The universe doesn't care about you, but somehow in the tidal forces that cause change, things can work out in your favor, or in your sort of favor. I've learned to be careful in what you ask for from the universe. The what referring to the object itself. I've learned to be careful to ask the how as in the form.
Change can come at the empowerment of wealth or the violence of the gun. If we telegraph our perceptions of object and form over what it is that we want, then doesn't it make sense we can achieve our goals with greater clarity?
While reading You Are Now Less Dumb, I started to learn the secrets behind who and what I am, what motivates me and how many of the things I think and the justification behind them are wrong. Once the realization was there, I started to take a different approach to my life. Now when I think about something in a certain way, I question it based on what I read and my understand of those facts. With this new knowledge, I started to understand why I am where I am and some of the things I can do to change my situation.
Today I decided to find out something that has a lot to do with wealth and success. Looking up this search how does a rich person start their day? That's all I wanted to know. What are the successful general habits that rich people have? Clicking through the first ten links allowed me into their well kept world. The first one I found was on www.daveramsey.com called.
So let's start here. 1. 70% of wealthy eat less than 300 junk food calories per day. 97% of poor people eat more than 300 junk food calories per day. 23% of wealthy gamble. 52% of poor people gamble. (i'm terrible guilt of the "more than 300 junk calories...an hour) 2. 80% of wealthy are focused on accomplishing some single goal. Only 12% of the poor do this. 3. 76% of wealthy exercise aerobically four days a week. 23% of poor do this. 4. 63% of wealthy listen to audio books during commute to work vs. 5% of poor people. 5. 81% of wealthy maintain a to-do list vs. 19% of poor. 6. 63% of wealthy parents make their children read two or more non-fiction books a month vs. 3% of poor. 7. 70% of wealthy parents make their children volunteer 10 hours or more a month vs. 3% of poor. 8. 80% of wealthy make Happy Birthday calls vs. 11% of poor. 9. 67% of wealthy write down their goals vs. 17% of poor. 10. 88% of wealthy read 30 minutes or more each day for education or career reasons vs. 2% of poor. 11. 6% of wealthy say what’s on their mind vs. 69% of poor. 12. 79% of wealthy network five hours or more each month vs. 16% of poor. 13. 67% of wealthy watch one hour or less of TV every day vs. 23% of poor. 14. 6% of wealthy watch reality TV vs. 78% of poor. 15. 44% of wealthy wake up three hours before work starts vs. 3% of poor. 16. 74% of wealthy teach good daily success habits to their children vs. 1% of poor. 17. 84% of wealthy believe good habits create opportunity luck vs. 4% of poor. 18. 76% of wealthy believe bad habits create detrimental luck vs. 9% of poor. 19. 86% of wealthy believe in lifelong educational self-improvement vs. 5% of poor.
20. 86% of wealthy love to read vs. 26% of poor.
"Tom Corley, on his website RichHabitsInstitute.com, outlines a few of the differences between the habits of the rich and the poor."
Naturally I'm compelled to ask, what rich habits do you have as opposed to poor ones? I'll discuss how I rank if you tell me how you rank.
This is from an older Episode of South Park, but I've had it in my mind since the Trayvon Martin case. They're Coming Right For Us, says Uncle Ned to Jimbo in the context of it is illegal to hunt animals, but if they were to say attack or charge at you, then as long as you proclaim "they're coming right for us!!!" then that allows you to kill it in self defense. Recently I've seen it used to hunt what some people would consider an animal. African American Men. Trayvon Martin wasn't the first but he stands out in recent memory. There was also Mike Brown, then even more recently Darrien Hunt. Killed because they were considered a threat. The use of lethal force was justified by the fact that in each case the wild and savage beast was coming right for them, so they had to kill them. Most black men do not wish to die and having been raised in America, know what that one wrong move will guarantee. I've known it for years, so I refuse to believe that my brothers don't know it as well and yet the same excuse is heard repeatedly. "He charged at me." "He raised a sword at me" "He had a weapon" and yet the evidence never seems to match their recall of events. I think South Park showed us the future of the black man as a possible endangered species hunted by those who think the justification for killing them is in some sort of mock fashion. I pose no threat to anyone and those that know me can verify this. I know how to handle my self in the presence of law enforcement officers. I will never be coming right for them. I will not run, I will not shoot off my mouth, I will remain silent until a lawyer can be found. I can almost guarantee if a situation with a police officer "were" to escalate and they seem to quite quickly; I'd be dead and that officers would most likely quote...I was coming right for him.
This is not the America that any of us were promised. The newest shooting of Darrien Hunt, an aparent cosplayer dressed as Mugen from Samurai Champloo most likely wasn't charging at them, but these days corrupt police of all colors seem to need little justification in taking another life. When proven through the use of cellphones and social media, when a man of color is involved, his chances for survival drop exponentially. I'm really sick of seeing another black man dying as a result of "he's coming right for us."
I realized at some point I needed to another blog separate from my Carving A Path To Success.
I needed a place to put up other material unrelated to my professional pursuits. I'm more than just writing and screenplays. I'm also an accomplished (in my own mind) photographer. Sometimes I get it all confused and overshare things unrelated to the true nature of the Carving Blog. So I've decided to change that. I won't be pulling things from the other blog, instead I will now keep certain things seperated. I figure if I do this, then the message of my professional blog remains clear and concise and anything else, well I will just share on here. This blog will be my personal one.
I'll do my best to keep the content unique.
What would you suggest to someone starting a new blog? Leave comments below, because I would really love to hear from you.
First off is one year ago, my first book Eiko was published. That was a great day for me and the realization of a dream, which was to publish a book.
Today is also the day that I completed the first draft of the Eiko: R3M1X screenplay. I've talked about it before in previous post. It's been rough for me to complete it, as It wasn't just changing the background but changing the context and reasoning behind everything. Anyway I did it. I managed to complete the first draft.
R3M1X has some all new material. The story follows the same path as the original Eiko but there are some major differences. Some battles have changed all together.
Now the hard part. Cleaning up the draft and submitting it for approval.
October 1st. Definitely a good day for me and Eiko.
