Where to Find the Perfect Job; How to Get the Perfect Body; Where to Meet the Perfect Lover; How to Live the Perfect Life

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The Frosted Fox

When they get to the store, Mom asks Daughter, “Where do you think we would find pink duct tape?”

Daughter says, “We should probably start where the regular duct tape is.”

:-)

Isn’t that how it always is, though?

If you’re looking for something extraordinary, you might as well start where the ordinary stuff is.

Looking for the perfect mate? Might as well start where you would meet anybody.

Looking for the best job? Might as well start where at least someone is hiring.

Want to launch the perfect business? Maybe start by selling a product or service that people are buying.

It’s a baby step.

Yes, eventually you want the pink duct tape.

Thanks for Everything! How Gratitude and Appreciation Can Make Real-World Changes in Your Life

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The dad’s three teens didn’t ALWAYS eat dinner so quietly, with no squabbling. So he commented on it. Said he liked it.

One of the boys spun around and demanded, “Is that something from out of a book??? Are you praising us for doing something good?”

“No,” the girl warned her brothers. “It’s called TRAINING. They’re trying to train us. Like ANIMALS!!!”

:-)

But apparently, whatever motivation the kids had attributed “praise for doing something good” to, they offered up more and more good to be praised for.

Or did Dad just start noticing more and more good because he was looking for it?

We once attended a class where the teacher told us that “love protects, and gratitude attracts.”

In other words, the more you are grateful for, the more things you get to be grateful for. This is a spiritual or metaphysical point of view.

But maybe it is also a scientific point for view, at least in terms of psychology.

Maybe when you are looking for things to appreciate, you have more things to appreciate, for a few reasons:

  1. You are seeing things that are good that you weren’t seeing before.
  2. You are subconsciously taking actions, talking to people, taking advantage of opportunities, and otherwise using resources that lead to you having more good things in your life.
  3. You are

Weight Loss for People Who Eat a Lot… And Don’t Want to Stop Eating a Lot

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The Frosted Fox

I like to eat.

Sometimes I like to eat A LOT.

Over time, you can imagine the results of that.

And, you can imagine that, as a fat person, I tried a lot of different ways to lose weight. Low-carb. Low-fat. Calorie counting.

They all actually worked, too.

For a while.

For as long as I could focus sheer willpower on them.

But what a miserable way to live.

And then when you let up, the weight comes back.

If you are reading this, you probably know what I’m talking about.

But at the beginning of 2012 I tried something I hadn’t really tried before. I started eating mostly food from plants.

I didn’t think of myself as a vegetarian. I still don’t. I am certainly someone who likes meat and dairy products and processed foods. I just wanted to see if eating more plants, particularly a lot of uncooked fruits and vegetables, would make me healthier.

It certainly did.

Along with starting to move around more (simple things: walking, swinging a kettlebell, lifting a few heavy weights), cutting out foods-from-animals helped me lose 70 pounds.

Now maybe you’re also someone who really likes meats and dairy products. Losing 70 pounds sure sounds nice, but only eating plants?

How boring!

It’s really not, though. You can put a lot of tasty stuff on fruits, vegetables, whole-grain cereals and brown rice. And not just fattening stuff. (That would be silly). There are salsas and spices and all kinds of other healthy (or at least non-detrimental)