http://stadium.dallascowboys.com/
This tour will give you a feel for the enormity of the structure which will seat approximately 80,000 but can be expandable to up to 100,000 for major events, like a Super Bowl, which could be held in the Metroplex as early as February of 2011. The retractable roof stadium will incorporate some of the historical features of Texas Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys for the past 35 years.
There will be distinct arches spanning the length of the stadium, a hole in the roof when the dome is open and open-air end zone plazas, which can give the stadium an outdoor feel. As you can see, there will be a canted exterior wall, with an 86-foot high glass, curtain-wall surface. A signature element for the new venue is the 365-day a year entry, framing in glass the future Pro Shop, Dallas Cowboy Hall of Fame and ticket office. And there will be huge video screens on each side of the stadium for the fans’ viewing pleasure.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
The Wonder of You
http://oneminuteshift.com/videos/wonder_of_you
In this one-minute video, Deepak Chopra explores the mystery of your body in its growth from a single cell to a symphony of activities guided by an inner intelligence that mirrors the wisdom of the universeIn this one-minute video, Deepak Chopra explores the mystery of your body in its growth from a single cell to a symphony of activities guided by an inner intelligence that mirrors the wisdom of the universe.
Monday, December 17, 2007
The Flip - Point and Shoot Video Camera
http://www.theflip.com/ for full information on this neat little video camera for $149.
You will love it. It is small and easy to use. The Ultra records 1 hour of video.
Easy to upload to your computer.
You will love it. It is small and easy to use. The Ultra records 1 hour of video.
Easy to upload to your computer.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Prestone De-Icer Windshield Washing liquid
http://www.prestone.com/products/windshieldWasherFluids.php
This stuff works! The best I have ever used:) $2.50 at Wal-Mart.
Prestone’s Dirt Blocker technology coats windshields with a resilient organo-modified siloxane copolymer. This formulation imparts a durable hydrophobic surface on the windshield that helps prevent road spray from adhering to windshield glass by moving dirt particles away from the windshield surface and into the washer fluid that beads and rolls off the glass.
This stuff works! The best I have ever used:) $2.50 at Wal-Mart.
Prestone’s Dirt Blocker technology coats windshields with a resilient organo-modified siloxane copolymer. This formulation imparts a durable hydrophobic surface on the windshield that helps prevent road spray from adhering to windshield glass by moving dirt particles away from the windshield surface and into the washer fluid that beads and rolls off the glass.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Affirmations
This is a two and a half minute affirmation video from "The Secret".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phL0RLKL8bc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phL0RLKL8bc
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Apply the 80/20 Rule to Everything
by Brian Tracy
The 80/20 Rule is one of the most helpful of all concepts of time and life management. It is also called the Pareto Principle after its founder, the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who first wrote about it in 1895. Pareto noticed that people in his society seemed to divide naturally into what he called the "vital few," the top 20% in terms of money and influence, and the "trivial many," the bottom 80%.
The Great Discovery
He later discovered that virtually all economic activity was subject to this Pareto Principle as well.
For example, this rule says that 20% of your activities will account for 80% of your results. 20% of your customers will account for 80% of your sales. 20% of your products or services will account for 80% of your profits. 20% of your tasks will account for 80% of the value of what you do, and so on.
This means that if you have a list of ten items to do, two of those items will turn out to be worth as much or more than the other eight items put together.
The Greatest Payoff
Here is an interesting discovery. Each of these tasks may take the same amount of time to accomplish. But one or two of those tasks will contribute five or ten times the value as any of the others.
Often, one item on a list of ten things that you have to do can be worth more than all the other nine items put together. This task is invariably the one that you should do first.
The Most Valuable Tasks
The most valuable tasks you can do each day are often the hardest and most complex.
But the payoff and rewards for completing these tasks efficiently can be tremendous. For this reason, you must adamantly refuse to work on tasks in the bottom 80% while you still have tasks in the top 20% left to be done.
Before you begin work, always ask yourself, "Is this task in the top 20% of my activities or in the bottom 80%?"
Getting Started
The hardest part of any important task is getting started on it in the first place. Once you actually begin work on a valuable task, you seem to be naturally motivated to continue. There is a part of your mind that loves to be busy working on significant tasks that can really make a difference. Your job is to feed this part of your mind continually.
Managing Your Life
Time management is really life management, personal management. It is really taking control over the sequence of events. Time management is control over what you do next. And you are always free to choose the task that you will do next. Your ability to choose between the important and the unimportant is the key determinant of your success in life and work.
Effective, productive people discipline themselves to start on the most important task that is before them. They force themselves to eat that frog, whatever it is. As a result, they accomplish vastly more than the average person and are much happier as a result. This should be your way of working as well.
Action Exercises
Make a list of all the key goals, activities, projects and responsibilities in your life today. Which of them are, or could be, in the top 10% or 20% of tasks that represent, or could represent, 80% or 90% of your results?
Resolve today that you are going to spend more and more of your time working in those few areas that can really make a difference in you life and career, and less and less time on lower value activities.
The 80/20 Rule is one of the most helpful of all concepts of time and life management. It is also called the Pareto Principle after its founder, the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who first wrote about it in 1895. Pareto noticed that people in his society seemed to divide naturally into what he called the "vital few," the top 20% in terms of money and influence, and the "trivial many," the bottom 80%.
The Great Discovery
He later discovered that virtually all economic activity was subject to this Pareto Principle as well.
For example, this rule says that 20% of your activities will account for 80% of your results. 20% of your customers will account for 80% of your sales. 20% of your products or services will account for 80% of your profits. 20% of your tasks will account for 80% of the value of what you do, and so on.
This means that if you have a list of ten items to do, two of those items will turn out to be worth as much or more than the other eight items put together.
The Greatest Payoff
Here is an interesting discovery. Each of these tasks may take the same amount of time to accomplish. But one or two of those tasks will contribute five or ten times the value as any of the others.
Often, one item on a list of ten things that you have to do can be worth more than all the other nine items put together. This task is invariably the one that you should do first.
The Most Valuable Tasks
The most valuable tasks you can do each day are often the hardest and most complex.
But the payoff and rewards for completing these tasks efficiently can be tremendous. For this reason, you must adamantly refuse to work on tasks in the bottom 80% while you still have tasks in the top 20% left to be done.
Before you begin work, always ask yourself, "Is this task in the top 20% of my activities or in the bottom 80%?"
Getting Started
The hardest part of any important task is getting started on it in the first place. Once you actually begin work on a valuable task, you seem to be naturally motivated to continue. There is a part of your mind that loves to be busy working on significant tasks that can really make a difference. Your job is to feed this part of your mind continually.
Managing Your Life
Time management is really life management, personal management. It is really taking control over the sequence of events. Time management is control over what you do next. And you are always free to choose the task that you will do next. Your ability to choose between the important and the unimportant is the key determinant of your success in life and work.
Effective, productive people discipline themselves to start on the most important task that is before them. They force themselves to eat that frog, whatever it is. As a result, they accomplish vastly more than the average person and are much happier as a result. This should be your way of working as well.
Action Exercises
Make a list of all the key goals, activities, projects and responsibilities in your life today. Which of them are, or could be, in the top 10% or 20% of tasks that represent, or could represent, 80% or 90% of your results?
Resolve today that you are going to spend more and more of your time working in those few areas that can really make a difference in you life and career, and less and less time on lower value activities.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Amtrak Coast Starlight
This is one of Amtrak's premier trains. It runs between San Diego and Seattle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTTybeco0To
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTTybeco0To
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Ten Ways To Improve Your Self-Esteem
Achieve your goals, build your self-esteem and discover your best friend!
The following list consists of ten different steps to take that will help you to raise your self-esteem.
For all those times you need to feel good about yourself, using these methods will help you take control of the way you feel. Your greatest victory will come in knowing that it's not the way others perceive you, but rather it's the way that you perceive yourself, which can make all the difference.
Step One: Remember that without risk, there is no progress.
If you never try anything new, you will never know anything different about yourself. Learn to be a risk-taker with some aspects of your life. And by taking a class, or learning something new, you'll discover new things about yourself.
Step Two: Imagine your goals are achieved.
Of course, most of us rarely accomplish all the goals that we've set for ourselves. But if you want to own a home, start a business, have children, or travel - whatever your goal may be, you can visualize it. And at some point, that helps the dream to become reality.
Step Three: Start a Victory Wall of accomplishments.
Along the way, we all have moments in our lives that we cherish and want to remember. Whether it was a childhood blue ribbon, a photograph of a special time or place, or a memento or an award that we received, we can all use a boost from showcasing our triumphs and achievements. These can be displayed on a bulletin board or by using a wall of photos.
Step Four: Remember to thank people who are helpful to you.
You will feel better about yourself if you give other people strokes for their accomplishments too. Whether it is your child or someone else's, a friend who needs a boost, or someone you admire or who has helped you in some way, you will learn that boosting morale in others gives an important boost to you as well. It says good things about you if you are able to acknowledge strengths and triumphs in those around you.
Step Five: Make your bedtime a happy, quiet time.
We all deal with chaos around us at certain moments of our day. But everyone should make an effort to set aside some part of the evening for him or herself. You must learn to create a haven around you, to nurture yourself, and to treat yourself well. After all, if you don't create a sense of calm about you, then who will?
Step Six: Outline your personal goals.
Keep your personal goals on index cards, or use a similar system to list exactly what it is you want to do with your life. This can be easily updated and changed on a frequent basis. Our lives are constantly in a state of change, so our goals will experience similar changes.
Step Seven: Simplify your life.
When you learn to un-clutter your living space, you may sometimes find that you can prioritize other things in your life as well. You may be clinging to something that reminds you of the past. But if you learn to let go of material objects, you may find that the only thing that was holding you back was... you!
Step Eight: Don't give up!
Sometimes we goof up, make mistakes, become embarrassed, or confused in front of other people. And then... so what? Most people feel the same way.
It's a rare person who never suffers from a blooper or a social mishap. The best thing to do is to persevere when we start something. Maybe we won't like it once we are finished, but we'll still feel better about ourselves for having finished it and followed through on a commitment.
Step Nine: You may need to renegotiate some broken agreements.
If the past is stopping you from doing some of the things that you would like to do, then you may need to come to terms with a problem before moving ahead. Think about a broken promise or commitment that you may need to re-work. Or perhaps there is a simple phone call that you need to make. In any case, remember to adjust your outlook.
Sometimes things don't work out as we would like, but we can learn to control our feelings and adjust our outlook accordingly. We can't control other people or events, but by learning to change our outlook the outcome of any situation may turn out better than we had ever imagined.
Step Ten: Remember what Eleanor Roosevelt said, "No-one can make you feel inferior without your consent".
You need to become your best friend and biggest fan. Everyone needs a cheerleader, and if you don't happen to have one, then do it yourself!
Talk yourself up. When someone says something negative or discouraging about you, try to look at the remark in a different light. If there is a grain of truth in the remark, take the advice that it conveys.
And try to look past the criticism to understand why the person would offer it. Perhaps it's completely unfounded, and in that case, you need to realize other people have hang-ups and motives that keep them from realizing their potential as well.
Use this list to start building your self-esteem and you'll soon discover that you have a new best friend: YOU!
By Mary Johnson at http://www.intekworld.com/
Monday, November 12, 2007
Smile
This is a link to a short video on living happy today!
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1305214221/bctid1305002330
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1305214221/bctid1305002330
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Saturday, November 10, 2007
A Prosperity Blessing
May you be blessed with an amazingly abundant day today!
May the clouds break and the heavens pour down upon you more joy, more love, more laughter and more money than you could have ever dreamed of.
May the sun shine its golden light of prosperity through every cell of your extraordinary body.
May you be cleansed today of any resistance or feelings of unworthiness that you may still be holding onto.
May your false illusions of doubt, fear and scarcity gently fall away like soft white feathers on a gentle breeze.
May you be willing, simply willing, to allow the Universe to shower you with miracles today.
May the Angels wrap you in their shining wings of opulence.
May the fairies deliver you to their pot of gold at the end of a majestic rainbow.
May your eyes shine with the glorious truth of who you really are and may that truth uplift others in your presence to their own inner knowing.
May your ears hear the sound of perfection ringing in your soul.
May you taste the deliciousness of every precious bite of life as your day unfolds moment by moment with amazing grace, heartfelt love and a bounty of magnificent money.
As this day ends, may you slumber wrapped in an exquisite blanket of enduring peace and profound gratitude.
And may the last words you speak today be Thank You!
Veronica M. Hay
Copyright 2004
Veronica Hay is the author of "In a Dream, You Can Do Anything, A Collection of Words" An extraordinary collection of writings that will uplift you, motivate you, inspire you and gently guide you along the inner path of your life. You can visit her website at: www.insightsandinspirations.com or email her at: veronicahay@telus.net
May you be blessed with an amazingly abundant day today!
May the clouds break and the heavens pour down upon you more joy, more love, more laughter and more money than you could have ever dreamed of.
May the sun shine its golden light of prosperity through every cell of your extraordinary body.
May you be cleansed today of any resistance or feelings of unworthiness that you may still be holding onto.
May your false illusions of doubt, fear and scarcity gently fall away like soft white feathers on a gentle breeze.
May you be willing, simply willing, to allow the Universe to shower you with miracles today.
May the Angels wrap you in their shining wings of opulence.
May the fairies deliver you to their pot of gold at the end of a majestic rainbow.
May your eyes shine with the glorious truth of who you really are and may that truth uplift others in your presence to their own inner knowing.
May your ears hear the sound of perfection ringing in your soul.
May you taste the deliciousness of every precious bite of life as your day unfolds moment by moment with amazing grace, heartfelt love and a bounty of magnificent money.
As this day ends, may you slumber wrapped in an exquisite blanket of enduring peace and profound gratitude.
And may the last words you speak today be Thank You!
Veronica M. Hay
Copyright 2004
Veronica Hay is the author of "In a Dream, You Can Do Anything, A Collection of Words" An extraordinary collection of writings that will uplift you, motivate you, inspire you and gently guide you along the inner path of your life. You can visit her website at: www.insightsandinspirations.com or email her at: veronicahay@telus.net
Day One
My first writing for my new blog:)
I plan is to share timely information that is of value to those that want to enjoy life.
Sometimes it will be my thoughts and sometimes it will be something I have found that could be of real interest and help for achieving success, happiness, joy and personal freedom.
Bill
I plan is to share timely information that is of value to those that want to enjoy life.
Sometimes it will be my thoughts and sometimes it will be something I have found that could be of real interest and help for achieving success, happiness, joy and personal freedom.
Bill
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