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Be careful when getting married

Posted: February 23rd, 2010, 11:55am EST by Ryan

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Read this before you get married: the Pre-marital Conversation.
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Best of Twitter — 23 Feb 2010

Posted: February 23rd, 2010, 11:47am EST by Ryan

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I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.

Bob Hope

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Success on any major scale requires a clear vision and consistent action.

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Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

Henry David Thoreau

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The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don’t know what to do. -John Holt

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Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions.All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Napoleon Hill

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Adversity is preparation for greatness. I will accept this preparation.

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“Feel the feelings and drop the story.” ~Pema Chodron

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“A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of
understanding shall attain unto wise counsels.” Proverbs 1:5

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“Love is the heart’s immortal thirst to be completely known and all-forgiven” Henry
Van Dyke (1852-1933), American poet and writer.

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“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.” – Bob Dylan.

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Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic. – Jean Sibelius

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There are 6 billion people in the world and every single one is a diamond in some stage of being polished. Life is either going to polish you up or grind you down. And the difference between the two lies in how much hope you have, how much faith you have in the fact that you do carry something special on the inside, that’s waiting to get out. Many give up, not knowing they were only 10 minutes from triumph.

Perry Marshall

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An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied. -Arnold Glasow
What’s Wrong with Stompernet’s Masterminds

Posted: February 23rd, 2010, 11:27am EST by Ryan

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Masterminding is a fantastic concept. However, the masterminds that are offered at Stompernet are not the solution that they are meant to be.

First of all, maybe 20-30 people are invited.

Second, different people show up every week.

Third, it is run by a guru from Stompernet instead of being a peer-based organization.

This means that you are listening to the problems of a bunch of people who you probably are not very interested in and don’t know anything about. For over an hour.

In a real mastermind, you meet with the same people over and over and you develop a feel for one another. My mastermind increased in efficiency every meeting over the first six months as we got more familiar with one another, shared deeper, and lost our fear of being painfully open about things we saw in the other that didn’t work.

So, the value of the mastermind is in the knowledge, experience, wisdom, and connection of the participants. Stompernet would be better off to connect people in small groups, give them the instructions, and leave them alone.

Or, better yet, find/make your own.

Interested in Masterminds? Mail or comment me and I will send you the best resources for them.

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