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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

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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!

 

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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

Look for the * for today’s advice.

IT’S GOOD TO BE YOUNG DAY

Jules Verne 1828

http://julesverne.org/

Following really quite amazing comparisons have been made between the trip Jules Verne made in his mind in 1865 in France and what happened hundred years later in the USA:
Verne: The first trip to the moon would be done by United States of America.
– It was.
Verne: The project would cost $5,446,675 in the currency of 1865, $ 12.112 billion in 1969.
– when Apollo 8 project had made the trip around the moon the cost had been $ 14.405 billion.
Verne: There were three men in the missile, Ardan, Barbicane ja Nicholl.
– The astronauts in Apollo 8 were Anders, Borman and Lovell.
– The astronauts in Apollo 11 were Aldrin, Amstrong and Collins.
Verne: The missile would be made of aluminium and weighted 19,250 pounds.
– Apollo 8 capsule was made of aluminium and weighted 26,275 pounds.
Verne: The name of the gun was Columbiad.
– The commando module of Apollo 11 was named Columbia.
Verne: After consideration of 12 different launch sites in Texas and Florida the huge gun was located in Stone Hill, Florida near Tampa.
– NASA considered 7 different launch sites and rejected Texas. The final choice was Merritt Island in Florida.

http://spacetheology.blogspot.com/2009/03/jules-verne-power-of-mind.html

*Just let all of that soak in and be prepared to share it with family and coworkers today.

BODY

Klay Thompson 1990

https://pledgeit.org/klay

On the court, we practice for about an hour. After, I’ll shoot for about 30 to 45 minutes. Then I’ll lift for about 30 to 45 minutes. So nothing too crazy during the season. I’m probably in the gym on a non-game day for about 2 1⁄2 hours.

http://www.muscleandfitness.com/athletes-celebrities/interviews/nba-champion-klay-thompson-ramps-his-diet-and-training

The mission of the Thompson Family Foundation is to enrich the lives of youth in the United States and the Bahamas through fitness and education.

https://www.thompsonfamily.foundation/

*Again, it helps to have access to a gym with a basketball court, to combine a shooting workout with some lifting afterwards like a true Splash Brother.

SOUL

Bethany Hamilton 1990

http://bethanyhamilton.com/

The way I see it, putting our faith in God is something that each person has to come to on his or her own. It’s your own personal relationship with Him; a bond that’s as unique as a fingerprint.

http://www.soulsurfer.com/story.html

*I could not agree more. Your bond with God is as unique as your fingerprint. Amen! A great message for your soul for the Soul Surfer.

MONEY

Julio Jones 1989

http://juliojones.com/

The good thing about being a rich professional football player is you can afford $100,000 diamond earrings. The bad news is that if you wear them out jet skiing you can lose them in the water. But, as Julio Jones realized recently, there’s a bonus to that, too: You can always just pay some divers to go looking for the earring.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/julio-jones-hired-a-diving-crew-to-search-for-100k-earring-he-lost-while-jet-skiing/

*I’ve been married for over a year now and still don’t have my wife’s ring insured. Until today. I finally have it insured and it’s of similar value to Julio Jones’s (no relation) diamond earring… just take off one zero, any zero. Take today to invest in insurance for something that is valuable to you.

ENTERTAINMENT

James Dean 1931 – watch Rebel Without a Cause

https://www.jamesdean.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Rebel-Without-Cause-James-Dean/dp/B000HF0KLM

He was ticketed for speeding two hours before his death.
On the afternoon of September 30, 1955, as Dean drove his brand-new Porsche Spyder to a road race in Salinas, California, a police officer ticketed him for going 65 mph in a 55-mph zone. Just over two hours later, a Ford Tudor sedan collided with Dean at the junction of present-day Highway 46 and Highway 41, about 80 miles from Bakersfield. Dean, who broke his neck and suffered severe internal injuries, was pronounced dead on arrival at a nearby hospital.

https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-james-dean

*Drive the speed limit today and watch Rebel Without a Cause – or are you chicken?

FOOD

Gary Coleman 1968 – chicken vegetable soup

https://www.biography.com/people/gary-coleman-15720749

https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Celebrity-Cookbook-Resurrection-Recipes/dp/0757315968

But fame and fortune without good money management skills or the ability to hire the right advisers just means your money problems are more expensive.

If there ever was proof of this you only need to look at the life of Gary Coleman, the former child star of the hit sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes.” Coleman obtained wealth and fame only to have it taken away by those who claimed to love him the most. And when his wealth and fame went away, he struggled to find a life in the normal lane with a regular job and income.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/03/AR2010060302131.html

http://965tic.cbslocal.com/2012/02/08/its-gary-colemans-birthday-today-his-favorite-recipe-from-the-dead-celebritys-cookbook/

https://www.amazon.com/Diffrent-Strokes-Complete-First-Season/dp/B0002JZT5U

*Whatchu talkin about Willis? Eating this chicken vegetable soup on Gary Coleman’s birthday. Don’t be a chicken and enjoy this soup while watching Rebel Without a Cause.

SNUB – John Williams

Review –

• DYK about Jules Verne
• Shoot like Klay Thompson
• You have a personal relationship with God
• Get insurance as needed
• Watch Rebel Without a Cause
• Make Chicken Vegetable Soup

Look to the * for famous advice.

WILDER DICKENS DAY

MIND

Laura Ingalls Wilder 1867

http://lauraingallswilderhome.com/

Wilder wrote about her childhood for readers who were still enjoying theirs, many of whom developed a great fondness for her characters and their pioneer world.

http://www.neh.gov/humanities/2014/julyaugust/feature/reading-laura-ingalls-wilder-not-the-same-when-youre-parent

Laura was 65 years old when Little House in the Big Woods was finally published. All her life she had struggled to make ends meet. The huge success of the Little House books took care of her financial fears and made real a long-held dream of being a writer.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/bich-minh-nguyen/6-life-lessons-from-laura_b_4740018.html

*I am 46. Hopefully 365DOLF will be a published book and journal before I turn 47, but if its not, I’ll keep plugging along until my dream is realized. You should too.

BODY

Ashton Kutcher 1978

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

https://www.wearethorn.org/

The objective of this workout is to shed the excess fat you may have gained over the winter months and really get you toned up and beach-ready for this summer.

His birthday is on a Thursday this year, so complete the following –

Thursday Workout: Back & Biceps
Barbell Curls ( refer to photo here )
Lat Pulldowns ( refer to photo here )
Cable Hammer Curls ( refer to photo here )
Chin Ups ( refer to photo here )
Dumbbell Curls ( refer to photo here )
One Arm Dumbbell Rows ( refer to photo here )

https://weightlossandtraining.com/ashton-kutcher-workout

*Yes, it is early February but use this workout to start getting ready for the summer now! No “and then!”

SOUL

Charles Dickens 1812

http://www.dickens-online.info/

In his Christmas address, he shows his skill as a storyteller. The shocking image of the little boy in the egg box stays with the potential donor, just as it stayed with Dickens himself. Appealing to heart and head, no wonder Dickens was such a good fundraiser.

http://sofii.org/article/heart-and-soul-charles-dickens-on-the-passion-and-power-of-fundraising

Imagine seeing your children slowly starving… and having nothing to feed them. For countless destitute families, this is a grim reality. For every $3.65 you donate you can feed a hungry child for a month.

https://secure3.convio.net/ffp/site/Donation2?df_id=29680&29680.donation=form1&gclid=CjwKCAjws8vaBRBFEiwAQfhs-KUneOBFc8wUDr52GYzBBXB0ornAdYtx67RiqQg5KSo3Fm1gLg46rRoCoRUQAvD_BwE

*In honor of Dickens’ birthday, think of donating to Food for the Poor.

MONEY

John Deere 1804

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

Keep moving forward, imagine the future and go for it.

John saw a future where farmers didn’t lose time cleaning off their plow. A debt was repaid and a company was born because of it. Throughout the early history of the company, time and time again growth came because John Deere Company kept moving forward, imagined the future and shaped it.

https://www.deere.com/en/index.html

The new pioneer farmers struggled to turn heavy, sticky prairie soil with cast iron plows designed for the light, sandy soil of New England. John Deere was convinced that a plow that was highly polished and properly shaped could scour itself as it cut furrows. In 1837, he created such a plow, using a broken saw blade.

https://www.deere.com/en/our-company/about-john-deere/past-leaders/john-deere/

*I’ve never seen a book or website like 365DOLF. I’ve wanted to give up on this project several times. But I’m going to keep moving forward and imagine a future where everybody is talking about it and using it to better their lives. What is something that you know of that could help people? Imagine a future of that coming to reality because of you.

ENTERTAINMENT

Chris Rock 1965 – watch Bring the Pain

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

The bit from Bring the Pain that brought Rock into the comedic hall of fame is a biting and divisive routine that finds the comedian tap-dancing through a minefield. “There’s black people, and there’s n—-s…and n—-s have got to go.” Other than just ruining life for black people, Rock says, the offenders “will brag about some shit a normal man just does… ‘I ain’t never been to jail.’ What do you want, a cookie? You’re not supposed to go to jail, you low-expectation-having motherfucker!” There are a number of amazing bits in Rock’s breakthrough special, but this was the one that put him within spitting distance of Richard Pryor — a cutting piece of social commentary that pushed the envelope, confirmed Rock was the perfect comic for our cultural moment and got a helluva lot of people in trouble around the office watercooler the next day.

https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/chris-rocks-10-best-stand-up-routines-141069/black-people-vs-n-s-165161/

http://www.chrisrock.com/

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007Q353SI?ref_=imdbref_tt_wbr_aiv&tag=imdbtag_tt_wbr_aiv-20

*No need to be a low-expectation-having motherfucker, you are going to love this Chris Rock comedy special.

FOOD

Garth Brooks 1962 – German chocolate cake with coconut frosting

http://garthbrooks.com/

http://www.food.com/recipe/garth-brooks-german-chocolate-cake-with-coconut-frosting-398107

The sweet couple, who have been together for 12 years, have been celebrating Brooks’ birthday with the special cake since they first got together. The recipe is featured in her cookbook, Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen, and can be found below.

“Nobody can bake or cook like [Trisha] does,” Brooks says in the video. “She spoils me to death and it’s the best day on the planet!”

https://people.com/food/trisha-yearwood-garth-brooks-german-chocolate-cake-recipe-birthday/

*Don’t forget to listen to “Friends in Low Places” while making this cake. Enjoy eating it while watching Bring the Pain.

SNUB – James Spader

Review –

• Don’t stop until your dream is realized
• Start getting ready for the beach now
• Donate to Food for the Poor
• How can you help people?
• Watch Bring the Pain
• Make German chocolate cake

Look for the * for today’s advice.

WAITANGI DAY

MIND

Ronald Reagan 1911

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/ronald-reagan/

They aren’t particularly complex life lessons — work hard, respect others, be at ease with yourself and that words matter

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2003-11-02/entertainment/0310291149_1_reagan-presidency-robinson-ronald-reagan

https://www.reaganfoundation.org/

When Reagan left office in 1989, the die was cast and the world he influenced was already safer, freer and better, thanks to the contributions he made every day of his presidency.

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ben-elliott-ronald-reagan-mind-razor-sharp-article-1.2455074

*Some of you reading this consider Reagan the greatest president ever and the champion of the Republican Party. Others will read this and roll your eyes at such a notion. Either way, be like Reagan today and “be at ease with yourself”, knowing that you can’t please everyone.

BODY

Tom Brokaw 1940

https://www.themmrf.org/tom-brokaw/

“Cancer gave me a new reason to want to live. And it gave me a new mission as a human being about the relationships that I would develop with other people.”

http://fortune.com/2017/09/08/tom-brokaw-health-cancer/

Everybody has to be constantly conscious of the fact, it’s your body, it’s your health, it’s the cancer that’s affecting you.

Get involved in the fight.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/tom-brokaw-treating-cancer-family-cause-n355541

*Hopefully you or no one you love has cancer right now. Take today to see a doctor or make an appointment to get a full cancer screening. I hope that you come out of that doctor’s office cursing my name because you paid all of that money just to be told that you have no cancer.

SOUL

Bob Marley 1945

http://www.bobmarley.com/

“Overcome the devils with a thing called love.”

http://www.metrolyrics.com/soul-rebel-lyrics-bob-marley.html

“In fact, on Nov 4, 1980 he was baptized and became a member of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. When he was buried under Orthodox rites on May 21, 1981, it was with his Bible and his Gibson guitar!”
http://www.beliefnet.com/entertainment/home-page-news-and-views/did-rastafarian-bob-marley-become-a-christian-on-his-death-bed.aspx

*Whether he was Rastafarian or Christian when he died, while he was alive he preached love. One Love! Smoke weed and listen to Bob Marley as much as possible today.

MONEY

Isidor Straus 1845

https://www.macys.com/

Two Jewish brothers, Isidor and Nathan Straus, had become the sole owners of Macy’s in 1896. They were the first businessmen in America to form a mutual aid society to help their employees with medical care. They had a doctor and nurse on the premises. They also provided picnics and sleigh rides, low-cost lunches and Thanksgiving turkeys for their employees.

The German-Jewish family, who owned Macy’s for a century, became well known for their devotion to social welfare, not only for employees, but also the larger community, nation and Israel.

http://www.aish.com/jw/s/Macys-Moguls-The-Straus-Brothers.html

https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/straus-park/monuments/1510

Isidor Straus was a highly-assimilated, German-Jewish American who made use of social networks and business connections in both Jewish and Gentile worlds.

http://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=27

Ida Straus 1849

Husband and wife – share a birthday and died on the Titanic together

As the Titanic began sinking into the freezing ocean, women and children were ushered into lifeboats, as was the unwritten law of the sea. But Ida, who was 63, gave up her chance at safety to stay behind with her husband of 40 years. One Love!

https://www.today.com/popculture/great-grandson-elderly-titanic-couple-shares-their-real-story-t120095

*Become well known for your devotion to social welfare, especially as it relates to your employees. Be prepared to go down with the one that you love.

ENTERTAINMENT

Axl Rose 1962 – listen to Guns n Roses

https://www.gunsnroses.com/

Axl grew up in a very religious household. He went to three to eight services at a Pentecostal church every week and even taught Sunday School.

http://www.iheartradio.ca/news/25-things-you-may-not-know-about-birthday-boy-axl-rose-1.2384651

*Listen to Guns n Roses and some Bob Marley today as well. Who knew their ties to Christianity?

FOOD

Babe Ruth 1895 – breakfast – ginger ale & whiskey, porterhouse steak, eggs, potatoes

Lunch – hot dog and a beer

http://www.baberuth.com/

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/245272-report-miracle-that-babe-ruth-able-to-live-strictly-on-hot-dogs-beer

Babe was fond of drinking a quart mixture of bourbon whiskey and ginger ale at breakfast, before attacking a porterhouse steak garnished with half-a-dozen fried eggs and potatoes on the side.

Babe reportedly gorged himself on a dozen to eighteen hot dogs before blacking out, and a week later he was at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York, undergoing surgery for an intestinal abscess. New York writers termed his illness “The Bellyache Heard Round the World,” but in recent years historians have speculated that Babe actually suffered from gonorrhea and not acute indigestion.

http://www.baseballreliquary.org/about/collections/babe-ruth-hot-dog/

*Have a Babe Ruthian breakfast and lunch today. No dinner needed.

What a day! Reagan, Marley, Ruth! – one of the DOLFIEST days of the year!

SNUB – Rick Astley

Review –

• Be at ease with yourself
• Get a full cancer screening
• One Love
• Devote yourself to social welfare
• Listen to Guns and Roses
• Babe Ruth breakfast and lunch

Look for the * for today’s advice.

CHINESE NEW YEAR

MIND

Hank Aaron 1934

https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/aaron-hank

Racist hate mail

The Braves front office kept a handful of the 990,000 letters Aaron received in the early 1970s. He received so many that the U.S. Post Office gave him a plaque for receiving more mail than any other American (not including politicians).

Reflecting on his accomplishments despite all the obstacles, Aaron said it was his motto that got him through: “Always keep swinging.”

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2014/04/us/hank-aaron-anniversary/

https://chasingthedreamfoundation.org/

“You know, the one thing I’ve always said that I’ve been blessed by, and that is getting recognized by my own peers,” Aaron said, as always with a heavy dose of humility. “Now that didn’t hold true with others during my playing days. There were many times, even now, when I look back on my record and say to myself, ‘Henry, you had this great career for 23 years, and yet, you only won the Most Valuable Player Award once [in 1957, when he helped the Braves win the World Series championship].

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/249209870/braves-show-hank-aaron-the-respect-he-deserves/

*As I continue to work on 365DOLF, I have good days and bad days. I’m going to steal from the home run king and have the motto of “Always keep typing”. Whatever your goals are, come up with your own motto – “Always keep __________”

BODY

Cristiano Ronaldo 1985

http://www.cristianoronaldo.com/

This training routine focuses on power, explosion and speed. Use it to enhance your physique or combine it with agility training, footwork, stretching and team practices to up your game to baller status.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/train-like-ronaldo-build-a-body-for-a-better-game.html

Neymar 1992

https://www.facebook.com/neymarjr/

Improve your balance, power and acceleration to replicate the athleticism of the Brazilian

http://www.fourfourtwo.com/us/performance/training/neymar-workout#:ILO5q0Dfy8o5LA

Cristiano Ronaldo is a “football god,” and Neymar is full of magic, from head to toe. One of them proclaims himself “the best football player in history.” The other one parted ways with Lionel Messi simply because he didn’t want to keep living in his shadow.

http://www.espn.com/soccer/blog/espn-fc-united/68/post/3373908/cristiano-ronaldo-and-neymar-share-a-birthday-and-incredible-talent-and-drive

*Two of the greatest modern day soccer players were born on the same day! Take this day to use the above workouts to focus on power, explosion, balance, and speed. Yes, you must do both workouts. Research and find a place where you can play soccer on a day like today.

SOUL

D.L. Moody 1837

https://www.moody.edu/about/our-bold-legacy/d-l-moody/

1. Shake off the vipers that are in the Church, formalism, pride, and self-importance, etc.
2. It is the only happy life to live for the salvation of souls.
3. We must be willing to do little things for Christ.
4. Must be of good courage.
5. Must be cheerful.

http://articles.ochristian.com/article481.shtml

*I love #1. “The vipers of the church” – going to church shouldn’t be a contest. Shake off pride and self-importance today. I also like that Moody wants us to be cheerful.

MONEY

Roger Staubach 1942

https://www.profootballhof.com/players/roger-staubach/

http://www.us.jll.com/united-states/en-us/people/147/roger-staubach

“I didn’t make enough money in my sport to retire,” says the former QB. Staubach employees are happy for that. Roger made them a bundle in his second career.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2014/02/27/roger-staubach-from-cowboys-qb-to-real-estate-mogul/#57fd91d91fe1

*I’ve mentioned that I can retire in 7 years. Yeah right! I should’ve said, that in 7 years I will have 30 years of teaching under my belt. And yes, I could retire from teaching public high school. 365DOLF is my second career and I hope my future employees are happy for that. Take today to put some thought into your retirement and your second career.

ENTERTAINMENT

Bobby Brown 1969

https://bobbybrownfoods.com/

http://www.bobbybrownonline.com/

Don’t lose yourself in the expectations of others.

Bobby Brown had a lot of pressure on him throughout his life. He had strong parental figures who looked to him to be their saving grace from a life of poverty. His siblings also counted on him for support. Then there were record producers and other music moguls seeking to direct his career, the mothers of his children demanding his time and attention, and, of course, his raving fans who craved more music.

http://coachniquenya.com/2018/09/business-lessons-bobby-brown-story-bet/

*Listen to some New Edition and then transition into some of Bobby Brown’s solo career, and then finish with some of his collaborations with his former wife Whitney Houston.

FOOD

Sara Evans 1971 – Butter Chicken

https://saraevans.com/

I think you should always be willing to step out of the box and not listen to the norm. You don’t have to do anything in a certain order or particular way. I have a lot of friends who gasp, and I mean literally gasp, when I say that I’m not going to force my kids to go to college. My son, Avery, is a talented guitarist, so there’s no reason he needs to attend a regular college to take classes in math and English unless he wants to do that. He just wants to go head-on into advancing himself as a musician.

https://www.southernliving.com/culture/music/sara-evans-new-album-words

http://tasteofcountry.com/butter-chicken-recipe-dish-with-sara-evans/

*Listen to Bobby Brown while making Sara Evans’ butter chicken.

MASHUP

Don’t be afraid to try a recipe from Bobby Brown’s website while listening to some Sara Evans (As If)

SNUB – Trayvon Martin and Mark Fuhrman share a birthday today

Review –

• “Always keep ______________________.”
• Play soccer
• Shake off the vipers in the church
• What is your second career going to be?
• Listen to Bobby Brown
• Make butter chicken

The * gives you today’s advice.

RIDE THE BUS DAY

MIND

Betty Friedan 1921

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/betty-friedan

“It was the greatest social revolution probably since the suffragettes. And that movement took a hundred years, and this movement will take a hundred years. We’re only halfway through. And we have to count on the younger ones to push it along.”

http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/what-friedan-changed

Betty Friedan Did Not Set Out To Write A Book

The inspiration for the The Feminine Mystique came in the form of a project for her upcoming college reunion. It was during her survey of her former classmates that she came to realize that most of them just weren’t happy in the role of housewife. Initially, she hoped that the information she had gathered would make for a great article, but every women’s magazine she contacted refused to publish it. Instead, she delved in even deeper into the phenomenon of the depressed housewife, and the result was The Feminine Mystic.

https://www.bustle.com/articles/65330-8-things-to-know-about-the-feminine-mystique-and-its-author-betty-friedan

*Think about your former classmates. If you were to poll them right now, what would the results of those polls be? How could you change their lives? Friedan helped change an entire generation of women. You could too. I’m hoping that 365DOLF helps improve the lives of everyone in the Lakeview class of 1990 and the Slippery Rock University class of 1995. (And beyond)

BODY

Oscar De La Hoya 1973

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

Los Angeles-based Golden Boy Promotions was established in 2002 by Oscar de la Hoya, the first Hispanic to own a national boxing promotional company. Golden Boy Promotions is one of boxing’s most active and respected promoters, presenting shows in packed venues around the United States on networks such as HBO, SHOWTIME, FOX Sports 1 and FOX Deportes.

http://www.muscleandfitness.com/athletes-celebrities/news/golden-boy-training

“Monday is leg day and we focus on the big lifts — squat, lunge, depth lunge and some total body conditioning. Next day is more core work with abs, twists, low back strengthening and we work flexibility throughout. Then an upper body day that’s all push-pull. We want him using equal weight pushing and pulling because that makes him very symmetrical. So that when you’re throwing a punch, everything is very even.”

http://www.goldenboypromotions.com/

*Use today as an upper body day. Try to use the same weight (barbell or dumbbells) and focus on four areas – chest (bench press) – biceps (curls) – shoulders (military press) and back (pull downs). Then use the symmetry of the push-pull workout to throw a punch or two in a boxing workout, just like the Golden Boy.

SOUL

Rosa Parks 1913

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/rosa-parks

Rosa Louise Parks was nationally recognized as the “mother of the modern day civil rights movement” in America. Her refusal to surrender her seat to a white male passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, December 1, 1955, triggered a wave of protest December 5, 1955 that reverberated throughout the United States. Her quiet courageous act changed America, its view of black people and redirected the course of history.

To carry on the lifework of Rosa Parks in youth development and civil rights education/advocacy. Volunteers from professional, technical, community and international backgrounds are recruited and trained to share their knowledge and skills reflecting Mrs. Parks approach to self-development.

http://www.rosaparks.org/

Parks didn’t come out of nowhere. She didn’t single-handedly give birth to the civil rights efforts. Instead, she was part of an existing movement for change at a time when success was far from certain.

http://www.paulloeb.org/articles/Soul%20of%20a%20Citizen%20Rosa%20Parks.htm

*Get out of your comfort zone and ride the city bus today. I had no idea how to do it. I simply went to the nearest bus stop and waited. The wait itself opened my eyes to people less fortunate than I am. Once on the bus, I sat as far to the back as I could and just observed a different world than what I am used to. It was good for my soul.

MONEY

Lawrence Taylor 1959

http://lawrencetaylor56.net/

A player who revolutionized the game of football, Lawrence Taylor is a Hall of Fame linebacker who spent his entire career with the New York Giants. LT is one of the greatest players in the history of football, and has been ranked as the top defensive player in league history by former players, coaches, media members, and news outlets such as the NFL Network and Sporting News.

LT lost a fortune with lavish spending, hard partying, and by sniffing—doing a lot of sniffing. Since leaving the league, Taylor’s been arrested a handful of times for drug possession, was caught by the IRS filing a false tax return, and declared bankruptcy in the late 90s.

http://www.complex.com/sports/2012/04/money-to-blow-a-recent-history-of-nfl-players-going-broke/lawrence-taylor

https://www.forbes.com/sites/samanthasharf/2016/03/02/12-free-apps-to-track-your-spending-and-how-to-pick-the-best-one-for-you/#6468eb905445

*You should have your taxes by now. Look at how much you made last year. Where did it go? Make a vow that at this time next year, you will know exactly where all of your money went. There are apps and websites that can help with this. And whatever you do, don’t be like the greatest linebacker ever and waste it all and then file a false tax return.

ENTERTAINMENT

Gavin DeGraw 1977

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

“Everything Will Change”

Album: “Make A Move” (2013).

“Everything changes. Life happens in stages. You won’t have your story without turning pages.”

Hard times will pass. It is important to be strong and push through the bumpy roads because, one day, everything will be the way it is supposed to be and you will be happy.

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/10-things-gavin-degraw-taught

http://gavindegrawtour.rtouring.com/

*Regardless of what stage of life you are in, listen to Gavin DeGraw today. He will help get you to turn the pages.

FOOD

Charles Lindbergh 1902 – Swedish butter cookie

http://www.charleslindbergh.com/

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/11/charles-lindbergh-is-a-cautionary-tale-for-republicans.html

As Charles wrote, “My mother often made a Swedish butter cookie — very rich, yellow, and in the form of an O. This was my favorite cookie.”

http://lakecountryjournal.com/lc/

Lindbergh, Charles Augustus (1902-1974), an American aviator, made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20-21, 1927. Other pilots had crossed the Atlantic before him. But Lindbergh was the first person to do it alone nonstop.

http://www.charleslindbergh.com/

*Enjoy making this delicious Swedish butter cookie as you listen to Gavin DeGraw.

SNUB – Alice Cooper

Review –

• How can you change people’s lives?
• Push-pull workout
• Ride the city bus
• Know where your money goes
• Listen to Gavin DeGraw
• Make Swedish Butter Cookies