Randall's Idea Blog

"A friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself."

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:55:48 -0500

“A friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself.”

- Jim Morrison

"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply..."

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:54:52 -0500

“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”

- Buddha

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t..."

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:52:41 -0500

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”

- Dr. Seuss

"People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing."

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:46:08 -0500

“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.”

- Dale Carnegie

"Go for it now. The future is promised to no one."

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:42:12 -0500

“Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.”

- Wayne Dyer

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Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:23:42 -0500

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"Tell me and I forget; show me and I remember; involve me and I understand."

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:48:28 -0500

“Tell me and I forget; show me and I remember; involve me and I understand.”

- Chinese Proverb

Bill Gates' Advice.

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:04:25 -0500

Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! To anyone with kids of any age, or anyone who has ever been a kid, here is some advice Bill Gates recently dished out at a high school speech: 11 things you will not learn in school. He talks about how feel good P.C. teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept has set them up to fail in the real world.

RULE 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!

RULE 2: The world doesn’t care about your self-esteem. The world expects you to accomplish BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

RULE 3: You will NOT make $40,000.00/year fresh out of high school. And you won’t be a vice-president with a car phone until you EARN both.

RULE 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He won’t have tenure.

RULE 5: Flipping burgers is NOT beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping - they called it OPPORTUNITY!

RULE 6: If you mess up, it is only your fault; learn from your mistakes.

RULE 7: Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes, and listening to you talk about how COOL you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parents’ generation, try delousing the closet in your room instead.

RULE 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and will give you as many times as you need to get it right. This doesn’t have the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

RULE 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.

RULE 10: TV is NOT reality. In real life people need to leave the coffee shop and go to work.

RULE 11: BE NICE TO NERDS!! Chances are you will end up working for one!

21 Suggestions for Success.

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:01:06 -0500

Marry the right person. This one decision will determine 90% of your happiness or misery.
Work at something you enjoy and that’s worthy of your time and talent.
Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.
Be forgiving of yourself and others.
Be generous.
Have a grateful heart.
Persistence, persistence, persistence.
Discipline yourself to save money on even the most modest salary.
Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated.
Commit yourself to constant improvement.
Commit yourself to quality.
Understand that happiness is not based on possessions, power or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect.
Be loyal.
Be honest.
Be a self-starter.
Be decisive even if it means you’ll sometimes be wrong.
Stop blaming others. Take responsibility for every area of your life.
Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you’ll regret the things you didn’t do more than the ones you did.
Take good care of those you love.
Don’t do anything that wouldn’t make your Mom proud.

By H. Jackson Brown Jr.

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Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:57:33 -0500

"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any..."

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:50:50 -0500

“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.”

- Abraham Lincoln

"The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he..."

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:49:46 -0500

“The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life—knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.”

- Aristotle

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Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:33:01 -0500

"Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Look at the sunny side..."

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:26:18 -0500

“Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. Think only of the best, work only for the best and expect only the best. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others. Live in the faith that the whole world is on your side as long as you are true to the best that is in you!”

- Christian D. Larson

"In order to succeed, your desire for success must be greater than your fear of failure."

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:50:29 -0600

“In order to succeed, your desire for success must be greater than your fear of failure.”

- Bill Cosby

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Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:45:10 -0600

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:38:53 -0600

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

- Albert Einstein

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Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:27:38 -0600

"If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him."

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:21:30 -0600

“If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.”

- Seneca

"The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy...."

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:16:44 -0600

“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.”

- Carlos Castaneda