Class size for the Crushers College Product Development Course 401 is limited and space is dwindling fast. There is no other place on the planet that you can learn how to create your own downloadable product (the essential ebook mechanics of how to create your own ebook or audio or video product), market it and sell it all in one place.

 

Crushers College Product Development Course 401 is the only online course available that walks you through the entire process and enables you to make money out of the gate on the other side.

 

This course takes only 4-6 weeks to finish and then can start bringing in an extra income for anyone who wants to make it happen. But…you must attend Crushers College and take the Product Development Course first.

 

You will not only make money up front…but your informational product will be for sale for ever…and you will make a residual income as your name and your product becomes well known to the world out there.

 

You will also become “THE” expert or guru in your passion area and people will begin to seek you out for more interaction and possibilities of working with you.

 

All of this is inevitable if you create a fantastic product that actually comes from the core of your being and then are able to market it through a system that is already in place.

 

You do not have to spend the hundreds and hundreds of dollars/month or the countless hours to set up the marketing funnel and the shopping cart and everything else that goes along with creating a really dynamic informational product like an ebook or a video tutorial etc…and selling it. This is all included in the very low cost tuition of Crushers College.

 

You also get one on one help all the way through the process and as much help as you need to be successful.

 

The Professors at the college are absolutely dedicated to your success. I very much encourage you to check it out. It may just change your life…and you wouldn’t be the first to say so.

 

It is so much more than simply creating an ebook, or a video series or an audio series…it is a transformational experience.

 

 

Here is what a couple of the graduates of Crushers College and the Product Development 401 course have to say:

 

 

 

Go Here to Find out More Information and to Enroll:

http://enroll.crusherscollege.com/401

Thanks and please get the word out…this really does change people’s lives otherwise I wouldn’t even bother.

 

Becoming Educated about the Supplements You take is Vital. I just read an article by consumer reports that listed 12 ingredients in supplements that they labeled dangerous.

 

The article is vague at best with very little evidence to back up its claims. However, I would tend to agree with the article in this one supposition:

 

“What consumers might not realize, though, is that supplement manufacturers routinely, and legally, sell their products without first having to demonstrate that they are safe and effective.”

Can this be a problem? Absolutely it can. The article writer clearly believes it is a regulatory issue. I do not.

 

I believe it is a personal responsibility issue. I had to do my research before I found the products we have used safely for about 16 years. We use many of the products listed in this consumer reports article:

 

http://health.yahoo.net/articles/nutrition/dangerous-supplements

 

We do not see any of the ill-effects they talk about in our family. We have 9 in our family and using a medication or even going to the doctor is not even on our radar. I suppose we would if the situation called for it…but we never have had to do so.

 

You would be amazed (I truly mean AMAZED) at what we have overcome in our family through the use of good quality herbs and supplements. When I get some more time I may start a section on my blog just sharing stories of how we have dealt with hundreds if not thousands of issues in our lives.

 

From birthing at home to completely caring for each of our own health issues as they come up along the way, I could share stories that you would think are unbelievable. To the average “go-to-the-doctor” sort of person I guess maybe they are.

 

There is an entire world available to people that they really only have a vague concept of.

 

This is true of the article writer as well. Consumer Reports did their “due-diligence” but they missed so much that they could have said. They shared a couple of stories that I believe they were looking for in order to satisfy their slanted views. If their views were not slanted, then the article would have been written far more objectively.

 

Are some supplements dangerous? YES!

 

It is pretty simple. In fact…I don’t believe you could actually come up with a list of the “dangerous” ones. It depends upon the supplier  and the manufacturer.

 

Please Continue Reading…

The Health Crushers (myself, Eric Lujan, Beverly Monical & Eleni Liapakis—you will hear and  learn much more about these fantastic people in the coming weeks) are just about to launch a Revolution in Getting Healthy. We Call it the 45 Day Health Revolution and it will be Six Weeks of Practical, Down to Earth, Action Oriented Material that Will Quite Possibly Change the Course of Your Life.

We are taking out all of the “fluff” and just giving what works and what doesn’t. We have spent years (decades) wading through the available info. and have narrowed it down to the things that will actually bring results to giving people more energy…really just a better quality of life—more active, more involved, less fatigue, more energy, more clarity of thought and many other areas of life that are helped just by getting the mental, emotional and physical areas of your life in tune.

Anyhow…I don’t want this to sound like a sales letter…but I did want to share what is coming up. This 45 Day Health Revolution is a class being given through “Crushers College.” But…we need your help in choosing a logo. If you would please go here to vote I would very much appreciate it. And…please tell all of your friends to do so as well.

Then…simply stay in touch and I will be sharing more about the upcoming course in the next week or so.

 

Thanks…very much!

This is a guest post by my very good friend Patrick Mcintosh. Please visit his fun and awesome blog.

 

Please read the entire account of Patrick sharing how he and his family experienced the miraculous intervention from God to save both his wife and his daughter from almost certain death had the circumstances been just slightly different.

 

The Birthday Miracle:

 

I love how so many people refer to “the miracle of child-birth.” When people have asked me in conversations about the event and I have said, “it was a miracle…” They nod and smile and keep the conversation flowing. Even when I have said, “No, It was a frigin, real miracle!” people have responded with knowing looks and comments and launch into their own story about their own kid’s birth.

 

This is a brief story about miracles, disguised as coincidences in my life. I believe they are in everybody’s life. If you look at them for what they are- God’s hand in your life, they can become a huge vehicle for gratitude and further blessings.

 

 

So, April 16^th 2009: The baby, Kaida was two days overdue. My Mother-in-law was visiting and driving us a little crazy. I called in to work and said that I wouldn’t be there. I somehow knew the baby would be born today. I told my wife, Toby and my mother-in-law this.  I had everything ready to go. The car had been on the ready with all the lists double-checked.

 

We went on a walk around the neighborhood and went up a slight hill that will forever be named “Contraction Hill.” Toby felt faint. We were coming to half-way on a loop and we debated on whether to  push on or turn back. We turned around and headed home.

 

We had a routine check-up at Marshal Hospital and we wanted to be in good form and not be rushed. We waddled back, got our things together and drove to the hospital, mother-in-law in tow.

 

 

 

A no-stress test is routine. Toby had three or five already and they are fun, really. There is a heart-rate monitor for the baby and you hear her heartbeat through speakers and there is a readout and you can see the ultra-sound. It is amazing…really! The 5^th time isn’t as amazing as the first so I had found a recliner and a Sports Illustrated and was relaxing. It was a monitor for like 45minutes and 45minutes were about up and the nurse had come and gone a handful of times and said things like, “Everything looks fine!” You ought to go back home now.” “This baby is going to come when she wants to.” “just relax at home….” What followed was a blur, really, but I do recall this:

 

We were getting collected to leave. All the cheerful, benign comments the nurse was making sounded like my life- no worries- pizza tonight- movie, a foot-rub and entertain mother-in-law…then the baby’s heart-rate plummeted. It went from a steady rhythm to a hesitating, weak irregularity. Toby said she felt dizzy and the color left her face.  An alarm went off.  The tone of the nurse turned more sharp and restrained like he was holding back a reaction to yell for help.  The room that was once empty became full with white coats and bustling personnel. A radio squawked and people were rushing about.

 

Our OBGYN Doctor was on duty. She said, “We need to get this baby out right now.” They put the wheels down on the bed that Toby was on and wheeled her out. A nurse took me, half, running behind her, to the operating room. Something was terribly wrong.

 

 

 

I was givin a blue, smock, booties and shower-cap and sat in a wheel-chair, waiting for somebody to put a baby in my arms. Please, God, what is happening?  I called my mom and said an Our Father. A nurse at the station began to cry and her colleagues consoled her. She said that this had reminded her of her daughter and the birth of her grandchild. From the look of grief and terror on her face, I judged the birth didn’t end up with a live baby or daughter or both? I sat and fumbled…the nurses asked their crying colleague to take a lunch break and go get some air. They new she was scaring me.  Here’s what the doctors told us after:

 

A placental abruption: It’s rare- usually happens with mothers who have used drugs and other strange times. It is not really understood. What happens is the placenta pulls off the wall of the uterus and it can be fatal for mother and baby if you are not close to or inside of a hospital. The baby loses its supply of oxygen and the mother can bleed to death in a matter of minutes.

 

We were told to leave the hospital. We were going to get in the car and drive down highway 50 for 20 minutes. Instead, God had us in a delivery room, under the watch of a swarm of doctors and nurses with a monitor on the baby’s heart rate.

 

Above the din of the operating-room hall, the shriek of a baby rang out. She was alive! Seconds later, she was in my arms and somebody was wheeling me down the hall to the neo-natal wing and Kaida was looking up at me with big blue eyes and a swath of strawberry-blonde hair. All perfect like a cherub. Perfect round head. All fingers and toes, responding like a perfect newborn… Toby was under anesthesia and would be alright. I would see her when she woke up.

 

I felt like a giant Greyhound bus was headed right at our house and at the last moment, it swerved away. Coincidence? I like the term, “God-incidence.” What kind of co-incidences have you had in your life? Can you begin to realise these as God-incidences? If you can, and begin to give thanks, gratitude can begin to take root in you and in my opinion, grace is the place where blessings flow from.

 

Patrick

 

 

I believe God’s heart is especially tender in regards to child birth. In the coming days I may share a story or two of our 6 births and how God miraculously intervened in some of ours births as well…most specifically when our twins were born at home.

 

Anyhow…please share your own stories or “God-incidences” as Patrick calls them, or your thoughts or whatever. I would love to hear from you.

 

Many Blessings,

We (The Daily Crushers) started our exclusive coaching/training advanced college course on product creation Monday Evening. We have some high-powered, hand selected individuals going through Crushers College to create some fabulous products they are completely passionate about.

 

You will hear more about these as we go through the coming weeks. This is a highly intensive jam-packed course. Once we near our finishing time with these folks we are going to open it up to the broader public with lectures and workshops. The new course will be spread out over a slightly longer time period than what we are putting these handful of superstars through. Stay tuned to hear much more about this as we go along.

 

We have put into place a special structure that no-one has done before. Together with our training…these superstars will have their own life-changing products to offer to the public at large. They will have in place the structure and machinery to distribute and market it.

 

None of this has ever been done before and we are excited to be offering it to these first handful of students to Crushers College. If you are interested in a course that will give you the tools and ability to create your own product that will set you apart as the expert in your field…and…give you the ability to market your product and begin to actually see an income from your labors, then you will want to keep up with the Daily Crushers…and sign up for the next course available through Crushers College coming soon.

 

We will be unveiling the date of our release of this College Course in the coming weeks.

 

 

I am also involved with the development of a product (with the help of my friends in the Health Crushers) that will literally change people’s lives for the much, much better. (I don’t believe this type of course has ever been offered before).

 

I am partnering up with Eric Lujan (elite professional triathlete…ranked #20 in the world, private trainer and chef), Beverly Monical (natural health and fitness guru specializing in helping you get fit at home), Eleni Liapakis (master of the mindset to help you get and keep motivated along with an expertise in healing digestive issues naturally), Steve Hachey (educator for more than a decade, natural health fanatic and gardner extraordinaire).

 

I personally have over 2 decades as a natural health consultant, private trainer and coach. I have spoken and put on dozens of classes and seminars across the United States. I will be doing an exclusive online webinar series on the topic of energetics…stay tuned for that as well.

 

Anyhow…our Health Crushers course is a product of the Daily Crushers and it is going to be a one of a kind, change your life kind of experience. We have so much knowledge and understanding (between the 5 of us) to share we can hardly take it. It will be offered as one of the College Courses through Crushers College.

 

Another major activity I have been heavily involved with is my Son’s Soccer team. We are heading to Reno, NV this coming weekend for a division 1 tournament. Our competition will be very fierce. We will be playing teams from N. California, Nevada and Arizona. The N. California and Arizona teams are ranked 20 and 22 in their respective states.

 

We strategized today as to how we can compete and actually beat these 2 high-powered teams. By keeping the ball moving very fast from one player to another we can keep the other teams a bit off balance. This will open up opportunities for us to score.

 

I want them to know that they can have confidence going in but also to have a healthy respect to be able to stick to the game plan and not waiver from it. These teams are very, very good and we need to stick to our plan to be successful.

 

Once we get these teams a bit off balance, we can go in and exploit their weaknesses and hopefully score some goals. We have some high powered goal scorers so our first two games on Saturday should prove to be good challenges and possibly good opportunities to beat higher ranked teams.

 

This is true in any business and in life in general. Having an idea how to compete and succeed is crucial for winning. You don’t have to stick with your plan if it doesn’t work…in fact you would be silly to do so. However, it is very good to know where you are starting at and where you are heading to…then making adjustments along the way is quite easy.

 

My eldest daughter is also playing in this tournament this coming weekend. I think they have a very good chance of coming away with a tournament victory so I look forward to that as well.

 

 

My blog posts have been infrequent as of late but all of these projects have been keeping me quite involved with very exciting stuff.

 

With that being said…I hope you plan to join us for any or all of these fantastic courses coming up as Crushers College gets a full head of steam and gets underway.

 

 

Thanks everyone…leave a comment and tell me what you think. I certainly appreciate it.

 

Bruce

This short video is part of the teaching we do for my son’s soccer team. This way his team can learn from seeing the very best in the world to understand and internalize all of the important points. I have commentary so they can see what I want them to learn from this video. It is short enough that they can go through it over and over again. I am leaving the body of this post in place just as I have it on their website. You can check out the Sierra Nevada United FC website if you like.

I think I am going to start sharing these training videos with my readers here so that they can follow some of the thinking behind our philosophy of playing the beautiful game…just another part of who I am.

 

Here is the post:

This 30 second video is loaded with great things to learn and be aware of as you are playing…You will have to watch it 10-15 times probably to see all of these things. It is short enough that you can keep going over it to follow the commentary below.

Then…leave a comment and let me know that you understand and actually see what I am talking about.

1. Berbatov overlaps around Nani right at the sideline. Notice how the defender is lost because he is screened off by Nani. Berbatov is freed simply because there is not enough room for the defender to follow. This is a great trick on the sideline that will fool nearly every defender you ever go up against. Nani does a nice job of popping the ball over his head to Berbatov. Also notice how Nani moves to open space toward the corner. This brings a defender with him. So, although he isn’t a part of the play…he takes a defender out of the play.

2. Although Berbatov’s cross is not the greatest…Rooney gets a jump on the defender and moves to the ball first. So…Rooney’s movement and vision is very good. He moves to the ball and controls the ball towards the open space. He creates plenty of space for himself to be able to make a great turn and volley on the ball. His shot is very good but he gave himself the opportunity by getting to the ball first and controlling the ball to space rather than trying to control it to his feet.

3. Giggs is in a great position to follow up. Notice how Fletcher is in a position right in front of the goal and Giggs is back 10 yards or so. They take up different positions waiting for a rebound. Giggs is in space on the far side while Fletcher is marking the keeper in case the keeper fumbles the ball…it would make it an easy score. Gigg’s shot is not the greatest but he is positioned in the perfect place. This puts them in an ideal place for a put back…Rooney, Fletcher and Giggs all inside the box.

4. When the ball comes out again there is the left back (Evra) and another center midfielder, Scholls (Fletcher is the other center midfielder…one center midfielder way up and one hanging back in the space on top of the defense waiting to pick up partially cleared balls) collecting the ball…using each other and then sending it to the wing (Nani) again to start the whole process over once again. Behind Evra and Scholls there would be the two center backs (Vidic and Evans in this case) hovering around in space backing those two up.

5. Nani loses the ball when he tries it again…but I would say it is not his fault. He is expecting someone to move up and fill that space where he puts the ball. Notice how he gets rid of the ball and then starts moving up field. He is expecting a team mate to move into that space and do a one-touch pass back up to him to the corner so he can get a good cross back into the middle with Rooney, Berbatov, Fletcher & Giggs hanging around the box to get the cross and put it into the net. This does not happen but that is the thinking behind it all.

Coach Bruce

For those who are only interested in a summarization of this post…please scroll down to the bottom and you will see the summary…but if you want the full flavor please start reading here:

 

If you are anything like me…you have screwed things up in your life…not once or twice but multiple times multiplied.

 

I am sure you are aware of the law of “sowing and reaping” it plays itself out in every area of our lives. In fact…you don’t even need to be an active player in this law for it to affect you.

 

Your child can make a terribly wrong choice and it will impact you negatively. For instance…I had a friend who growing up decided to go after a stray ball that ended up on top of the gymnasium at his school. (I may embellish just a bit because I don’t remember enough details but the essence is absolutely true).

 

It was not school hours so he thought it would be fine to go after the ball…after all, no one would know…right? He disregarded signs and warnings and made it to the top of the roof. He saw his ball and went to get it. Without realizing that he was very very close to some very high powered electrical lines he accidentally brushed up against one.

 

It was such a jolt of electricity that it either threw him over the side or through a sky light. Either way though…he was thrown dozens of feet downward and hit hard ground (concrete or hardwood floor…does it really matter?)…he was nearly dead.

 

I believe he was pronounced dead during this whole episode but ultimately was revived and lived to tell the story. His life was definitely changed forever. He had some physical difficulties from that point on but all in all he was a very blessed young man.

 

He actually was able to work through the physical issues and live out mostly a normal life. He definitely had a second chance given to him.

 

So how did this affect his parents and family? Let me count the ways…financially, spiritually, emotionally, relationally and even in great ways with time. Not only was the immediate family affected…but the extended family, the church they attended, the boy’s friends and who knows how far it actually extended.

 

My point is…whether we have messed our own lives up or it is a combination of our own poor choices combined with other’s poor choices…the chances are we are living out the consequences of the law of sowing and reaping in one form or another.

 

If that were all there was to it…we would be in a complete mess. But that is not the end of the story…

 

My friend survived something that should have killed him (apparently the electrical shock alone was enough to kill him instantly not to mention falling out of control 30 or so feet to the ground and landing on his head). But…he was given a second chance.

 

We often meet people who are given second chances and we are blessed by their stories because it reminds us that there is someone beyond us who actually may care about what happens to us.

 

However…what happens when you are not “given” a second chance? Are they not there. I want to propose a concept to you that most second chances are not “given” in the manner that we are used to looking for them.

 

I have come to the conclusion that most second chances are not openly given to us for good reason. It is not that they are not there. It is not even that they are not given…they are just not as obvious as those similar to the story of my friend.

 

I think we need to be looking for our second chances. I believe that nearly everyone is given second chances in nearly every circumstance. The question is…are we looking for them or expecting them to just come to us.

 

We hear these amazing stories of how people survive things and think that perhaps we are either not important enough or fortunate enough to be given our own second chances.

 

But they are here. Where? Right in front of us. I reflect on my own life a great deal and I am always looking for avenues to proceed to get myself and my family to where we would like to be (in all areas of life).

 

As I look around…on the surface there appears to be not very many answers. But, as I consider who I am, what I have been given, what I have learned, what I need to learn and the amazing possibilities in front of me I see that there really are second chances everywhere all of the time.

 

I call it…”looking at life between the seams.”

 

The Greek philosopher Plato created a story from a fictional conversation between Plato’s teacher Socrates and a follower of his, Glaucon. This story I am referring to is commonly known as  the “Allegory of the Cave.” You can read it but essentially it is a picture of a normal person’s life who is not really engaging in life but merely watching shadows on a wall…simply reflections of life.

 

Briefly…it goes something like this…

 

Plato is essentially saying that most people live their lives as if they are chained (not able to turn at all) sitting in a cave facing the back wall. At their backs is a raised bridge with a grand fire behind that. What they see on the back wall is simply shadows dancing and flitting around of things happening on the bridge and the shadows of themselves.

 

They can neither see the reality of the people and/or the things behind them on the bridge nor can they hear clearly in the echo of the cave what is being said. They don’t even really recognize the reality of themselves or the people chained next to them.

Their shadows are simply cast on the back wall…and that is all these people have known since birth.

 

Below the bridge is also sunlight coming through from the outside of the cave.

 

Plato is trying to make a point about what he calls “forms” and how philosophers actually experience life in a fuller manner than the normal people stuck in the cave. In Plato’s mind…the philosophers actually live outside the cave and enjoy and experience true life as opposed to the shadows of the cave.

 

He envisions a world where the State (as he calls it) is ruled by these philosophers who have actually found the good in life and are able to properly rule over those in such a way as to create a good life for the rest of the people.

 

Whatever Plato’s motive for sharing…I think the Allegory of the Cave is a great picture of people getting stuck in their lives and either forgetting or not realizing that there is so much more than first meets the eye.

 

Finding life “between the seams” means searching for your second chances. They are right there in front of you. You just have to start learning how to see the world from a different perspective…from a perspective of adventure and opportunity rather than impoverishment and boredom.

 

Are there a myriad of problems in the world? Yes of course there are. You would literally be blind to not see them. But what are you focusing on? I have a couple of suggestions:

 

1. Focus on solutions to the problems that are around you. If you want to get involved in the very big picture go for it. If that is your passion…make it happen. If you want to focus more on the issues right in front of you…do it…find some solutions to your own personal problems or the problems of your personal community.

 

The point is…there are solutions. Sometimes, yes, they are quite hidden…but the solutions are there “in the seams.”

 

2. Grow up. I mean this in the nicest way. Stop complaining about your life and where you are at and start looking for your second chances. They are there. I personally believe they are there for everyone. You need to learn how to see your life from a different perspective. This almost always means growing up personally.

 

You may be stuck at 5 years old because of a massive trauma that happened to you then. It happens. The psyche gets stuck in some ways at the point in which you switched off.

 

You need to learn to get beyond that. You can no longer use those traumas as an excuse for your life.

 

On top of that…starting where you are at right now…you need to grow up. I need to grow up…we all do. Never stop learning to see things differently. We all need a perspective change on a very regular basis.

 

The Bible says we see through a glass dimly. This is true indeed…but we can broaden and clarify our vision by simply learning how to grow up into more than we are right now.

 

There is an entire world outside the cave that we can seek to understand. As we learn our perspective will be broadened and we will be able to operate within the world in a different manner than today.

 

If we have a poverty mindset…than there is something about abundance that we do not understand.

 

If we have a mindset of haughtiness and self-promotion and pride and we believe ourselves to be the center of the universe, then there is something about the beauty and life in others (including God) that we don’t understand.

 

If we have a mindset of confusion, perplexity  or fear, then there is something about the Love of God that we don’t understand.

 

(As a side note…pretty much all of these things stems from a misunderstanding about the Love of God).

 

If we have a mindset of self-preservation, then there is a misunderstanding of the nature of relationships and interactions that are available to us through a life of love.

 

I could go on and on…but I hope the point is clear. Most things are simply because we live watching the shadows of life and never engage in life itself. The way to engage in life itself is to actually come to an understanding of the expanse and beauty and Love that we are living in and around. Only when you understand do you have a chance to be a participant.

 

My encouragement to all (including myself) keep seeking wisdom, knowledge, insight, revelation, enlightenment, growth…or whatever it is you want to call it…and in the words of Winston Churchill…”NEVER, NEVER, NEVER GIVE UP!”

 

I have found that the source of all of this starts with God Himself and is conveyed through His Love to us. That, I believe, is the foundation and the beginning of all there is to seek. Truly finding God Himself (and I mean Truly) will just begin to open our eyes to amazing things that take place outside the cave.

 

Your second chances are outside of your cave…go find them. If you need any help…please ask me. I will most likely charge a bit for my time…(not always)…but I would be happy to help you find your way.

 

Many Blessings and Great Abundance (especially of your mindset) I pray are yours going forward!

 

Summary of second chances:

 

Everyone has screwed up their own lives to one degree or another…everyone needs second chances. Some people are given “miraculous” second chances while others wonder why they are not given second chances themselves.

I had a friend who nearly died of a fall from the top of a gymnasium. He miraculously survived and went on to live a mostly normal life. He was given a second chance…but it has been my experience that second chances are around us everywhere. You just need to know where to look.

I call it finding life ”between the seams.”

Plato’s allegory of the cave essentially tells a story about people chained and unable to move in a cave facing a back wall. All they know their entire lives is the experience of seeing shadows on the wall.

Plato thinks the true life…the life of a seeker, a philosopher is one who finds his way out of the cave into the forms of real life…ultimately finding the good.

It is time to get out of the cave and find real solutions to our own lives and real solutions to the issues happening in our communities and our world. It doesn’t help to complain…it helps to act. It helps to seek out and search between the seams and find solutions that will truly work.

It is also time to “grow up” and start taking responsibility for ourselves. Stop living in the issues of the past and move forward learning what it takes to grow out of our current mindsets and stuck places.

The way of Love is the first and foremost place to start. Put off your ways of the self, or poverty, of fear and learn to seek the Author of Love and grow from that point. Also, always continue to seek to learn how to bloom and grow and move beyond where you are at this moment in time.

We need to move beyond the shadows and come to true understanding to actually be able to participate in this life.

It is outside the cave where the second chances are abundant…many times we just need to be aware and looking.

If you need help with this journey…please ask!

It may be time for all of us to gain a little perspective on the events of yesterday. As of now…there are not any explanations that actually work.

 

There are still too many questions that the explanations don’t answer. Could these things play a role…yes…but they don’t tell the whole story.

 

Here are the 2 most used explanations:

 

News of great unrest in Greece with their failing economic system caused vast nervousness in the world markets.

 

Someone from some company (reportedly in Citigroup) pressed a “B” instead of an “M” on their keyboard and a whole lot more shares were sold than intended.

 

I have 2 brief comments about these…

 

1…the 300 plus point drop on the day would certainly reflect continuing bad news concerning Greece that could potentially affect the economy of most countries in the world. However, the huge free fall does not correspond on the timeline well enough to accept this explanation. Plus…1000 point drop in moments of time over this news that has been building over time is highly unlikely.

 

It sounds like the European Union is going to bail Greece out. The markets recovered slightly in some parts of the world with this news but overall it probably is not a great thing, in my opinion.

 

2…if someone pressed a wrong key on their keyboard and that created the mess we saw yesterday, we are in deep trouble economically (I know we already know this but this just makes it way too real). This explanation is not entirely helpful when multiple companies took a dive all at the same time. Perhaps this keystroke mess up was linked to multiple companies but it doesn’t seem likely.

 

 

There just seems to be more going on here than people are saying or that anyone knows. It is not a good sign.

 

However…I have some good suggestions and some good news.

 

1. Invest in yourself…your education, your talents, your brand your business. You have control over your investment this way.

 

2. Invest in the market but invest in companies that have true value. Don’t simply watch prices and invest in that way. If what happened yesterday is any indication to what is to come…you will in no way be able to keep up with the rising and falling numbers.

 

If you like that sort of thing…maybe try your hand at currency trading. It is fast moving and crazy. You can lose your shirt in a moment’s time or you can gain a ton of wealth the same way…legalized gambling at its finest.

 

 

Anyhow…I’ll just finish up with a quick note as to how (after the initial free fall of certain company’s stocks the rest of the market would react so quickly…

 

Many people are on autopilot and when the overall market drops below a plateau the computers automatically kick in and sell. All of a sudden…there were tons of computers sending sell orders and the market took a real nose dive.

 

How and why did it bounce back the way it did? A very good question to which I don’t have a clue as to what the answer is.

 

We better stick to investing in ourselves and in our own businesses…then you only have yourself to blame if your investment takes a tumble downward.

For a period of time there was no information available at all. At one point the Dow lost about 1,000 points. Then it rose again and ended up at 10,520.32 with a loss of 347.80 overall for the day.

 

I am not going to speculate as to the nature of the day. The news from Greece is not good and the news about Gold supplies being just a fraction of what they should be in the major banks is not good either.

 

However…neither of these stories is all that new or explosive. There was some new news about Greece much earlier in the day…but it didn’t cause the market to change much. The vast changes in the market changed later in the day with no apparent connection.

 

This post is not so much about sharing information as seeking it. Anyone have any ideas about what is going on? There is seemingly something unusual and abnormal happening. I for one would like to know what it is.

 

If anyone out there has any ideas…please leave a comment. I am not sure everything is functioning in a free manner. There is either some insider news that most people don’t know about or there was a major malfunction or some outside manipulation happening with the market today. That is what I come up with…but I am not an expert in these areas…help!

 

Someone, anyone…please share what you know…

 

Thanks!

I developed this plan for a friend of mine who is embarking on a journey to get healthy. It is simple and basic just as the title states. However…it may just be what you need to get you heading in a different direction. I hope it is helpful to you…I can certainly fill in the blanks and gaps as well if you need it. I will charge you a bit to do so (I have been a natural health consultant for many, many years now and worked with hundreds and hundreds of people…so I have tons and tons of experience and expertise).

 

Consulting is not my primary business any longer but I am always happy to help people out. Regardless of any of that…I hope that this practical information may help one or two people look at changing the way they live their lives. It is not intended to carry any sort of guarantees with it and I don’t promise any results whatsoever (for all of you legal folks) but it is just a common sense approach to eating based upon my experience over the past 20+ years.

 

There are certainly a lot of details that can be included but one of the things I have found over the years is that if people can become empowered a bit…they don’t need all of the details…they simply need some guidance to be able to head in the direction they are wanting to go.

 

One last thing…this may not be for everyone. There are certain people with thyroid issues and/or blood sugar issues (or any of a host of other things) that need to do specific things for themselves. But, overall, this is a simple way to just focus in on getting good whole foods in a way that your body will utilize them effectively.

 

Let me know what you think at the end in the comments…thanks!

Basic Plan

Breakfast 1—

Fruit Salad with a splash of lemon juice

(best—variety of berries, fresh or frozen is okay…otherwise at least a variety of 3-4 different fruits of any kind…for flavor add some orange or grapefruit)

 

Breakfast 2— (2 hours later)

Fruit Salad…same as above or 2 pieces of any fruit

 

*make sure you have a banana or two during 1st or 2nd breakfast and  only 1 or 2 servings of melons. Don’t have melons both times. No  more than the equivalent of 3 pieces of fruit at any sitting.

 

 

Lunch— (2-3 hours later)

Mixed Green Salad*, brown rice, amaranth or quinoa or high quality grain• (about 1/2 cup or so), 1 steamed or raw cruciferous vegetable if not included in the salad (can be carrots, celery, broccoli, cabbage)

 

*no iceberg lettuce…use mixed greens (spring greens if possible)… may use tomatoes and cruciferous veggies on salad…just make sure to keep a good amount of greens as the main salad…you can use lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil and bragg’s aminos or a very high quality sea salt on your salad

 

•on a limited basis you can add a slice of high quality whole grain bread instead of the grain

 

 

Dinner— (4 hours later)

Same idea with the veggies as lunch (salad etc…), 1 piece of chicken, turkey, fish, high quality beef (4-6 oz). Make sure to have no more than 1x/week of turkey and 2x/week of beef.

 

Make sure dinner is not eaten after 6:30 as much as is possible…

 

 

Variations— (on occcasion)

It is okay to skip the meat and just duplicate the concept of lunch from time to time.

 

It is okay 1x/week to have eggs (2), whole grain toast or potatoes and a piece or two of a breakfast meat…keep the portions small with these.

On this day…skip the fruit as they will not mix well for your body. Also wait at least 5-6 hours before eating lunch.

 

A few times/week you can add a small amount of raw nuts or seeds to your salad at lunch or dinner.

 

You can also use Raw Apple Cider Vinegar along with or in place of the lemon juice.

 

Eat Avocados a few times/week if possible.

 

Eat a side of asparagus once or twice a week if possible.

 

Add in Daily—

Make sure to have extra virgin olive every day (not more than 2 tablespoons). Have 1 tablespoon of raw honey every day. Have 2 Food Enzymes (NSP) with each meal and 2 Probiotics 11 or Bifidophilus (can trade off) everyday.

 

 

Activity—

We’ll keep this very simple for now.

 

Monday— (Very Hard)

You need to figure out a way to exhaust yourself aerobically… to the point of not being able to go any further without injuring yourself. (this may only take 5-10 minutes in the beginning—being outside is best if possible).

 

Ideas: Walk for 5 minutes and build up to a slow jog to warm up. Then do intervals of running or walking up stairs or up hills as hard as  you can 5 or 6 times up while using the the way back to the starting point as a rest period walking moderately. The intervals running should be about 30 yards or so all out…it is important to only do this if you know you won’t injure yourself and the uphill work should be long enough to exhaust you each time. You will have to do some research and/or experimentation with yourself. You can also set up a step up that you can use (this can be quite boring though). If you can find an activity that you really enjoy it will be best. We may need to talk on the phone to talk about this more.

 

Tuesday— (Very Hard)

Start out with doing lunges…(as many as you are able). Do this for 5 times with no more than 30 seconds rest in between. Then do push-ups in the same manner. (make sure your form is good).

 

Wednesday— (moderate)

Same as Monday but cut back by 10-15%

 

Thursday— (moderate)

Same as  Tuesday but cut back by 10-15%.

 

Friday— (easy)

Same as Wednesday but cut back by 10-15%

 

Saturday— (easy)

Same as Wednesday but cut back by 10-15%

 

 

Notes on activity:

Wednesday and Thursday you will still be tired from Monday and Tuesday so you need to gauge your effort accordingly. You will feel tired overall but you need to learn to stop before the point of exhaustion. So…if you did the hills on Monday 6 times at a certain distance…do it 5 times at 10-15% less distance going up the hill. You do want to be tired but not to the point of exhaustion…(hopefully that makes sense).

 

Friday and Saturday is primarily active rest…so it should feel fairly easy to do. Do the same activities but cut back to a point where you are not crossing the line into being tired.

 

I don’t know what you can and can’t do right now…so starting out may be much less than I am talking about. Think about increasing whatever you do on Monday’s and Tuesdays by 5%/week and then you gauge the rest of your week off of these two days each week.

 

As time goes on…we’ll have to modify what you are doing.

 

Keep a diary/log of how you feel and what you do each day for eating and activity.

Of course…let me know of any questions you may have now or as you get started. Much of this will be some experimentation on your part to figure out (especially the aerobic portions) what you can and cannot do.