Things have been going good...
Current mood: passionate
Category: passionate Jobs, Work, Careers

Hey all,

I wanted to give you an update for those of you who haven't heard from me in awhile.

In April, a couple brilliant friends of mine and I set about starting a business dealing with technology, advertising and the college market.  It is called Adiqus.  Well, we created a business plan and built a team... and yesterday, we engaged a venture capital firm that dedicated to getting us a couple million to do things right.

It all starts with a goal and belief that you can obtain the goal.  It also involves surrounding yourself with high-quality people that don't bring you down. 

Fly with the eagles not the turkeys.  My long term goal is to help create 1000 millionaires, so hopefully this is a vital step moving me towards the realization of that goal.

Thanks to everyone for all their support.

Much love-

Travis

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Winning is a Habit. Unfortunately, So is Losing.
Category: Life

by Vince Lombardi

Winning is not a sometime thing. You don't win once-in-a-while. You don't do things right once-in-a-while. You do them right all the time.



Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game, and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game–but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be the first in anything we do and to win, and to win, and to win.

Every time a football player goes out to play, he's got to play from the ground up. From the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That's okay - you've got to be smart to be number one in my business. But, more important, you've got to play with your heart. With every fiber of your body. If you are lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.

Running a football team is no different from running any other kind of organization–an army, a political party, a business. The problems are the same. The objective is to win. To beat the other guy. Maybe that sounds hard or cruel. I don't think it is.

It is a reality of life that men are competitive and the most competitive games draw the most competitive team. That's why they're here–to compete. They know the rules and the objectives when they get in the game. The objective is to win–fairly, squarely, decently, by the rules–but to win. And in truth, I have never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, did not appreciate the grind–the discipline. There is something in good men that really yearns for…needs…discipline and the harsh reality of head-to-head combat.

I don't say these things because I believe in the "brute" nature of man, or that men must be brutalized to be competitive. I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. But I firmly believe that any man's finest hours, his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle victorious.

Via  CultivateGreatness.com

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10 Rules for Being Human
Current mood: chipper
Category: Life

Rule One - You will receive a body. Whether you love it or hate it, it's yours for life, so accept it. What counts is what's inside.

Rule Two - You will be presented with lessons. Life is a constant learning experience, which every day provides opportunities for you to learn more. These lessons specific to you, and learning them 'is the key to discovering and fulfilling the meaning and relevance of your own life'.

Rule Three - There are no mistakes, only lessons. Your development towards wisdom is a process of experimentation, trial and error, so it's inevitable things will not always go to plan or turn out how you'd want. Compassion is the remedy for harsh judgement - of ourselves and others. Forgiveness is not only divine - it's also 'the act of erasing an emotional debt'. Behaving ethically, with integrity, and with humour - especially the ability to laugh at yourself and your own mishaps - are central to the perspective that 'mistakes' are simply lessons we must learn.
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Rule Four - The lesson is repeated until learned. Lessons repeat until learned. What manifest as problems and challenges, irritations and frustrations are more lessons - they will repeat until you see them as such and learn from them. Your own awareness and your ability to change are requisites of executing this rule. Also fundamental is the acceptance that you are not a victim of fate or circumstance - 'causality' must be acknowledged; that is to say: things happen to you because of how you are and what you do. To blame anyone or anything else for your misfortunes is an escape and a denial; you yourself are responsible for you, and what happens to you. Patience is required - change doesn't happen overnight, so give change time to happen.

Rule Five - Learning does not end. While you are alive there are always lessons to be learned. Surrender to the 'rhythm of life', don't struggle against it. Commit to the process of constant learning and change - be humble enough to always acknowledge your own weaknesses, and be flexible enough to adapt from what you may be accustomed to, because rigidity will deny you the freedom of new possibilities.

Rule Six - "There" is no better than "here". The other side of the hill may be greener than your own, but being there is not the key to endless happiness. Be grateful for and enjoy what you have, and where you are on your journey. Appreciate the abundance of what's good in your life, rather than measure and amass things that do not actually lead to happiness. Living in the present helps you attain peace.

Rule Seven - Others are only mirrors of you. You love or hate something about another person according to what love or hate about yourself. Be tolerant; accept others as they are, and strive for clarity of self-awareness; strive to truly understand and have an objective perception of your own self, your thoughts and feelings. Negative experiences are opportunities to heal the wounds that you carry. Support others, and by doing so you support yourself. Where you are unable to support others it is a sign that you are not adequately attending to your own needs.

Rule Eight - What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. Take responsibility for yourself. Learn to let go when you cannot change things. Don't get angry about things - bitter memories clutter your mind. Courage resides in all of us - use it when you need to do what's right for you. We all possess a strong natural power and adventurous spirit, which you should draw on to embrace what lies ahead.

Rule Nine - Your answers lie inside of you. Trust your instincts and your innermost feelings, whether you hear them as a little voice or a flash of inspiration. Listen to feelings as well as sounds. Look, listen, and trust. Draw on your natural inspiration.

Rule Ten - You will forget all this at birth. We are all born with all of these capabilities - our early experiences lead us into a physical world, away from our spiritual selves, so that we become doubtful, cynical and lacking belief and confidence. The ten Rules are not commandments, they are universal truths that apply to us all. When you lose your way, call upon them. Have faith in the strength of your spirit. Aspire to be wise - wisdom the ultimate path of your life, and it knows no limits other than those you impose on yourself.

by Cherie Carter-Scott

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Tune into the Vibration of Your Choice.
Current mood: calm
Category: Life

So all we have to do is to change our emotional frequency and focus on something that brings to us a positive vibration.

The whole universe is vibrational. An amazing concept to wrap your mind around is that deep down, we are all just protons, neutrons and electrons… microscopic vibrations. Each cell of our body is composed of only energy.

Also, the earth rotates on its axis once each day. Since the circumference of the earth at the equator is 24,901.55 miles, a spot on the equator rotates at approximately 1037.5646 miles per hour. So all the time, we are spinning at over 1,000 mph. But wait, we are also cruising around the sun at nearly 68,000 miles an hour. We are very, very small and we are going very, very fast.

"We are very, very small and we are going very, very fast."

On top of the incredible speed we are going, we have all these invisible forces to deal with. Gravity, magnetic forces, radio waves, and all types of other vibrations flowing around us nonstop. If we don't stop and tune into the right vibration, we can get lost in all the commotion.

Bob Proctor said that when you are feeling bad and sick, that you are in a negative vibration. Sometimes, it's hard to get out of that funk. When you are in this funk, it is extremely difficult to attract a positive vibration. In fact, it repels that vibration.

You ever play with a magnet and try to put the stubborn sides of the magnet together? No luck, flip it around though, and voile! I liken this to the same principle. Like attracts like.

When you are feeling 'extraordinary', you are sending out a certain type of vibrational frequency. You send it out, and more of the same will flow you way.

So, the moral of this blog post is… if you are feeling bad, change your emotional radio station to one with a positive vibe. Life moves too fast to be stuck in a bad vibrational frequency. Meditate. Slow down. And tune into a positive vibration and set your intentions in this space. The results will astound you!

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MySpace Bug Finally Fixed, so, Here is an UrbanJonez Update for you
Current mood: chipper
Category: Life

Hope all is well in your world.  Finally, I have been released from the shackles of MySpace Bugitude.  For over 2 1/2 months, I was unable to send an email, or a comment... and some people asked me why I was "No Longer a Member".  Well, MySpace had some serious bugs to say the least.

Since the bug-a-thon, I have dedicated much of my free time to two projects.  CultivateGreatness.com, obviously, and TimeCheeze.com.

I was originally a bit distraught over TimeCheeze and the content we would find online.  See, we built a Media Search Lab that scours the net and finds the links to funny videos online.  Right now, we have over 35,000 videos indexed in our Search Lab.  However, it would also find all the pr0n videos, which was a bit discouraging.

So, my programmer and I found a solution to that problem, and now have relaunched TimeCheeze with a cool interface that allows us to control the flow of content a bit better.  So, if you have a few seconds to spare, check it out, and if you would like to supply off the wall content to TimeCheeze, feel free to register for the site, as we NEED some contributing editors.  So, if you like funny and helpful... you might be the person we are looking for.

We also offer a Deal of the Day, every day at 12:01 am, just after midnight... so if you are up, check us out, as you will find some incredible deals there.

Im glad to be able to leave comments and emails again, so if I missed you in the past, rest assured, it was because of the bug, not me just ignoring you.

Hope all is well, and look forward to seeing your success!

-Much Love

UrbanJonez
Travis Wright

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What is Your Perfect Morning Ritual? Lets OWN Our Mornings.
Category: Life

Cultivate Greatness - The Perfect Morning Ritual - ADD YOUR COMMENTS!"


Ok, Seems like we have been talking about it for years.  Seriously.  What is the best morning ritual in which to start your day?  What would be the perfect way to wake up each morning?  The optimal way to start your day.  

Do we get up at the ass-crack of dawn and abide by Benjimin Franklins most known mantra, 'Early to Bed, Early to Rise... Makes a man healthy, weathly and wise.'

Well, damn.  I want all three of those things.  I want to be able to live optimally, in a peak state and secure my goals and live the life I have always dreamed about.  Sure.  Tell me more.  But I tell ya... Its a hard thing to define.  

And for some, myself at the top of the list, Waking up early in the Morning is my master.  Mornings own my ass.  My head, in the past, does not want to wake up from the sleep funk. heh.  That is no lie.  

So, for me, it seems that I have always known that getting up early in the morning is the way to go.   And it seems that I have never listened to reason, and begin waking up early.  

Action Step:  Get a pen and paper... step AWAY from the keyboard and define your perfect morning ritual.   Do this by asking yourself optimal questions.  Instead of disencouraging statements to yourself, during self-talk...  ask optimized questions.  Ask and it is Given.  

Write down what would make you most happy in the morning.  What would happen?  How would your morning be?  What song would your radio alarm play to start your day?  And maybe, if you heard more music to start your day... would you feel better immediately?  Think of that!

Questions to Ask yourself on How to Wake in the Morning and create your perfect morning ritual.

How can I wake up early EVERYDAY!

What is the BEST Way to wake in the morning?

How can I FEEL GREAT in the Morning?

What could I do that feel AWESOME in the Morning?

    
1. Wake up to the Tom Petty Song, "I Won't Back Down"

    
2. Then immediately save three dollars in the Million Dollar Savings Club, $1 Investing Pile - $1 Savings Pile - $1 Charity Pile

    
3. Brush My Teeth!  Take care of your smile.  Take care of your tongue.  Take care of your health.  Take care of your life.... 

    
4. Go take a nap


Just kidding on the last one.  I want you to define your own perfect morning schedule.

Perhaps you want to go for a run or for a walk first thing?  Perhaps sitting in a chill place with a cup of coffee and complete silence might make a morning companion.  Java and Meditation.  Can they coexist?  heh.  Im not a big coffee fan, but I know there are legions of people out there, loving them some coffee.  

Maybe you have some fresh coffee brewing by an alarm and you wake to the smell of fresh coffee in the morning?

Perhaps you have a ritual of taking your dog for a run/walk first thing in the morning.  Maybe you should get up at 5am and start your morning like Personal Development Blogger, Steve Pavlina does... in his article "How to Become an Early Riser".

Many of the members of his forum are also getting up at 5am.  I tried getting up at 5am, and I just aint feelin' it yet.  So for me, I wake up still at the very last possible minute, and jump in shower... grab a quick bite to eat, either cereal or a local fast food breakfast.  And miss out on all the amazing great things that I could be doing to start my morning routine.  

I do listen to Tom Petty in the morning though. That one is easy to do.  I just hear it 5 times each morning.  In fact, I think Im kind of sick of that song now.  Maybe I need a fresh song.  Ha Ha.

Damn you mornings!  Why must you make it so tough on us Night time people!  

Anyway, if you want to create your perfect morning each morning, do so.  It will probably be one of the most rewarding things to conquer in your life.  If it is, let me know how it works out for you.  

Please add some suggestions / blog comments to help us all form our perfect morning.  This is part of the reason I wrote this entry, was to have you guys HELP ME with ideas about waking up.  So feel free to shoot them our way, so we can share our ideas, and formulate our perfect custom morning ritual so we can have the BEST LIFE EVER!!  

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Much Love-

Travis Wright
Cultivate Greatness | Personal Development

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Why be a Dreamer?
Category: Friends

Hey all, this is an article that I found today which kind of fit the moment.  I also wrote a blog pertaining to this on my site CultivateGreatness.com
 
Hope all is well, and keep on the path with your goals and dreams... and avoid those dastardly dream stealers!

Much Love-  Travis Wright

There are two paths to follow in life. One is the path of the Dreamer, and the other is the path of the Dream Stealer. Which path are you following through life?

We all start out as dreamers! As little children we all have dreams of being something magic, perhaps a space adventurer or a princess, maybe a dragon slayer or even president some day. But life has a way of setting limits on our hopes, dreams and aspirations.

As we go through life most of us learn that trying
something and failing equals pain! Our parents, teachers and peers don't want us achieving goals or dreams that are to big. Your success makes others around you un-comfortable so they try and hold you back. In their mind they only have your best interests at heart.

Dream stealers are all around you. Be careful with whom you spend your time - by the power of association, that we become. In order to realize your full potential in life you must develop the ability to turn your back on well-meaning dream stealers, and pursue your dreams.

If you don't pursue your own dreams in life, then you will wind up working for someone else's dream!

It's time to activate your Dream Machine.

Where do your dreams come from? Dreams are formulated in your imagination. It starts out as thoughts, maybe even day dreams. The more you think about it the more excited you become about the possibilities your dream has and the potential impact on the lives of others.

Capture that excitement on paper. Make it a habit of dreaming on paper. Place no limits on what's possible for you in your life. Think big! Expand your view of what you can do on a massive scale. Stimulate your imagination, seek advice and help from others and have faith in your own unique capacity to achieve greatness. Why not you?

Decide today that you are going to follow the path of the dreamers.

Take a look around you today. Everywhere you look you will see the end result of someone else's dream fullfilled. When you switch on the lights in your home take a moment to consider where life would be without Edison and his dream. When you get in your car remember you would still be riding a horse if not for the dreams of people like Henry Ford.

People with big dreams and active imaginations propell the world forward and make major contributions to the lives of millions. Again I ask, Why not you?

Grab your Goals Magic System right now and start to
activate your Dream Machine. It's the first step to your better future and the only thing holding you back is you.

Choose to be a dreamer today, not a dream stealer!

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October Growth - Personal, Financial, and Professional
Current mood: accomplished

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CG.com .005 Success & Growth BlogCarnival
Current mood: Watching Chiefs Football
Category: Watching Chiefs Football Blogging

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Here we are with the 5th edition of the Success Blog Carnival at Cultivate Greatness.  I would like to thank each and everyone who submitted articles, we are consistently growing and sharing valuable information.   I had 41 articles submitted to the website this time, an amazing amount.

Without further adeiu, welcome to the October 30, 2006 edition of The CultivateGreatness.com Success & Growth Blogcarnival |.




Jane Chin presents Improv and Three Secrets to Success posted at Jane Chin PhD.


David Stoddard presents Search And Ye Shall Find - Something posted at Simply Unmotivated Success, saying, "What are you looking for? It may just be right in front of you."

Brandon Peele presents Leadership Revisited posted at GT.

Hueina Su presents Secret Language of Relationships posted at Intensive Care for the Nurturer's Soul, saying, "You know how many couples seem to have their own secret language, or speak in "code"? Many couples tend to believe that their mate can/should read their mind, which causes unnecessary misunderstanding, conflicts, resentment and stress. Try being assertive with compassion and respect instead."

Attitude

Business Development

Career & Work

Confidence

Consciousness

Continuing Education

Courage & Fear

Credit Repair

Cultivate Greatness

Empowering

Motivation

Success

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Getting Rid of the "Pink Panther Rain Cloud" of Doubt
Current mood: chipper
Category: Life

by Travis Wright

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