John Wooden on True Success

"At God's footstool to confess, a poor soul knelt, and bowed his head. 'I failed!' He cried. The Master said, 'Thou didst thy best, that is success."

JK Rowling: The fringe benefits of failure

This is an excellent speech from JK Rowling to Harvard grads. There are 3 main lessons in her speech:

- The Importance of Failure
- Imagination
- Social Responsibility

This is a must watch!



J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement from Harvard Magazine on Vimeo.

A Muslim World

This video was forwarded to me and had to post it,  just to stir up conversation. I'm interested to hear what you think about this. Please leave me your comments.

Google, You autocomplete Me...

There is a fun site called Autocomplete Me that lists wacky searches made by Google users. If you notice when typing your search in the Google search window, a list populates as you type (your autocomplete must be turned on). There are some pretty hilarious "autocomplete" searches out there.

Update on DailyBurn.com

I have been using Daily burn for the past two and a half weeks and am happy to report that I have shed 7lbs. My food journal has made me acutely aware of my caloric intake and keeps me conscious of what I put in my mouth. A simple tool helping me achieve great results. Informed Fire = Happy Fire.

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Burn Baby Burn!

I haven't been blogging much so far this year as I'm working on organizing my life a bit more than I did in 2009. One of the tools I am using to "organize" my diet is DailyBurn.com. It really is a great tool that logs your nutrition, weight, and workout plans. The basic version is free and of course if you pay, you get more options. They even offer two iPhone apps, one called FoodScanner actually reads bar codes from food wrappers by using the built in camera and automatically finds the nutrition info and logs it into your account. How could you NOT love that? I a big fan of Daily Burn as it is easy to use and has a community for motivation. It is proven that it you keep a journal of what you eat that the percentage of success in losing weight, increases. It's worked for me in the past and I know it will work again.