Way of the Peaceful Warrior February 19, 2007
Posted by The Probabilist in : [Books], Consciousness, Exercise, Gratitude, Goals, Personal Growth, Philosophy, Purpose , 7 comments
Dan Millman’s Way of the Peaceful Warrior is the first book I’ve read this year that can be labeled as fiction. First published in the early 80s it’s a autobiographical novel blending in the author’s own experiences as well as fiction to remind us of life’s greater purpose and possibilities.
It is the story of Dan, a young gymnast moving to San Francisco for University studies and starting life on his own in ways he could not have imagined. Although very successful in acrobatics, his overall life does not offer any remarkable and memorable moments. Instead, he only seems to find some degree of peace and satisfaction from his training while all the rest is just blending in with indifference, mediocrity and unawareness of what awaits him.
Troubled by a reoccurring dream, he takes off into the night and stops by a 24/7 gas station where he meets an old, but swift man whose words and answers perplex and frustrate Dan. Still quite intrigued of the man’s behaviour, he decides to return to the gas station each night to find out why the old man seems to be the one in his dreams and why he constantly manages to outwit and outperform Dan who is three, four times younger than him.
Slowly but steadily Dan begins to listen to the man’s teachings, whom he calls by the name Socrates. Dan’s gymnast career seems to come to an end when he severely injures his foot, but given the newly awakened spirit, he starts to push his limits to not only start exercising his athletic abilities again, but also to become a master of life and unreasonable happiness. The path of the peaceful warrior doesn’t appear easily, quickly or rationally, and Dan gets to live through quite a number of demanding tasks and tests in order to reach his ultimate calling and be who he is meant to be.
There’s a great message to be found in this book and I enjoyed every page of it. As the tagline goes “A book that changes lives”, I’m inclined to agree with that statement and also recommend this book to anyone of any age. It speaks of the course and meaning of life, how we should relate to different occurrences in our lives and how to face the inevitable destiny we all have to one day. Get your own copy and find out if your level of consciousness is in balance with the way of the peaceful warrior.
(3 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)
10 Reasons Why Agloco is Booming February 13, 2007
Posted by The Probabilist in : [Articles], Business, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Goals, Wealth, Work, Assets, Blogging , 4 comments
1. It’s free
You just can’t compete with free. However, the psychology of free often works against you since many people are cynical enough to believe that nothing that doesn’t cost you any money can’t be a profitable idea. It does cost you time and effort to build up a decent network, but you can’t lose money in the process. So yes, it doesn’t take money to make money.
2. The web 2.0 assists you
Have you noticed how dominant the Agloco effect has been on blogs and forums? More and more bloggers sign up and use their blogs as leverage to get readers to sign up, which is a good idea no matter what you blog about. This shouldn’t be a discouragement to those of you who don’t have a blog of your own though, since the social web 2.0 was predictably bound to be the center of innovation where the agloco effect blasted out from. There’s plenty of room left since the viewbar hasn’t even launched yet.
3. It’s easy
You get a referral url and give it to everyone you know. In other words, it’s a no brainer. But as a reality check, if you want people to join your network with a higher probability and a higher degree of dedication, you need to be descriptive, to the point and keep the hype level down. I haven’t told a single person how much you can make from this, because I’d rather keep it real and stick to the current facts.
4. It’s useful
It’s surprising that many don’t even consider the option that having the viewbar on the bottom of your browser can be useful to you in getting new information like movie trailers, anti-fraud utilities and a search engine. I might as well never minimize it and use it all the time instead of the 5 hours per month.
5. It’s a challenge
This one fits me very well. I like the challenge of having a concept at my hands that has virtually no downside effects to it. Because of this, I can freely attempt my very best at building my referral network as far as I can because it has my 100 % recommendation behind it.
6. It generates passive income
I always liked the idea of doing the job once (create a system) and then let that network or system create revenue from that point onward with less and less effort. In other words, you also start to realize what kind of a mind-set rich people have about making money. I just love having assets like this one.
7. It’s less work than other viable options
Granted, those that already have an existing, big and promising network before they start promoting, have a head start. But I don’t belong to that group and I’m still seeing much better performance than when I did e.g. network marketing. Just spread the word to anyone who spends some time on the web and give the heads up of what’s going on to those who have turned passive.
8. It’s not obtrusive
One of the reasons network marketing is frowned upon is because the network marketers are too hype-driven, obtrusive, obnoxious and whatnot. With Agloco, you just tell them these ten reasons to join and let them be if they don’t care. There’s no point beating a dead horse over it if that’s the case.
9. It makes you think creatively
Ever since I joined, I’ve found myself sporadically thinking of how I can increase, improve and optimize my performance in building my network. One of those sessions spawned the idea to create my own Agloco banner (468 x 60). You’ll see it in action at the bottom of this post. For using it on your own website, I only ask that you social bookmark this post.
10. It’s too easy
This isn’t much of a positive thing, but it does explain why Agloco has spread like wildfire. People sign up and then forget about it. Which means that with all the referral links found everywhere, sometimes people sign up even when they don’t even know what Agloco is. It’s the 90/10 rule in action. So the question is, do you want to belong to the 10% of people who make 90% of the money from this opportunity or not?
Join the Agloco network and stay updated on this blog.
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