rest of his mens life. It’s like in a movie I saw where the military leader tells his regiment “I will promise you this, I will be the first one off the chopper and last one on it”. Sacrifices are not only made in wars or by sacrificing your life. You can also sacrifice other things for example the other day a lady needed a quarter (I know it isn’t a lot of money it’s the concept) for the bus and she asked around if anyone had change. No one had change for a dollar so I gave her a quarter, she tried offering me a whole dollar for my quarter but I told her it was fine. This is one of my most recent examples and I know a quarter is worth a piece of gum nowadays but it’s the concept of sacrifice that is to be learned. Remember Captain explains that “Sacrifice means when you think you lose something your really just passing it on”.

The third lesson was taught by a woman named Ruby. Although Eddie never met Ruby or knew who she was they were connected in a way. Ruby pier is where Eddie worked and the pier was named after Ruby because a rich man fell in love with her built a pier and called it Ruby pier because he loved her so much. Ruby teaches Eddie the lesson of forgiveness. She teaches him that “hatred is a curved blade the hate we do unto others we do upon ourselves”. This lesson was probably to the most important to me. Although I advise some people from time to time to forgive people and that by forgiving you will gain humility and peace within I myself have trouble doing this. Forgiving personally has always been the hardest thing for me, for some it comes naturally, but for those like me struggle to forgive. When I heard how hatred only hurts my self I thought to myself “I am not hurting that person by hating them I am hurting myself more than that person has hurt me!”. Forgive! Tell whoever you hate or whoever hurt you that you forgive them! Unless you like being hurt then continue hating!

The 4th lesson was taught by his wife Margarete. She taught him that love never dies. His wife died before him but Eddie still loved his wife very much and she was his universe. Even after she died he loved her this was she was showing him that even after death the love was still there. The flesh may perish but the love shall always be cherished. My mother and I have always had a close bond and this lesson reminded me of how when I am angry at her deep down I still love her as my mother. Although other people feel like this towards the ones they love they let their pride and anger block that love. Those of you that do that, stop! First of all your only hurting yourself and second of all, your missing out on all that love!

The 5th and final lesson was that everyone has a purpose in life and it was taught by a little girl. This little girl happened to be some one that Eddie killed with a flame thrower when he was in the army. Eddie felt like he didn’t have a purpose in life because he killed her. Yet she teaches him that he did. Although Eddie killed the little girl throughout his life he saved many lives because of the things he did everyday and because of where he worked.

The movie was astounding and is a must see. Those of you that have not seen it I highly recommend you rent it and watch it! It might make you cry, it might make you self reflect things in your life that you don’t understand. All in a nutshell it was a great movie!

At one point or another some us may move out, or may have already moved from where we live and are now going to live on our own. We either start out having enough money for either an apartment, condo, town house, etc. Whatever our budget is we find a place and call it “home”. I too want to find a place called “home” one day, these tips helped me narrow my search and maybe they will help too!

A man (or woman it does not specify) shares his/her experiences of living in multiple apartments. The first tip mentioned is about what the neighborhood is like. Check the surroundings, is it near bars, schools, freeways etc.? Think about what you like, do you enjoy the type of area where its really quiet and it is as if its a ghost town? Or do you like the sirens and the sound of helicopters over your head? Some people like the sound of that waking them up in the morning because they find it convenient.

Take me for example I hate the sound of roosters crowing in the morning but I find the sound of a helicopter or airplane flying over me nice! It all depends on your own personal preferences this article was interesting not only because of the tips it gave but because the author gave suggestions that  I never thought of and because some of the things that bothered them I didn’t find bothersome at all. Another thing that I found interesting is that lets say for example you are one of those people that are noisy and like to play salsa music till 2 A.M. then maybe you living in a place where there are neighbors that are like that suits you best. So that way you don’t have nagging neighbors knocking on your door while your trying to enjoy yourself!

The second tip is about the apartment being structurally sound things to check for are the floors warped, stained, scuffed etc. Check the cleanliness of the apartment have the carpets been cleaned, the bathroom? I remember one time I went to check out a house and the bathroom was disgusting! Inside of the toilet it looked like something had died in there and it just stunk! The shower was very filthy it looked really old and needed to be redone. Little details like that bother you or matter to you should be checked before you move in. Also things like the doors creaking, if the drawers slide properly, little things like that affect your comfort.

Electricity and plumbing is very important especially if you spend most of your time at home! Things that you should take note of is if the lights work listen for buzzing noises or watch for the lights flickering. It would also be smart, if you have a friend or family member who is familiar with electricity to use a device to check how much energy is going through the outlets. Check to see if everything was built properly because you don’t want to plug in something then have the outlet short-fuse because theirs too much electricity running through the lines! Check if the toilet flushes properly because you don’t want to have sea monkeys floating around all day in your toilet! Check if the heater or whatever is giving the heat source to your water. Does the water spit and sputter? Does it take a long time to go from hot to cold and vice versa?

All these little details can save you money, save you from getting headaches, and can save you from being unhappy!

Some people strive to know how people function, what makes them tick, and what makes them happy. Everyone is different and unique like Florence Littauer suggests. Yet we all fall under a “category” of type of people. This book helps you understand people, their temperaments, and how to get along with everyone by bettering yourself and understanding them. There are four temperaments, Popular Sanguine, Peaceful Phlegmatic, Powerful Choleric, and Perfect Melancholy. All the different personalities are completely unique and may have some similarities. This book shows you how to counter your weaknesses. It may make you laugh because some examples it gives you may make you think in your head “Wow that’s scary! I do that too!” it makes you feel like you are no longer alienated! You realize that their are people just like you and maybe you have never realized it!

Once you read this book you will know what category a person is just by looking inside their house or by observing them for 5 minutes! How cool is that! You can determine the type of person they are and then engage them accordingly. On top of that you understand your weaknesses and how you can become a better person. It helped me understand why I am the way I am and why I do things certain things than other people. Once I read the book I started to analyze people and realized that they were like me too. I thought I was a weirdo because of the way I get angry over someone just squishing the tooth paste tube instead of keeping it neat and working from the bottom up. Yet there are others that feel the same way I do!

This book truly helps you accomplish what it says on the title page “How to understand OTHERS by understanding YOURSELF”. I thought I understood myself but you learn something new everyday! If you want to learn how to deal with different types of people then I highly recommend this book. Even if that isn’t your objective I still highly recommend this book because of the knowledge you gain from it! There are two quotes that go hand in hand and are good reasons why I recommend this book to anyone. “If you refuse criticism you will end in poverty and disgrace, if you accept criticism you are on the road to fame. Proverbs 13:18 TLB” (pg. 87) and “Anyone who loves knowledge wants to told when he is wrong. It is stupid to hate being corrected. Proverbs 12:1 GNB” (pg.156)

I think we all have both friends and acquaintances. Some of us are lucky and we have good friends. Then there is only a  handful of us who get the rare true friend. A friend that is perfect in your eyes and suits you the best and they feel the same way. In school no one teaches you how to balance a check when and when not to make a down payment on a car or whatever and definitely not how to make or keep friends. There are a lot of social skills that some just naturally have but for others its a difficult journey.

Luckily there are great people in the world that feel it’s important to share their knowledge to the public to help them. I in particular like to do so and thats why I always try to share information that I contain, you should try it to! It’s like creating a new disease that just spreads and spreads! Anyway, the blog I read was on the topic of keeping and creating a close circle of friends, or as my English teacher would say, a camaraderie. “Decide What you Want”. For the ladies this might an almost impossible task because you never know what you want! Just joking! Eduard Ezeanu suggests getting pen and paper then writing it down. Think of your current friends what about them attracts you to them? What are some things you wish your friends did and didn’t do? Make the list so that your “perfect” friend would have all those qualities.

No one in this world is perfect and theres almost no chance in the world for having the “perfect” friend. So what do you do now? Simple look at your list and check off some things that you really don’t mind not having or you really don’t mind having as a “downfall” in a friend. This makes your list more realistic. Another solution is when you have your new friend create a check list and check off all the things that they have or don’t have and see if they “qualify” as a good friend. The next step is “Get Out There”. Now that you have your handy dandy “criteria” it’s now time to go hunting for your new friends. Ezeanu would suggest thinking or guessing of the places that your new friends would hang out at. I suggest going wherever you want to and always keeping an eye out. The reason I say to not go to where you think your friends would hang out is because it would then it could possibly contradict what you like. For example if you like going to the beach a lot and you think your friends would be at the bar but you don’t like going to the bar then you would go places where you don’t want to go thus possibly making you unhappy.

This tip that I am writing about is supposed to be fun rather than being something you fell obligated to do. Just make sure to keep an eye out for a potential good friend. I also suggest staying away from friends or dumping friends that have negative impacts in your life. The great thing about making the list of you likes and dislikes in a friend is that you are able to see on paper who in your life is  a good friend according to your criteria and who isn’t. For some people it can be hard to just “dump” a friend because they might feel like they are being cruel or unjust. The truth is, your both better off without each other because would be a liar to yourself and your friend if you really feel like you don’t like your friend. Although having friends that hurt you is bad, having friends that don’t harm you and don’t meet your criteria isn’t bad either, acquaintances are not bad either. It’s just that “filtering” your friends leaves less room for something bad to happen.

“Say Yes and No” Ezeanu feels that cutting back on the time you spend with people who do not fulfill your requirements is a good idea. This makes sense because like he states, spending less time with them means spending more time with the people who are fit to be your real friends. He also gives some quick tips to getting to know your new friend better or to finding a way to hang out with them to really see if they are what you hope them to be. Whatever you like to do invite your friend to do it with you! He warns that you might lose some friends but in the end those friends really didn’t matter because they didn’t make you happy anyway. I think the greatest quality and asset in any human being that one must have in any relationship is communication and understanding. If you have those two things then you and whoever can go a long way in life. Of course these two are not the only important assets to creating a wonderful relationship but they are the foundation, the first step into building a beautiful relationship with anyone. Remember be a good friend and maybe you will be blessed enough to receive the same pay back!

Heres the link:”How to Design Your Circle of Friends” by Eduard Ezeanu http://www.dumblittleman.com/2010/04/how-to-design-your-circle-of-friends.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+DumbLittleMan+(Dumb+Little+Man+-+tips+for+life)&utm_content=Google+Reader

http://lahaiseslair.com/cristiane/2010/02/14/communication-is-generally-important/

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http://lahaiseslair.com/cristiane/2010/03/16/einsteins-life-lessons/

I am 99.9 percent sure that almost everyone on this earth has made or followed a to-do list at some point. Maybe it was a mental, virtual, physical to-do list but the point is at some point you or someone you know has made one. A lot of the time one follows it and can actually say that they have checked off each and everything because it is done! Yet some peoples to-do lists are disorganized, stressful, and become more of a burden rather than an aid. I will share a my opinions of to-do lists and my favorite dumb little man tips blogger’s (Ali Hale) opinion.

Her blog is mostly about cleaning up one’s to-do lists but my objective is to make it so that you learn how to efficiently make your to-do list work for you rather than it you working for it! Step-1 Ali Hale states that trying different mediums helps you figure out what works best for you. Some examples, are PDA’S, writing it on paper, etc. Her objective is that you can experiment with each type and see what helps the most and is most efficient. Step-2  over-planning is bad so do what you need to do and focus on those tasks. I like to call this “Eating your ugliest biggest frog” I learned to call it this from a excellent book called “EAT THAT FROG!”. By doing the most important tasks and putting aside the “bonus objectives” you may feel less stressed and happy if you have finished the extras.

Step-3 Making the new task wait. Sometimes things just happen to dawn on us (or at least in my case) and we decide that it must be done. These are new tasks, and Hale suggests that unless these task are absolutely necessary to be done that same day, just push to the next day or at the end of your to-do list. Step-4 Take one task at a time. OK so I am guilty of procrastinating, getting side-tracked from time to time. This is why Hale suggests taking one task at a time so that people like me will not have to worry about the other tasks on the list. If I organize my tasks on my to-do list I can say “OK number one task on the list has to be done before number two.” Thus you can create a pattern, a rhythm, a momentum to work at so that the task feels less stressful and easier to be done. I speak for myself and one can only truly know this if it is tried.

This is Ali Hale’s method of cleaning up the to-do list, now I will explain how to prepare it, utilize it, and make it work hard for you! First, let’s take the scenario of you coming home from work, school or whatever while your being transported from place to place make a mental list. Brainstorm, if you have a chance to write down a few tasks that need to be tended to. Think of ways to get them all done, or which tasks are most important. Then when you get to actually writing down the tasks categorize them from bonus objectives from primary objectives. If you have a big project take it chunk by chunk, make it so that you can add it to your daily list so that it gets done.

Second, while making your list think of which ones can be done passively for example my favorite example (and overused one too) is the cooking, cleaning, eating, working example. Lets say you need to wash clothes, clean your house, eat, and work on something. You can first load your clothes in the washer, then start cooking and while the food is cooking you can clean the mess you made in the process. Then while your eating you can write on the side some ideas of what you are going to put into your work. Last if you don’t have time to wash dishes that day rinse your plates, utensils, and cups so that the food doesn’t “cake on”. Thus reducing the time you have to effortlessly scrub off that grime, grease, etc.

My favorite way of organizing for the day is writing it down on a piece of paper, but for long term planning digital calendars and or planners come in handy. Another thing you can do for to-do lists is lets say that you have multiple things that all require attention but you have much time to do it. Then what you can do is the following, set a time limit per task. For example let’s say you have to do TASK A, TASK B, and TASK C. You can spend 1 hr on each everyday so that they all get an equal amount of attention. There are multiple ideas and ways to create a to-do list and to go about it. Experiment with it, see what is easier for you which type of to-do list style helps you get things done. Everyone is different and not all of these ideas or suggestions will work, so that is why I recommend asking people you think know how to get things done and using your imagination to mix and match. Remember don’t get discouraged if your to-do list isn’t being as effective as you thought it would be. Like my mother always tells me “You are a failure/loser in life only when you tell yourself you are and when you throw in the towel. Don’t be such a baby and cry because you got messed up we are human and it is in our nature to make errors. Pick yourself up dust yourself off and try again.” Also what I like to add to the end of her wise words “If theres a wall in front of you don’t go around it, don’t go over it, and don’t go over it just go straight through it!”.

Most if not all of us know who Albert Einstein is. I stumbled upon yet another dumb little man blog. It is title “10 Amazing Life Lessons You Can Learn From Albert Einstein”. I thought whoa! I guess you wasn’t just a genius in the science field but I guess he has some credit for knowledge of life. I will try my best to elaborate on a few of the 10 topics but I won’t do all of them because this post would be so long!

The first life lesson is “Follow Your Curiosity”, mother always said curiosity killed the cat. Yet mom missed something, if it weren’t for curiosity there would be many things in our modern life that would not exist if it weren’t for this beautiful trait of human beings. For example if many famous inventors and discoverers of places and cures for certain diseases, technology, etc. then we would most likely not have the internet today! So if you are curios go adventure and see where your curiosity leads but remember stay safe! “Perseverance is Priceless” Don’t give up, don’t throw in the towel, these are all similar ideas. Basically this lesson teaches one that giving up gets you nowhere and that the will to pursue something will have a beneficial outcome. It is like wanting to lose weight, if you are dedicated to eating right and doing daily exercises you will get that body you have always dreamed of. Yet if you stash Twinkies away and break down to eat one every now and then you will fail so dedication can take you far in life.

The next tip sort of in a way talks about how multi-tasking is bad but more specifically that one should focus on what they are currently doing. Like the quote that is given by Einstein “Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.” Whoa thats deep! Very true that when people “multi-task” they give split attention which means they aren’t doing either thing efficiently because the attention is split. For example if I am watching T.V. and blogging at the same time I am somewhat distracted from blogging and I can’t put my 100 percent effort into blogging! Some may deny and say “No, no I can multi-task!”. I don’t know only you do so try doing something, putting 100 percent attention and see if it comes out better than if you were to “Multi-task”. Although there is a way to multi-task but it is not explained here it’s somewhere on another of my blogs.

“The Imagination is powerful”, ah what a beautiful lesson to be learned. Yet it is like I have told my sibling and younger cousins and people just younger than me. You can dream, imagine, think all day and all night but it will get you nowhere except back to where you started unless you put it into action. I think of imagination and dreams like the saying that goes “You can talk the talk but you gotta know how to walk the walk”. (There is different ways of saying it but this is my version of it.) Imagination is powerful when you make it true, when you pursue and it gets done then it is a beautiful tool that I think only humans are capable of. I don’t know if animals or other living things have dreams and imagination but I know one thing is for sure. We humans our capable of making most of our dreams and imagination come to life. Unfortunately this is not entirely true for everyone but I believe that we are at some point have the opportunity to make them real, just use whatever you have in your reach.

This next tip sort of comes hand in hand with what I was just talking about above, “Create Value”. This is where you can make your dreams come true. Like the blog suggests, find your inner talents, your specialties, things others cannot do. Make them stand out so that you can become of value to the world. For example I am really good at being dedicated to something and getting it done at whatever cost. This is valuable because if a big project that needs to be done requires devoting much time then I know inside I can do it because I know how devoted I am to things. Find your inner worth/value, my philosophy is that everyone on the earth has a chance to make themselves of value to the world. No matter where, who, or what they are they can contribute in some way or somehow. A perfect example of this is Aimee Mullins, search her name on YOUTUBE and it is actually a TED video check it out!

“Knowledge From Experience” Einstein states that information isn’t knowledge. I would have to agree with him but, information gives you an idea, helps you understand, and gives you a guideline of certain aspects. For example I know that I could freeze water at 0 degrees Celsius and it would be a solid cube that is cold obviously because it is at a  low temperature. Yet I don’t have any knowledge of this until I actually try it out! So apply the same concept to things in life. Once again another example of “Talk the talk walk the walk” idea. Many new things in life is done by trial and error, this is how humans discover new things by accident sometimes! These lessons that Einstein shares are very important in ones life in general. It can be applied socially, economically, and in just about anything you do that involves you interacting with someone or something. Apply it, try it, and have fun with it!

Here is the link and title: “10 AMAZING LIFE LESSONS YOU CAN LEARN FROM ALBERT EINSTEIN” by Mr. Self Developmenthttp://www.dumblittleman.com/2010/03/10-amazing-lessons-albert-einstein.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+DumbLittleMan+(Dumb+Little+Man+-+tips+for+life)&utm_content=Google+Reader