Month: February 2019

Look out for the * for today’s Presidential advice.

PRESIDENTS’ DAY

MIND

Alessandro Volta 1745 – Yes, Volta shares a birthday with Travolta

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alessandro-Volta

Napoleon was so impressed with Volta, and his Voltaic Pile, that he awarded the Italian Professor a Legion of Honor medal and made him a Count.

We honor Volta even now since the word “voltage” – meaning the unit of electrical potential – is named for him.

https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/Alessandro-Volta//1

A true scientist, Volta once wrote, “You must be ready to give up even the most attractive ideas when experiment shows them to be wrong.” That’s advice that Darwinists would do well to heed.

https://evolutionnews.org/2015/02/happy_birthday_1/

*It’s February 18 and hopefully you’re not ready to give up because this experiment has proved to be wrong. Keep plugging along.

In honor of Volta’s birthday, try to see how little electricity you can use today.

BODY

Jillian Michaels 1974

https://www.jillianmichaels.com/

An infinite variety of fully interactive, customized daily workouts, or choose from one of Jillian’s specifically tailored programs listed below. For individuals of ALL fitness levels, from total newbie to super advanced.

http://www.jillianmichaels.com/fit/the-regimen/the-routine

*Go to Jillian Michaels’ website and choose a workout of your liking. Or download her app and do the same.

SOUL

Yoko Ono 1933

http://imaginepeace.com/

The artist and widow of John Lennon has designed a collection of cups and saucers featuring the dates and places of six tragic events written in Ono’s handwriting, such as the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 and the day Lennon was shot and killed in 1980. A seventh cup appears untouched to represent hope.

http://pagesix.com/2015/05/07/yoko-ono-designs-coffee-cups-inspired-by-tragedies/

Join in with these participatory artworks by Yoko Ono. Print out WAR IS OVER & IMAGINE PEACE posters. Send your wishes to IMAGINE PEACE TOWER & SKYLANDING. Add your smiles to #smilesfilm. Send your testimonies to ARISING. Tribute your parents at My Mommy Is Beautiful & My Daddy Is Beautiful.

*Yoko’s imaginepeace.com website is really interesting and interactive. Try one of the above to soothe your soul today. And take today to forgive her if you blame her for breaking up the Beatles. Give peace a chance.

MONEY

Dr. Dre 1965

https://www.drdre.com/

Don’t buckle to skepticism.

The hip-hop culture that Dre grew up in and helped build is one that fosters and relies on entrepreneurial skill. In the early years of hip hop, record labels were skeptical of the genre, and worried that it would be a difficult sell to Middle America. Hip-hop artists were thus masters of hustle: They were out there promoting their mixtapes and starting their own record labels, doing everything it took to get their music heard. Dre was part of this scene, and learned how to be an entrepreneur almost out of necessity. Innovators create opportunity by forging ahead, even when they meet great resistance and skepticism.

https://www.inc.com/marla-tabaka/5-success-secrets-that-made-dr-dre-a-hip-hop-billionaire.html

Dr. Dre topped Forbes’ list of the highest-paid hip-hop acts a few months back, and now the financial mag has named Dre the world’s richest musician overall, a conclusion that should surprise no one after Dre and Jimmy Lovine sold their Beats empire to Apple for $3 billion this year. Thanks largely to that Apple payout, Dre earned $620 million in 2014, which Forbes calls “the biggest single-year payday of any musician in history.”

http://www.stereogum.com/1724689/dr-dre-tops-forbes-richest-musicians-list/news/

*Be a master of hustle today. Create opportunity by forging ahead, even when you meet great resistance and skepticism. Listen to Dr. Dre for motivation.

ENTERTAINMENT

John Travolta 1954 – watch Saturday Night Fever

http://travolta.com/

TRAVOLTA WAS ALREADY SO FAMOUS THAT MAKING THE MOVIE WAS A HASSLE.

Saturday Night Fever made Travolta a movie star, but he was already a teen heartthrob because of the popular sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, where he played a delinquent teenager with the hilarious and timeless catchphrase “Up your nose with a rubber hose.” Still, nobody was prepared for how Travolta’s fame would affect the movie, which was to be shot on the streets of Brooklyn. As soon as the neighborhood found out Travolta was there, the sidewalks were swarmed by thousands of onlookers, many of them squealing teenage girls. (Badham said there were also a lot of teenage boys holding signs expressing their hatred for Travolta for being more desirable than themselves.)

http://mentalfloss.com/article/78679/14-tempo-facts-about-saturday-night-fever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0lm58cet1g

https://www.amazon.com/Saturday-Night-Fever-John-Travolta/dp/B00003CXCH

*Watch and learn Travolta’s epic dance and be prepared to perform it at the next wedding reception you go to.

FOOD

Vanna White 1957 – Wheel of Fortune Chicken

https://www.sonypictures.com/tv/wheeloffortune/

‘Wheel of Fortune’ Star Vanna White Reveals Regret, Major Life Lesson Over Playboy Photos: ‘Listen to Your Instincts’

https://www.faithwire.com/2017/03/30/wheel-of-fortune-star-vanna-white-reveals-regret-major-life-lesson-over-playboy-photos-listen-to-your-instincts/

http://www.astray.com/recipes/?show=Vanna%20white%27s%20wheel%20of%20fortune%20chicken

*Listen to your instincts and enjoy this Wheel of Fortune chicken while watching John Travolta almost win an Oscar in Saturday Night Fever.

SNUB – Molly Ringwald

Review –

• Keep plugging along – don’t quit
• Jillian Michaels workout
• Participatory artwork by Yoko Ono
• Don’t buckle to skepticism
• Watch Saturday Night Fever 
• Make Wheel of Fortune chicken

 

Look for the * for today’s advice.

MIND

Mary Frances Berry 1938

http://www.maryfrancesberry.com/

Berry asked the audience to commit to doing something every day for the cause of justice—from praying to showing praise for those doing the more active work to feeding the hungry.

http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/practicing-activism-every-day/

https://feedthehungry.org/

*Pick one to commit to today. What’s it going to be? Pray? Show praise? Or feed the hungry? Whichever ones you don’t commit to today, there is always tomorrow and then the day after that to keep it going.

BODY

Rene Russo 1954

https://www.ranker.com/list/rene-russo-movies-and-films-and-filmography/reference

‘I work out every day, but not like a maniac. Just 20 minutes on that damn bike, do some light weights, and that’s it and I’ve gotta move on,’ she said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2811741/Rene-Russo-60-reveals-works-day-admits-laser-treatments-too.html

*Get on that damn bike for twenty minutes, lift some light weights, and move on with your day.

SOUL

Jim Brown 1936

https://www.profootballhof.com/players/jim-brown/

Amer-I-Can was founded in 1988 by NFL Hall of Fame recipient, Jim Brown. The program goal is to help enable individuals to meet their academic potential, to conform their behavior to acceptable society standards, and to improve the quality of their lives by equipping them with the critical life management skills to confidently and successfully contribute to society.

http://www.amer-i-can.org/

Fifty years ago, Brown was cast as the leader of the Muhammad Ali Summit in Cleveland. Brown was joined by legendary athletes like Bill Russell and Lew Alcindor outside the offices of the Negro Industrial Economic union for a press conference with Ali, a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War.

http://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/columns/mitchell-has-football-legend-jim-brown-sold-his-soul/article_6b726549-3118-5597-ae7b-e2cf0ac97afe.html

http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2015/09/28/jim-brown-cleveland-browns-hall-of-fame-nfl-greatness

*Help Jim Brown out by going to the Amer-I-can website. There you can donate money or volunteer your time to help make a better America.

MONEY

Michael Jordan 1963

https://www.facebook.com/Michael-Jordan-official-291443770942586/

https://twitter.com/Jumpman23?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Use social media to keep your brand relevant. MJ hasn’t been on the court since the 2002-03 season. But he has 27 million Facebook fans, and although he does not use Twitter, Nike’s Jordan Twitter account has 1.7 million followers. Jordan’s Q score, which gauges awareness and popularity, has been tops among sports fans every year since 1991.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2014/06/14/4-lessons-from-michael-jordan-on-how-to-become-a-billionaire/#6055326730d4

https://www.nike.com/us/en_us/c/jordan

Jordan right now is the most marketable person in the U.S. ahead of Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks, Bill Gates and every other celebrity you can name. He posts top 10 scores for aspiration, endorsement and influence. His awareness level is almost unmatched at 98%.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2016/03/30/how-michael-jordan-will-make-more-than-any-other-athlete-in-the-world-this-year/#1a7846db5044

*365DOLF is on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram – and I’m not a big fan of social media. If you don’t like or aren’t comfortable with social media, having your own business in 2019 might not be for you.

ENTERTAINMENT

Ed Sheeran 1991

http://www.edsheeran.com/?frontpage=true

http://perfectsnowglobe.edsheeran.com/home?ref=https://www.google.com/

He put the hours in. He never gave up. He put his talent on the line every night, when others faded and failed. Sheeran is a living embodiment of Arnold Palmer’s ironic sporting truism: “The more I practice, the luckier I get.” Keeping a watchful eye on his sales is merely a function of his obsession with winning, a word he uses over and over again.

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/ed-sheeran-new-album-divide

*Enjoy the talent of Ed Sheeran today.

FOOD

Larry the Cable Guy 1963 Git-r-Done biscuits and gravy

https://gitrdonefoundation.org/

http://www.larrythecableguy.com/

http://www.killprettymagazine.com/blog/corner-store-critique-larry-the-cable-guys-git-r-done-grub-biscuits-n-gravy

BONUS: Paris Hilton 1981 – lasagna

https://parishilton.com/

http://www.recipecircus.com/recipes/gijane/CELEBRITY/Paris_HIlton39s_Lasagna.html

*It’s not very often in life that you can tell someone that you had Larry the Cable Guy biscuits and gravy for breakfast and Paris Hilton lasagna for dinner. And then tell them – oh by the way, two of the greatest athletes were born on this day – “Michael Jordan and Jim Brown” – all while listening to Ed Sheeran in the background. What a conversation. That’s hot.

SNUB – Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Review –

• Pray, show praise, or feed the hungry
• Get on that damn bike
• Donate to Amer-I-Can
• Use social media
• Listen to Ed Sheeran
• Git-r-Done Biscuits and Gravy
• Paris Hilton Lasagna

The * will reveal today’s advice.

MIND

Phineas Quimby 1802

http://www.ppquimby.com/

In the late 1850s Quimby had postulated his metaphysical ideas regarding healing the sick by changing the mind of the patient. Since then, more than a century and half have elapsed. Currently, several modern scientific disciplines have emerged that are confirming the fundamental thesis of the New England healer. Neuroscience, New Biology (Epigenetics), Quantum Physics, Depth Psychology, and Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI); all of them, in some degree, validate Quimby’s theory regarding the power of the mind to cure the physical body.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140710010509-119077956-phineas-p-quimby-discoverer-of-mind-healing

MY THEORY: the trouble is in the mind, for the body is only the house for the mind to dwell in . . . If your mind has been deceived by some invisible enemy into a belief, you have put it into the form of a disease, with or without your knowledge. By my theory or truth I come in contact with your enemy and restore you to health and happiness.

http://phineasquimby.wwwhubs.com/

*Mind over matter. Think a certain way and make it happen today.

BODY

Jerome Bettis 1972

http://thebus36.com/

How has your approach to fitness changed, post-retirement?

I don’t work out as much as I did as a player, but I try to work out at least three days a week, preferably four. My workouts have changed too — now it’s all about cardiovascular training and not so much about weight lifting. I lift a little bit to maintain muscle consistency, but I don’t do heavy weights anymore — I do lighter weights and more repetitions. That was a major shift from my playing days. For my cardio workouts, I try to mix it up. I ride the bike, I do the elliptical machine and I walk the treadmill on the highest incline.

http://www.weightwatchers.com/util/art/index_art.aspx?tabnum=1&art_id=223341&sc=3047

*Focus on cardio today. Jog 36 minutes in honor of Bettis #36. And then lift some light weights with high reps. then take the bus home.

SOUL

LeVar Burton 1957

https://www.levarburtonkids.com/

LeVar Burton, host of the children’s educational program Reading Rainbow, started a Kickstarter campaign yesterday with colleagues to create an interactive online version of the reading program for kids everywhere and to help schools in need.

http://www.ssn.tv/news/levar-burton-helps-raise-2m-for-reading-rainbow-reboot/

Bring Reading Rainbow’s library of interactive books & video field trips to more platforms & provide free access to classrooms in need!

Contribute Now!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/readingrainbow/bring-reading-rainbow-back-for-every-child-everywh

*As a public school teacher, I know what shape schools are in today – not good. Think of donating to the above cause to help out the future. Or start your own Kickstarter campaign to help the education of those young people who are in need in your community.

MONEY

John McEnroe 1959

https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/john-mcenroe

Martina Navratilova may moan she’s paid 10 times less than John McEnroe by the BBC at Wimbledon… but he’s a far superior analyst.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-5516003/Navratilova-moan-shes-paid-McEnroe-better.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-john-mcenroe-play-serena-williams-2017-6

Just because your father’s a tennis legend and your mother is an Oscar winner doesn’t mean you can’t use a little extra cash.

http://pagesix.com/2016/03/20/why-is-john-mcenroes-son-broke/

*Tennis is like most businesses – they have to close the gender pay gap. That being said, Johnny Mac is just better at what he does as a tennis analyst and for that reason deserves to be paid more. Get better not bitter.

ENTERTAINMENT

The Weeknd 1990

http://www.theweeknd.com/

RETRO SOUNDS ARE IN: While he doesn’t pick a particular decade, a couple songs are fused with the spirit of Throwback Thursday. The funky “Secrets” borrows from the chorus of the Romantics’ 1984 rock hit “Talking in Your Sleep” and fuses it with a sample of “Pale Shelter” a 1982 track from Tears for Fears. The bootyshaker “Rockin”‘ carries a bouncy beat that would fit perfectly in an early 1990s house mix.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/lessons-learned-from-the-weeknds-starboy-album/article33047670/

*Fortunately this day falls on a weekend as you listen to the Weeknd – who was born on a Friday.

FOOD

Elizabeth Olsen 1989 – baguette and cheese with rose

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/sep/14/elizabeth-olsen-film-acting-family

In spite of her healthyish habits, there are some things she still won’t give up. “I had this come-to-Jesus moment with my trainer for Avengers. I told him that working out makes me happy and gives me endorphins, but eating a baguette and cheese with rosé gives me an equal amount of joy and happiness. I just don’t think I can do one exclusively.”

https://www.bonappetit.com/story/elizabeth-olsen-wellness

Bonus: Ice T 1958 – drink iced tea

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/perfect-iced-tea-recipe.html

*Try to find a French bakery and get a fresh baguette. Get some creamy cheese and enjoy it as a meal with some rose and iced tea.

SNUB – Kim Jong-il

Review –

• Mind over matter
• 36 minute jog
• Donate to Reading Rainbow
• Get better – not bitter
• Listen to The Weeknd
• Eat a baguette with creamy cheese and drink some rose and iced tea.

Check out the * for today’s advice.

FLAG DAY

MIND

Galileo Galilei 1564

https://www.space.com/15589-galileo-galilei.html

Those who seek and are open to truth will have enemies

This brings us to the church, or shall we say “religion” generally. The church hated Galileo and everything he said and stood for. He questioned what they thought they “knew”, which unsettled them, scared them, and threatened them. But they had power.

He was declared a heretic and sentenced to house arrest for his remaining life.

The Catholic Church, having condemned him, decided–359 years later, in 1992 that Galileo was in fact right. How? A committee had discovered this.

https://andreaskluth.org/tag/galileo/

Scientists have studied a visual illusion first discovered by Galileo Galilei, and found that it occurs because of the surprising way our eyes see lightness and darkness in the world. Their results advance our understanding of how our brains are wired for seeing white versus black objects.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-02/suon-brd020614.php

*Continue to seek and be open to the truth. If someone says something that you don’t agree with today, call them out on it. Hopefully it will lead to constructive conversation.

BODY

Jane Seymour 1951 – a round of golf and pilates

http://www.janeseymour.com/

Seymour heads to the golf course often to improve her game and get some light exercise. When she’s not working on her swing, she’s often in the gym using a Gyrotonic machine as part of her pilates routine. And she’s seriously devoted to her workout — she’s reportedly been attending Pilates classes for 30 years!

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/news/a47982/jane-seymour-diet-exercise/

After four children, three grandchildren and four marriages, Jane says she’s in better shape than she was 40 years ago.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2534963/Willpower-workouts-binge-four-Maltesers-How-Jane-Seymour-sizzles-age-62.html

https://www.pilates.com/BBAPP/V/index.html

https://www.golf.com/

*Play a round of golf today and/or a get a Pilates workout in. What kind of shape will you be in 40 years?

SOUL

Susan B. Anthony 1820

http://susanbanthonyhouse.org/index.php

Susan B. Anthony Project promotes safety, healing, and growth for all survivors of domestic and sexual abuse and advocates for the autonomy of women and the end of interpersonal violence.

http://sbaproject.org/

*Susan B. Anthony wouldn’t live to see her dream of women’s suffrage but the project in her name can continue to help women. Think of donating to this cause on her birthday.

MONEY

Cyrus McCormick 1809

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cyrus-McCormick

McCormick’s lesson is to think of the market from the customer’s viewpoint and how every aspect of the total offer can be improved.

https://www.investors.com/news/management/leaders-and-success/cyrus-mccormick-mechanical-reaper-revolutionized-farming/

A Virginia farmer invented a mechanical reaper, then harvested profits in the Midwest’s exploding grain belt, innovating credit, service, and sales practices that became essential parts of American big business.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/mccormick_hi.html

*When you do have your own business, think like a customer of your business. What would be most important to you? I have been “Dolfing” and I love it!

ENTERTAINMENT

Chris Farley 1964 – watch Tommy Boy

http://www.chrisfarleyofficial.com/

“Helen, we’re both in sales.  Let me tell you why I SUCK as a salesman.”

A watershed “Tommy Boy” moment occurs when Tommy speaks one-on-one and gets on the same level with a waitress, ultimately convincing her to bring him chicken wings after hours, which is normally not allowed. In an “A-HA” realization, David Spade’s Richard – who’s given to ridiculing Tommy relentlessly – commends Tommy for his ability to read people, for getting inside Helen’s head and telling her what she wanted to hear, when she needed to hear it. Ultimately, this led to Tommy successfully making and selling his case – getting his chicken wings.

https://www.saleshacker.com/20-years-later-what-tommy-boy-teaches-us-about-sales/

https://www.iamchrisfarley.com/

http://mentalfloss.com/article/62246/15-things-you-might-not-know-about-tommy-boy

https://www.amazon.com/Tommy-Boy-Chris-Farley/dp/6305609675

*Get in a little coat, get some chicken wings and watch Tommy Boy. RIP Chris Farley.

FOOD

Matt Groening 1954 – Krusty burger

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/matt-groening-reveals-the-location-of-the-real-springfield-60583379/

OK, why do the Simpsons live in a town called Springfield? Isn’t that a little generic?
Springfield was named after Springfield, Oregon. The only reason is that when I was a kid, the TV show “Father Knows Best” took place in the town of Springfield, and I was thrilled because I imagined that it was the town next to Portland, my hometown. When I grew up, I realized it was just a fictitious name. I also figured out that Springfield was one of the most common names for a city in the U.S. In anticipation of the success of the show, I thought, “This will be cool; everyone will think it’s their Springfield.” And they do.
http://www.bongocomics.com/blog

http://www.simpsonsworld.com/

http://www.toointoit.com/latest/the-simpsons-krustyburgers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ9HHhLo3_s

https://www.eater.com/2015/4/16/8415693/krusty-burger-simpsons-universal-studios-clown-hamburger

*Make this Krusty burger and enjoy it while watching Tommy Boy and a few episodes of The Simpsons. It’s probably on FXX right now. Hey Hey!

I’m grateful that I live in Orlando and can go to Universal Studios to eat a real deal Krusty Burger on this day.

SNUB – Jaromir Jagr

Review –

• Seek and be open to the truth
• Golf and/or Pilates
• Donate to the Susan B. Anthony Project
• Think like one of your customers
• Watch Tommy Boy
• Make a Krusty Burger

Look to the * for today’s romantic advice.

VALENTINE’S DAY

MIND

Jimmy Hoffa 1913

https://teamster.org/

If a writer was trying to come up with a name for a character synonymous with mysterious disappearances and wild goose chases, “James Riddle Hoffa” might be deemed too on-the-nose, but that’s his full name: the Teamsters guy, Jimmy Hoffa, who most people likely know more from the decades of jokes about his disappearance than they do about his role as a labor union leader.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/jimmy-hoffa

Hoffa was stabbed in the head with a hunting knife, placed in a steel drum, set on fire, buried, then dug up and compacted inside a car and shipped to Japan as recycled scrap metal for use in new cars. As investigative reporter Jerry Stanecki wrote noted in The New York Times, it was “the ultimate insult — a nonunion market.”

https://www.amazon.com/Hoffa-Jack-Nicholson/dp/B00013RC2U

*Another DYK to strike up some conversation at work or at a romantic dinner for two. If you’re not part of a union think of joining yours today.

BODY

Jim Kelly 1960

http://www.jimkelly.com/

While Kelly has inspired so many people as a cancer patient, he stands to do so much more as a cancer survivor. State of mind is so incredibly important when dealing with a disease that saps your strength and constantly threatens your mortality.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/08/jim-kelly-cancer-battle-winning-buffalo-bills

https://jimkelly.com/

Kelly uttered a familiar phrase as he graciously accepted the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance: “Make a difference today, for someone who is fighting for their tomorrow.” The message is one that Kelly, who has endured a five-year battle with cancer, has not only preached, but faithfully practiced.

https://www.buffalobills.com/news/jim-kelly-urges-others-to-make-a-difference-at-2018-espy-awards

*Earlier this month you should have had a cancer screening. Right? You may be cancer free, but you probably know someone who is not. Reach out to that person. Take a long walk with them today and let them know that you are here for them. If nothing else, play catch with a football out in the yard with someone that you care about – cancer or not.

SOUL

Frederick Douglass 1818

https://www.nps.gov/frdo/learn/historyculture/frederickdouglass.htm

“I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.”

http://www.frederick-douglass-heritage.org/

We need a few more Frederick Douglasses among us. Actually, we have some, but their voices are sometimes drowned out. They need to be heard, and we need to hear them, but do we have the courage to try to dial down the noise and ramp up the things that beg to be heard. Heaven knows, we could use a few Douglasses to stand up at rallies where the crowd may be hostile and speak the truth that needs to be spoken.

http://www.episcopalcafe.com/speaking-to-the-soul-frederick-douglass/

*If prayer isn’t working, try praying with your legs today. Put yourself and what you want into action.

MONEY

Michael Bloomberg 1942

https://twitter.com/MikeBloomberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Don’t take a job based on salary, he says, but on how much you think you can grow at a company.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/22/michael-bloomberg-when-choosing-a-job-prioritize-this-over-salary.html

https://www.mikebloomberg.com/

Though his 12-year run as mayor ended in 2013, the billionaire remains as busy as ever, and is spending plenty of money as he goes. After all, he hopes to give away his entire fortune before he dies.

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-billionaire-michael-bloomberg-made-and-spends-his-fortune-2015-7

*I took a job with low salary and no room to grow at the company. 23 years into my teaching career I realize this and it’s why I want to make a change. It’s never too late and hopefully one day I’ll struggle to give away my entire fortune before I die.

ENTERTAINMENT

Rob Thomas 1972

https://www.robthomasmusic.com/

As a performer, his approach has always been the same. He writes the songs, records the songs, goes on tour behind the songs, says a few words to the press, and other than that, you don’t hear much from him. “I’m mar­ried, I’m not fucking anybody else, I’m not hitting anybody, I’m not out there,” Thomas says. “My songs are more famous than I am, and I’m OK with that.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rob-thomas-confessions-of-an-unapologetic-pop-star-74143/

*Listen to both Matchbox Twenty and his solo songs that are more famous than he is.

FOOD

Florence Henderson 1934 – flourless chocolate cakes

From Who’s Cooking With Florence Henderson

http://www.bradybunchshrine.com/

“However, in the case of The Brady Bunch, I know exactly what inspired that show. It was just a four-line filler piece in the Los Angeles Times. Just a statistic. It said that year, 1965, 31 percent of all marriages involved people who had a child or children from a previous marriage. It was just a statistic, but to me it indicated a remarkable sociological change in our country. Thirty-one percent is approximately one-third of all marriages. That’s a huge statistic.”

https://www.quora.com/What-happened-to-Carols-first-husband-and-Mikes-first-wife-in-the-Brady-Bunch

http://www.rl.tv/shows/whos-cooking-with-florence-henderson/recipes/govinde28099s-individual-flourless-chocolate-cakes/

*It is Valentine’s Day. Make these cakes for someone special. Eat them together while watching some Brady Brunch

SNUB – Jadeveon Clowney

Review –

• Jimmy Hoffa DYK
• Play catch (football)
• Pray with your legs
• How much can you grow at your job?
• Listen to Rob Thomas
• Make flourless chocolate cakes

Look for the * for today’s advice.

VALENTINE’S EVE

MIND

Mike Krzyzewski 1947

http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=152844

The all-time winningest coach in NCAA history has many life lessons to offer, but this one tops them all.

“Never underestimate the immense power of your imagination.”

https://www.inc.com/john-eades/dukes-coach-k-just-shared-a-brilliant-lesson-you-will-use-all-your-life.html

http://coachk.com/

His motivation is entirely personal and relatively unchanged from his days as a kid in the Chicago playgrounds — if you’re going to play a game, you choose up sides, and if you choose up sides, you’re going to try to win.

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/12161880/duke-blue-devils-coach-mike-krzyzewski-think-is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smleweIwseQ

*If you don’t think your goals are a little crazy, you aren’t thinking big enough. Without allowing your mind to imagine something great is possible, the chances of it happening are slim to none. Instead of going to work every day to check off a task list, start thinking about what more is possible in your current role. What else could you do or come up with that could change the course of your career or company?

BODY

Henry Rollins 1961

https://www.henryrollins.com/

http://www.ecnis.org/

Balanced workout

I believe that the definition of definition is reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself.

http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/strength-articles/iron-henry-rollins

*Be better than your parents. Be better than your friends. Be yourself today and crush Rollins’s balanced workout

SOUL

Father William S. Bowdern 1897

http://goodjesuitbadjesuit.blogspot.com/2007/10/soul-of-child-may-be-at-stake-possessed.html

After 28 days, an exhausted Father Bowdern tried once again to exorcise Richard and drive out the Devil. But this time was to be different. As Richard struggled to say the Lord’s Prayer, a new force seized his body and helped him utter the words needed to expel Satan. Richard was free at last.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/exorcist-director-worked-because-i-692092

THE EXORCIST IS BASED ON A TRUE STORY.

William Peter Blatty’s novel is based on the real-life 1949 exorcism of a young boy, known by the pseudonym Roland Doe. The story became national news, and caught the interest of Blatty, who was a student at Georgetown University at the time (hence the change in location).

http://www.biblicalcatholic.com/apologetics/TrueStoryExorcist.htm

*In spite of the tragedy that ensues in the movie, the power of God is superior to the power of the devil. It is not a battle of equals. No matter how horrific, the victor is God. Remember this. Hopefully you’re not possessed but we all have demons to conquer. God will win…if you let him. Let God win today.

MONEY

Randy Moss 1977 – “Straight cash homey”

https://randymossacademy.com/

https://www.profootballhof.com/players/randy-moss/

The league fined him ten thousand dollars. Asked later by a reporter if he’d written a check to the league, Moss replied that rich people don’t write checks. How would he pay then? “Straight cash, homey,” he said.

http://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/randy-moss-straight-cash

*Only use cash today. If need be, go to the ATM and get out X amount of money for the day and only use it. I know that I am too loose with my debit card, but more disciplined with cash.

ENTERTAINMENT

Mena Suvari 1979 – watch American Beauty

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/10/22/mena-suvari-reveals-she-secretly-wed-michael-hope-third-times-charm/1733771002/

http://mentalfloss.com/article/69306/12-spectacular-facts-about-american-beauty

https://www.amazon.com/American-Beauty-Annette-Bening/dp/B00003CWL6

Eventually, he comes to the point of having the teenage girl of his dreams half naked on the couch with no one around, and he suddenly snaps back into caring father mode when he sees how fragile this girl is. Instantly, he comes to his senses, matures, puts clothes back on her and begins to act like a loving dad. Seeing her physical beauty wasn’t the trick. Seeing her innocence was. He comes to his senses once he sees the beauty of her innocence.

https://jeffmikels.org/posts/american-beauty-a-lesson-in-grace/

*Remember that the beauty of innocence is much better than physical beauty as you watch American Beauty.

FOOD

Jerry Springer 1944 – mashed potato meatloaf

http://www.jerryspringertv.com/

Don’t Give Up on Love

Based on what I’ve seen from watching the show, love can endure all sorts of relationship disasters.

https://justinqueso.wordpress.com/2016/03/21/life-lessons-from-jerry-springer/

http://www.free-recipes.co.uk/jerry-springer-s-mashed-potato-meatloaf.html

*While eating Jerry’s mashed potato meatloaf, watch an episode of his show. It will instantly make you feel better about yourself.

SNUB – Peter Gabriel

Review –

• Don’t underestimate your imagination
• “Be Better” workout
• Let God win
• Use straight cash
• Watch American Beauty
• Make Jerry’s Mashed Potato Meatloaf

Look for the * for today’s advice.

EVOLUTION AND EMANCIPATION DAY

MIND

Charles Darwin 1809

https://www.cdu.edu.au/

Smell the roses

Darwin spent 20 years working on “The Origin of Species,” then dove into his next book, “The Descent of Man,” and followed that up with even more research. But he admitted, “If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.”

http://www.educationandcareernews.com/news/7-life-lessons-we-learned-from-charles-darwin

Charles Darwin would explain this unique adaption to the rose by saying that there are different kinds of roses, and the roses suitable to the condition of the specific environment will go onto to breed, and the roses that are not suitable to the environment will soon cease to exist.

https://allaboutroses2013.weebly.com/natural-selection.html

http://darwin-online.org.uk/

While Darwin’s admirers and followers got involved in bitter public debates with the representatives of the church, Darwin quietly did his scientific work and continued to light the candles of science and reason in the dark alleys of blind faith.

http://infidels.org/kiosk/article/charles-darwin-and-the-evolution-of-the-human-mind-783.html

*Take time today to smell the evolved roses. Read some poetry and listen to some Michael McDonald.

If you are caught up on your reading, dive into “The Origin of Species”

https://www.amazon.com/Origin-Species-150th-Anniversary/dp/0451529065

BODY

Josh Brolin 1968

https://www.mensjournal.com/features/josh-brolin-might-be-the-realest-guy-in-hollywood/

https://www.foxmovies.com/movies/untitled-deadpool-sequel

Off Day Workout

• Warm up 10 mins on treadmill 15 incline at 3mph
• 45 mins boxing
• 25 mins lifting (warm up essential then heavy for 8 to 12 then two drop sets much lighter and slow) – 4 sets of those
• 30 mins cardio (either elliptical back and forth from 15 to 21 in minute and 2 minute intervals)
• Abs: 3×10 hanging leg raises all the way to the top and squeeze; 5 x 1 minute planks mixed with 3 x 20 (10 each side) slow bicycles with a one second squeeze at the top of each one)
• Stretch

https://www.dmarge.com/2017/08/josh-brolin-workout.html

*Watch Deadpool 2 for inspiration and then knock out Brolin’s “off day workout”. It’ll make you wonder what his regular workouts are like.

Earlier this year it was suggested to have a fitness role model. I finally found mine. As he turns 51 (just 5 years older than me), Josh Brolin looks great and is doing it the clean way. So, I’m going to use this BROlin workout on any day where there is not one suggested. I’m also going to use his meal plan and gardenoflife.com products as he does.

SOUL

Bill Russell 1934

http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/bill-russell/

Bill Russell is a winner on and off the court. In honor of his passion, dedication and persistence to succeed against all odds, each year the Summit Bank Foundation will award a four-year Bill Russell Scholarship to a student who has overcome adversity in their journey for success in education.

http://summitbankfoundation.org/education/scholarship-programs/bill-russell-scholarship-fund/

https://www.si.com/nba/2014/08/15/bill-russell-boston-celtics-ring-leader-si-60-frank-deford

Oftentimes where Russell would lead his team — besides to 11 championships, of course — was towards facing social injustices that were all too common in the 50s and 60s.

http://uproxx.com/dimemag/bill-russell-activist-boston-celtics/

*Think how easy it would have been for Bill Russell to rest on his laurels. Instead he continues to make a difference well into his 80s. Make a difference yourself today. Donate to the above charity or find one that is going to help the cause of fighting social injustice in your community.

MONEY

Abraham Lincoln 1809

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/abraham-lincoln/

https://abrahamlincoln.org/

Don’t beat yourself up over the credit problems you have – even our greatest leaders have found themselves in drowning in debt and owing money.

http://talkingcents.consumercredit.com/2014/02/05/presidential-debt-abraham-lincoln-and-his-personal-debt/

DRASTIC MEASURES TO ELIMINATE DEBT MAY BE NECESSARY

When Lincoln’s debt obligations became real and his creditors came after him, he made significant cuts to his lifestyle. This achievement was much harder than it may seem. Lincoln had risen from a backcountry upbringing to economic level of at least some repute, and he wanted to keep it that way. His wife came from a far wealthier upbringing than Lincoln. She certainly didn’t expect to live in a tavern for the first couple years of her marriage.

Lincoln made cuts that he felt were absolutely necessary to get his debts paid. Interestingly, he was also willing to slash his largest expense (and often our largest expense as well): his home expenses. Are you willing to live in the “four-dollar-a-day tavern” to eliminate debt more quickly?

http://www.halefinancialsolutions.com/blog/2017/10/11/what-abraham-lincoln-did-about-his-huge-debt-problem

*Don’t beat yourself up about your debt, but make a drastic measure today. Actually living in a tavern sounds pretty cool though. Pick something to slash from your life and start putting that money towards paying off your debt today. Not convinced? Read this quote from J. Rueben Clark –

“Interest never sleeps nor sickens nor dies; it never goes to the hospital; it works on Sundays and holidays; it never takes a vacation. … Once in debt, interest is your companion every minute of the day and night; you cannot shun it or slip away from it; you cannot dismiss it; it yields neither to entreaties, demands, or orders; and whenever you get in its way or cross its course or fail to meet its demands, it crushes you.”

ENTERTAINMENT

Michael McDonald 1952

https://www.michaelmcdonald.com/

In The 40 Year Old Virgin, Paul Rudd’s character is driven nuts by his electronics store’s endless loop of McDonald’s “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.” Last week at his Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino concert in Florida, McDonald dedicated the song to Paul Rudd!

https://www.uphe.com/movies/the-40-year-old-virgin

*There ain’t no mountain high enough, so listen to some Michael McDonald.

FOOD

Aaron Sanchez 1976 – chipotle pulled pork tacos (Taco Tuesday)

http://chefaaronsanchez.com/

One of my favorite tacos! The spicy chipotle is the perfect in this dish, and you get really wonderful flavors with all of the spices

http://chefaaronsanchez.com/recipes/chipotle-pulled-pork-tacos-with-queso-fresco/

Mr. Lincoln was a hearty eater. He never lost his taste for the things a growing farmer’s boy would like. He was particularly fond of bacon.”

It’s worth noting that in the mid-1800s, “bacon” had a slightly different meaning. Today, this breakfast food’s defined as “cured meat taken from the side or belly of a pig.” But any slice of pork that had been salted and cured qualified as proper bacon.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/61607/5-abraham-lincolns-favorite-foods

*No one knows tacos better than Aaron Sanchez. Enjoy these chipotle pork ones – the modern day version of Abraham Lincoln’s love of salted pork.

 What a day! Darwin and Lincoln born on the exact same day just a few hours apart.

The deepest common stuff the two men share, though, is in what they said and wrote—their mastery of a new kind of liberal language. They matter most because they wrote so well. Lincoln got to be president essentially because he made a couple of terrific speeches, and we remember him most of all because he gave a few more as president. Darwin was a writer who published his big ideas in popular books. A commercial publishing house published The Origin of Species in the same year that it published novels and memoirs, and Darwin’s work remains probably the only book that changed science that an amateur can still sit down now and read right through. It’s so well written that we don’t think of it as well written, just as Lincoln’s speeches are so well made that they seem to us as obvious and natural as smooth stones on the beach. (We don’t think, “Well said!” we just think, “That’s right!”)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-lincoln-and-darwin-shaped-the-modern-world-45447280/

SNUB – Christina Ricci

Review –

• Literally, smell the roses
• Josh BROlin workout
• Donate to the Bill Russell Scholarship Fund
• Make a drastic measure to get out of debt
• Listen to Michael McDonald
• Make pulled pork tacos – it is Tuesday!

 

Look to the * for today’s advice.

MIND

Thomas Edison 1847

http://www.thomasedison.com/

CONSTANTLY IMPROVE YOUR IDEAS AND PRODUCTS AND THE IDEAS AND PRODUCTS OF OTHERS

http://thinkjarcollective.com/tools/thomas-edisons-creative-thinking-habits/

https://www.tesu.edu/

http://www.menloparkmuseum.org/

https://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/historyculture/edison-biography.htm

“Ninety-nine parts of all things that proceed from the intellect are plagiarisms”- Mark Twain

Edison didn’t invent the light bulb, he improved upon the ideas of 22 other men who pioneered the light bulb before him. Edison simply figured out how to sell the light bulb.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/05/18/nikola-tesla-wasnt-god-and-thomas-edison-wasnt-the-devil/#77c248a91a21

*There are plenty of daily planners and “meal a day” journals, but 365DOLF is going to be the best one available. It’s up to me to not only create it, but to sell it.

How can you improve on what has already been started by someone else?

BODY

Taylor Lautner 1992

http://taylorlautnermania.com/

Push Your Limits. …

https://www.exercise.com/workout-plans/taylor-lautner-workout-plan

*Push your limits today with this Taylor Lautner workout. Almost a month and a half in, lets start looking for some ab muscles soon.

SOUL

Sheryl Crow 1962

http://www.sherylcrow.com/

“After I found out I had breast cancer, it made me redefine and refine my life. I want to encourage everybody to quiet your brain, even if it is just for five minutes a day, so that you are able to tap into the divine and what is for you,”

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/10/04/sheryl-crows-breast-cancer-battle-inspired-her-to-redefine-and-refine-my-life.html

*Redefine and refine your life, starting today. After you quiet your brain for five minutes, listen to some Sheryl Crow for inspiration.

MONEY

Burt Reynolds 1936

http://www.burtreynoldsinstitute.org/

“I’ve lost more money than is possible because I just haven’t watched it,” he says. “I’ve still done well in terms of owning property and things like that. But I haven’t been somebody who’s been smart about his money. There are a couple of actors who are quite brilliant with the way they’ve handled their money.” He smiles. “But they’re not very good actors.”

http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/11/burt-reynolds-on-career-bankruptcy-regrets

Burt Reynolds hated ‘Boogie Nights’ so much that he fired his agent afterward

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/09/06/burt-reynolds-hated-boogie-nights-so-much-that-he-fired-his-agent-afterward/?utm_term=.4a536cff7ba8

https://www.amazon.com/Boogie-Nights-New-Line-Platinum/dp/B00004TQF7

*Whether you’re a good actor or not, take today to “watch your money”. Where is it going every month? Week? Day? Watch Burt Reynolds almost win an Oscar in Boogie Nights for motivation.

Budget Planner

Your detailed spending breakdown

Our free Budget Planner puts you in control of your household spending and analyses your results to help you take control of your money. It’s already helped hundreds of thousands of people.

https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/tools/budget-planner

*Use the above website to “watch your money” like Burt Reynolds should have done. Then reward yourself by watching Burt Reynolds in two of my favorites – Smokey and the Bandit or Cannonball Run.

https://www.amazon.com/Smokey-Bandit-Special-Burt-Reynolds/dp/B000EQHXOG

https://www.amazon.com/Cannonball-Run-Burt-Reynolds/dp/B002N57KG2/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1532640182&sr=1-2&keywords=cannonball+run

ENTERTAINMENT

Jennifer Aniston 1969 – watch Cake

http://jennifer-aniston.org/

“I’m not in pursuit of motherhood because I feel incomplete in some way,” Jennifer Aniston said in an op-ed for the Huffington Post in July 2016. She added that the public interest in her status as a parent (or not) “points to the perpetuation of this notion that women are somehow incomplete, unsuccessful or unhappy if they’re not married with children.” She echoed the sentiment during an interview with the December 2016 issue of Marie Claire: “I have worked too hard in this life and this career to be whittled down to a sad, childless human,”

https://www.wonderwall.com/celebrity/photos/jennifer-anistons-top-lessons-about-life-love-health-beauty-secrets-36466.gallery?photoId=194048

http://cakemovie.net/

https://www.amazon.com/Office-Christmas-Party-Jason-Bateman/dp/B01LTHZX6S

*If the movie Cake is too deep for you and you need some comic relief, watch Aniston in Office Christmas Party. Movies like this are a lot easier to watch without kids.

FOOD

Paul Bocuse 1926 – chicken in vinegar sauce

https://www.bocuse.fr/en/

Bocuse had something that no other chef has ever had in the same abundance: an undeniably infectious culinary charisma. Bocuse was what people want a grand French chef to be.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/the-first-time-i-met-paul-bocuse

http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/chicken-in-vinegar-sauce

*Invite your FRIENDS over and enjoy this chicken in vinegar sauce recipe and maybe some cake for dessert.

SNUB – Kelly Slater

Review –

• Improve on what someone else has started
• Push your limits – get some abs
• Quiet your brain for 5 minutes
• Get a budget planner
• Watch Cake
• Make chicken in vinegar sauce

Find the * for today’s solid advice.

DON’T SWALLOW THE POOL WATER DAY

MIND

John Franklin Enders 1897

https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1954/enders-bio.html

John Franklin Enders (1897-1985) was born in Connecticut and graduated from Yale University in 1920. After beginning a career as a real estate agent, Enders decided that business was not for him. He enrolled at Harvard University, completing a master’s degree in English literature, but Enders abandoned his liberal arts studies in favor of medical research.

http://www.discoveriesinmedicine.com/General-Information-and-Biographies/Enders-John-Franklin.html

http://www.discoveriesinmedicine.com/General-Information-and-Biographies/Enders-John-Franklin.html#ixzz5MMSMyatu

Despite receiving the Nobel Prize for his polio work, Enders maintained that developing the measles vaccine was more personally satisfying to him and more socially significant

https://norkinvirology.wordpress.com/2016/08/04/john-enders-the-father-of-modern-vaccines/

*First of all, it would be nice to be as smart as Enders, but you can be this smart (kind of). Just like Enders, you can change the direction of your life. Selling real estate can be very lucrative but if it’s not your passion, it may be time to move on.

BODY

Mark Spitz 1950 – swim

https://www.olympic.org/mark-spitz

Everyday Health: What suggestions do you have for fellow potential high-cholesterol sufferers?

Mark Spitz: You can control your destiny by controlling your health. Get your cholesterol checked. Everyone else gets sick, but I don’t, was how I used to think. But high cholesterol doesn’t have any symptoms, so there’s no way to see it. It’s the silent killer.

http://www.everydayhealth.com/heart-disease/cholesterol/understanding/mylife/mark_spitz/landing.aspx

http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Cholesterol/Cholesterol_UCM_001089_SubHomePage.jsp

*Get your cholesterol checked today or at least make an appointment to get it checked. Take a swim in an Olympic size pool, and eat some foods that lower cholesterol.

Foods that lower cholesterol

• Barley and other whole grains. …
• Eggplant and …
• Vegetable oils. …
• Apples, grapes, strawberries, citrus fruits.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/11-foods-that-lower-cholesterol

SOUL

Roberta Flack 1937

http://www.robertaflack.com/

Her gentle amalgamation of Soul, Gospel and folk, combined with a message of both empowerment and love, created an intelligent, thoughtful pathway for modern singers

http://www.soultracks.com/roberta_flack.htm

*Listen to some Robert Flack to soothe your soul.

MONEY

Walter A. Brown 1905

http://www.celticstats.com/misc/walterbrown.php

Brown was able to accomplish all this despite lacking substantial financial means. He instead opted to rely on his own wits, creative talents and good character to keep the Celtics afloat even if this meant taking out a second mortgage on his house when the team looked like it was heading for bankruptcy in the late 1940s

http://cognoscenti.wbur.org/2014/05/23/integration-of-the-n-b-a-thomas-j-whalen

*Rely on your own wits, creative talents, and good character to keep your business (or dreams of your business) afloat. In fact write out one example for each of those characteristics.

Your wits

Your Creative talents

Your Good character

ENTERTAINMENT

Elizabeth Banks 1974 – watch Love and Mercy

http://elizabethbanks.com/

Two things that are exceedingly difficult to achieve in film are to bring the audience into the minds of geniuses and people with mental illness, and Love & Mercy is able to do both

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-kim/rethink-review-love–merc_b_7570466.html

http://whohaha.com/spotlight/elizabethbanks/

http://www.loveandmercyfilm.com/

*She got her start in 40 Year Old Virgin, but watch her most critical work in Love and Mercy.

FOOD

Emma Roberts 1991 – chopped salad for lunch and salmon with teriyaki for dinner

https://twitter.com/RobertsEmma?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

For meals, however, Roberts keeps things fairly healthy, opting for “a chopped salad with avocado, chicken, and tomatoes” for lunch, and a “turkey burger, or salmon with teriyaki or ponzu sauce, and brown rice with broccoli” for dinner.

http://www.instyle.com/news/emma-roberts-reveals-diet-fitness-regime

http://emma-roberts.org/

*Use the above list of heart healthy foods along with Roberts’s meal plan to have 3 healthy meals today. 

SNUB – Chloe Grace Moretz

Review –

• Change the direction of your life
• Swim and get your cholesterol checked
• Listen to Roberta Flack
• Rely on your wits, creative talents, and good character
• Watch Love and Mercy
• Eat heart healthy foods all day

Check out the * for today’s advice.

WEAR A COAT DAY

MIND

William Henry Harrison 1773

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/william-henry-harrison/

Lesson #3: Turn Lemons into Lemonade

http://chriscarosa.com/2017/02/leadership-lessons-of-william-henry-harrison/

https://www.nps.gov/people/william-henry-harrison.htm

William Henry Harrison, we hardly knew ye.

Harrison holds the inglorious distinction of having had the shortest presidential term, as he died of pneumonia after just 30 days in office. The pneumonia may or may not have been exacerbated by his Inaugural Address, the lengthiest ever and one delivered in freezing temperatures without the aid of a coat or a hat. Clocking in at almost two hours, the long-winded speech set a record that still stands. It was Harrison’s most noteworthy accomplishment in office.

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1879648_1879646_1879656,00.html

*Actually turn lemons into lemonade today. Try it. Everyone told Harrison that he was too old to be president, so he wanted the world to see that he could handle that freezing day without a coat or hat. It cost him his life, but he showed them. On your way to the store to buy lemons… wear a coat.

BODY

Michael B. Jordan 1987

https://twitter.com/michaelb4jordan?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

I hated it. You know, at first you feel like shit, you’re hurting. When things start getting a little easier, when you start lifting weight you never lifted before, when you start bench-pressing 225 pounds 10 times and it ain’t nothing, and then you start giving hugs to girls and they’re, like, feeling you up a little and you think, ‘What’s this?’—then it’s, ‘This is all right.’ So I learned to love it when I started seeing results.”

https://www.mensjournal.com/health-fitness/michael-b-jordan-american-adonis-mens-fitness-profile/

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/12/michael-b-jordan-is-so-busy

The sessions combine cardio and circuit training to melt fat off the abs while tightening them, and each muscle group is trained with volume for a maximum pump.

http://www.mensfitness.com/training/workout-routines/get-body-adonis-michael-b-jordans-creed-workout

Jordan, who was named after his father, Michael A. Jordan, says his middle name is Bakari. It means “of noble promise” in Swahili.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/7-things-about-micheal-b-jordan_us_5a8f317ae4b0ee6416a1347e

https://www.creedthemovie.com/

*After this Michael B. Jordan workout, find someone to hug and see if they notice the results. Watch Creed for motivation. It looks like he is even more jacked for Creed 2.

SOUL

John B. Cobb 1925

https://pandopopulus.com/

Born in 1925 to Methodist missionary parents in Japan, he self-identifies today as a liberal Protestant. John’s earliest memories were formed in an interfaith context. The primarily Buddhist culture he encountered, as well as a Canadian missionary school he attended in Kobe, had a profound impact on him. Japan’s culture and religion were substantially different from his own, but that never phased him. “Throughout my career, I have emphasized differences. I’m not one of those people who thinks that all religions are very similar. On the contrary, I think it’s wonderful that they are different. But difference doesn’t mean one is better than the other,”

http://www.theinterfaithobserver.org/journal-articles/2017/9/11/john-b-cobb-jr-environmental-evangelist

A unifying theme of Cobb’s work is his emphasis on ecological interdependence—the idea that every part of the ecosystem is reliant on all the other parts. Cobb has argued that humanity’s most urgent task is to preserve the world on which it lives and depends, an idea which his primary influence Alfred North Whitehead describes as “”world-loyalty.”

https://pandopopulus.com/john-b-cobb-jr/

“We have to think historically, because the controversy between science and religion grew out of a very specific kind of science and a very specific kind of religion … Many forms of religion are not in conflict with any form of science; and there are forms of religion that are in total conflict with science. Take Zen Buddhism, for example, among the most thorough-going of the Buddhist groups. Zen Buddhism is very different from science, but it is not in conflict with science. And it doesn’t get into any conflict with science in the way the Abrahamic religions do.”

https://processandfaith.org/john-b-cobb-jr/

*The more I research Cobb, the more I realize how “spot on” he is. Be glad that how different religions are, while realizing that one isn’t better than the other.

MONEY

Bill Veeck 1914

https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/veeck-bill

Bill Veeck was not the first owner to realize that baseball was more than a sport to the players or a business to the owners. He believed that it was entertainment. Due to this he did more than other owners during his time to entertain the fan. The other owners belittled his promotions as travesties but eventually used his ideas and went beyond them.

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/bill-veeck-hof.htm

*Think about what your business is going to be and the possibility that others may belittle you. But what can you do to make your business stand out and eventually have people copying your ideas.

ENTERTAINMENT

Joe Pesci 1943 – watch Goodfellas

https://www.warnerbros.com/goodfellas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E84VqqCPI7w

Thelma Schoonmaker (editor): The whole film was improvised, really. [laughs] Scorsese always tells them they have to begin a certain place and end a certain place, but what they want to do in between is okay. For example, when Pesci shoots Spider.

Imperioli: The only line in that scene that was actually scripted was the last one Spider says, which was “Go fuck yourself.”

https://www.gq.com/story/goodfellas-making-of-behind-the-scenes-interview-scorsese-deniro

*Ahh Goodfellas – one of my all-time favorites. Enjoy, because Ray Liotta’s birthday isn’t until December.

FOOD

Charlie Day 1976 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – Philly Cheesesteak

https://www.instagram.com/charliedayofficial/

http://www.itsalways.com/

https://ourfamilyfoodadventures.com/2011/05/26/its-always-sunny-with-philly-cheesesteak/

“You can not let a fear of failure or a fear of comparison or a fear of judgement stop you from doing the things that will make you great. You can not succeed without the risk of failure. You can not have a voice without the risk of criticism. You can not love without the risk of loss. You must take these risks.”

– excerpt from Charlie Day’s speech at Merrimack College’s commencement

https://www.businessinsider.com/full-text-charlie-day-merrimack-college-commencement-speech-2014-5

https://www.holeinthewallgang.org/

*After watching Goodfellas, you may need some comic relief. Watch a few episodes of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia while eating this Philly cheesesteak.

SNUB – Mia Farrow

Review –

• Turn lemons into lemonade
• Creed workout
• Celebrate different religions
• Have people copying your ideas
• Watch Goodfellas
• Eat a Philly Cheesesteak