This is a glorious day for me, signifying the beginning of a transformation -- my personal happiness/sanity project. Isn't is a beautiful day to blog?
I would like to start by saying Happy Easter/Passover! I have been lucky enough to celebrate both this year (Passover for the first time ever... wow, that is one long holiday). Both days celebrate incredible miracles, and combining the two has been such a great experience.
I suppose now would be a good time to mention what in instigated this spontaneous blogging episode. Take the Stairs by Rory Vaden teaches ordinary people how to become extraordinary through his 7 Steps to achieving true success -- sacrifice, commitment, focus, integrity, schedule, faith, and action. The key to all is self-dicipline, something that everyone is capable of, but few exerscise on a regular basis due to the evils of indulgence, procrastination and debt.
He begins with a few statistics:
- Most people in the world today have read fewer than 5 books cover to cover in your lifetime.
- 95% of all books that are purchased are never completely read.
- 70% of all books that are purchased are never opened.
Anyway, the book goes on in this fashion, bringing in "case studies" and other graphs, statistics, personal stories, etc. So far, I am really enjoying it and feel that I am taking a lot out of it (this blog is proof!).
So there you go, my first post. I appreciate your patience, since I am new at this -- please bear with me. As I continue reading Take the Stairs, I will keep posting updates. Farewell for now my friends.
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