Archive for April, 2008
Best fortune cookie ever
Kevin Day, April 28th, 2008Do not be timid or squeamish in your actions. All life is an experiment.
I feel so dirty…
Kevin Day, April 24th, 2008I was signing up for a Fox Sports fantasy league and at the end of the registration process I found that I had accidentally signed up for a (ugh) Microsoft Live ID. I thought the whole Passport thing was just a myth, but I guess I was wrong. I’m lucky now though because I can use my one account at ALL of Microsoft’s participating sites.
Yipee!
Rick-rolled by the fiancée
Kevin Day, April 17th, 2008Kristen called me on my cell phone just now, but instead of my regular ring tone, I was greeted to:
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you…
Damn. I didn’t know what I was up against.
Well played, Kristen. Well played.
Model for Success
Kevin Day, April 13th, 2008I stumbled on this motivational article and I like it’s perspective on success and failure.
This is the traditional way of relating success and failure:
SUCCESS <– YOU –> FAILURE
But this is the way it really works, and is how you should view success and failure:
YOU –> FAILURE –> SUCCESS
FTA:
What if, rather than seeing failure as something to be avoided, it became a “stepping stone” on the path to success? Put another way: Yes is the destination, but “no” is how you get there. To achieve significant success in today’s world, top performers do not see success and failure – yes and no – as opposites, rather opposite sides of the same coin that depend on each other.
How can you not want to be an artist?
Kevin Day, April 5th, 2008Despite enjoying other things in life such as technology, real estate, finance, or what have you, how can anyone not want to also do some sort of artistic endeavor like music, writing, poetry, painting, or drawing? These are the only activities that emphasize enjoying life and living in the moment.
I think the answer is that people (especially myself) get distracted with their primary interest but forget that there are other subjects that ultimately focus on simply enjoying life.
The weather is beautiful today in Cleveland after a dreary extended winter. I couldn’t help but stand on my street for a minute and look around me at the tiny details I’ve been too busy to notice. I’ve been missing a lot, but I plan to change that now.
